Life's A Picnic

Dirty Boy

Well, if anything might get some attention the title 'Dirty Boy' might. Herbert. Is dirty. Dirty, dirty, dirty. I will spend some time loving him today. My car folks, my car, the Vee Dub Beetle convertable. He's not mine...he's rented. No, I didn't win the lottery, no..I'm not minted Am I aiming that at anyone I wonder?!

Millie gets in Herbert after the beach and of course gets him all sandy. That's how it's meant to be right. A VW wouldn't be a VW if it didn't hold a bit of sand hey.

I'm still loving him. Someone sent me fresh flowers last week and I put them in the vase..shifted that plastic bloody flower. Cool. Loved it. I drive with the roof down as much as possible.

Just a quick update for you on the bug..but gotta go..got a B&B booking.

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Common As Muck

Bugger. I must be a wally. I didn't think every Tom, Dick and Harry would call their VW Beetle Bug, but it seems that they do. Of course. Thinking of a name change. Blue? Any ideas? Will post some photo's soon and perhaps you can help with such a terribly important dilemma.

It's A New Relationship I'm In

I'm dying to tell you a bit more about Herbert the Bug, my new VW Beetle convertable, cos I seem to have started a whole new relationship and already it's cracking me up, as in the laughing side of cracking me up.

First of all, if you didn't know already, you buy one of these cars and you get.....

THE FLOWER.

Wow, the flower. Honest God's truth in the showroom out comes your salesman (hello Gavin at Mann Egerton, Exeter) holding about 8 different flower choices to choose from to go in the special little in built vase next to the steering wheel. No word of a lie. Here I was, purchasing (well leasing) a £21k car and being offered a bloody fake flower. What a laugh, almost too cheesy for words. Now dear readers, I quite like a bit of deliberate cheese..and if I can have this flower and have a giggle whilst having this said fake as fake flower, then sod it, I'll jolly well have it. Oh, but yet again, what colour does one have? Do I get a contrasting pink perhaps, or a vibrant yellow? Nope, I go for the blue to match the car!

Quick request. I am looking for a handsome man to send me a fresh flower once a week to replace the fake.Don't get if you don't ask!!

The cheesy fake flower does act very nicely for very silly moments with my newphews or any other kids I look after as a wicked fake microphone...and so now, we can do karioke from the back of the Bug to any song we like. Fab.

Further into the bargain are the heated leather seats. OOH la la. Number 1, can't really feel it, no. 2 ..it's def there. No. 3..now you're chattin, no. 4 EXTREME hot arse. My mate Fi from new York said it was a strange sort of almost feel like you've wet yourself feeling of warmness. Hmmm, well! I've tested the waters with Millie in the front seat, but can't bring myself to turn the heat setting to 3 as yet. She seems to settle at no. 2, but God only knows what she thinks of it all. Oh, shes a dog. Is she really?!

The boot just seems to amaze me any time I put anything in and get anything out, such a small entrance. Imagine a dog giving birth to a cow, well actually don't, cos thats warped, but now you've already thought that, you catch my drift about the boot and my delight in it.

Now, what else to  tell you about the Bug. The colour. Ladies, some of you may understand this, but you fella's will think I'm nuts, but I've started sub conciously buying clothes that will suit the Bug...colour wise. I mean, this summer, the whole Riviera look is in and I found myself with 2 girlfirends in Bath shopping, lookings in Hobbs and noting this factor and now I have a red and white scarf and a cool new jacket. What a twat!!!!