Only 1 year and 364 days to go!

Til G's 40th birthday that is.....

We have spent a wonderful day today celebrating his 38th birthday! We had the mother of all lay ins! Woke happy refreshed and to balloons and cake, cards (did you know the postman delivers on a sunday??) and pressies! After all the stress of not knowing what to get him, I went for a somewhat easy and bit of a cop out, of some old CDS that he has wanted for ages, which are on order, and some cash for him to get something manly that he wants for his car! I did look for a long while... even considered 50 cents tickets.. but apparently I did right not getting them, nor the Sally Morgan psychic tickets that I also considered, or Mint Condition, yep I hadnt heard of them either!!

Anyway off we went for a few pleasurable hours to Mercedes Benz World at Weybridge where they have it seems every MB ever made and more... old, new, pricey and more pricey!

This shot is from the top level of the building... the escualtor is very steep and gave us jelly legs!

This one was worth £115,000! Wrap us up two!

 And lots of these cars you can sit it and try out! It's good fun for the boys.. and even I enjoyed bits of it too! There is a good film too and how they developed the first Horseless carriage, as it was called... with the papers at the time reporting Why would anyone buy a horseless carriage when there are horses available??

Here it is.. and behind it on the wall, a picture of a young girl. Her father ordered the first 18 of the more motorised car that the company produced, Mr Benz and Mr Daimler, and as part of the deal for so many, he wanted the line of cars named after his daughter Mercedes, which is apparently the spanish for Grace. After that they kept to the name as the cars sold so well!

History lesson over!

We told the guard we were window shopping for when our lottery numbers come up! He said we wouldnt be able to afford this one even then... it;s a concept car, belonging to some Sultan and on loan and is worth yes you are hearing right £10.2 million pounds!!!! The top of it is all glass.

We shot home after this lovely outing and my parents come over for tea and birthday cake, and more pressies. We spent a few hours having a good laugh and then they went and we shot off again to a nice Mexican restaurant up the road, for a very peaceful dinner, very nice, G's choice and now home having a cuddle and watching some TV of his lordship's choice!

Better start planning the 40th now... he's announced he likes no fuss, but for the 40th he would like big fuss!