What I loved about our trip home...

* The lovely BA staff who made Boy Wonder a bed when he didn't fit into the cot...

* Having a hug and a tear with Jane at the airport

* Enjoying my first proper curry since March courtesy of The Viceroy in Bourne End

* Buying toiletries in Boots

* Girly pizza lunch with Sira

* Sharing Holly's birthday and the excitement of being 9

* Watching Boy Wonder sit with the 'big children' for the birthday tea

* Eating Yum Yums with Joanna and Sara

* Finally getting to cuddle two beautiful new babies and their yummy mummy's

* Sara handing me a Pink French Fancy cake

* Jane's homemade chocolate brownies

* Going out in public on a Friday night!!!

* Dinner with Sam and John

* Hot Chocolate with marshmallows

* Getting through a large amount of Cathedral Cheddar over lunch with Alex, Holly and Boy Wonder

* Arriving at Hogfest and seeing Sara, Pete, Tom, Ben and Sam D already there, having chosen

the best shady spot

* Catching up with the lovely Rachel

* Getting a beautiful wedding invite from Shelli and Matt, even though they know we won't be

able to make it :-(

* Joe's Daisy Duke's and Pete's six pack

* Joe's singing and being proud of her all over again

* Katy Bell turning up as a surprise guest

* Sam and John looking after Boy Wonder so Paul and I could go to a 10 year Wedding Blessing

* Paul and Al laughing like schoolboys when singing 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'

* Seeing faces from the Towers that I never thought I's see again

* Watching 'Celebrity Four Weddings' with Jane and thinking Pete from Big Brother is strangely attractive

* Having a clear run to m and d's

* Sunny BBQ at the Flying Fish

* Family outing to Eastbourne and finding the Monsoon Sale starts tomorrow

* Finding the new Peter James and Lynda La Plante books at Sussex Bookstore

* Liver, bacon and onion gravy cooked by Dad

* Catching up with with Corrie

* Going to 'just one shop' with mum and returning three hours later

* Dragging Daniel around Brighton in the hope of finding a dress (and failing)

* All my friends who responded to my facebook plea to solve the dress problem

* Sam - who will be my personal shopper when I can pay her

* Finding the dresses that I liked were half price in the Joules sale so I bought both

* Being in the same country as Sara when she got her good news

* Getting to Blackburn in just over three hours

* Nibbles and wine with Ed and Becky

* A very English picnic in the rain with the family Walmsley

* Angie winding up Phil

* Arriving back at J and A's with BBQ prep in full swing

* Watching Alex making his special marinade

* Realising Jane has made Banofee Pie for pudding

* Running my fingers through Dom's curls

* Leigh turning up in his pilot uniform just for me (I think)

* Watching Dan finally succumb to holding baby Sophia

* Harrassing Dom until he started playing the guitar

* Dom's look of surprise when Julie started singing, 'Wow, you really can sing!'

* Dom refusing to sing any Elton John (boo) but redeeming himself with 'American Pie'

* Holly not noticing when Jane fast forwarded 'Mamma Mia' so she could stay up late and watch the end...

* Extra long cuddles with Sophia

* Hot chocolate with Liv and not discussing New York for an hour

* Meeting Sam for lunch and finding out she'd printed out a whole load of photos for me

* Moules and frites

* Seeing how much Jack has grown

* Jane's roast dinner

* Watching 'Britain's Next Top Model' and thinking they must have been struggling for girls this year

* Finding out that Alex has a 'sm-eyes' game

* Dating in the Dark - genius

* Having a better night's sleep Monday night than Sunday

* The BA check in man changing our seats so we were all together

* Boy Wonder being a total star on the plane

* Arriving back at Poplar Street and it feeling like we were home