Shopping trip nostalgia

I had a sense of déjà vu when James and I took Davie over to IKEA on Saturday to choose his cookware, dishes and cutlery for his student flat in Dundee. Eight years ago we made the same trip for Jamie, who was also going to university in Dundee. Davie made sensible decisions on what he would need and we also got him a new cactus to keep the cactus that Cat gave him company. His current cactus is called Bear Grylls but David says that the new one will not receive a name until it survives a year in his care! When that time comes he says that it will probably be called Ray Mears.

Whenever I think of Bear Grylls I tend to be preoccupied, not by his many daring exploits, but by the fact that when he proposed to his girlfriend he hid the ring up his butt while they were skinny dipping, so that he could surprise her. I would certainly have been surprised if James had produced a ring out of his butt. Anyway she must have appreciated the unusual gesture because she married him.

Anyway, I digress. After a slap up lunch in the IKEA cafe, our next destination was John Lewis where we bought David a duvet, pillows and a nice navy striped duvet cover, fitted sheet and pillow covers. And finally we arrived at The Outdoor Experience where I swear that James spent longer over choosing a new pair of climbing trousers than the rest of the shopping trip put together! 

David seemed to enjoy his shopping trip. I'm so glad for him, going to study his dream course of Biochemistry at university, but I will miss him so much.