Pants on fire

So much for generous teenagers. There was no credit on that ticket on Saturday so it was useless. Little bastards.

I didn't get to meet the other Who fans either. By the time I texted the organiser to find out where they were, the meeting had broken up. And it was only 4pm. What a bunch of lightweights. Maybe some other time. It did mean that I got home in time to watch the Who night on BBC2 though so it wasn't all a loss.

Oh and I did finally manage to get hold of a copy of the Comic Relief DVD. They had loads in the Manchester branch of HMV. Hurrah!

Happily, I find myself with a day off today. I had booked it because I was supposed to be working on a dance show in Bolton but today's rehearsal has been cancelled. I had a bit of a lie in but it seemed such a nice day that I wanted to get out and about, so here I am. I've been involved with this dance show for about five years now. A local school of performing arts puts a show on every year and the chap who does the lights is my mentor/mate who used to do the lights at TLT. He asked me if I'd like to help out as a spotlight operator and the rest is history. This year its been beset by problems due mainly to the civil service strike (the show is held in the town hall). There were supposed to be two rehearsals (yesterday and today) and three shows (Tues, Weds & Thurs) but thanks to the political shenanigans its now one rehearsal (yesterday) and three shows (tonight, Tuesday and Thursday). And yesterday's rehearsal was running an hour late so the tech team didn't have time to finish focussing and programming the lights. Usually everything runs fairly smoothly. I'm sure it'll be alright on the night.

I promised myself that I wasn't going to spend any money today and apart from buying lunch I've managed to stick to my promise. I did have to take a pair of jeans back to Etam though. I bought some a few weeks ago and they fit perfectly so on Saturday I bought another pair that were the same apart from the colour. Or so I thought. I was going to wear them today but when I put them on they were too tight (the words camel and toe come to mind). I took them back and tried on another similar pair in the same size but again, they didn't fit. I spoke to the shop assistant who told me that my original pair may be from a batch that had different stitching on the back and so are a different style and fit. I'm frequently perplexed and annoyed by this sort of thing. Apart from the stitching the jeans are exactly the same so why does one fit and the other not? Why is a size 16 in one shop completely different in fit to size 16s in other shops (and in this case, the same shop)? It even gives the measurement in inches on the label. Inches don't change according to what fucking day it is, they're constant. Aaaargh! Do men have this trouble or is it just us women? I got my money back anyway and found a pair *exactly* the same style and colour as the ones I have already, in the Manchester branch. I wanted a different colour but the only alternative was black and I'm not particularly stuck on black jeans at the mo. Are black jeans still in fashion? I can't say I've noticed anyone wearing them recently. Not that I'm a fashion victim or anything.