Children in Need

A long and very boring television evening tonight in aid of Children in Need - I gave it up in about half an hour
simply because I don't know half the 'stars' in the sketches and the sketches are always, always abysmal.
All that said it raises vast sums for this excellent charity and long may it reign.
A banging at the door before 8.00am this morning turned out to be British Gas to check the heating boiler -' it's getting old' said the man about an hour later and then 'it's fine but doesn't work as hard as it used to do a few years ago'........he could so easily have been talking about me.
Whilst he was engaging me in conversation I was trying to get number 1 off to catch the school bus whilst endeavouring to instill a sense or urgency into his sister who was still selecting her outfit for the day.   Because of 'Children in Need' they were excused school uniform and had to take some money for the priviledge which went to Children in Need.   Her outfit had to be in blue and look COOL.   When I brought my own two boys up many years ago they would have gone to school in a plastic bag but she makes life difficult as she actually cares what she wears - Oh! how will we cope when she's 16?   Help!