Interesting Tidbits...

So we were in the grocery store the other day and we were perusing the wine aisle... an interesting product caught my eye.  Wine in a glass, well a plastic one anyway... it was a package of two of those plastic wineglasses full with wine and covered with a sealed plastic top.  It was such a bizarre sight, good concept though for people who don't own glasses or cups of any kind?!?

Just below it was wine in a 2L plastic juice container.  I guess these are just variations on the wine in a box.

There is a bit of frustration when we go to the grocery store as things that we could easily find in the States and Canada are no where to be found or if they do have it it is in strange locations, to our minds anyway.

We went to see the latest James Bond (finally - Rik says) at the local theatre.  They have assigned seating and you can pick your seats when you buy tickets.  We also bought "premiere  seating" which bought us larger more comfortable seats on a balcony separate from the plebes. They also had a little table between us for our popcorn and drinks which were covered by the 3.50 voucher that was included in our ticket.  We did get forty mins of commercials and previews which got a little tiring, but we were comforted when they showed on the screen the actual certificate, signed by the appropriate committee members, giving the movie a rating of 12A.  Anyway, we both really enjoyed the movie.  Rik didn't think it was quite as good as Casino Royale but definitely better than your average Bond flick.

The average on the rainy day calendar has shot up the past few days as we've had some pretty strong storms blow through the area.  It takes some mighty wind gusts to rattle the inside of a three story granite house, but rattle it did!  The trees here must be used to it though, as some of the yellow and orange leaves have managed to hold on for another day.  Overall, though, we can't complain about the weather.  Aberdeen is ideally placed in a bit of a rain shadow, so it doesn't get the wet weather of southern and western Scotland.