Saturday morning and time for a shave and a haircut. I'm the opposite of Samson - once my hair has been shorn to the requisite number two cut and half a week's stubble scraped from my chin I felt invigorated and ready to face the world. The world in this case being the delights of Meadowhell and an eye test for Miss Dogwood at Vision Express which turned out to be more like Vision Connex South Central as the whole process took nearly two hours with sitting and waiting, filling out forms, two different sorts of tests, choosing some new frames, trying to decipher the opticians scrawl on the prescription slip, working out how much discount applied to complex lenses, agreeing to join the loyalty card scheme simply to shut the sales assistant up, trying to pay with the debit card machine before finally giving up and going to the cash machine instead. Phreow.
After spending money on essentials, it was time to go and visit Game to spend some money on, well, also essential items ... :-) This turned out to be a wireless xbox pad for me - a fantastic little device that makes a world of difference to the feel of lying back on the sofa to play games - and Lego Starwars for Master Dogwood. No, really, it's for him and not for me at all, no siree.
Lego Starwars is simply excellent. It's Lego! It's Star Wars! At the same time! It's designed to be easy to pick up and play, with characters and levels from the first three prequel films. There are lots of hidden characters to unlock and the central hub area soon fills up with tiny lego star wars characters wandering around and interacting with each other. It's not unusual to see a lego Darth Maul picking a fight with a lego Obi Wan, whilst you concentrate on the serious business of blowing Jar Jar Bloody Binks into his component lego blocks. Did I mention that it's multiplayer as well? Just plug another controller in, and join in at any time. Pure gaming fun.
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