Got up too early again. Planning to take the kids into town to get some much needed supplies. Mia wanted to redeem a voucher she had at Boots so we did that, then the kids and I did town and ASDA getting various bits we needed. Took Hattie down to ASDA and bought her some clothes, and gave Ted some money for video games for his birthday. He bought a copy of Nintendogs for his DS.

I bought a pair of Binatone MR 150 walkie talkies for £14.99 in ASDA with a range of 3Km. I've been wanting to buy some of this new breed of walkie talkies for a while now anyway, but coming up to the shoot they might come in handy for me and Becca, my 1st AD, to keep in touch. Or for her to keep in touch with her 2nd AD. Okay, they're cool and I wanted them.

Also bought some DVDs. I've bought a lot of DVDs lately, mostly because my loan came through, but also because Tesco and ASDA have some great cheap deals.

I've also ordered a phone for my office at work to use with an Internet phone station to connect it to Skype. It appeals to my sense of the ridiculous to have this phone, a Geemarc Mayfair replica of a 1960s black phone attached to Skype. I can receive incoming calls on it from my SkypeIn number (a London number as it happens) plus regular calls from my Skype buddies.

I also figure, slightly stupidly, that London based film companies might be more inclined to call me about my film on a London number... but hey, early days yet. :)

Generally speaking I had a nice Saturday, but my abcess is still throbbing. I hope the antibiotics start kicking in soon cos it's making me really ratty.