I’m preparing for the Awards beanfeast on Wednesday evening and being a pragmatic person I’m aware that, of late, my middle has *cough* expanded. Slightly.
This morning, while walking from a meeting at one end of Westminster to another meeting at the distant end of Westminster I spied a Moss Bros and grasped the opportunity with both hands.
It really didn’t take me long to work out that a full-on evening suit would cost £65 to hire, but for £89 I could buy one and get a dress shirt and bow-tie thrown in. This is a win.
Lastminute.com have come up trumps and sorted me out with a double room in a four-star Hyde Park hotel for £79.99. This is a legitmate company expense so I will claim it back, obv. This is a double win.
The downside to these wins is that I have to spend the evening in a conference centre with about 750 work colleagues and the night in a crummy four-star hotel in Hyde Park, instead of spending the early part of the evening riding Vin and the late part of the evening/all night in the arms of Soph.
Sigh.
But it’s only one night.
B.
I trust you bought a proper bow tie, rather than a clip on one!
Sigh… I was blinded by the free gift of a dickie-bow. 🙁 I might make amends tomorrow.