When I arrived in the office this morning there was an Outlook calendar invitation entitled 'Lunch - somewhere nice?' waiting for me sent by Mr A. I accepted it and we met at 12:03 precisely in the road behind the building. Mr A was in a cheerful mood, the European Directive he'd been working hard on had been passed by a number of Member States and as a result he'd been awarded a bottle of Pomagne to mark this achivement so he was keen to share his good fortune.
We journeyed to the local Pizza Express which is a nice place, but the acoustics are flipping awful! Mr A was expansive, he told me to 'order anything' off of the main course menu because he had a 2for1 voucher. I duly ordered a special and we drank Peroni and finished with a yummy dessert. As you're probably aware, I'm no drinker, so the 5.3% alcohol content went straight to my head and I found it rather intoxicating to be honest.
After finishing with coffee we took a walk around the park, which was exceedingly verdant due to the excessive amount of rain which we'd been experiencing earlier. Mr A talked about his plans for refurbishing his flat and I must confess that my mind wandered onto Mr A's dress sense: he was wearing a faded pair of lovat cords, a plaid shirt, a red tie and boat shoes. I wonder if I could take him on a trip to good old Marks in the near future?
When we returned to the office the remainder of the afternoon passed in a haze - unusually I wasn't quite as vigilant on approving files as I normally am and let a folder go through without following my five step strategy. My friend Sarah saw me at the tea point later and noted my flushed face - "are you ok?" she enquired. Am I ok or am I keener on Mr A than I previously thought? Only time will tell!
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