Tonight

It's Rosemary's birthday on Monday so I decided to try and get her something tonight after work. I wanted to get a necklace she had pointed out a couple of weeks ago in the Argos catalogue. I'd already tried my local store and the jewellery counter said it was selling out fast. So I decided to go on-line and reserve it for collection at a store somewhere in the local vicinity. The only place in Brookfield Farm so I reserve it and go there after dinner.

Of course, 7pm at night, the place is deserted and I'm in and out in ten minutes. I don't have to be in Cuffley to see my mate until 8pm so I wander around the shops and browse through the music section in Tesco. I can't see anything I really want and rifle through the bargain shelves. There, sitting all proudly on the top shelf, is a relatively new album by Westlife. It's a Greatest Hits album they released last Christmas and it has all eleven of their number ones.

Now, lets get one thing straight: I am NOT a Westlife fan. Most of their songs sound the same, at least three of their number ones were covers: I Have A Dream - Abba; Mandy - Barry Manilow; Against All Odds - Phil Collins and they are an irritatingly good-looking boy group (I'm loathe to say 'band' cos they don't play instruments). But they do have one very good song - Tonight. The video is creepy: It shows a woman opening a locker to find a wedding dress inside and that's how her guy proposes to her. If a guy proposed to me by pre-buying my wedding dress I'd run a mile!

But its a great song. And the entire album is £4.95, the price of a single. So I have an album by Westlife. At the same price I also bought Britney's self-titled album, but at least she has a little more 'oomph' and bite in her songs, and doesn't care what people think or say about her. She does her own thing and has fun doing it. I like Britney. I think I kinda like Westlife too. I did mention they are irritatingly good-looking...?