Awake and up all night

I wish re the coast but I think it'd be pushing it too far xxx

Haven't had toast for 'supper' for ages but a sudden yen ... very sensible as I had a few mouthfuls of brown ale. Since my surgery a few mouthfuls is sufficient. I am a cheap date 

Ooh what will the winnings get blown on?

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Shopping most likely Shims. We're cheap dates too  

Being cheap doesn't mean we lack class ... clearly!  

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Living on someone's private estate out too? 

Ooh what's your house story  ... I am all ears ... or is that eyes?  

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I'll tell you one of them but give it a bit for hamster interference xxx

So before my ex and me got married, we went house hunting as we'd saved a big amount for the deposit. 

As this was still in the days when you could pick up the keys and look round without an agent, I always chose empty houses so nowt could be covered with furniture - hiding damp, dodgy flooring etc. We took his family dog, Ben, just about everywhere with us so he came on our hunting expeditions too.

One house really took our fancy so one Saturday afternoon we got the keys and let ourselves in. No sooner was the door unlocked, Ben growled which was very unusual for him. Ex and me exchanged puzzled looks but walked into the kitchen for perusal to commence. Ben barked and the hair on his neck bristled, Rhodesian Ridgeback style, before shooting up the stairs and barking like crazy. Then he quit and shot back down before whining and pawing at the door to be let out.

Part 2 next as I've already had to faff in and out twice xxx

Ooh keeping me in suspenders! Breaking out the  

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Well Ben point blank refused to come back into the house but I still wanted to look round, even though I now felt unnerved. Ex and me agreed that we'd take turns to look round while the other stayed outside with Ben.

I didn't enjoy my viewing one bit cos of Ben's carry on and thought something was about to jump out behind every door. I made it quick and came back outside. When ex had his turn he said he didn't like it, felt really uneasy and to take the keys back.

I bet you thought I was going to reveal we'd seen a ghost  ?

Not quite but there's a strange follow-up. I'll post this first and finish the tale to hopefully make things hamster proof xxx