I need glasses!

Phew, left the house very early this morning, and only just got back now. Was out all day at Boots, first playing jazz, and then getting my eyes tested. Instead of paying us with cash, Boots offered to pay us with some expensive designer glasses too, and threw in free eye tests for us as well.

So, after picking out some nice Ben Sherman frames to get sunglasses made out of, I found out that I'm a bit short sighted (-.75 in each eye) and got real lenses put in instead. Got some nice fancy lenses too, which took the total cost up to a bit more than the ~£200 they'd said we could spend, but still got them free, which was sweet.

Gig went well, we had some really interesting jams going, did a couple of very experimental things and really managed to tighten up as a group, and move in some new directions too - we're getting a lot closer to trad jazz rather than our usual fusion blend now when we play, which I personally think is great - it just takes the confidence to improvise freely instead of sticking to well known themes and patterns.

All the Boots staff said they loved us, that we sounded completely professional, etc, and the public seemed to enjoy stuff as they walked past (or, on occasion, hung around to watch the show) - but given that I'd have done all that for free with no audience, didn't really mind either way.

New glasses ready on the 29th then, eep!