Locked out of an empty house

Yep. just to prove how stupid i am, i locked myself out while Matt was in london. Good idea, had been having a pretty lazy Saturday, so decided to up and go for a run. Great. Took the wrong key. It was too small. Soooo...weighed the options up: 1. break the smallest double glazed window and hope I can squeeze through. What cost? No idea but upwards of 100 quid. 2. Use the neighbours phone and call a locksmith.

I settled for option 2. The guy that came out came from Leeds (over an hour away), demanded a cup of coffee, and charged me 105 quid for about two seconds work to jemmy open one of those deadbolt locks (Yale). Meanwhile I had been waiting for about tow hours in a moderate North Sea storm running around in a tight circle to keep myself warm. Magic.

Morale of the story: don't exercise. Or when you exercise, exercise both your brain and your body!

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