TAKE THE PLUNGE

Nicola says…

Spotting a familiar little Shih Tzu runnning up to me, I smiled.

‘Hello, Marcel,’ I said, giving him a scratch behind the ears.

‘Hi there,’ Marcel’s owner said when she caught up. ‘How are you doing today?’

I often saw the very glamorous-looking lady and her pooch when I was out walking my Scottish Terrier, McTed.

But we never progressed past a dog-name basis.

Then I saw her at a mutual friend’s party, and she introduced