and that was why , as i left my solicitor 's office at eleven twenty-five - amazing how you keep track of time when you 're paying by the hour and it 's saturday rates - i decided that , as far as i was concerned , eleven twenty-five a.m. was the perfect time to crack open a cold can of vb , even though it was chilly enough for me to be wearing my sweater , and the wind was too high to sit outside without turning blue .