Like both the colours - I say go for the plum one though! What a lift after all your hard work!
Glad you enjoyed the walk. It's nice if you don't *have* to do the walk home at the end of the day too, especialy if it's quite a way. I live about 10 mins walk from where I work (only 2 days a week at the moment) so I nearly always walk in, because it's as quick and easy as getting the car out, driving round the corner, parking and then walking into the school from the car-park anyway! It's a really good 'thinking' time, especially after a hard day - really switches my brain out of school mode and back into home mode.