3 weeks and counting

In exactly three weeks today, I will be in an aeroplane jetting off on holiday.

I am beyond excited.

I still need to :

Order my travel money
Do a full list of clothes to take
Print out my confirmation emails re airport parking
Have my hair cut
Activate my credit card for abroad


Oh yes, that last one is very important.

Catatonic

There is a cat that lives in my street that looks a little bit like this:

And this cat, very regularly pretends to be dead.

When I drive up to my driveway after work, this cat is often lying somewhere in positions that make him look dead. He also chooses very strange places to lie, which again adds to the overall dead vibe.

 So, with the knowledge that on the day I DON'T get out of my car to check, he really will be dead,every day, I get out of the car, and go and ask him if he is alright.

 At which point, he gives an accusatory 'mew' and runs off in an over-dramatic way, as if I were doing something awful to him.

Cats.

You can't trust them.

Scenes from a weekend

 Sunny garden breakfast

 Shopping with mum

 A book I couldn't put down until I finished it

A lovely little cafe for lunch

7 things

That I have never done, but want to:

1. Ride a horse
2. Eat Lobster
3. Dive
4. Hold a baby chimpanzee
5. Rent an apartment in New York for my six week summer holiday
6. Get a short story published
7. Go to Alaska

Things I like to eat:

1. Cranberry sauce
2. chocolate pretzels
3. hummus and carrot sticks
4. Toast
5. Mexican food
6. Chips and dips
7. antipasti

My favourite things to do

1. Sit in Starbucks and read/write
2. Plan my holiday!
3. Get home early and put my pyjamas on
4. Go to London at Christmas
5. Read a whole magazine cover to cover in a hot bath
6. Walk through town in the early morning while the town wakes up
7. Walk in the rain and get really wet

Things that make me smile

1. The muppets
2. Psych
3. Thinking of my Vegas holidays
4. My work colleagues
5. My sister
6. A sunny day
7. Wardrobe planning

Working Girl

Oh Melanie,

 

I love you in this.

 

I love you on the Staten Island ferry.

I love your white socks and trainers.

I love how you live in New York and own my perfect bag (oversized leather tote)

Altogether now at the top of your voice..

IT'S ASKING FOR THE TAKING

TREMBLING, SHAKING

OH, MY HEART IS ACHING

WE'RE COMING TO THE EDGE

RUNNING THROUGH THE WATER,
COMING THROUGH THE FOG,
YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

Book club and breakfast

The aftermath of last night's monthly book club.

This month, our choice was 'Room' by Emma Donoghue and we all agreed it was an excellent read, and we scored it highly. It was the first book group in my new house (whoever chooses the book hosts the meeting) and it was really cosy with all my lamps and candles on while the rain poured down outside.

Then, this morning, I met my friends for our weekly Wednesday before work breakfast.

We meet in a local cafe, the market traders set up outside and come in for their teas and breakfasts while we chat and get ready for the day.

I look forward to it all week.

Birthday Weekend

This weekend I have two birthdays to celebrate:
The first is tonight, my friend is having birthday drinks, then tomorrow morning off to visit my sister for her birthday celebrations.
We will be: visiting a vintage warehouse, spending lots of time in Starbucks (my favourite place) planning our forthcoming holiday- and then on Sunday, browsing a large shopping mall to get clothes for our trip. We will also fit in a meal with my mum, a barbeque with my dad and a cinema trip. We are going to be busy- I can't wait.