a little shopping

I walked up the hill to my local high street today to buy some painkillers, milk and a birthday card.

I came back with a chocolate cupcake, a new pair of shoes and a cushion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11fCIGcCa9c

girly day

On Saturday I spent a soul-healing day with some female, single, child-free friends.
We had lunch (complete with wine), had our nails done, pottered around the shops and then went here for tea.
It was just lovely!

catch up

I've been away from my blog for a while because I've been a bit depressed of late.  I'm having trouble coming to terms with the events of the past 3 years, and am unattractively mopey.

Anyhoo.  Apart from going to work, coming home and feeling sorry for myself, I've also been doing some fun things.  Like a weekend on the south coast for my cousin's wedding.

And down to the West Country for a long weekend of body-boarding for my birthday.

And finally a week in Menorca with the girls, where we did a whole load of nothing at all except eating, walking and lying in the sun reading, and loved every moment.

oh, for heavens' sake!

There I was, having a lovely girls' day out with my dear friend Too on one of her rare visits to the capital, when SLAM! Punched in the gut by a memory and I was in tears.  What did it?  Walking past the Berners Street branch of this store.

Could I get any more ridiculous?!

two years

It's my 2-year blogoversary today.  And what better way to celebrate than with a picture of my beloved darling little cat:

good things

Good things about the single life:
sleeping in the middle of the bed
playing music whenever I want
singing (well, droning tunelessly) in the car
Sunday mornings with a pot of coffee, a book and still in pyjamas at midday

I knew I shouldn't have had my hair cut...

...I got called "sir" twice today.

Twice!