I went to the lie-berry in town this evening and borrowed a couple of books. I've just started one but had to take a break because it's nearly making me cry. It's really not supposed to do that. It's about a junior doctor in Oxford that diagnoses one of his patients (on level seven!) with bubonic plague. It's making me sad because of its ( Read more... )

It was pretty cold today so I went to a big shopping mall instead of pottering around outside. And I bought myself lots of nice presents on Valentine's day :). I set out with the intention of finding some new black flat shoes and some brown trousers. So what did I buy? Some purple high heels and a black dress :). But they're so pretty.

Here are the ( Read more... )

 
I'm happy today because it's the first time in a long time that I haven't had to get up crazy early and go to work. And the house alarm that has been driving my housemate and me insane for weeks has finally been disconnected :).

I woke early and went into town for a bit of shopping fun. Every time I go shopping I manage to spend nothing or an ( Read more... )

I'm having the strangest of evenings...

I think somebody stole my rubbish. Like the trash bag. I sorted it out along with the recycling earlier this evening and put it out ready for collection in the morning. I went back outside to add something to it a half hour ago and it wasn't there. The recycling box was but some of the cardboard was strewn all ( Read more... )

I decided to have a culinary weekend. I found this cute greengrocer's around the corner (it's only taken me three months...) and bought loads of vegetables including PUMPKIN.

And so I made PIE... mmm...

( It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! )

The copy of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island which is currently residing in my bag boldly quotes a comment from The Times that this is "not a book to be read in public, for fear of emitting loud snorts". I can now categorically state that the same is true for watching The Office whilst on a train. I just spent the last ninety minutes ( Read more... )

The nice lady in Sainsbury's just insisted upon packing my shopping for me (even though it took twice as long as if I'd done it whilst she was running the other items through the till... no wonder there was a long queue). She asked if it was okay to put everything in one carrier bag. I'm all in favour for saving the planet (and was already feeling ( Read more... )

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