I bought a tea pot and two cups on Saturday. It was originally $40 for the set, but it was 75% off (I think due to a small defect on the handle which doesn't affect the operation of the teapot at all). I brought it into the office along with the loose teas I've bought in the past couple of weeks so I can now have delicious tea at the office (much ( Read more... )

I've been super busy this past week. I had my committee meeting on Thursday, which meant that I spent most of the week preparing for the meeting. This meant that I spent all Thursday evening working on the questions I had to finish for Friday (although I still haven't submitted my results even though I'm done). I still have to fill in the ( Read more... )

To give an idea of how my week has been, let's just say that spilling coffee all over my lap Monday morning set the tone.

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So I went to a pub crawl yesterday, it was a lot of fun and I generally had a good time. However, when we'd arrived at the second stop of the night, everyone else was kinda trailing behind and a few of us went out ahead to the patio (inside was full) and sat down. I didn't really know the guy I sat down next to, but we chatted a bit, he might ( Read more... )

I really like cooking for myself, I made some rice, tofu and veggies with some tomato paste and I think I made just enough to have it for lunch tomorrow too. I haven't really had time to cook a proper meal for myself lately, so it was nice to take some time out today and do it ( Read more... )