Double Birthday Bash!

Just come back from St Venage and birthday celebrations. Met up with the familia last night, were in a minor car crash (Sandie reversed into car behind us at the pretol station - BANG!!!- luckily it was just Chris and Co and nothing serious damaged!), then did some plate smashing, dancing and drinking in this Greek place. Hahha! It was funny! Got home about 2am, ooh! Had terrible stomach ache throughout the meal.. Maybe eating a whole packet of dried fruit wasn't such a great idea after all! Hmmm... But they're so tasty!

 

Spent today at Col's Mum's, reading interior magazines and dreaming of our own place. Had a lovely dinner and some wine, then headed home. Saw lots of daffodils and the trees are starting to blossom all over the place! Spring will surely be here soon!

 

Gonna see if I can do online food shopping now... Nothing in the house still!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS&KEITH!

Saturday

Cleaning day today. Col's looked after the flat pretty well, but we seem to get dust everywhere for some reason! Why oh why!

Col's gone to play with his brothers for the day, so got the place for myself! I'm not "required" until 7pm so I've got the whole day to myself! If only I'd known a few hours ago, and I could have gone to the West End. Am in desperate need of just about everything! Maybe I should go food shopping actually, we've got nothing in the fridge! I'm starving, not had anything since brekkie, as there isn't anything edible in this place! Hm! Maybe I should pop out now then!!! 

 

Been scanning Ebay for bargains, but nada! Need to get hold of a sofa bed! Maybe it'll have to be an Ikea jobbie!

 

Work has been pretty cool this week, quite enjoyable indeed! Really pleased! I thought there'd be a load of old farts working there, but most people are around 30-40! Most of them are really nice too! Especially the girls I'm sitting with and the PA is a really wicked girl. Everyone received there bonus this week and were happy! Most of them went to lunch for 3 hours on Friday and I think they had a couple of glasses of wine! We never had this at the NHS! Bonus, what's that?!? Next year it'll be my turn too! Wohhhoooo!

 

Oh, got some great news! Got paid yesterday, for both my last temping job and from my new job! Wohoo! Rich for a while! BUT, we have got 2 bills to pay and the rent.... It'll all go towards that.... and the bills will go over what I have earnt! Oh, that's life... In a few months time we should be OK. Sounds like Col's got another job lined up now (don't wanna jinx it so will leave it at that).

 

OK, food shopping it is!!

Wohoooo!!!

Received a little surprise in the post today! I kind of guessed what it was as we opened it...! It was an invite to Jenny & Freddie's wedding!!!!

Cooooool!!!!! It's on the 26 of August, and we'll be there! Gonna be soooooo cooool!!!!! We'll spend my birthday in Copenhagen I think and then head home for the wedding! Can't wait!!!

I think I know...

where I wanna go for my birthday - MOROCCO!!! How hot will it be there in August though?!?

Workie

Just to let you know I'm still alive and kicking! Work hasn't killed me yet!

 

Got taken out for lunch on my first day by the girlies, so sweet of them!

 

Col's been looking after me soooo well! Breakfast and packed lunch made everyday : ) Dinner served as I get home! Tasty stuff too! I'm so happy to see him every night too, not used to the whole day spent without him!

 

No more computer now - need to chill out, oh, think it's time for afters - cheese and biscuits - oooh! my fav!!!!

Rubik

..how does it work really?? When I was a kid I took off the stickers, but it doesn't work on this one...

 

http://www.rubiks.com/cube_online.html

Happy Chinese New Year!

Spent the morning around Trafalgar's and Chinatown - lovely! So many people!!! Cool! Saw the parade, ate some noodles, had a nice little scrumble with hundreds of people! Oh, all great of course!

 

Gonna chill out for the rest of the day, proper work tomorrow!!! Hiihi! Should be cool! I'll let you know how it feels to be a sellout tomorrow!

 

Oh, we watched Persuit of Happyness last night- utter rubbish! Don't waste any money on it! Very irritating film..

Eurovision!

Oh oh oh!!!! Just read about Eurovision! I can watch the Swedish shows in a pub!! It's supposedly a Swedish pub (Karro, you know the one, it has a flag in it, otherwise completely English!) but hey! I'll definately check out the final!!! Hhahahah!

Sunny Saturday!

Took the tube to Camden and trekked up Primrose Hill today, and was it nice or what??! Wow! What a day! Sunbathing! So warm! Lovely lovely! People were even in their t-shirts! Cool!

Had a coffee in Bean&Cup as well (2nd day on the trot - we met Sez there yesterday lunchtime too!) Nice one!

 

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year (year of the Pig I think) - lots of celebrations and stuff which we'll be checking out! Hoping to get to Swedish Church and stuff myself with SEMLA too, I'm just rubbish at making them, so will hope to find some there! Have checked out a couple of other Nordic bars, maybe they'll have them... I NEED SEMLA!! You lucky buggers at home!

 

Watched The Departed last night, wow, what a cool film! What a twister! Never know what's gonna happen! Think I wanna watch it again though, couldn't really understand all the cop-talk! Some dodgy accents here and there too! We were supposed to catch Hot Fuzz tonight, but will save it for another night, really looking forward to it though!!! Ooohhh!!!!

Valentine's

Ah, got surprised yesterday! Col treated me to brekkie, and roses and lovely Guylian chocolate! Mmm! So lovely! Didn't expect it at all! Smoothie him! I got him something for the iPod, oh joy! : ) When I got home from work, candles were already lit, table set and dinner cooked : ) Very romantic indeed! I got a lovely bottle of red wine from New Zealand winegrowers as a little leaving gift (getting used to getting good pressies from my temp jobs! This was the best though!) Early to bed : ) Bliss!

 

My temping days are behind me now - had a really cool time at NZ House, that's the kind of job I'd like. I was reasearching places in Newcastle and around (like hotels and restaurants) to sort out their database and invite people to winetasting events! Very cool : ) BUT, I've signed  my contract and start with the gaspeople on Monday! Oh! Little scared now! And excited! Will be so nice! Some normality and that in my life... God, how boring really eh?! Nah, we all have to do it I suppose! We've just been really really lucky the last two years!

 

Found out about a beauty school who does fab facials and all that, cheap cheap! If you want the number let me know and I'll forward the details! Facial is £15, eyelash tinting £2.50, cool stuff!

 

Chilling out today, might go and bake some muffins : ) Gonna search the snet for some bargains too!

 

Oh, oh oh, oh! I got the cooooolest Valentine's card ever!!! Col had made a Flashmovie, hahah, I laughed so much my face hurt!!! Not sure if I can show it to anyone though!!! Hahah!

 

 

 

Hot Fuzz Premier

Sooo! We managed to see a few people - best of all was.... Jessica Stevenson!!! She's the coolest! I think it's on the same level as meeting Willow! We also saw Timothy Dalton, that Natasha girl, that Thandie Newton, the blonde guy from Tourchwood (and Life on Mars), some Kevin guy, someone from Mighty Boosh (Noel somebody)...! Ems, where were you?!? We don't know who's who!!! We missed Simon Pegg and co as someone was an hour late meeting me after work!!! I won't say who..!

I got it!

Got the job, for the money I wanted! Alex over at Solutions is a bit of a hero : )

Starting on Monday!!!!! Arggghhhh!!!!! ME, WORK?! Actually been working today too, over at NZ House! Cool eh?!

Tuesday plans!

Premier for Hot Fuzz!!! Coooool! We love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Jim Broadbent will be there! Timothy Dalton, Bill Bailey, Steve Coogan and Martin Freeman will most likely be there too! Good fun! Haven't been to a premier for aaages!

Valentine's

Went out for Valentine's yesterday. Full day out!

 

*Greenwich Market and Observatory (set our clocks)

*Dinner in Brick Lane, Bengal Village, yum!

*Home to watch POTC2, I fell asleep, too much vino!

 

Such a cooooool day! Oh, and we saw the Tardis as well, but I just couldn't find the Doctor! Why oh why!

Time travellers!

Had such a fantastic day yesterday! Wooh!

Oh...

..the snow has almost completely melted!! Oh, well, we had fun yesterday anyway! My legs hurt from running around so much!

 

Gonne head out to Greenwich tomorrow for a bit of sightseeing, then have dinner in Brick Lane :) Mmmm! It's gonna be our little Valentine's celebration (as I'm working next week and it'll be to crowded in all the restaurants!) Will take lots of pictures of our little day out! Col's never been to Greenwich so it'll be lovely to show him around!

 

Oh, Col's got the receipt for Vietnamese Noodle Soup now so we can relive those breakfasts now! Ohh! Just need to pop into an Asian food shop and get some supplies! Easy peasy!

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow

Wow! Another Snowy Day! And this time it was more than a few flakes! Like 10cm probably!!!! Coool! Check the new pics!

Col got so excited! We went out and built a couple of snowmen, and guess what?!?! Our crazy lady downstairs opened her window and asked us if we could build them somewhere else! WHAT?? Well, the birds... WHAT?! IT'S JUST SNOW! THE BIRDS WON'T MIND! NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE HA TO REVOLVE AROUND THE BIRDS!!! Oh my God! She slammed the window shut and I thought she might come out and kick them down!! She's a complete mentalist!!!

 

Set off an email today to the company who offered me that job. I've decided it's a pretty cool job, and if they offer me some more pennies I'll go for it :) Just have to wait and see a the boss is in India...! Come on, it's 25 days holiday! And a bonus! And it's opposite Tate Modern! I'm still stressing about it though, just can't decide what I really really want!

Got myself a tempjob at New Zealand House in Haymarket for next week, it's so cool! It's for the winegrowing society! Cool! Maybe this weekend I'll have to do some research then! I know the Hawkes Bay Sauvignon Blanc is particulary good! Mmm! Wine!

 

We watched Casino Royale earlier today (that's what snowy days are about) - it's not that good. I thought it was a little slow. But it made the day very cosy and chilled out! Oh, I think it's time for another cuppa! xxx

Aren't they cute?!

 

 

So I got the job

...and will decline.. They only offered me 17K, and I ready decided I wouldn't go lower than 18K. I mean, I get much more from temping but ofcourse, no paid holiday, not 25 days anyway! And with the bonus it might take me up to 19-20, but they only hand that out if business is good and in Feb... So it's a gamble really. So, the hunt goes on! I think I'm doing the right thing though! The whole job thing scared me a bit though, the commitment!!! argh! Need to get used to the idea!

 

Have just read Virre's traveldiary - she's just jumped off the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand... This is a thing I need to do too!! Now!

To sell my soul or not?

can I - the environmentalist that I kind of am - work for a gas cooperation?

Friends across the globe!

OK - it's officially spring here in London (according to me anyway!) so..... why don't you come and visit?!?! I'll promise to buy a sofa bed, I just need to get some bookings for it first!!!

 

Come Ooooooon!!!!

 

 

Saturday morning

Ohhhh, what a beautiful day!!!! Sunny and gorgeous! Got up early and have had a lovely morning. At last we had a lie in as well! Ah! I hate getting up early for work! But it's nice in a way I suppose. Have had a pretty cool week at work. The work itself has been a bit dull, but I've enjoyed meeting some new people, Lucy, Lorna, Janice and Collette. The office was a bit quiet at first but we were move chatty at the end of the week! They're all so sweet. It's been great working in Green Park/Piccadilly too. At lunch times I've been trotting down Bond Street (I even braved it and entered some of the designer shops like Mulberry for example!!!). Sat in the sunshire in St James's Square yesterday and just enjoyed myself! You can even walk to Oxford St in your lunch hour (only I had 30 mins, that was all) - great for shopping!

 

Been knackered every night. Did work late both Wednesday and Thursday (got paid hourly so had to do all the extra hours I could!). Col's been looking after me soooo well though! Made me brekkie, packed lunched and cooked me dinner! He's so sweet! The flat is looking very tidy too! Haven't had to wash up once!!!! Oh!!!!

 

Great news-we've finally got broadband as well! Wohoo!!! This means we'll prob be on the net all the time now! Col's signed in on msn, so message him if you want me!!!

 

Off to Great Ashby today, then Walkern tomorrow. Chirstmas dinner tonight, and Sam's birthday tomorrow :) Will be nice to be out in the country! It's such a beautiful day! xxx