Any party that has Grease playing on a big screen is alright by me

So the party was a huge success - my dress and sparkly shoes were a success (although I did have to surrender my shoes to walk back from the cab to my house as my feet were killing me at that point!) It was all very decadent. There was a bar upstairs that was decked out 50s style diner with Grease playing. This made me very happy. There was also Elvis pinball which I didn't have time to play unfortunately. The highlight was, of course, meeting Mr Ramsey. He was extremely charming and asked me if he swore too much. I said no and then beamed alot. Oh dear.

Also, why do men have to be such arses? Person I work with Number 1 - married, 2 children, snogging his new secretary on the dancefloor. Person I work with Number 2 - girlfriend, snogging some random girl in the corner. It felt like a school disco!

In other news - California here I come, right back where I started from. In 2 weeks. Hurrah!

Honestly, I don't spend my life shopping

I am going to a posh work do in Sept - a Gala Dinner with celebrity guests - one of whom is very exciting but I can't breathe a word. Anyway, naturally a new dress was needed so I bought this today in Whistles.

And shoes as well from Office.

Shiny new things

It was my birthday a few weeks ago and I received lots of lovely pressies, not least a pink digital camera from MrT. And a gorgeous Diptique candle from Disco which has sparked an obsession.

Anyway, I went shopping today and had a marvellous moment in Zara which is most unusual. I bought these:

























I also went to a fab jewellery party on Thursday. I bought loads of things but it is taking too long to upload pics so you'll just have to imagine them. The party was full of trendy, beautiful people - one of whom was apparentely a newsreader for GMTV. Naturally I fitted right in! *ahem*

I hate Tim Henman

He is SUCH an arse. And I hate stupid, moronic Henman fans. He is charmless and why are we so obsessed with him winning Wimbledon. People, it ain't gonna happen. It honestly puts me off watching Wimbledon but now, of course, he is out so I can enjoy it.

In other news, we are a two toilet household once more. Yay! The plumbers made such a mess and trod filthy footprints all over the bedroom carpet. *Sigh*

My news lovely Hobbs skirt is my fave item currently in my wardrobe. I just adore it. It is floaty and comfy and stylish, all in one! It makes going to work not all that bad. Actually going to work is fine since we have air con there. Getting there is another matter.

Lovely Norfolk

A fabulous time was had in Norfolk. The weather was unbelievable and I actually burnt myself on Monday as I had no idea how warm it was. Jeannie's wedding was great - proper wedding in a church with a tacky disco and dozens of photos. Marvellous. And she had xmas dinner as the food which I thought was inspired for June.

We stayed in lots of places - Hoste Arms in Burnham Market and The Victoria at Holkham which is just amazing. Everyone must stay at this hotel - trust me. It is wonderful and the food is the best food I have ever had anywhere.

Photos here of lovely Norfolk:

http://www.fishmail.co.uk/albums/norfolk2005/

Next weekend's excitement is MissDisco's birthday barbecue!

Hot weather at last

Hot weather - I like it, I really do but when you have to dress smart for work, it is difficult. My problem is feet. My feet are size 8 and wide. I struggle with shoes but spring, summer and autumn are fine. However, when summer comes, my feet get very very hot. Not sweaty but hot. And all shoes bar birks and flip flops hurt and rub and give me blisters. I have been looking and looking for some work shoes that aren't black and I swear, they just don't exist.

Anyway, enough whining. Jeannie's wedding next weekend and we are going to stay in Norfolk and I have a week off. The plan is to spend some time here:

http://www.holkham.co.uk/victoria/

My other big plan at the moment is to mastermind a big payrise at work. I deserve it, they couldn't live without me (*ahem*) and it will be mine. Oh yes.

Toilet update - still broken.

Blocked toilet and other delights

So the upstairs toilet finally did what it has been threatening to do since we moved in - yes, it blocked. Lovely. I won't go into the nasties but bleurgh. And I called an emergency plumber 3 hours ago and nothing - I have chased and chased and I still do not know if he is even going to turn up. Am really pissed off.

These things always happen on a bank holiday weekend. I really want to go and have a nice Lush bath (not in the affected toilet bathroom I hasten to add which smells like hell) but I know if I do that, the doorbell will ring. Waaaah.

Brighton rocks!

So, we had a fabbo time in Brighton. I love the seaside, oh yes. We went on the pier and played silly games. Then we got all sparkled up and hit the town, drank cocktails and went to a proper disco. Yes, they played music I recognised and I had a good old bop. The highlight for me was when they played 9-5 by Dolly Parton! Woooooo! On sunday morning I walked on the beach and felt an enormous sense of well-being.

Bread

Lovely bread. I have just baked some. It smells divine. I love making bread.

Tomorrow Brighton for a hen weekend - god help me.

Top 100 Albums - Coldplay? Like, seriously?

I don't know why I watch these shows but here I am watching it from last night and Coldplay came in the top 20. One of the best albums ever made? It's not even one of the best albums of the month it came out. Frankly, if Dolly Parton doesn't make an appearance soon, I am going to be angry...

In other news, someone at work today won £5,000 of holiday vouchers simply because she referred someone to work there. Any accountants out there want to come and work for a Big 4 accountancy firm? I can refer you!

And the shopping continues! Kew is just great at the moment so I bought a pair of jeans, a lovely jade green floaty skirt and a patterned vest top. I also picked up some beautiful sandals in Nine West. Yikes, my poor bank balance.

This weekend is Jeannie's hen weekend in Brighton. I have made her a CD of songs suggested by other girls going - it is turning into a double album. Dolly is featuring oh yes and there is not a Coldplay record in sight. Or REM or bloody Radiohead. So there.


PS: I have now watched it all, I had to come back and edit this post. Radiohead???? Words fail me.

Shopping

I am officially back in love with fashion. Having been irritated for a while now that the shops had nothing in them for me, I have been pointed back in the right direction thanks to the lovely Hayley, my personal shopper for the day on Friday.

http://www.hayleybennett.com/services/personal_shopper.html

Anyway, we met on Oxford St and shopped literally non-stop for 4 hours. This does not sound much but when you are paying someone, you want your moneys worth so we shopped hard. Having all the attention focused on yourself is slightly odd but rather nice! So this is what I got:

Debenhams:
A denim jacket
A blck chiffon top with beads
A linen skirt
A denim skirt (Phase Eight)

Reiss:
A coral cardigan
A cord beige skirt
A silk patterned top
A mocha vest top

Hobbs:
A linen/cotton jacket in chocolate brown
A lilac silk scarf

Fenn Wright Mason:
A floaty gorgeous purple skirt

Kurt Geiger:
Gold wedge sandals

The beauty of these purchases is that they can pretty much all be worn with each other (except the denim skirt and jacket of course!) and I also have an outfit for Jeannie's wedding:

Floaty gorgeous purple skirt
Mocha vest top
Silk top over vest top
Chocolate jacket over all that
Silk scarf
Gold sandals

Genius!

Of course, once the bug bit, I was out shopping again on Saturday and got:

2 very fine cotton tops in Warehouse (burnt orange and mocha)
2 necklaces from Monsoon
1 necklace from Peter Jones

Things I also need before I become bankrupt:
A brown belt (yet to find one I love)
A pair of brown shoes

Phew! The problem is I just want to shop constantly and my bank balance is not going to be able to stand the strain.

Blogs are great as you can shamelessly babble on about yourself, something I don't like doing anywhere else as I fear I bore people!

Yay for shopping.

I'm back!

I couldn't access my blog for ages, most frustrating but I have managed to work out how to reset my password and I am back in.

Latest happenings:

We are in the new flat which is lovely although so big, I can't get used to so much space. Yesterday I cleared out the patio area and it is lovely, we even have a vine. Can't wait for summer.

Had the Hobbs night on Weds. It wasn't as good as last time as the clothes are too 'lady what lunches' for my taste. Hayley, the super -tylist, agreed with me. I did buy a divine handbag though which I want to marry. I have decided to book Hayley for half a day to take me shopping and make me look fabulous.

Summer is on its way - hurrah!

Waaaaaaaah

Today was just stupidly busy. So busy I forgot to go to the meeting about curating at Turner Whistler Monet. Oops. Instead I left at 5 and went to House of Fraser to buy sparkles! Double oops. Oh well, never mind. I had decided I simply did not have time for it anyway. I shall have to think of suitable apologies tomorrow.

In other news, I have decided that omelettes are the perfect dinner.

Tonight I am so tired that I can barely move from my sofa. I won't last until 11 when Desperate Housewives is on. Damm E4!

It gets better!

The Hobbs night now has an added addition of Shu Uemura ladies coming along to do a make over and give away goodie bags! *skip*

Had a fairly awful day - a five and a half hour meeting. Nobody should have to endure a five and a half hour meeting that starts at 8.30am. Tomorrow I have a four hour meeting but at least we are getting lunch in it. Thank god that tomorrow is a) pay day b) Friday.

Hobbs

Today I had a meeting with the PR girl from Hobbs and she gave me the latest brochure for Spring/Summer which is very pretty with pink tissue paper! I sweet talked her into paying for champagne for the next Hobbs work night which will be in mid-March. Hurrah. I really do get far too excited about this but I just love having a stylist on hand to dress me. Maybe I am a Barbie doll at heart and like being dressed up. Anyway, the clothes look very nice, there is a divine pair of green sandals that I already want.

And I had my interim review today as well which went swimmingly but I don't like to boast so I won't. Suffice to say that clearly the place would fall apart without me organising Hobbs evenings and Comic Relief quiz nights! *ahem*

Thank you for replying to my Dallas query Disco. I am mightily annoyed that it is not repeated. I suppose no Dynasty either, you would have told me. And yes, the flat has a patio - it is lovely! You shall have to swig martinis on the patio with me and listen to Cole Porter.

Pop Up Video!

OK, I am sad. We all know this so I make no excuses for loving Pop Up Video. VH1, weeknights at 10pm. Any programme that randomly tells me facts about Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart gets my vote.

I think my TV tastes are stuck in the 80s since I am enjoying the repeats of LA Law on ITV3 (11am weekdays) FAR too much. And I find myself humming the tune at work.

You can take your Little Britains and Shamelesses and keep them. 80s TV rules! Do they repeat Dallas anywhere? MissDisco? You must know the answer to this!

The flat is ours and we are going to be broke!

MrT liked the flat as predicted so today I have signed away vast quantities of money and we move in on the 26 Feb. Very exciting. And they are going to paint lots of it as we can't live with a sunshine yellow kitchen.

I am already planning cocktail parties on the patio and how I can sparkle to maximum amount in 2 bathrooms!

New abode

I think I need "time to update blog" time set aside! So the big news is the whole flat hunting thing. Today, I took action and I had 20 mins before my hospital appt so I went into an estate agents and signed up and I found myself going back at 5 and looking at 2 flats. Both were lovely but one is going to be mine - oh yes.

It is down by the river (Putney for those who don't know, ie anyone else except DiscoDolly) and is a lovely converted flat with 3 (count 'em) bedrooms, a lovely kitchen/diner and 2 (yes, 2!) bathrooms! The main bedroom is way upstairs in a converted attic and is gorgeous with an en-suite bathroom! I am so excited at the prospect of 2 bathrooms. Sparkles ahoy! It even has a little patio area for MrT to smoke in and a separate tiny laundry room (well, a room with a washing machine in). I am trying not to get too excited in case we don't get it. Oh, and MrT needs to look at it but I know he will like it. It is 2 minutes from everything and I want it. I wish we could buy it but until I win the lottery...

The other one was also really nice but not the right location and all on one level which I am not keen on. MrT has been given strict instructions to view it tomorrow come what may.

Then will come the move, which I don't want to think about. Anyone want to organise my whole move? No???

In the meantime work is manic as a manic thing and I have foolishly agreed to a)organise a massive (200 people) Comic Relief quiz night and b) do curating at the Tate for the Turner Whistler Monet exhibition. I must be insane.

I bought a top today - from The Gap, first thing I have bought in The Gap for sometime. It is a green cotton/cashmere sweater. You will have seen it I am sure. I heart it. It looked nothing on the hanger and suprisingly nice on. Hurrah. Only £30.

I have been shopping all week. Online shopping is a menace. Boden package will be with me shortly I hope!

I want a fountain pen

I was browsing on the Lush forum and Auntie Pamela mentioned fountain pens and now I want one really badly. I had forgotten how much I love them. Damm and blast! And she attached a website and it is beautiful.

http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/index.html

New Year's Eve

Well, at least I am not being violently sick on the last day of the year. Yesterday was a complete wash out. I have really bad toothache and then I was horribly sick. Today I just have toothache and I can live with that!

Went to High St Ken today to cheer myself up and went to Wagamamas for lunch which was yum - although they do not do one main course I like, the starters are delish. Went mad in Lush and got Nigella's baking tins with 20% off! Tomorrow I shall bake and take down all my xmas decs. I am such a party animal!

Tonight MrT and I are going to Paul and Dell's. I am hoping to talk them all into poker. Mwaahahahaha!