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.