Saturday, January 07, 2006

Boots


How much do I LOVE these boots? I have wanted them for 4 months. They weren't in the sale. They will never be in a sale. But they are all MINE!

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

2005 in pictures

In no particular order...



My birthday with the family. Very drunken. Reenactment of the Bonnie Tyler video. (not in this picture obviously)



Using my new camera - Putney view of the river



Chocolate honey cake with bees made my MrT!



Quilt - started in February - finished on 23 December for Jemima!



Jeannie's hen night in Brighton.




My birthday party.



Disco's birthday party.



Having a patio and growing a vine - bliss!



Norfolk - September. Hsia and a haystack.



Point Lobos, California, October.



Norfolk, June



New niece - March!

Monday, January 02, 2006

Nicked from another blog...

JANUARY
1. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?: A silly one, to go to the film quiz more often.
2. Who kissed you at midnight?: MrT
3. Did it snow where you live?: No but it was cold
4. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?: It was an American blog I nicked this from! No.

FEBRUARY
1. Who was your valentine?: Valentine Schmalentine
2. What did your valentine get you?: You should be romantic everyday people!
3. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?: *pukes*

MARCH
1. Are you Irish? No
2. Did you wear green on St. Patty's Day?: When is St Patrick's Day?
3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day?: See above

APRIL
1. Do you like the rain?: No, fine from inside, awful when you are out in it
2. Did you play an April Fool's joke on anyone this year?: No
3. Did you get tons of candy on Easter?: No *sniff*

MAY
1. What's your favorite kind of flower?: Daffodils
2. Do you like the spring? Love it
3. Finish the phrase: "April showers bring...": may flowers
4. What would you think of as a spring color?: green

JUNE
1. What year did you graduate from school?: 1987 from secondary school, 1995 from uni
2. Did you go on any vacations last June?: Yes, Norfolk for a week after Jeannie and Richard's wedding. It was fabulous.

JULY
1. What did you do on the 4th of july? Worked I suspect
2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?: Sadly not

AUGUST
1. Did you do anything special to end off your summer?: No but I remember the last walk back from London Bridge to Waterloo with Barbara just before the clocks went back. Then it gets too dark and cold to do it.
2. What was your favorite summer memory of '05?: Disco's party, my birthday party, sitting on the patio and barbecues
3. Did you go swimming a lot in the summer?:Not even once
4. Did you go to the beach a lot?: In Norfolk in June and September, yes

SEPTEMBER
1. Did you attend school/college in '05?: No
2. Who is/was your favorite teacher?: Not sure I had one
3. Did you like fall better than summer?: I love all seasons

OCTOBER
1. What was your favorite halloween costume ever?: Damm americans and halloween...
2. What's your favorite candy?: Anything with chocolate on it
3. What did you dress up like this year? Damm americans and halloween...

NOVEMBER
1. Whose house did you go to for Thanksgiving?: Ummmmm
2. Do you like stuffing? Yes
3. What are you thankful for?: My family, my friends, my job, Mr Pink, Jo Malone

DECEMBER
1. Do you celebrate Christmas?: Yes
2. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?: No
3. What did you want this year for Christmas?: To have fun and relax
4. What's the best present you ever got for Christmas?: This year I got some marvellous cake stands!
5. Do you like cold weather?: Yes as long as I am lucky enough to be warm
6. How would you rate your year on a scale of 1-10?: A 9.