New Year’s Eve. As indicated by: Nothing good on telly Incessant generic ‘happy new year’ texts, mostly sent ridiculously early with the preface ‘getting in early before the networks are blocked’. In other words, ‘sending this now before I’m out having too much fun with my real friends to remember’ Facebook statuses listing everyone’s New…
Month: December 2015
Inbetweeners
It’s that weird week between Christmas and New Year. The one where no one can work out what day it is, what they’re supposed to be doing or where they’re supposed to be. Especially when there’s some sort of deferred bank holiday arrangement because a bank holiday has fallen on a weekend. Non-addled brains struggle…
The Proof of the Pudding
Obviously taste is pretty fundamental to a successful recipe. But appearance is also crucial in my opinion. Having perfected my festive spiced carrot cakes, therefore, it seemed a pretty logical next step to dress them up as Christmas puddings. For the 3 minutes they were on the table, they painted a very pretty picture. They…
Double Whammy
Well. Today has really delivered. After a weekend full of all the important things (for which read a cornucopia of friends, laughter, metre-long sausages, shopping, cake and gluhwein, plus a smattering of exercise for effect) it’s not surprising that today brought the need for more of the same. So imagine my delight when, in pursuit…
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Loyalty cards. Not only a great way to secure a freebie (eventually) but also a valuable life lesson. Probably. Something along the lines of working hard to earn what you want, nothing in life really coming for free, demonstrating commitment and seeing things though to the end (and I’m not one of nature’s completer-finishers)… I’m…
Pretty Little Things
Today was quite an aesthetically pleasing day. As well as seeing my friend’s beautiful face smiling at me over a steaming cup of chai (always a delight), I also spent an inordinate amount of time gazing admiringly at a selection of patisserie items so beautiful that by rights they should have been strutting on catwalks,…
Festive Freebie of the Day
Turns out there are huge opportunities for freebie procurement during the festive period. Possibly a combination of sentimentality and shameless product promotion. Either way, it’s working for me. But today I haven’t even had to go on the hunt, my freebie arrived in the form of my scratchcard advent calendar, before I’d even set foot…
Daily Tasks
Freebie of the day today was a pleasingly large sample of a #Shakeaway milkshake – Cadbury’s selection box flavour. Seasonally appropriate. There is always a freebie to be had. Sometimes a freebie can crop up quite unexpectedly, like the time the mechanic at the garage let me off 50% of the bill because I had enough…
The Plan
There’s a plan, obviously. There’s always a plan. So here it is. If there’s a good side, find it. Actually, that’s about it. Clearly there isn’t always a good side. But the basic plan is not to miss the good stuff where it does exist. Because most of the good stuff that was there before…
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