Bored of being in the house, might go out and do something. IN some ways Im missing having a proper job, if I was allowed to work more than eight hours I would get a little part time job that would get me out of bed each day like when I worked at Chorlton

I want my hair dye. It has not come. Damn New Year and the snow. I cannot begin my new year without my new hair. Grrrr. Also, I need desperately to do laundry but as my local laundry only has two working washers and was entirely closed over the hols, its impossible to get in there. I hate not having a machine, its stupid. Did lots of work yesterday, now need to do some referencing but thats it, pretty bored today.

Must watch! "i xxxx the spiders on the wall, I xxxx the cobwebs in the hall..."

After the most hectic of times leading up to it, once Christmas eve arrived we could finally relax. Having spent weeks decorating, tidying, making homemade gifts, on Christmas Eve we were worried whether my Mum would even make it up as she was snowed in. In the end, everyone made it here and we had a very pleasant family Christmas. We didn't end up doing any of the things we'd planned like going to see It's a Wonderful Life at the cameo cinema or seeing a production of Peter Pan at the Lyceum, but in the end, it was just good to have everyone with us safe and sound.

We had a Christmas party at ours a few days before Chrsitmas. Lovely to see everyone and i got chance to hand out all the gifts I'd been a busy elf making. And we got to see Keith and Cecilia over from Sweden!



I was a lucky, lucky girl again this year and received so many lovely gifts - can't wait for my leather jacket to arrive.







We had the most delicious dinner with three roasts!! - turkey, pork and the venison that Dave had butchered the week before (his friend is a gamekeeper) - with fancy stuffings and the scrummiest gravies.



So despite all the problems the snow casued it was lovely to go walking in it on Boxing Day.



We had a snowball fight in the Botanic Gardens!





Lots of cozy time too. I've spent the last couple of days reading Angela Carter, eating my Mum's homemade chocolates and drinking chocolate port (for real). Most welcome slothdom.

Hope you all had a lovely festive break.

Current Music: Dirty Three - Some summers they drop like flies