Another busy week...

Well the Chrissy party was on Friday night at Ruby Blue in Leicester Square. It was a great night and is always amusing to see how people act after a few drinks. We all danced the night away and there was no goss unfortunately! Nat & I left at 3am so didn't get home till 5am so I'm sure you can imagine me sleeping in till midday, then snoozing on and off until about 6pm when I had to get up for Ben's farewell bash down in Portsmouth.

It was supposed to be an Australian themed party but I couldn't be bothered dressing up. The fact I got out of bed was a huge achievement. It was heaps of fun and I had a couple of drinks. Some interesting people showed up halfway thru the night and we rocked it in the loungeroom till the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday got up about 9am for some reason and everyone decided to start cleaning!! I think everyone was still drunk as we got it done in record time. About lunchtime I headed off as I had a drinks do in Twickenham for my old CEO leaving to return to Australia. I dropped Tom off at the station and headed up to the party. I was so tired I only managed to stay for an hour before I had to leave. It still took me over an hour to drive thru London to get home. By the time I got home I feel into bed and passed out.

Monday arrived with a tickle in my throat.......and yes it has turned into the dreaded seal cough! As the people at work have never heard my cough they all seem to think I am dying or coughing up a lung. I tell that it's normal and will pass. If it's still here on the weekend will go see the doctor.

So extremely tired and coughing sooooooooooo much.

Oh and it's Darren's birthday today! Happy Birthday Cuz!! xx

Life passing me by....

So work has been pretty busy of late, still not 100% sure what I'm doing and if I'm doing it right! Anyway in between work we celebrated Sue's birthday here at work. I made a lovely chocolate cake with strawberries on top! Then we all went to Nando's for lunch, then in the evening we had a work meeting with drinks afterwards. Wesnday was a packed to the max day.

Thursday I finally went on site and had a look at the site offices. Very swish, alot nicer than the ones we are in now.

Friday I met up with Sabine in Sth Kensington and we had dinner at a lovely Thai restaurant called Bangkok. I was a bit dubious as all I could see on the menu was spicy stuff. But we had spring rolls to start followed by beef in black bean for me and a red curry for Sabine. Well it was fantastic!! The beef was melt in the mouth and we only spent £16 each!! Thumbs up. After dinner we headed over to the Natural History Museum which is open late every last Friday of the month. We had booked tickets to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. It was amazing. Maybe not as good as last year but still amazing.

The weekend was extremely quiet. Matt & Ned's mum came down and as she is American, she cooked a HUGE Thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious! And was finished off with pumpkin pie & cheesecake. Sunday was spent lazing in bed and watch the next 6 episodes of Greys Anatomy I received. That show is AMAZING!!! I love it.

Monday was spent handing over two plots I was working on to Scott, so now I can focus on my own plots which is good. Also met up with Kate and co to see No Mans Land at the Duke of York theatre. David Walliams (little britain) is in it, as well as the guy who plays Dumbeldore in Harry Potter & the guy who plays Filtch the caretaker in Harry Potter. BORING!!! I totally didn't get it and the others I went with felt the same way!! It was terrible! But we were able to laugh about it at the end.

A busy week ahead with our Chrissy party on Friday night, Ben's farewell party in Portsmouth on Saturday night and my old bosses farewell on Sunday afternoon in Wimbeldon. Get ready for the pictures!!

More tourist stuff....

So woke up refreshed and ready for another day in the city. Met up with Marianne at Camden station and took her to the markets. We ended up spending over 2 hrs walking around eating and buying stuff. Finally I managed to find a ring big enough to fit my fat fingers and I also bought a swarovski star crystal as I lost my other diamond pendant in the US. I had had that one since I was 18 so was a bit upset I had lost it, luckily I found a nice replacement. I bought 2 bags! One is a greeny/aqua colour with a cute poodle on the front (one of a kind) and a zip bag. You can literally unzip the whole bag until it looks like one long zip. Its so cool and cheap. Comes in a variety of colours & sizes so let me know if you want me to get you one.

After the markets we were going to go to the zoo but it was pretty miserable and we decided to do stuff instead. We ended up at the British museum. I really like that place. We spent 3 hrs there wandering around and even ran into my friend Scott. After a cuppa tea we headed off to Oxford Street as Marianne needed to update her reading. We stopped at Waterstones and I picked up 3 new books to read as well.

Then it was farewell to Marianne who is going to be exploring the capital for the next few days before she heads down the coast to Brighton. Hopefully I might get a chance to see her when she heads up to Wales.

A great weekend! Alot more sightseeing to come.

Mum's Birthday!

So big day today, it's Mum's birthday! The day didn't start off to well as our next door neighbours started sanding their floors at 8am!! What a joke. I went next door and banged on their door and told them off.

Luckily I got to speak to mum and calmed down.

Met up with Marianne in Covent Garden. We had a lovely lunch at The Walkabout, then we headed over to the Tower of London. It was awesome to go in and view the crown jewels and wander round. It was a great day of walking around town too. A quiet evening watching the highlights of

AUSTRALIA KICKING ENGLANDS BUTT IN THE RUGBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off to Camden markets tomorrow for brunch with Marianne. Then we are going to go to London Zoo for a look around. Might even try to get to Spitalfield markets as well.

Busy Week

So what a busy week it's been. Monday was a lovely evening in watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Nice and relaxing.

Tuesday I was out with Gary, Uva and Nat at a wonderful seafood restaurant called Livebait. Super tasty and great company.

Wednesday it was Paula's birthday so we all went for lunch at a local Carribean restaurant. Super spicy, luckily I had plenty of water to drink. Then if the evening met up with Kate & Angela to watch the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace. It was fantastic, and ofcourse Daniel looked HOT!

Thursday I got to meet up with Lida for a meal at our local TGI Friday's in Leicester Sq. It was so great to see her, as it's the first time after the wedding, so lots to catch up on.

Friday met up with Angela and we went for drinks with my work in the evening. It was a strange pub to choose but someone from work organised it. It was interesting to start to get to know others on the team but was heaps of fun.

Halloween in Cambridge

Another weekend, another party to go to. Saturday morning after a lie in, it was off to Cambridge for a Halloween party at Mila's. I got dressed before I left so was hoping no one would look in my window and see a bloody nurse's outfit!! It was pouring with rain so the scene was set for a creepy night. I got to Cambridge at about 6ish and went to pick up Colin, who looked super scary in a mummy outfit. The rest of the blood was applied to my face and then got a text from Mila asking us to go to Sainsbury to get some lemonade for the punch. Well i wasn't going to walk in there by myself. So Colin and I trawled the aisle's of Sainsbury looking for the lemonade and in typical English style no one stared except one little girl who I think was worried I was hurt.

Off we finally made it to Mila's to be greeted by an extremely scary (cobwebby, spidery) house. So much food and punch on hand, with spooky music and sounds in the background. There were witches, devil's and a character from Clockwork Orange, a ghost from Scream, a zombie & black fairy.

Many games ensued, bobbing for apples, scooping flour lolly game, pass the orange under your neck and murder wink! Lots of dancing and singing was done by all. It was so much fun the witching hour sped by and the next thing you know it's 3am. Time for bed!!

Sunday dawning bright and sparkly outside, inside you had some very slow/tired women! It was soooo worth it though. Looking forward to next year, although if I hear Thriller by Michael Jackson again it will be too soon!!!

Nat's Birthday

Well another year older, it was Nat's birthday on Monday 27th October. As she was a bit busy on the Monday we decided to go to dinner on the Wednesday to celebrate. Nat booked a table at Thai Silk in Southwark and Lee (Nat's bro), Danny, me, Krista, Laura & Simon turned up. As Nat and I had been talking about parties I decided to bake her a princess cake. What a nightmare!! The cake turned out unreal but getting it to work then on to the dinner was crazy, especially on the tube! But alls well that ends well. Made it to the restaurant and Nat was so suprised when they brought it out it was worth the effort. Great food followed by a major sugar rush with the cake!