Busy

We had our lunch out yesterday and throughly enjoyed it.  Unfortunately we didn't get our walk afterwards as the weather turned out to be not so great.  This afternoon was another late home as I had an appointment at the hairdressers.  It was about time as my hair was definitely starting to get to be a bit of a haystack.  Tomorrow will be busy too as we are finally making a start on the decorating we have been talking about for quite some time.  So the walls get stripped tomorrow although I do get a break when I go out for lunch with my friend.

Budget

It was Budget Day here today. No real surprises, unpleasant or pleasant which I suppose is a relatively good thing. At least the sun has been shining which always makes things seem much nicer. In fact we have actually had some bees flying around the garden. Nice to see some signs that Winter is finally on its way out! Hopefully the good weather will continue tomorrow as we are off to have lunch at one of our favourite pubs down by the Quayside.  Who knows, if the sun keeps shining there might even be a walk in prospect after we've eaten!

Damp weather

Today is the first day for awhile that it's been possible to see further than the end of the street. Lots of fog has finally given way to sunshine. But my sinuses have taken offence at all the damp and I have had a headache for a couple of days now. A few days sunshine would be nice in more than one way!

I have a terrible craving for chocolate at the minute, even more than the usual. It wasn't helped today by what seemed to be just about everyone around me buying bars. Instead of giving in I'll do my exercises and hold out a little longer!

More books

As the old saying goes for March, "In like a lion out like a lamb". Hopefully it will prove right as it has been very, very windy today. My hair looked like a haystack by the time I got to work. But it didn't stop me from going into town after work and heading for Waterstones as I had finally decided what books to buy. I made use of their 3 for 2 offer and came home with Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson who is a recent discovery but a favourite and The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson , I've already read the first of the trilogy and there was another special offer I couldn't resist so I also got Solar by Ian McEwan whose books I enjoy. So I have plenty of reading to keep me occupied for the time being.

Pancakes

Pancake Day today. Our first attempt at making pancakes this afternoon came to nothing as the non-stick pan suddenly stopped being non-stick. But I made a quick shopping trip for a new one and after that everything went well. And the pancakes, with a sprinkle of sugar and a squeeze of lemon, were lovely.

Catch up

The BBC iplayer is a great invention which I have made full use of this week, catching up on an excellent series on BBC2 that I couldn't watch live or record due to recording clashes, Sebastian Faulks, Faulks on Fiction. A good sign was that it made me want to read or re-read most of the books discussed. The only slight hiccup was on one occasion when in the middle of watching an episode my computer possibly taking umbrage at the clip being shown just went blank and froze solid for a very long ten minutes. Not being great with things like that all I could do was press buttons and keys and hope for the best.

If the computer had gone for good I'm not sure I would have paid out for the new ipad being released especially as it seems another new version is on its way in a few months. How do people possibly keep up with it all!

Signs of Spring

The weather here has been pretty awful this week, frosty, grey and misty. But today finally some signs of Spring, lots of daffodils ready to show themselves. It's about time! I'm getting very tired of wearing my wellies.

At least it is finally Friday. The last couple of weeks have been quite slow for some reason. It could be because it has been rather quiet at work. In any case I have a nice lazy weekend planned, lunch out with my friend as usual tomorrow. Some television, some reading and some exercising with the Wii Fit which has to be the first time I haven't found exercise tedious!

Cooking

I got round to some book buying today although so far I only managed to get one of the many I was looking at. Bought the latest Nigella Lawson cookbook, Kitchen, this afternoon. We had watched the series on the BBC last year and thought some of the recipes were lovely. Well, there are even more in the book. We will have to keep on with the daily exercises while we are trying them out!