I really should update more often....

Things what I have done or how karma appears to be my friend today:

• I got a new car. Or more precisely, my parnets helped me get a new car as my other one kept costing lots of money in garage bills and threatening to cost even more, so this is a brand new start. I love my parents to bits. What's more, new car goes considerably faster than old car AND has a smaller engine size so therefore less insurance and less road tax (cos I switched back to petrol from diesel)
  
  
• I got new boots. Which are fab, and kind of free cos I used the insurance refund from new car to buy them, but which crippled me on Saturday night. However:
  
  
• (1) I have discovered some wonderful gel insoles from scholl which make them bouncy as anything I highly recommend and mean that I never need fear hurty shoes again
  
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• (2) My crippled condition on Saturday night inadvertantly led to me meeting a cute being that could best be described as a dandy truckdriver, and even though I couldn't take advantage of him that night, it looks like I'll have a new friend to play with at Whitby (especially as he is also anti-relationships... perfect!) >:-) In fact had a surprising number of random blokes come up and try to chat me up, which doesn't seem to have happened for a while, so am feeling nicely sexy and glamourous.
  (For anyone interested, pic of me at Wendyhouse is here with thanks to kalifleur
  
  
• Have been stupidly busy at work getting stuff ready for a big awards ceremony at work, and people were getting stressed about, but which turned out to be fab (tonight) AND lots of people came up to me and said "Oh, you're the person Debbie was telling us about that's amazing and she couldn't cope without you!" And doing lots of extra work in the past couple of weeks I've built up enough lieu time that I don't actually need to book off holiday for Whitby. AND I got to play official photographer, and people were impressed at the size of my camera AND what I did with it ;-) AND I get the next couple of days off so I can catch up on freelance stuff (Patrick, this means YOU and Debbie sends you huge appologies for stealing me!)
  
  
• While panic buying clothes for the award ceremony ended up buying two tops and only paying for one as the salesgirl was not paying attention... have now decided to return both as neither fitted so shall most likely make money out of it (no I shan't admit where it is as someone browsing random live-journals is bound to read this and have the FBI waiting for me when I walk in to make my returns)
  
  
• Got to see my brother on Sunday for his birthday (my baby brother is now 25!!!!) and see him and my Dad before they head of to the land of Oz for a month. Bought him a dead_tech t-shirt which he loves and will now be taking on a tour down under. Then came back to see my favourtite housemate in the world playing a cracking set on Sunday night, which can be viewed here and was very silly and giddy and bouncy and made a few more new friends (though not shaggable ones this time round)
  
  
• AND my PVC dress that I can't possibly afford but will somehow justify anyway (Um... it's PVC! Justification complete...) may actually be ready in time for Whitby :-D
  
  
• Saw lots of lovely people last weekend, will see even more this weekend and lots and lots and lots at WHIIIIIIIIIIIIITBYYYYYYYYYY! (and I'm never this excited this early about Whitby... guess it's cos plans are actually to be in the pub, which is good, instead of the Spa, which is shit)
  
  So, in all, life is good which makes me a tiny bit paranoid but have decided that it is karmic balance to the shit start to the year when I was all ill and hurting.