Scored big in the 'my-friend-is-moving-overseas-and-is-getting-rid-of-everything' stakes today. Dressmaker's mannequin, vintage clothing patterns, awesome fabric, boots, a heater - it's like Christmas!!

Impossible to do ANYTHING that requires even the remotest amount of concentration (today's example: knitting), whilst watching The Trip To Italy.

Too damn funny.

The giggles and squeals of the toddlers upstairs at bath time is hilariously entertaining.

Vale, Maya Angelou. Thanks for being such an inspiration.

Music theatre students are a rare breed... and not necessarily rare in a good way. 

They could certainly use some lessons in offstage etiquette from the theatre and dance students, s'all I'm saying. 

Well that was an awesome evening with Irvine Welsh at the Wheeler Centre. Now if only I could remember all of the pearls of wisdom he imparted...*



* Was sitting in the second row, bang in his eyeline. Taking notes would've been very impolite.

Trying to sew AND watch The Trip To Italy at the same time, was not the best idea... I was laughing so hard I stitched the wrong pieces together and had to spend a whole episode unpicking them.