do first things first

This morning I will be Action Leopard! (er, beginning in a few minutes’ time)

• coffee! done!
• go to Marylebone done!
• recycling and supermarket done!
• gym! (a new thing for Saturdays, hope I get to bounce about on the whizzy new machine) done! hurrah!
• lazy afternoon doing fun things: piano, drawing, reading
• dinner with G

Had a surprisingly good time with chiefy last night roaming around Fortnums being given canapes and fizz… didn’t buy anything but may be back to get some nice chocolate in due course.

Anyway, back to porridge today (as granny used to say, no offence to porridge intended) but at least I have a random day off!

• coffee and laze about done! man I love this coffee!
• take payslips to club and get birthday card for ACCdone!
• clear up a bit
• nice things: read wine auction catalogue, piano, reading, drawing? DVD? anything else I feel like doing…

A very interesting evening last night. It’s not often you get to try different vintage ports side by side and I’ve been badgering ACC to do it for ages. Sadly there were a lot of last-minute cancellations so in the end there were just 4 of us to taste 6 bottles. I prefer smaller groups of people so that worked for me, and I got to bring most of a bottle of Warres ‘77 home with me for the weekend, hurrah!

And best of all, I had a rather wonderful journey home in the company of the tres sophisticated one herself which left me with a big smile on my face as I got out at Euston. Does showing me the fencing bruises on her leg count as flirting, Moose?

• coffee, stop thinking about last night :) yes and no
• work: be cheery and productive – we have a meeting for one of the smaller charities today can’t concentrate
• Fortnums do with chiefy done! kewl!
• see if I can sign the tres sophisticated one up on FB _{wish me luck!}done! and also possibly an old flame who I know is on there chickened out

Argh only a month till Xmas…

• coffee! done!
• work: be cheery and productive, more clearing up of ancient rubbish (there’s a lot of ancient rubbish) done!
• email PM done!
• email D&G done!
• get stuff ready for tomorrow as I am loving my sleep at the moment, despite work dreams done!
• port tasting hurrah!

Still wet and horrible apparently. Great.

• coffee! done!
• work: it’s the big meeting today – they’re supposed to be quarterly but we haven’t had one for 5 months – and a lot of things to be decided… should be interesting and hopefully I can exude competence ;) This time for some reason it’s being held at the Art Workers’ Guild which is a building I’ve often walked past and admired, so will be fun to go inside done!
• come home and collapse done!
• treat for getting through the meeting: finish watching In the Loop done!

Trying not to worry about the meeting tomorrow just yet. I’ll worry about today instead!

• coffee done!
• work: new minion arrives today (hurrah) + the woman is coming to begin first part of system upgrade – hope she won’t need too much from me done!
• med group cancelled
• weights don’t feel like it
• clear up carnage from last night done!
• read through accounts and predict questions so can make sure I know the answers done!
• read voice book

• coffee and leisurely surf done!
• watch Thick of It on iplayer done!
• clear up carnage from last night done!
• wrap up birthday present done!
• gym done!
• brother’s 40th birthday lunch, should be nice done!
• make terrine done!
• get ready for tomorrow (= ironing) will do tomorrow a.m.
• weekly review done!
• dinner with G who is going to make his signature lamb biryani hurrah! done!

Fab evening last night, despite slight identity crisis (i.e. Moose stealing the computer) and I have Cheery Tulips to look at this morning!

• coffee, leisurely surf done!
• serious food shopping: HR Higgins and the Ginger Pig done!
• take stuff to recycling and do boring other food shopping done!
• make 5 hour lamb for this evening it’s in the oven
• nice things: piano, reading etc. doing!
• premier cru night with G

Dark and Stormy night tonight hurrah! The ice is in the freezer and the Gosling’s Black Seal rum, Fever Tree ginger beer and limes are ready for action – can’t wait!

But have to get through the day first…

• find AB’s second FB account and request friendship done! hurrah!
• coffee! done!
• work: a nice quiet day clearing up more ancient rubbish on the system done!
• come home and clean manically :) argh! I should be doing this!
• D&S Night with Moose!

My SIL went to the Queen’s Speech yesterday and showed us the programme containing the order of events. All sorts of fancy-sounding people and heralds get to gallivant about. I was particularly taken with the Rouge Dragon Pursuivant!

• coffee!
• work – be cheery and productive
• come home and clear things up a bit
• dinner with the elusive AB and some of her other friends