Busy

I got a lot done today. It always helps when I write a list of things to do the night before, because I feel more duty bound to that scrap of paper lying in my purse. Haha. I went to work and tied everything up there, so I no longer work for Med-Co, which makes me sad because I loved the place and the people. I took my car to get the wiper fixed, found out how much I owe on it and looked into selling the thing. I looove my little red jelly bean. I'm going to miss it, but I'm excited to get a new car.

I'm feeling crappy today. It's not fun being a girl at times. The weather seems to reflect my mood, as it's windy and rainy outside. My dog peed on the carpet four times tonight, and the trash bag broke all over the floor when I pulled it out. I had a big mess to clean up, that's for sure. On a lighter note, I made some awesome tuna steaks with mango salsa tonight, plus I baked a cherry cheesecake for my dad and brother afterwards. Theraputic. Not eating any of the latter, though, this gluten free business plus working out every day has helped me drop 4lbs in a week. Woo!

I have to research sea freight shipping prices tomorrow, so that I can send my DVDs, CDs and other random decorative things across ahead of me. Matt's been busy getting the office ready for the business launch on March 2nd. I'm sad I probably won't be there, but I'm working on getting my stuff taken care of. Plus, doing the homework and learning a whole new market takes time, and I have that right now!

I started re-reading one of my favourite books of all time last night, Dracula, by Bram Stoker. If you've never read it, do it. It's a classic and it'll suck you in to the fabulous fantasy of Transylvania and the world of the Count. Next on the list is Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky; what can I say? Post-Twilight marathon, I needed something challenging! Haha. Plus, being in my old room with my old books is fun. I love reading.

Matt and I decided on the date (we hope!) of our wedding/renewal; June 17, 2010. It'll be our four and a half year wedding anniversary. I've already been looking at dresses and venues tonight, and I'm soooo excited!! I'm finally getting to have the wedding that I've always dreamed of, with all of my friends and family present. We're going with something very us. There'll be bright colours, an outdoor ceremony, a big reception with live music at a fabulous venue and lots of little surprises thrown in for good measure. As excited as I am, though, I'm not going to really get going on things until around September, as I have two weddings to attend before then, (one of them being my bridesmaid, and dear friend, Tammy's), plus one of another member of my wedding party (whose husband and close friend of mine, Chris, is an usher) is about to give birth to a baby boy! It's all hectic.

My weekend...

Was mostly spent at home, attempting to be productive. I packed just over half of my closet into those space bags (that suck all of the air out of your clothes), cleaned out the last of my cupboards and got rid of a ridiculous amount of trash, worked out twice, had dinner with a friend and sushi with another, watched three films and did five loads of laundry. It was decent.

I hung out with a dear friend of mine on Friday night, and as the evening grew old, it started to snow. Needless to say, having endured our share of blizzards and snowmen this week, we stood strong and stayed out, only to wait in a two hour line to get a taxi home. (The taxi which couldn't even make it close to my house because the hills were too icy. There will be photos below.)

I'm sitting in front of the TV now, watching the BAFTAs, post-work out with a cup of green tea. I'm going to find out how much I owe on my car tomorrow, then get to work on selling it. This moving business is tiring.

Snowy Swansea through the window

Take two, plus my cup of tea

Chicken teriyaki box & ridiculous amounts of fruit. We're healthy...


The closet... so far

It's almost 1am. I'm watching Buffalo 66. I looove this movie. Today has been good, not so busy, though. It snowed again, but wasn't as epic as Monday. :( I met Steph at TGI Friday's this evening, we hung out and went to Tesco; land of the free. Haha. I finished buying the rest of Matt's V-day gifts and wrapped them when I got home. I need to post them tomorrow.

I hate being apart, especially on days like that. It's so depressing being around fluffy teddy bears and heart shaped candy boxes when you know you're going to be alone. Ugh. Ah well. There are many more to come. I'll probably be spending it with some of my girls, which will take my mind off of things. I'm finally getting my broken laptop taken care of via the insurance company. It'll take a while, but hopefully all will be well soon. I need my own! I'm tired of borrowing my brother's.

Work outs are kicking my ass, but I feel so much better. Not eating gluten has helped me feel so much healthier and my tummy hurts a lot less now. With time, I'll get to where I want to be; physically and internally! Sleep now.

Ok, so I missed a few days...

...But there really wasn't a lot to report on! I've been doing lots of mindless paperwork, making copious phone calls and sorting/cleaning/packing. Boo. Yesterday, though, things got interesting again. Number one... I bought my bridesmaid's dress, yay! Here's a picture:


And I love it! So pretty. Not only that, but it started snowing yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to a blizzard this morning. There was around ten inches of snow on my wall outside!


But it was beautiful. My brother and I walked up to my sister/brother in-law's house to see our nieces. It was such a pretty journey, though might I add that walking 3 miles in deep snow (each way) is tiring!


(Bella loved it)


My oldest niece, Hannah, and I built a snowman the same height as me! It took us over an hour, but he is awesome.



After building the monster snowman, we decided to leave, and I purchased some sushi on the way home as a treat for my efforts. Yay for snow days!

daily photo

So, the movie was awesome. As always, I had a blast with Kai and Izzy. Kai actually booked his tickets today to come visit me in June/July, which is great! We grabbed a milkshake before the theatre, as planned, then headed over. It's a great film, I recommend everyone go see it. So cute. We left and came outside to what can only be described as a monsoon. We got drenched from running 10 yards! Not good. Home and dry now, though. I've spent the last hour making mix cds for people. Here are my photos.

Yay for the bank!

Yay for cheap, tacky sunglasses!

And the doors just keep opening....

I got my credit cards paid off, got a great small loan and my bank account got upgraded to a Premier. How awesome is that? Things just keep getting better. I also found out that my car is worth around £6,000, which is amazing, considering I bought it for £5,500 as a promotional price. Everything is working itself out.

I'm going to the movies tonight with Kyle and Izzy. We're having a milkshake before at this retro burger bar, Eddie's Rockets. I'll put my daily photo up later. I just made the mistake of trying to eat mushroom soup after drinking a bunch of water, ew. Having not eaten anything of real sustenance since Saturday, my tummy was not a fan, and now I feel sick. On a brighter note, it's freezing outside and it might snow. Here's hoping!

"oh, my tongue's the only muscle in my body that works harder than my heart"

Yes, another shoe photo. But, I got these for free! The cutest cherry red mary jane esque heels ever to have lived. This photo does them no justice. I took back two tops that I got bought for Christmas and had £50 store credit for one of my favourite stores, Outfit. I bought those, three tops, two pairs of earrings and a necklace. I love free things, considering I'm not spending money and saving. I still feel sick. I went to the bank today, but they couldn't fit me in, so I'm going back tomorrow at 1pm. Hopefully everything will work out. Lord only knows it'll make things so much easier.

I was ridiculously productive again today! I unpacked both of my suitcases and went through my closets sorting things out. Another trash bag of things was removed, and I'm still not even half way done. Proud of myself, though, for de-cluttering and moving forward with this. It's easy to get stressed and procrastinate. One thing I wish, however, is that I could return to the land of the normal and sleep and be healthy. Right now, I'm not getting remotely tired until 4/5am, then waking up at 10am to do the same again. Ah well. I can't believe tomorrow's Thursday.. this week has flown by again. I'm looking forward to the weekend, even though it won't be much different from today, but I get to watch the Steelers get their asses handed to them (hopefully) and have a few drinks with my nearest and dearest while doing so.