Back Home!

I'm back home at last after an exhausting couple of days travelling up north and back... I'm glad to be back home. Some things I learned/saw on my trip:

• A HUGE, fast-moving spider in my hotel bedroom.
• A very large lady half naked in the train station ladies room, she was wearing a see-through bra, yuk!
• A newsagents sign saying 'Flasher Binman Jailed.' This is quite worrying, does it mean that there was some strange man hiding in and jumping out of bins flashing passers-by? Or a binman flashing people whilst collecting the rubbish. What a disgusting combinitation, and what a relief he is jailed!
• Some taxi drivers are useless as they don't even carry cards for receipts.
• Travelling through the London Underground with a very heavy suitcase is hell, as there are few ramps/escalators/lifts and lots and lots of stairs! Thankfully, there are a lot of pleasant gentlemen willing to help a poor lady out.

Growing up

In the past 12 months I have:

1) Got married
2) Moved house twice (not including living in two bed and breakfasts for a month)
3) Lost my parents and dog to France
4) Got a my first car
5) Had three jobs, in three different locations.
6) Been abroad twice- once to visit my parents and once to visit my parents-in-law
7) Become a godmother
8) Learnt to bake
9) Started a blog
10) Been to Church more often than the previous few years put together.

I am feeling like an adult at last. Which I suppose I should do at 27!

Doll With No Name

I just couldn't resist posting a picture of my litte Huron doll, after discovering that Shop Girl also collects these figures.

She lacks a habitiat, fellow tribal/Nation members and also a name. Veggie Hubby just suggested Anouk, but can you do better?

Three ugly brothers

You know those little arcade machines that you can win stuffed toys from, by grabbing them with a metal claw? Well, I never thought it was possible to win anything, I thought they were rigged so that you couldn't. Today however, I realised that sometimes it is actually possible to win.

I was visiting a friend and her baby, and we went to a soft play centre where there was once such machine. She was saying how it is impossible to win anything, and they aren't worth playing in England, but you can win in Las Vegas. However, as she was saying this, to our surprise, when we pressed the button the claw started moving, and we hadn't even put any money in it. We were so shocked that it moved, and didn't win anything that time. We tried again, and aimed for a corner packed with toys, and this time we were more successful. The machine grabbed not one but two!!! We were so excited. However, they were the ugliest toys I have ever seen. They were little men, who looked a bit like Pinocchio's. Even the toddler wasn't impressed. There was no more credit in the machine, so we put in a pound for another go, and won another of the same. They were the ugliest toys in the machine, yet we managed to win three of them. Perhaps it was rigged after all, as they have longer limbs so are easier to grab than the nicer teddies. They are already falling apart. I hereby present to you... Pug, Tug and Ugg*! Have you ever seen any uglier toys than these?

*names have been changed to protect their identities