Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to London
It's a quote from a t-shirt I saw in Leichester Square the other day as I was walking through. I guess that must make me bad?You may have wondered why I haven't posted for a while. Well, let's just say I've been a little too self-obsessed to be able to focus on anything other than getting through the day. Anxiety-wise things are beginning to settle down. Irrational thoughts still have the power to send me spiralling, but I'm finally learning the value of changing my thoughts after all those years of counselling.
We've been living the London life lately. People staying on the lounge room floor (Robert's parents), waking up when it's still dark, suffering when the transport system comes unstuck, and learning how to shop when every other person and their pram is also trying to shop. The weather is definitely cooler and the need to find clothes to wear in Winter is becoming more of a priority. I think i'm pretty much sorted now. I bought some new boots, suit, skirt and a couple of tops (not to wear all together of course). I just have to put on the weight I lost worrying myself sick so that my black pants fit better again. I think I might need a trench coat however, preferably one that is shower proof to wear when it's wet and windy. Fashion tip for the next Sydney winter - grey.
We've been socialising a bit more and meeting new people. Last night we went to a party thanks to an invitation via Lorraine. The previous weekend we met up with Robert's friend from Melbourne and discovered the delights of the bars and pubs of Fulham Broadway. We even managed to find some live music - amazing what you'll find when you are desperate to go to the toilet.
Work has been going well. We were all sent on a Presentation Skill course for 2 days last week which was actually rather enjoyable. It was nice to be told that you have good skills in that area, even without much formal training. Maybe I did pick something up when I did that Toast Master's course back in high school afterall.
Robert is about to change jobs. His contract with Abbey Bank has been ended after a management directive to lose contractors. The good thing is that he was offered another job at about the same time so we'll head off to Spain and when we come back in early November, he'll start his new job. The new job is with a company called Euroclear - another financial-type institution from Belgium. Not sure if he'll need to ever go there, but at least it's not far to go if he does.
We've been feeling the desire to buy Kitchen things at the moment. Aside from the fact that we just bought Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook, Robert had to go out an buy a new knife as the ones that came with the unit are not as professional as he would like. I guess it's better to have a knife that works than one that you are at risk of cutting your finger off with every time you use it. I've also started to miss all the other things we don't have. We can't bake a cake or make muffins as we don't have any baking tins and we don't have a mixer. This is why I think we need to try and think like temporary tourists again. Think more about travel and less about making a home. Otherwise we'll end up with all the stuff that we already have back in Sydney, and that's just silly!
I'm making good progress on the knitting. I've started making a vest after finishing the little red bag. The little red bag is very little indeed. It will be a cute going out bag when you only need a mobile phone and a credit card but it isn't going to be very useful on a day to day basis. I'm also thinking of using the black wool I bought to make the socks to make a scarf instead. I'm not sure the socks will be very comfortable - they will probably fall down and might be a bit too uneven with the pattern to work well with shoes. Not sure. I'll have to see if I can find a pattern I like - perhaps something crocheted.
Now it's time for dinner. Even after all that Yum Cha, i'm still Hungry!!
posted by Elisabeth @ 6:47 PM
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