4 Day Week!

Monday is here again! Ever noticed that the weekends just go too quickly?! I even had a 4 day week last week, and the weekend was so busy, that I don't feel like I've had any sort of rest at all! :0(

I did houseworky type stuff on Friday morning, and then got myself ready for an evening out and weekend with my friend Emily (it was my birthday surprise, on 2 months late!!). Had a bit of a nightmare though, as the train was delayed due to a fatality at Wimbledon - I'm not sure what happened, but as we went through Wimbledon there were hoards of police officers on one of the platforms and someone looking like they were trying to clean off the platform, so god knows what occurred. I finally reached Waterloo, where she informed me that we were meeting some of her other friends (that had obviously slipped her mind in the first place). We made it to meet them, and none of them made any effort to talk to me. I was trying to ask them questions etc and try to be friendly, but they weren't interested at all, and Emily ignored me for most of the evening. Not an ideal way to start your "birthday" weekend. Anyway, we went to see Chris Addison - who is a comedian - and his show was very entertaining, so that certainly went some way to making up for the lack of acknowledgment I received from Emily & her friends. After the show Emily and I headed back to her house in Guildford, where she put me to sleep in the sitting room(!).

Saturday morning was quite chilled with copious amounts of breaded goods for breakfast (not ideal considering I'm on a diet at the moment, but hey!), then we headed back into London, where she took me to the V&A where there is currently an exhibition on called "Hats: An Anthology", which is a major exhibit of Stephen Jones' fantastic collections. Not only were there his hats, but hats from throughout the ages, including a papyrus headress from about 700BC! Johnny Depp's tricorne hat from Pirates was there, along with some vintage contributions from Dita Von Teese! Also got to get up close to the Phillip Treacy creation that SJP wore to the SATC premiere! Amazing!

After walking around for hours, we headed back to Guildford, Emily made us dinner, we watched a bit of TV, and then she dropped me home. I was exhuasted yesterday and apart from a quick trip into Walton to join the library, I spent most of the day lolling in front of the telly! Very productive! So now, it's back to the evil place where they keep my paycheck, but thankfully only a 4 day week this week and next!

Hope everyone is keeping well.

Much love to all!

Becky xxxx