This should have probably been
posted a few days ago but I’ve been living in an Internet nightmare. I hope
everyone had a lovely time, Christmas day always feels really busy now that I
live away from home. We stay at our house on Christmas eve and have the morning
to ourselves, then we went to Dave’s parents for presents and Christmas dinner,
and then we went to my parents for our second
Christmas dinner and the third and final gift exchange. Dave was very insistent
on getting his 2 Christmas dinners, even though he was too full to eat that
much at my parents!
I was spoilt (as I am most
years), my big present from Dave this year was tickets to see Miss Saigon in
London on my birthday in a few weeks,
and then my birthday present is hotel/transport etc while we’re there. I think
its made a little bit more exciting by the fact that we will be spending one of
the nights with our friends Liza and Leon, we also get to meet their Hamster
Winston. I have loved Miss Saigon since I first saw it almost ten years ago.
Its lovely and tragic and the songs are just so darn catchy!
He also bought me this crochet
book which looks quite standard but is actually amazing, I may review it in a
future blog post, it has pretty much every crochet stitch ever invented, as
well as patterns so you can try out all the new stitches you’ve learnt. I
couldn’t help myself and have already started a new project from it; I found
something that my friend Bekki (whose birthday is 2 days after mine) will love
and I just so happened to have the perfect wool for it in my stash. Can’t wait
to share it when its done!
My sister got me a Carebear
onesie, its Gloomy bear and even comes with a grumpy face on the hood. Since
receiving it I have worn it a lot and I am starting to wonder how I lived
without one. I think its great and I love being able to crochet without my arms
getting cold!
My mum and dad really spoilt me
this year; as well as the standard bits (nail varnish, pyjamas, socks) they
bought me…
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…my own sewing machine! Not going
to lie I did squeal a bit when I opened it, it was a complete surprise. Dave
gave them the idea, I've borrowed his sisters one for a bit but its exciting to
finally have one of my own. I can’t wait to make lots of lovely things with it
and have already been roped into some alterations (it’s inevitable in a family
of short people).
I had to go to work on boxing
day, we were all scheduled to work either boxing day or new years day.I went in
armed with lots of crocheting expecting it to be a quiet day, and it was the
exact opposite. There was a constant queue of calls over my whole shift,
although I do think it sometimes makes the day go quicker.
I am
looking forward to 2015, I’ve had a horrible last year and unfortunately I
think I brought my family and friends down a bit with me. So I intend to spend
the coming year (trying to be) optimistic. I haven’t made any resolutions but I
have made a list of things I would like to have achieved by the end of 2015. I’ve
tried to make them all achievable even if I don’t get any better in the next
year, but crossing my fingers I do.
Wishing you all the best for the New
Year xx
