Saturday 31st October 2009

• A new game to play: goth, hen do or halloween. Bonus points awarded for a combination of any two, and a Mars Bar if all three are spotted in one package.
• Archiving clothes.
• Perching in the kitchen, reading out crossword clues, while bacon sizzled for butties.
• Sewing frocks to fit. There ain't nothing I can't do with a needle and spool of thread.
• A can of stella and some pringles. Filth.

Friday 30 October 2009

• People who pronounce bourgeois in a very French accent - rolling Rs and flourishing finishes.
• An impromptu meeting - flavoured with books and Euclidean geometry and displacement.
• Champagne and steak frites.
• A whimsically gothic black feathered bird.
• Perfume high jinks in Fortnum and Mason.

Thursday 29 October 2009

• Walking through the manicured grounds of Valentines Mansion at dusk. Unexpectedly lovely in the middle of Ilford.
  
• A conference of geekery: social theory, politics and the arts. So good to be back in a lecture hall.
• The perfect shade of red lipstick. It makes my eyes so blue - how does that work?
• A galeless autumn has led to coloured leaves falling to the ground in perfect circles around the base of trees.
  
• Cherry tomatoes in a can. How exciting.
  

Wednesday 28 October 2009

• Incredible drumming followed by ethereal singing. In fact, a great concert in two parts.
  
• Midnight mac & cheese.
• New blue silk underwear.
• Spying the little black door by the Royal Courts of Justice I've been looking for for a while.
• First poppy of the year.
  

Tuesday 27 October 2009

• Faux bitchiness, via the medium of instant message. Just an excuse to be amusing, really.
• Being taken to the Japanese restaurant I've been meaning to go to for years. You know, the one under Centrepoint? Sushi and edamame and miso and tempura and some very polite bowing.
• Walking all the way home.
• A decade on from yesterday, referencing the 30s.
• TV flavoured banter in the canteen.
  

Monday 26 October 2009

• A Mary Poppins sky.
• Duel incomprehensibility.
• The clean snap of celery.
• Running errands in the sunshine at lunchtime.
• Channeling the twenties via vintage primark.
  

Sunday 25 October 2009

• An extra hour to while away between the sheets.
• The wonderful Stoke Newington bookshop.
• A cup of tea in Ellie's kitchen.
• A magnificent lasagna.
• Hearing that a friend has absolutely behaved as I thought she would - in fact, has been stellar.