Update!

It's been so long so I updated the blog- been so busy!

So Dan is back in the country! He's been back just over a week and he is tanned and tired! He's already back at work which he hates but it is lovely to have him back again!

We went to the newly renovated Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on Friday night for my birthday present. We went to see my favourite play, A Midsummer Night's Dream which was AMAZING. Dan wriggled and looked at his watch about a million times throughout the performance as he hates Shakespeare (how he can is beyond me!) But it was a very modern adaptation of the play with a lot of lines added in but the gist was the same. It was brilliant. The thing that wasn't brilliant is that I've just bought these patent black stilleto's which are so high I nearly fell over in the shop when I bought them. But I went against my better judgement and bought them anyway.
I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to test run them outside for the first time. I had been practising all week around the (carpeted) flat, walking up and down the hallway and even doing the washing up in them trying to break them in.
It worked to start with. Seeing as I was going to be sitting down all night, I thought no problem. I was wrong. We parked on the other side of the river as it's the only car park I know and we were running late. So there was some brisk walking and it was more than 5 mins away. By the time we ended up in the chinese 3 hours later (Dan was NOT amused), I was barefoot with bleeding feet. Not cool.

On the flip side, I did have a brand new blazer jacket which looked amazing with skinny jeans and barefeet!

In other news, my sister was in a car accident when a motorbike went into the back of their van...quite literally. Painkillers and an early night to quell the pain? No, they went to buy a puppy instead! His name is Marley and he is a cocker spaniel- 10 weeks old and quite possibly the cutest thing I think I've ever seen. We are desperate to start taking him out for a walk.

As I live and work in Birmingham, we are right in the thick of all the riots going in at the moment. It's horrendous that these things actually go on in our country. Personally I blame the unemployment situation and this mob mentality. If these people had normal full time jobs, I doubt this would be happening...or as badly anyway. In Birmingham, we're just keeping our heads down and getting on with our jobs. I'm meant to be visiting Fowler in Manchester this weekend but I think we'll be steering clear of the town centre after dark.

In more positive news, I've just booked a flight to Murcia in Spain with my flatmate Soph and a few other girls which I'm really looking forward to. Got an absolute bargain aswell, £100 return flight and £30 accommodation for 3 nights and 4 days in a townhouse with our own personal chef!! We fly in September so I've got a bit of a wait but I'm very excited.

I've got a week off work next week which I can't wait for. I haven't had time off since the middle of June so this is much needed. I'm not going away for this break but Dan will be getting his A level results on Thursday which will determine if he gets into Leeds uni or not. Fingers crossed!

So that's you all up to date...I'm off to Dans, he's cooked a lamb dinner for me :-) x x x