The passport arrived at 11 yesterday – phew – I nearly kissed the postie. So after an afternoon relieved packing and tidying, we got the flight to Oslo and are now happily tucked into boyfriends parents place, over looking the river in Fredrikstad. Fredrikstad is sort of the Brighton of Norway. Without the gay people. […]

On Monday morning – 8 am I decided to get up with my other half, so he wouldn’t feel so bad about going to work on a dark and damp Monday morning. Probably not that much better for him leaving the warm flat with me perched on the sofa reading a book. But anyway that’s […]

Back in London, and boy it feels strange. First thoughts coming back into Paddington were, ..ARGH all these people, all pushing and rushing… Then I got into the swing of it, I am a moody Londoner after all, and started to feel at home. The faces of my fellow passengers on the tube, Black, Asian, […]

Today, I’ve mostly been thinking about air fresheners. I just can’t stand the stinkin’ things. As time goes on, the Air Wicks of the world get more and more sophisticated. So now the adverts proudly display a plug-in air freshener with three different ‘fragrances’ that alternate every forty minutes. How much does your house have […]

Blimey, it is only gone and turned into December out there. As in, deck the halls, drink yourself into a coma, eat till your kidney’s implode, it’s bleedin Christmas in a few weeks. So approaches the festive season as a student, with minus in the bank account. As I’ve worked in the Charity sector for […]