Hello my lovely Readers! I have been terrible at doing
regular entries so I’ve found some time this afternoon to update you all on
everything including walking, a kept NY’s resolution and some of my lovely
friends! I’ve just returned from brunch (Kentish Canteen of course) with two of
them so am feeling rather full (a full English, chocolate brownie and two pots
of tea didn’t seem greedy at the time) and disinclined to do anything
productive such as work, packing etc.
Anyway the first exciting bit of news is that, for the first
time EVER, I, Imogen Wainwright-Jones, have actually kept a New Year’s resolution!
I promised in my last entry to attempt a dance class such as salsa; I didn’t
quite manage that but I have actually started Zumba and I am thoroughly
enjoying it! Not shifted any of the pounds yet but I suppose that stuffing
myself with chocolate/ cake/ bread beforehand probably isn’t the most
productive way to go about losing weight. Anyway, despite this, if you’re as
much of an exercise-phobe as I am then I highly recommend it; it’s actually fun
and very few of the people take it particularly seriously (bar that eager one
at the front…there’s always one!) I haven’t got any further with any most of the
other resolutions but I suppose I have 11 months to become a political and
economic linguist! I did also promise to find a second follower which I have
somehow managed. I did promise to give Miss Ellie a bit of a mention so I
thought I’d actually devote a paragraph or two to both my lovely followers!
For those of you mad enough to have read my blog from the
very beginning, you will know that Charlotte is my reason for having started
blogging at all! She and I met a few years ago at a choral course where we
became firm friends, probably due to the fact that we didn’t seem to take
things nearly as seriously as we should and we have mutual obsessions with
afternoon tea, period dramas, Colin Firth and vintage clothing! She writes an
amazing blog which I highly recommend (although it makes mine look horrendous) http://captainfuntimes.blogspot.co.uk/
and there’s now a follow up here: http://captainfuntimesontheroad.blogspot.co.uk/.
Anyway she’s ab fab and if we are both unmarried by the time we hit our 40s, I
am forcing her to live with me and keeps numerous cats, dogs and goats so we
can eat lots of cake and stalk the male “youth”. She also shares my baking
obsession, which was reflected in her AMAZING Christmas pressie to me…watch
this space for piccys when I actually getting round to balking some of the
things in here!
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| Best present EVER!! |
Now my second luverly follower is, as mentioned, Ellie!
Ellie had the misfortune of meeting me last year when we started university
together. We are both Surrey girls so share a sense of humour that is anti
Northern (just to classify…North is anything above the M25…I don’t care if you
consider yourself from the Midlands or East Anglia…you’re still Northern!) and
have mutual acquaintances which is always useful! Anyway she and I tend to
spend the time madly giggling and she, like everyone else, takes the mick out
of me lots and lots, but I like to think it’s affectionate abuse!
I don’t want to jinx things but it finally feels like Spring
is in the air! I had lots of fun in the snow but I am so looking forward to
cracking out the summery skirts and floaty dresses! I’ve had a lot of lovely walks
recently in the outbreaks of sunshine including one up to the heath yesterday
which cheered me up no end! I also keep dragging my boyfriend out for walks
which I’m not sure he appreciates but it gives him the opportunity to wear his
new shoes which I hate. Seriously, am I the only one who has a problem with
these?!
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| Jacket! Sorry for the embarrassing "selfie"! |
I suppose I really ought to tackle some work although I’d
really rather go for a stroll! I shall leave you with a few pics of snow and
one of my red jacket that I mentioned in my last entry!
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| Doggies in the snowww! |
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| Genuinely..so cute! |
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| London Victoria...waiting for the bus! |
