The Sozzled Mumble

Ok, this is what went down yesterday. It's pathetic and I don't care if I'm 31 - I refuse to be mature all the time.

So, the fella was going for drinks after work with some colleagues and said (more than once) that he would be done by 6 and would meet me outside of his work as I had no idea where the pub was - all I had to do was to text/ring him to let him know I was there.

7 (!!!) unanswered calls later and I'm fuming especially as I didn't know where the bloody pub was. Pissed off, raining, I found the pub and he's there with a pint still to drink!!!! So I stormed out of the pub (the people he was with must have thought I was a right f*cking lunatic) and walked home all by myself. Jeans soaking and covered in pavement crap.

This all means that he forgot about me. Says he didn't and that he didn't answer his phone because he didn't hear it. I prefer my conclusion on the matter....so we're not really speaking because my feelings are hurt and he doesn't understand why.

Anyway, we're supposed to go to Paris tomorrow....how fun that will be now I wouldn't know.

In better news I sold my first ebay item for a whopping £1.99!! Considering I got it for free I'm quids in - almost 2 to be precise. So, bouyed up by this success I have now put on another item. If I keep making this much money I'll have my student loan paid off by the time I reach 85. Yee-haaa!!!

1. Name a movie you have seen more than 10 times
Easy - Star Wars - A New Hope

2. Name a movie you’ve seen multiple times in the theater
I've never done this either - too expensive

3. Name an actor who would make you more inclined to see a movie
I will have to say the great Al Pacino too. Or Toni Collette.

4. Name an actor who would make you less likely to see a movie
Tom Cruise.

5. Name a movie and do a quote from it
The Importance of Being Ernest (1952)
"A handbag???"

6. Name a movie musical in which you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs
Oh, not keen on musicals so will have to say Grease.

7. Name a movie you have been known to sing along with
Grease.

8. Name a movie you would recommend everyone see
Memento

9. Name a movie you own
Star Wars

10. Name an actor who launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Was going to say David Jason BUT Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) has proven to be a very talented actor.

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?
No - that's a bit 50's isn't it?

12. Ever made out in a movie?
Once.

13. Name a movie you keep meaning to see but you just haven’t gotten around to yet.
The Omen (original)

14. Ever walked out of a movie?
Wanted to walk out of Magnolia but didn't.....wished I had though.

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
The Green Mile.

16. Popcorn?
No, too expensive.

17. How often do you go to the movies
Hardly ever, again too expensive....there is a pattern here....

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
Black Sheep

19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Horror

20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
The Sword in the Stone.

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
Magnolia

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Can't think of one.

23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?
Hellraiser *shudders*

24. What is the funniest film you have ever seen?
Anything with Ben Stiller

Had a very nice evening drinking then a sexy Sghetti at a local Italian (run by authentic Italians by the look and sound of them...yum). Then I got accosted by a 60's style singer - 60's as in his age not the decade, singing Delilah at me. Bizarre.

We had to go home early however on account of the fella's brother falling foul of constipation this morning things were still stuck pretty solidly - hopefully he'll work it out some-how. Aren't prunes the answer?? I on the other hand am very cleaned out and feel great this morning.

Midsomer Murders is on all day today on ITV3 and I have to go out.

We're off round the fella's brothers today - not sure what we're going to be doing as it's not sunny enough for a beer garden. Might just have to make do with the inside of a pub. Hopefully we'll get in some DVD's or something or maybe go and watch the new Indiana Jones film.

Errr......what else. I think the blog isn't holding my enthusiasm any more. I hope I don't decide to give up on it as there are loads of great things that are happening this year.

Tried to get lots of wedding related stuff sorted yesterday, namely the honeymoon. We fancy New York and have around £1200 to spend on flights and accommodation but when we went into Thomsons yesterday the lady quoted us between £1800 and £2800!!!! Rath......when we googled before it was around £600 each.

If anyone knows of any good NY deals please let me know as I have a feeling we'll end up heading to the outer hebrides for our honeymoon (which I rather fancy but don't tell the fella)......

Match tonight. Don't care who wins.

No-one wants to buy my ebay book. I'm clinging to the desperate thought that some-one really wants it and is waiting until the last minute to bid so that they don't get gazumped by some-one else.

Some-one suggested I buy a muff for the wedding. Which I thought was strange. Didn't realise I needed two.

Posted my first 'sell' on ebay today. It's a book and have left it on there to run for 10 days. I'm so excited I'm trying not to keep checking it for bids.

I also sent a handy tip to Take a Break yesterday - they give you £30 for tips and £60 for a tip and a photo. Money for nothing - if it makes it into the magazine does that make me a published writer??

Well, the fella's tattoo isn't finished yet. I would say it's only a quarter of the way through. 2 two-hour sessions later and we are no-where near finishing. Apparently the tattooist is a bit of a 'i would do this for free if I could coz I'm an artist man' so his business sense is somewhere between none and er, well, none.

So he takes ages setting up then ages sketching or filling in or whatever it is they do for £60 an hour. The longer he takes to do it naturally the more I'LL be forking out. On Sunday he had a bit of a melt-down over something and had to cancel the session - he's from America originally and I think it might be a case of home-sickness or perhaps something a bit more serious, anyway he's buggering off back home and may or may not have time to finish off the tattoo!!! Rath.

The fella is loving it so far though so I'm happy that he's happy. Plus it means I don't need to go round the shops looking for something he wouldn't want for his birthday.

Brighter news is I don't need to wear jammies in bed at night.

Went on a ghost walk on Wednesday night with the top-hatted (if a little shorter than expected) Mr P. Dreadful. What's the P stand for? Don't know, maybe Pretty?? Purposefully??

It wasn't exactly the most atmospheric of nights - the summer arrived on Monday and stayed right through until *looks outside* yesterday. A great night for drinking outside - oh well we had a couple of drinks beforehand to get us going. There was only 10 of us including the ringmaster and his researcher and they took us all round notorious hot-ghost-spots - from a young lad who (was too late) in changing his mind about hanging himself to a transvestite who gets a little handsy with the male clientele who wear leather trousers at a popular club.

He told us a very lengthy zombie tale about work-men who thought they could steal from the dead without consequence - not my favourite story as the whisky shandy I had earlier had had enough and was trying to force itself out of my bladder. Quick pee-break later and we were on our way to hear about an angel-faced white lady who likes to kill for laughs, a cannibalistic minister and a heart-broken gentleman who haunts the local job centre.

An interesting night although ghost stories always work better in the dark.

Looks like a 3rd win for Ronnie O'Sullivan tonight. Just 2 more frames and that'll be the end of this years World Championships up here in Sheffield.

The fella's in a huff with me because I didn't particularly want to stand outside the Crucible (my favourite place in Sheffield) watching the match on the big screen they've erected. I wouldn't have minded if we had tried to get tickets for it and failed, but when I asked him in February if he fancied going this year, he said, "Can't be bothered." So, childishly, I too "Can't be bothered" standing outside watching from afar - a bit like pressing my nose up against the glass of the local pub when I know I'm not old enough to go in and join in the fun. So there.

What a palaver!

Woke up with cramps...again...my body is slowly giving up....and thought I wouldn't be able to make my dress fitting. I mean who really wants to try on a beautiful garment - the garment I'll be saying vows in - when you feel like you've got a coal-fire burning away in your inside-under-crackers??? Popped a couple of pills hoping they would kick in on time so that I could enjoy the experience. Quick shower and shave (legs, can't let my dress fitter see my hairy beast legs now can I) and by the time my hair was dried (the hair on my head that is ) the cramps had subsided. Ah, relief.

So, feeling all pleased and pain-free I sauntered out my front door to see the tram whizz past 4 mins early. Christ. This was the last tram I could have caught to arrive at my appointment bang on time. Rather than wait 10 mins for another one I decided that there was nothing else for it but to get in my car and drive instead. I frantically got in my Ka turning on the ignition, wrestled with the hand-break as the fella has a tendency to pull it so far up that it's near impossible to loosen the thing, reversed a little until I realised I hadn't put my new tax disc in. Gah.

So I had to pull back up again, undo my seat-belt, get out and run back to the house to fetch it (which has gone up £15 from last year). By this time I knew I was going to be 20mins late for my appointment and thought it was only polite to phone to say sorry. Back in the drivers seat, tax disc firmly placed, pulling out of my parking space I see another tram trundling past.

Oh, well at least the car is nice and safe and warm. Had to park in town as there were no parking spaces near the shop and ended up catching the tram anyway for 2 stops. Got there (15 mins late) with jeans falling down past my buttocks because I couldn't find my belt and, sweating like a pregnant nun, I was ready and raring to get dressed in white.

And it was worth it.

Can't say too much as the fella knows about my blog (although I did let slip that I had straps - pissed off about that) but it fits perfectly and only needs a couple of minor alterations. EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!