The Sozzled Mumble

Another thieved question thingy.

Do you eat a lot of fast food?
Try not to, may be once a month.

How many people have you kissed in 2008?
Just one in a love love type of way. Probably 8 or 9 In a mwah mwah kind of way.

Were you happy when you woke up on Sunday?
I think I was yes.

How about now?
No, been in a bit of a mood all day actually.

Have you ever streaked?
Not that I am aware of.

Are you an understanding person?
Only if its deserved.

What was the last movie you saw in the cinema?
Black Sheep - I snoozed through most of it though - was tired.

What did you last get upset about?
the fella being annoying

Do you eat sweets on a daily basis?
I never eat sweets

Does it make you happy to get letters?
i love post so yes!

Who was the last person to text you?
the fella

What are you looking forward to this summer?
Oh crikey, I have nothing to look forward to.......oh no, there are 3 things - all the babies that are due this summer.

Who was the last person you ate with?
the fella

Do raisins belong in cookies?
raisins belong in the bin.

What's your screen name?
Jembajr

Walking into a party, what's the first thing you notice?
Who's wearing what.

Kiss on the first date?
Haven't had a first date in years so I don't know what the kids view as acceptable now.

Would you rather have chicken or steak?
Chicken all the way baby.

What's one thing you've learned from a good friendship gone bad?
That you can only rely on yourself sometimes

Who was the last person you took a picture of?
the fella most probably.

Would you ever donate blood?
I'm not allowed - you have to be a certain weight, and I'm not heavy enough. Although, I would love to.

Have you ever felt replaced?
Yes

Are there deerheads covering any walls in your house?
That is stupid.

Have you ever been asked out?
Yes.

Are you good at telling jokes?
No, I start laughing before I get to the punchline, and then its not funny when I get to it

Have you ever driven without a license?
Only when my dad let me take the car for a spin round a car park.

Do you wish you had smaller feet?
No way, I'm already a 4!! My mum & sis are a 3 and have difficulty finding decent shoes.

When ordering sushi, what do you get?
Don't do raw fish bluer

Do you write in cursive or in print?
Print

Who was the last person you sat next to?
A work colleague

What were you doing at 10 am?
Sat in work eating my lunch.

Are you different now than you were six months ago?
Still as much of a lunatic now as I was then...in fact wedding approaching I have become unreasonable....looking forward to the next 5 months see how that pans out.

What was the last beverage you spilled on yourself?
Hot boiling water - which I know isn't a beverage but that's the last thing.

How old will you be in 10 months?
32. Eeeeeeeeeekkkkkk. But don't look anywhere near that number. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhh

Do you think you'll be married by then?
I will indeed be Mrs

Was yesterday better than today?
Yes.

What does your last text message say?
Oh, mobile across the room, can't be bothered getting up to see.

What month is your birthday in?
March

Can you live a day without tv?
Unlikely.

When was the last time you saw your dad?
March.

How many pets do you have?
None. I am allergic.

How many houses have you lived in?
3 houses, 1 halls, 3 flats

How many city/towns have you lived in?
3

Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet....

Available?
Er for what?

What is your favorite colour?
Black or pink's nice.

What are you doing for your next birthday?
Too busy planning for this year to think about next year.

Do you like coffee?
Nope

Do you like iced tea?
Ah no.

What are you listening to?
Andy Murray

Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
left hand side with leg hanging off the bed (until I start imagining some-ones under the bed just about to grab me...then I pull it back in)

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Flat stomach.

Do you know how to play poker?
I know bits and pieces.

What are you thinking about right now?
These questions

Any plans for next weekend?
The Omen, The Exorcist, and some other weird horror film called Catacombes.

What were you doing at 12 last night?
Asleep

Do you smile a lot?
Not really.

Why did you last cry?
Friday

Have you ever had a life-threatening injury?
Are bad tonsils life threatening??

Do you like flying or driving?
Fly

What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Choco and magazines

Do you wear any jewellery daily?
My cross necklace & heart ring

Who got you the jewellery you are currently wearing?
THe necklace was from work mates ( I was leaving) and the ring my mum bought me when I was 16

Who is the funniest person you know?
The fella (but don't tell him)

How often do you remember your dreams?
Mostly

What is your ringtone?
Just one of the phones standard ones.

Skim, 1%, 2%, or whole milk?
Semi

Are you mad about anything?
Yes, mad that these questions keep going on when I thought the milk question was the last one!!

What time did you go to sleep last night?
11ish

Where did you last sleep besides your own bed?
In a swanky hotel in Leeds a couple of weeks ago

Right, is that it? Finished now??? Good.

Don't know if this counts as a fail but I had to crack out the credit card tonight to buy a new hot water bottle. It was only £15.85 and was essential because my old one leaked hot boiling water all over my now scalded left thigh.

I think this is fine. Something always crops up each month, usually a birthday or car -tax or wanting that LBD from Asos, so as long as I don't buy anything other than food and pay my bills I think I can continue with my £10 a week thing.

ps - I bloody posted this entry in tellyaddicts group by mistake - what an arse!!!

This month is 'cheap month.'

Because I don't have any children to worry about I tend to spend money as if I'm an heiress. I reason that, due to my childless status - which could change within the next couple of years - I can spend my money willfully and freely like I'm a student with my first grant installment. I may as well get it out of the way before the rug-rats decide to make an appearance.

The last few months I have been quite happily spending but, now that the fellas 30th is out of the way I think I should stop for a couple of months at least and see if I can live on a budget. (I never lived on a budget when I was a student, so gawd knows how this will turn out). So, I have allocated £10 a week for essentials like choco and tram tickets and magazines. And that is it. I have had to stop going on the Topshop website and I immediately delete the emails I receive from Asos.com. Believe me, that has been hard.

My week started on Tuesday with £14 in my pocket and I am happy to report that I have £3.21 left to do me until Tuesday. So, I've spent (just a little) over my allocated £10 for the week. I even resisted an evening out last night with friends. This is going well. Although, I still have to get my haircut for a wedding on the 1st Aug - I could always get one of their trainees to wreck do it.

As long as I don't socialize I think I may just achieve my goal.

Am off, there is a mini profiterole with my name on it.

Stoled.

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now?
Bottle of water for emergency top-ups.

2. When was the last time you threw up?
Barcelona Sept 07 - damn you whisky shandies!!

3. What's your favorite curse word?
Shit

4. Name 3 people who made you smile today?
No one yet. Oh dear.

5. What were you doing at 8am this morning?
Peeing.

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Blogging.

7. Have you ever been to a strip club?
No.

8. What is the last thing you said aloud?
"It's raining!!"

9. When is your birthday?
March

10. What is the best ice cream flavor?
I like to keep it real. Vanilla.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water.

12. What are you wearing right now?
Pyjamas.

13. What is the last thing you ate?
Scrambled egg on toast.

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
No - im trying to ration myself for a month so am only allowed £10 a week for spends.

15. When was the last time you ran?
Yesterday crossing the road.....which probably doesn't count.

16. What's the last sporting event you watched?
Spain vs some-one.

17. What's the last sport you played?
Probably touch-tig years ago

18. Who is the last person you sent a comment/message to on myspace?
Don't do myspace.

19. Ever go camping?
Not any more - prefer fresh towels and bog roll to myself

20.Do you have a tan?
No

21.Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?
Only stuff youre supposed to lose down there.

22.What is your guilty pleasure?
Choco.

23.Do you use smiley faces on the computer a lot?
Not loads.

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw?
No.

27. What are you doing tomorrow?
Working.

28. Where is your mom right now?
In church.

29. Look to your left, what do you see?
A cushion and an empty malteasers packet

30. What color is your watch?
Silver

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia?
tis very far away and has a lot of inhabited land

32. Ever ridden on a roller coaster?
Yes

33. What is your birthstone?
Er...ruby? I have no idea

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive through?
Drive -thru

35. What is your favorite number?
8

36. Do you have a dog?
No

37. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My Mum.

38. Have you met anyone famous?
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Sean Hughes, Sir Harry Secombe, Ian Banks.

39. Any plans today?
Asda. Want to start reading one of my library books.

40. How many provinces have you lived in?
2

41. Ever go to college?
Yes.

42. Where are you right now?
At home.

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Money. Lack of.

44. Last song listened to?
I'll have to say Amy Winehouse also. Glasto last night.

46. Are you allergic to anything?
Animal fur.

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
My black & silver sling-backs with peep-toe.

48. Taste in your mouth right now?
metal.

49. Are you jealous of anyone?
People who can afford the finer things in life.

50. Is anyone jealous of you?
I don't think so.

51. Do you love anyone?
Yes.

52. Do any of your friends have children?
The 1st one arrives in Aug so no they don't but soon will have.

53. Do you eat healthy?
Try to!!!

54. What do you usually do during the day?
Depends on what day it is.

55. Do you hate anyone right now?
I dislike some-one right now, but not hate.

58. Do you own any big sunglasses?
Yes! they are the best type to have.

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Don't know what it is so I'll say no.

60. How did you get one of your scars?
My brother threw a childs blackboard at me when I was little.

Ah, I love doing these. Very cathartic.

Recommend posting to-do lists on blog - I felt under a bit of pressure there.

So, have done everything apart from the online wedding list - mainly because I can't decide between Next & Debenhams. If we went with Debs we get a £50 voucher as an incentive but I think their stuff is more expensive and not as nice as Next?? Can't decide so am waiting for the fella to come home......then he can choose.

I'll email the vicar some other time when I know what I want to say to him! And the marriage licence can wait - as long as its in 6 weeks before the wedding day then I think we're set.

Chicken Chasseur for tea tonight. Oh yeah!!!

and another thing - ladies if you're after a Tommy & Kate handbag (just like new) I've put one on ebay - it's a right bargain (as well as some coloring pencils, slippers and an eeyore)

Have quite a lot to do but can't be bothered.

The wedding is a mere 5 months away and I've still got heaps to do. Trying to find a cheap batch of RSVP cards is proving difficult. You can get a batch of 5 for about a tenner in WH Smiths - what good is 5 to some-one who is asking about 70 people to attend?? Useless. Some-one suggested Tesco's but, considering we got lost trying to find our 'local' Tesco's I don't know if its worth it. No, sod it, I think we'll have to venture outback again to get these bloody wee cards.

I'll make a list. That way, I'll be obliged to my conscience to do these things this afternoon. In fact, second thoughts - I'll have to make 2 lists with a seperate one for wedding garbage.

Wedding Garbage
1 - Set up a wedding list on t'internet
2 - Order in some shoes to go with me wedding dress (need them for my next fitting in Aug) DONE
3 - Source those damn RSVP cards (which means emailing a friend - her's were just what I'm after) DONE
4 - Should really email the vicar just to keep in touch.
5 - Post the wedding licence forms off
There are other things but I think that's enough for today.

T'other List
1 - Bunch of stuff to go on ebay - DONE
2 - Dishes (might do that once I've blogged actually) - DONE
3 - Decide when I'm going home again and look at flight costs DONE
4 - Hang washing up & re-load the washer - DONE

Oh, and the anxiety has gone.

EDIT - CHRIST ITS 3:22PM AND IVE HARDLY DONE ANYTHING

Am anxious.

Successful apple pie & cream (and bloody lighted candles!!) event this morning.

I was that excited I had to poo 3 times before I presented him with it (sorry but it's true)

Had to wake him up so he was all sleepy (and looked all lovely and snuggly), but I think he was delighted. Blew his candles out - only 3 representing each decade - so there was enough fuel for that many candles Ellie

10 seconds later the pie was back in the fridge and the fella was lightly snoring. Ah a success I think.

ps - just had a quick bite of his pie now (THE APPLE PIE THAT IS RUDE BLOGGERS!!) and I almost threw up - now I remember why I can't stand apple pie.

I have found a lighter.

I repeat I have found a lighter!!

As I got the fella a tattoo and a hotel room for the night there really wasn't anything left to surprise him with. Since my bank account has had a battering I wasn't going to pop up with a Cilla Black style surprise gift. Although, I wanted to do a little something so instead of buying him a birthday cake I thought I'd buy him an apple pie as it is his favourite (with a can of whipped cream).

So, I've had to covertly stash the pie & cream at the back of our titchy fridge with strategically placed apples and eggs hiding the thing. To guard my stash I have been reduced to watching the damn footie poised to pounce on him should he go riffleing for a snacky cake. I just need to last until bedtime which, and I'm not embarrassed to admit this, will be 10pm precisely.

ps - I've got candles for the pie but no lighter or matches. Gah! I might try to light them on the stove - which is electric so good luck there!!

So, we went out on Saturday to the comedy club and I have to say, even though there were jokes about the Northern Irish (I dived under the table at this point before scowling at everyone not to give the game away that I was NI-ish), it was a very amusing night. The first comedian (Hal some-body or other whose wife is Northern Irish) was hilarious (or hararious BB fans!!). Unfortunately the second guy (although funny) wasn't as good and I think he admitted defeat by the end of his set as many of the audience started talking to each other which isn't very nice. Note to self - google who the comedians where.

Our hotel was pretty swish indeed. I had beef bourgonion (that is NOT spelt right and I DONT care) and the fella had some sort of posh beef burger. Their bar also operates on an "honesty book" where you go up to the bar and take whatever drink you want then write in the honesty book what you took and they bill it to your room!! There's no bar-staff or anything. It's a hotel in the centre of Leeds called Quebecs if anyone's visiting.

Only a wee bit hung-over the next day which was surprising given my previous form.

The fella (along with his brother) turns 30 next week.

Comedy club and drinks with a few people tomorrow. Have to say, not keen on comedy clubs but I booked a swanky hotel for me and the fella - so's we don't have to sleep on his brothers floor surrounded by several drunken people. Plus - he paid for everything for my 30th and I wanted to do something a bit special for him. Hopefully it'll be a good night.

Er.....I haven't done much today to write about so I'm away to make me roasties.

Watching the Live BB (saddo that I am) and they're all dressed in metallic onesy's (with hood oh yeah!!) playing a giant version of that game where you have a squiggly piece of metal wire and you have to trace a metal hoop all the way round without touching it. I have no idea if that makes sense.

Anyhoo, I do this every year - saturate myself with so much live Big Brother that when the actual programme comes on channel 4 I've already seen most of it. Which sort of ruins it a bit.

(Thinking about my MIL quite a bit today. Shouldn't really think about how she's not going to be at our wedding. Some days it doesn't feel real - she's got to be there. But, of course, I know she won't be.)

Sold my 2nd item in Ebay. Oh yes!! This time for £7.85.

Rich.

You know those poor market research people who stand out in the street with their clip-boards desperately being ignored by the general public? Well, yesterday i decided NOT to ignore them and shuffle past like I always do and stopped and said of course I have 30 minutes to spare.

So she took me off into a church hall (when did this occur? aren't market researchers supposed to interview you in the street?) - I followed her into the building and into the lift which proceeded to take us to the bottom level of the building when it should've gone up....I did now start to believe that this harmless looking lady, who could have been my grandmother, was actually a cover to get me alone and vulnerable in, what could have been an abandoned building, and that I was about to be sold to members of an organized crime who would then sell me to American businessmen for the purpose of maiming and torturing for laughs.

The lift doors closed and my cleverly disguised torturer said, "Eee, how did we end up down here....must have been a ghost. It's ok we're going up now." The mean hard-faced bastard took me through a corridor, I was now beginning to perspire, and into a room filled with hammers, hand-cuffs, ten-inch knives, a blowtorch, machete's, chains, barbed wire, an episode of Hollyoaks on the TV in the corner......OH MY GOD I'VE WALKED INTO THE TORTURE CHAMBER!!! All this for £3 in Boots vouchers???

Ahem, got carried away there....there were 5 other losers young ladies hunched over computers typing in answers to questions such as, "What do you think of when you hear the word Rimmel" or "What beauty products do you use most often." It was a difficult test but I came through.....and was rewarded with £3 in Boots vouchers - which should be enough to buy half an eye shadow.

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1. What I was doing 10 years ago:
Lets see - 1998 - At college and finished my first year of a Journalism degree. In a dead-end relationship with some-one from back home (which then came to an end later that year.) Think I went home for the summer and washed dishes in an old-folks home before returning back to do my second year.

2. What 5 things are on on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Well, I've already exercised so:

- Have to transfer some money into another account
- Make a nice healthy sandwich for lunch
- Those magazines won't read themselves
- Do a bit of training on Photoshop
- A bit of writing later

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Anything with a chocolate content

4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire:

Buy property in different countries
Enjoy a couple of months living in each of my properties
Go into a large department store going "I'll have that, and that, and that..."
Give some away
Get Vivienne Westwood to make me something

5. Places I have lived:
Donaghadee, Barnsley, Sheffield

Today, I shall be tagging Elliegant, Libertyblue, the_real_linda, sweetymon, xmillyxxx

Still on the Paris thing here.

Another cool thing I witnessed is their equivalent of buskers. You know how they usually stand outside of WH Smiths or in the depths of the tube strumming their guitar for a few coins? Well, on Sunday we got the underground into the centre and I could hear some accordion/trumpet music in the distance which kept playing between stops.

I thought it may have been some-one's i-pod set to a brazen level but no, it was a real live accordion/trumpet playing duo making their way down the length of the train hustling for a bit of cash. It was excellent. However, whilst I beamed with touristic glee, the rest of the local passengers had faces like fizz.

ps - went all the way to Paris and avoided all local cuisine. What did we do for lunch today? Went to a French restaurant and had French food.

FRIDAY 30 MAY 2008
Right, I got my timings all mixed up re: how long to takes to get to the airport. This is very unlike me but, many wheel-spins, f-ings and motorway abuse we got to the car-park with 15 mins to spare before they closed check-in. I had images of all those morons on those airport programmes who turn up late and squawk and squeal their excuses whilst I sit smugly shouting at the telly, "Well, you should've left your house earlier moron!!!!!" I felt my self-righteousness readying itself to smack me in the back of the head.

Anyhoo, we made it.......just. Shoes, jacket and belt off through security and straight onto the plane...no time for a pee or newspaper. One hour and a half later (god that's fast!) and we were greeted by the fella's brother. 2 RER trains later (one of which was a double decker......on a train!!!) and a 20 min walk and we were sitting in the brother-in-laws French house eating risotto in the pretty village of Vincennes. He took us into Paris for a lengthy walk - impressed by everything I saw but as we were up at 4:30am I was a bit too tired to take it all in. Later, he, his French wife and daughter took us out for a Chinese meal. Champion.

SATURDAY 31 MAY 2008
The fella and I decided to take the Metro by ourselves to visit the Louvre. Bloody massive but we got to see Miss Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. We did the very European thing and treated ourselves to some lunch (Croque Monsieur & Americano cocktail) at one of the many outdoor cafe's and watched all the tourists go by. Chicken and roasties later for me as I'm awkward about food. Thanks brother-in-law!!

SUNDAY 1 JUNE 2008
We dragged our French companions into central Paris to queue for 2 hours for tickets up the Eiffel Tower. It wasn't the hottest day but was enough for t-shirt and gigantic shades. As the queue snaked round it became apparent that we had a bum-rubber on our er....bums.

Tickets bought we queued again for the lift up to the 1st floor. Hot on our derriere's was our friend in the grey top. So, the fella and his brother had to stand behind us ladies as protection only to discover that our handsy friend had no preference to who he sidled up to. We managed to dodge him in the next queue up to the top but spied him enjoying standing nose to shoulder blade to a very tall American (who promptly told him to back off.......which he ignored a few seconds later).

Anyway, the lift whizzed us right to the top, and what a view. The fella, unexpectedly, was experiencing some wobblies at being so high!! We were lucky to have a bright blue day with very little wind. There were so many people though it was hard to get a decent picture and had to often barge through folk rudely.

We decided to walk all the way back down which was probably a mistake as my back started twisting up and my legs started shaking with the strain of standing for so long.

The Catacombes came next where we were promised that there wold be no queue. We are British - of course there was a queue!!! Thought back could take no more but here we where. Unfortunately the Catacombes were not as interesting as the ones we saw in Sicily but it was pretty impressive. The sheer volume of bones was overwhelming, so much so that the guard at the end told us he caught some-one trying to smuggle out some bones! His excuse - he thought it would make a great ash-tray. Some people have no sense of respect of decency.

Stinky Italian restaurant at night where the waiter took the piss out of the fella for being English. The dessert was nice though.

MONDAY 2 JUNE 2008
We chose a good day to fly back to Blighty on Monday. After a weekend of hot, hot, hot it rained on our way to the airport......I like to think it was Paris crying at our departure. Ahem.

So, did I think Paris is as great as everybody says it is? Yes. Very pretty, laid-back and friendly. Wish every day could be like a day in Paris.

What a wonderful life the French have.