The Sozzled Mumble

Saw new baby Isobel yesterday.

She was very grouchy because she was hungry (I think) but she is very cute - didn't get a cuddle though as she was being breast fed for most of our visit - hopefully get one next Saturday!

Up and down all week. Mostly about the bridesmaid thing. Being off work probably didn't help. I usually enjoy every second of not being at work (like most normal people) but I'm really looking forward to getting back to it tomorrow.

Strictly result at 8pm. No Midsomer Murders tonight AGAIN!!!!

I have Wispa.

2nd bridesmaid can't come up and try on dresses.

She said to send her a size 12 and she'd get it altered. Hmmmmm. I wanted to see them both together. The baby has now got colic so I can't really get annoyed or anything. My other bridesmaid is coming up though so it might be better to have just one person to focus on rather than 2 (trying out positivity here - not sure I'm even convincing myself).

Baby 3 has arrived. 9 pounds 3!! A little girl by c-section. Both are doing fine and we might get to see them tomorrow.

I can't go anywhere for 2 days.

Came back from a routine contact lens check-up from the opticians and the lady (who I thought was a little drunk) said that she thought I had a slight infection. This means that I have to wear my hideous glasses (in child size as none of the adult ones would fit me ) for 2 days straight then I can wear the new contacts she gave me. She thinks the infection was caused by the solution I was using so hopefully by the time I see her again (hopefully sober this time) the infection will have cleared up and all I have to do now in the future is buy a different solution. I hope it'll have cleared up by then - I wonder if the NHS does eye transplants.

Was planning on shopping tomorrow with a friend from work but because of my vanity I've had to postpone it until next Friday.

Baby update - the fella's sister has been booked in for a c-section tomorrow. I know she's scared but after a couple of inducing injections/tablets nothing was moving and because of her age and the fact the baby is 2 weeks over due and quite large they have no other choice. Fingers crossed it all goes well.

WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK
WISPA IS BACK

Just cried down the phone at me da.

I hate doing that. He phoned because he was at the registrar. Apparently the piece of paper that you need to get married with, only myself or the groom can pick it up. This would be fine as I am going home at the end of October BUT they can't release it until 17th November?? Pointless.

So, the lady registrar (who was really lovely despite the hideous news she had to tell me) tried to explain to me that it was the law etc etc but I had already switched off at the 'you can't get married without it' phrase. Handing the phone back to my da I whined. I am 31.

Looks as if we have to get an earlier boat over which means traveling through the night to get up to Stranraer.

Booked my hair trial and make-up trial and added my flower girls basket to the list of flowers we ordered. (The electric blew this morning and I had nothing else to do besides ring people). At least this is done.

Eyebrows waxed.

With eyebrows that should have had a 'crime scene, please do not cross' banner slapped on them - they are now looking pretty good. I've never had this done before and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I feel quite light in that area now.....and a little pink. But, overall looks nice.

I now feel ready to get the old legs and bikini area waxed. I think.

Highly hacked off with all this bridesmaid stuff.

That's it.

Littlewoods won't let me buy anything over £220. Gah!!

Which means I can only buy 2 dresses and hope they fit. I've had enough of the bridesmaid situation. Can't be bothered. I've emailed them both to say they'll have to come up here and trail round shops.....and soon. 2 months!!! 2 months for gawds sake and I've got LOADS still to do.

Bought my underwear though today. A sexy little basque and panties number with those stocking holder thingies - not really sure how I'm supposed to wear that but if they're good enough for Nell McAndrew they're good enough for me. Except her stomach is flatter.

Littlewoods catalogue arrived this morning.

I've taken photo's of and emailed pics of my favourite dresses to the bridesmaids. There are 12 in total and if we don't find a dress outta this lot I will eat my shit.

The problem I am having here is one of my bridesmaids is ample in the bosom area (Think I've mentioned this previously) and she's tried on dresses before which have fit perfect apart from the boob area. If they don't fit I think I will just have to get a seamstress to make them fit. We've only got about 11 weeks until the big day so these Littlewoods dresses are my last hope I feel. Plus it means that I can order a bunch and we can have a trying on dresses party instead of having to traipse round shops. Which I hate.

So, am not so pissed off anymore. Oh yeah!!

Didn't get an interview with a company I would have liked to have worked for. Damn it.

I'm really happy where I am but with all the redundancy talk I have no choice but to search for other jobs. Out of the 4 I have applied for this was the only one that I would actually want so I'm pretty gutted not to even get past the first stage. Now what? Keep applying for jobs I don't want all the while praying that I don't lose my current job.

On the positive side, it would have involved an hour long drive to get to work every day. I already wasted 3 years of my life on the M1 and I don't really want to go back to that.

In better news, I am off for the next week to do with what I please. Pissed off today and just feel like reading something.

Ok, so the library didn't have any Marion Keyes books.

This is not the concrete sign that I needed to tell me not to buy the books from Amazon. There's got to be another sign.......

*Quick look at the balance on me credit card* Ah yes, now I see what the sign is.....11 days to pay day....

So far this month I haven't bought myself anything.

I said that this month I am definitely NOT doing that. I need to pay off my credit card and I can do that AND stay in credit by the time I get paid. The £10 a week spendo's didn't work for me, I quickly realised that I need a little more to keep me in choco - but only a little more - £2 say. So what am I doing typing Marian Keyes not just into Amazon but into Ebay as well?

I discovered that ebay's MK's books cost MORE than the brand new ones on Amazon which are about a fiver each.

Now, do I splurge on a few books or wait? I've only got 12 days until pay-day. What I'll do is nip off to the library tomorrow, hope my current books aren't overdue and see if they have another one. If they do it's a sign that I have to wait until pay-day, if they don't, well, I have no other choice than to go wild with the card in Amazon.

As always happens when I tune in, a lovely lady has just bombed on Deal or No Deal. Oh dear.

Huffing with the fella again over him being an insensitive b*stard. I think I might have to tell him about the mini-melt-downs I've been having behind his back. He has started a new, and potentially stressful, new job this week and I am being supportive but I am also uber sensitive right now. So, he'll come in tonight and I'll not want to talk through it coz it'll be easier for him not to. Then I can implode quietly later when he's not around.

Brighter note, a couple of wedding guests have bought us a 5-piece knife set and a toaster. All I want is the gravy boat at £12 and mixing bowl at £6.40 (it's on sale!!!). That's all. The fella thinks I won't bake anything, but that's what a wife does isn't it? I can't wait. We also have a little weighing scales as well at £6.40 (also on sale...what are these people waiting for????) that I would like.

Finished that Marian Keyes book - now I have to stop myself from getting everything she's written. I don't know what to pick up next??

Oliver has cholic - which is some kind of coughy thing....I think. So he (and mum and dad) are probably feeling

Morgan is the name of my friends baby. He was 8 quid 10 (which is fairly big seeing as Oliver was only 6) and she was in labour for 42 hours. In and out of the birthing pool, pushing until her head went a shade of Barney until the docs said "outta the birthing pool, we're trying the suction", more Barney huffing and puffing still no movement, so, to ensure mum and baby were going to come out of this unscathed she had to have a c-section. All are fine and extremely happy. So they are probably feeling

Sister-in-laws baby due on Friday. She is filled with rage at the minute. So is probably feeling

Slight melt down there. Just finished reading Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes. Decided there were too many parallels between the main character and myself and so my old anxious demeanor (which has never really been old, it's always been there, parrot-like on me shoulder) came out to wreck the havoc.

Here be the parallel evidence.

We are both short. Both Irish (well, she's southern, and yes there IS a difference). Both share the same first letter in our names as our partner ie the character was called Anna and her fella was called Aiden. Both have mothers that say crazy things. Both live in another country to the one we were born in. Both live in a city. Both have a friend who has given birth. Both enjoy our jobs (admitedly, the slight difference between she and me is that she gets payed shit-loads, and I erm.....don't....). She works in New York and I am *thinking* about going to NY. She is/was so madly in love with her fella it's sickening....and so am I.....not with her fella, er.. with mine....

Anyway, brief synopsis is that this Anna's husband, Aiden, with whom she has only been briefly married, DIES!!! They are both so incredibly in love that you can't quite believe that Marian Keyes would do this....but she does. So, I decided, that all these parallels are just too weird for reason and that my fella would kick-it any time soon. Friday to be precise. Well, he's still here so this all makes me - box of frogs.

So, vowed NEVER to read one of her books again. What have I done all morning? Clue: now on page 240 of The Other Side Of The Story by Marian Keyes. Expect another morose blog entry in the early hours of next weekend then.

Summer is officially over (yeah I know we technically haven't had one but.....) It's been so cold the duvet has come out today.

Am sitting on sofa, covered in back-up duvet, chips cooking and waiting for BB final to start. So why do I feel so sad?

Interesting week in work.

Another department is in 'proposals' to move to another centre an hour away. Of course when something is 'proposed' by the powers above it really means 'we're gonna move you, whether you like it or not.' Mmmm, the fire is starting to lick round our feet.......

A colleague was telling me about her man. It's a major eff-up. He's on anti-depressants and one day last week he thought 'I'm feeling loads better now (presumably because of the pills ) so I don't need to take them any more' - so he came off them, crashed, left work in a tizz, and pleaded for her to come out of work instantly to care for him. There's more, apparently he has 2 very distinct sides. The first is the loving guy who wouldn't do anything to hurt her, then there's the other side where he'll accuse her of things and then run to the kitchen saying he's going to stab himself to death with the largest knife he can find.

Wait, there's more, she said she caught him paying for sex websites. Now, that's ok......as long as your other half knows about it and doesn't mind. She does mind, and now I feel a bit worried for her. I've met him and he is a big guy. From appearances and from what she has told me previously I wouldn't think he would ever hit her or anything....but what do I know?? Told her if it got really bad that we're only up the road to run to. Now, I'm not into therapy....tried it once....not for me. I prefer talking to some-one I know. But he may need a good dose of talking it out with a stranger.

Great week in BB. Loved the double shock eviction. Loved the housemates reaction - like they got a bad diagnosis from the doctors. Hirarious. Looking forward to the finale tonight. Although, the fella has his leaving do tonight and I said I'd go. Might say I have cramps...which he'll see right through....but sod it, this is the final for gods sake!!! Plus it's pissing it down outside, and no-one likes going out in the rain???!!