267. The gowns of Oxford

Walking round Oxford watching the students in their suits and gowns is amazing there is something so brilliant about them that really makes me smile.

266. Wearing spots

There is something wonderful about spots they dance around your clothing they can be added in any colour on any colour, they can be large or small, close together or spread sparsly, many or few, on any item, they really make me smile.

265. Large coats

There is something intrinsically conforting about large coats I now have two overlarge coats and they keep me increadably warm (also one has an inside pocket for my hip flask). Really makes my day.

264. Making my pasta carbonara for Uni Friends

Making food people enjoy always make me smile especially one of my favourite meals.

263. Things that look like other things

http://thingsthatlooklikeotherthings.tumblr.com/ Really makes me smile,

262. A Pret a Manger lunch

Uni Best Friend and I, when we need a treat or have money (rare), go to Pret a Manger for lunch, they have the most beautiful meatball wrap and hot chocolate. It really makes me smile.

261. Pudding in a can with custard

A treat with Best Friend (she does treat me well) when I went to visit, it was fantastic a pudding that was made to be shared. Really made me smile

260. Watching Sister Act (for free)

I had a Friend who works on lighting back stage with travelling theatre companies sent me a message "if you want to see the most ridiculas campest show this side of panto" and I had to say yes. I didn't know what to expect but it delivered. When the show ended with sparkily nun and policeman outfits I knew I was in the right place. The fact that I didn't have to pay made it even better. Really made my day.

259. Morgan Freemans voice

Morgan Freeman can say anything and you immediately listen, even if you don't actually pay attention to what is being said, it feels sensible. I want him to narrate my life, he can make the ordinary things sound so good. Listening to his voice always makes my day.

258. Hot chocolate with baileys

Delicious. Really makes me smile.

257. When a friend gets scared by a burning wooden model

For bonfire night a huge man was built anbd put infront of the bonfire and burnt alongside it now it was huge and looked a little creepy but my friend completely overacted and it was hilareous. There is something about irrational fear that is funny (well most of the time, this was one of those times). Made my day.

256. Deep chats late at night with almost strangers

During freshers there were a lot of late nights (well staying up till early morning) but one of the best was after a night in chatting to some people who got back the chat ranged from many things. I was beautiful talking so deeply with people known only briefly, really made me smile.

255. Lemon Drizzle cake

One of the best cakes always makes me smile.

254. A bouncy castle in a nightclub

Whoever thought of that idea was a genius it may be knackering but it is utterly hilareous Best Friend really knows how to show me a good night out. Made my day.

253. Getting a free hat on a night out

When you end up with more clothes than you left with on a night out it is definitely a sucessful night going out with Best Friend up north we both ended up with free hats, nothing really beats that, really made me smile.

252. Bratwurst and Currywurst

My Older Sister came to visit and I took her to the German Christmas Market as previously mentioned (reason 249) and there we saw a stall selling Bratwurst and Currywurst not knowing which to chose we got one of each and share. It was glorious really made me smile.

251. Seeing Best Friend after two months apart

Because Best Friend and I chose University's on opposite sides of the country pretty much we knew it would be difficult to see each other what I didn't realise was how long and expensive a 5 hour train journey actually is and because the first month or so at Uni is very hectic it was a while before the tickets were booked. At first it was alright as I had gone a few weeks without seeing her before but then it started to hit that I wouldn't see her for quite a while then I had a time and whenever I was sad I'd count the days, for the last week she posted a countdown on my facebook. Then the moment arose I was getting off that long boring train and there she was in all her 5" 11 glory I can't even describe how beautiful that moment was. Made more than my day.

250. The sound of the rain

Back home the typical weather is rain which was why moving from the Midlands to the South was strange for months there was no real rain here (people here claimed a five minute light shower was rain almost as bad as the frost someone tried to lable ice). While writing one of my essays I remembered a website I'd found back home but not often needed to use http://www.rainymood.com/ this became my essay background. However the other day it happened real rain, it wasn't a hardcore downpour but it was proper rain that actually got you wet (I know Best Friend will be questioning my sanity in liking the rain as she moved right up north and dispares of it, trust me you miss it when it's not there or at least I do). Walking in the rain feels cathartic to me to run the risk of sounding cheesy, it feels like it's washing away my troubles I don't need to feel sad because the weather is doing that for me I can just embrace it. A Friend here asked why I was smiling so much and I just told him to look outside it made my day.

249. Mulled wine on a cold day

There is nothing better than drinking mulled wine on a chilly December evening with ones Older Sister while walking round the christmas market, really made my day.

248. Having a hip flask full of whisky

Theres nothing more to be said really. Makes me smile to think about it.

247. Staying up talking to someone you barely know until 6 in the morning

On the third day of Freshers I knocked on Flat 4's door I had met the two Girls from their briefly the two nights before and I didn't want to spend the day in my flat. I went in when they were watching the inbetweeners we spent the rest of the day together and got ready in the same room and then went out. When out we got seperated at some points but a group of them ended up in there kitchen, one by one people left until finally it was just me and on of the Girls just talking and before we knew it, it was 6 in the morning. We covered many topics and after that I felt like I knew her I think I would call her my Uni Best Friend now; she's very different from Best Friend and I will always love Best Friend more because she is my Best Friend but my Uni Best Friend is wonderful in her own way and to find someone I connected with so quickly was fantastic. Really made my day

246. Getting stamps in the post

There is something amusing about recieving stamps in the post I can't quite put my finger on why. It really made me smile.

245. An unexpected Giraffe gift from a Friends mother

At university you don't expect to get any presents from friends parents but one of the Girls From Flat 4's mum went on a month long holiday I think to africa and brought back a load of bead keyrings in the shape of animals and we all got to choose one. I chose the Giraffe because I feel a close kinship with them as creatures (they are tall and graceful like me). Giraffe's never fail to make me smile and now I have a bead Giraffe keyring my life is complete.

244. When a poem just makes you smile

I came across this poem and I couldn't help but smile.

The Romantic Age

Presses lips and tosses head,
Declares she's not too young to wed.
Informs you pertly you forget
Romeo and Juliet.
Do not argue, do not shout;
Remind her how that one turned out.

Ogden Nash

243. Getting chocolate in the post

As a poor Uni student I really don't have much money to put towards one of my major loves in life, chocolate which is why it was so brilliant to recieve a parcel with some in. Really made my day.

242. Becoming a university student

Everyone tells you that these are supposed to be the best years of your life, I'm not quite sure how far I believe in that saying yet. However moving into my new digs and meeting new people has really made me smile so it is pretty good so far.

241. Relaxing with a day watching Castle

Castle is a wonderful show and after a weekend camping lying in bed watching endless episodes of it was exactly what I wanted to be doing. Made my day.

240. Having the best bacon sandwich with my Mum

Barn Bacon Company are at Greenbelt every year -and I'm sure it's not just the festival effect (everything tastes better at festivals)- they do the best bacon sandwiches. On the last day my Mum bought me a double bacon sandwhich and we sat on the grass nearby reveling in the glory encased in the bacon moment. I love my Mum, I love bacon and I love copping a squat next to a tree. In that moment all was right with the world, really made me smile.

239. Late night frisbee

There is something beautiful about playing frisbee at about half 12 in the morning with a group of Friends there's something special about it. Really made my day.

238. When a passing stranger turns out to be a liked musician

Casually walking round the festival my Friend giving out free hugs hugged a man who looked vaguely familiar me and Practically Sister looked and we both had the same thought we followed him and called his name just to check. I met Duke Special I don't know many people outside of my friends who have heard of him but he gathered quite a very large and enthusiastic crowd when he was singing. Practically Sister got his autograph and I hugged him just so I could say I've hugged Duke Special, really made my day.

237. The warm feeling of bolognese when camping

My Good Friend froze a box of home made bolognese for us to heat up on our second night camping and it was luxureous especially compared to the standards of normal camping meal. There is something beautiful and warming about bolognese when you're in a field and it's cold made my day.

236. Looking at a car well packed

I went to a festival with some of my Friends the other day and as I was getting a lift of Good Friend I helped pack the car along with her boyfriend. We had a variety of odd shaped objects to pack and fitting them all in together was like doing a jigsaw especially considering the shape of the boot aswell. There is something wonderful about standing back and looking at something you have acomplished with a little help that packed boot really made me smile.

235. The appreciation of a bed well built

My Older Sister and I built a sofa bed (well a day bed we plan to use as a sofa when guests are not staying over) it took us most of the day but when it was done and Best Friend stayed over and commented on how comfortable she found it I felt like it was a job well done. My hard work paying off really made my day.

234. Walking round bed and sofa shops laying down

Spending the whole day testing products is really nice, definitely made me smile.

233. The sucess felt after building Shelves

In our new house my Older Sister and I are sharing a room so before we unpacked our book boxes we had to build our own shelves. I have never done much DIY before or felt the appeal but I did get quite a thrill when the shelves had been built and we put our books on them. Made my day.

232. New house rituals

A few reasons ago (reason 206) I wrote about saying goodbye to an old house and the rituals we came up with for that. When we moved into our new house we decided to do similar rituals but slightly different. We had champagne and pizza but the lantern we set off we left blank like the house yet to be filled with memories. We also watched 'Easy A' as we thought a new film was in order as we had watched an 80's film in our goodbye. I will always remember sitting on the beanbag cuddled up in a cover as we had yet to buy a sofa. It made this house more like a home, really made my day.

231. Suiting up with Friends

As previously mentioned (reason 154.) I have a suit and I decided to take it out for another spin at Good Friends cocktail party. I can't describe to you how nice I feel in my suit there is something about it... Really made me smile.

230. An evening of new Friends and creating inside jokes

I developed a cold leading up to results day which is when it decided to get worse so the day after at my Friends 18th I was feeling a little under the weather after mingling a little I found a spot to just sit and chat. I spent most of the night speaking to a friend I didn't know very well, someone I had never properly talked to but knew and someone I didn't know before that party. I would try and explain some of the inside jokes that were created but things that happen when drunk don't really make sense when trying to explain sober (or they're just not as funny). It was a brilliant night especially as I wasn't in the best of health. Really made me smile.

229. The awaited white envelope bearing good news

The journey to the hall was nerve racking I hugged Musical Friend on the way (she had recieved good news) it just added to the doubt 'Have I done it?". It didn't help that my Little Sister hovered over my shoulder. The moment after opening them I didn't know what to look at I could just see letters, they didn't quite make sense. I couldn't quite believe it at first, there in a row the grades I needed, three letters (well I had four but only needed three) the culmination of two years of work on that one piece of paper. I felt like Lady Macbeth after recieving the letter 'I see now my future in an instant', except less murderous (that was actually one of my first thoughts, it was one of the quotes I had to memorise for the exam). The rest of my day, the hot chocolate, the croissant, bucks fizz, champagne, celebratory drinks, dancing etc. were all made by that moment of opening it didn't just make my day it made my future (I felt I had to put something cheesy I mean I got into my first choice university if nows not the time when is?)

228. A shared need to escape that turned disaster into something better

Twas the night before results day and all through the town year 13's felt nervous and paced round and round. Their need to escape was incredibly strong to stay in and worry just seemed to be wrong (I'll stop my bad attempts at replacing words now). We all decided we needed to get out and so organised a cinema trip which turned out to be what every other person in our town decided to do after a chaotic attempt at parking we decided to just give up and go to Best Friends house for a drink and chat. I think that chatting was much better than going to see a film, it was really nice to be with people who felt the same way about the looming results. Made my day alot better than had I been stuck in the house worrying.

227. Giving into temptation and watching a good series online

I usually like to watch programs when they come out but after the first series finished and then said the second would come out in Britain in a year I realised I couldn't wait so I started watching them online. Once I started I couldn't stop it was the perfect distraction to looming results so I watched around 15 episodes over two days (the rest I watched later). It gave me weird dreams but the series is so good I think it was worth it and I will still be watching the series when it airs next year in Britain. Made my day.

226. Seeing friends in the forest after getting lost

While staying in the village my Friends decided to have a picnic next to a river in the next village. They all got a lift but I took a train as it was two minutes away. My Friend who had been there before gave me terrible instructions I wandered round for a while trying to find the right way. Eventually I asked a couple and they pointed me through a forest I soon found a sign pointing to my destination. I walked down the path getting tireder and tireder wondering if I was going the right way, I sent a couple of texts when I'd been walking for 15 minutes. After I had been walking alone in the forest for half an hour I sent another one and sat down on a rock feeling very sorry for myself when I got a call I said I was lost and they sent out a search party (well three people to walk down the path and find me it felt like a rescue party). I then gathered my emotions and set off again. After a while of walking I saw them coming towards me through the trees, it was a wonderful moment no longer was I lost I had been found. After that we just walked to the picnic spot and I finally got a drink and something to eat in the sun. Still that moment when I saw the rescue party appear still beats being fed and watered, it really made my day.

225. Bacon, brie and cranberry panini

I have never been a fan of bacon, brie and cranberry until I decided to experiment when I was eating lunch at a deli. When I got the panini looking at it I was still a little dubious but then I took a bite and it was divine I have tried bacon, brie and cranberry before but it was not as nice as this there was something about the mix that they had perfected it was just right. It really made my day.

224. Watching Poirot after a party

It was a couple of my friends 18th party and as I have moved away from my hometown I was staying at Best Friends house. After the party neither of us felt very tired and so decided we would put on one of her birthday films. I was a little dubious about Poirot I'm not sure why but after The Mystery of the Blue Train started I was engrossed there is something about it that's just so enthralling the story sucks you in. We were guessing who did it the entire time and the people we didn't at any point think did it turned out to be the culprits which I'm sure will teach us to suspect everyone next time. I will definitely not feel dubious about Poirot in the future it really made me smile.

223. Waking up before Best Friend at her house

I am usually the last person up or at least somewhere close on this day however I got up before Best Friend so I packed up took my stuff downstairs and decided to sit on the sofa reading the newspaper. When she got up she checked in the spare room assumed I'd gone so ran herself a bath, while she was running it her brother was shouting from the other bathroom for her to stop it as it wasn't funny (he was in the shower and her running the bath cut off his hot water) this was hilarious as she obviously couldn't hear him. When she came downstairs after her bath she almost jumped at the sight of me thinking I had gone. It's not everyday I wake up before Best Friend and it made me smile that I did (plus I surprised her which is always fun).

222. Learning a new card game (well drinking card game)

Learning card games I always find quite enjoyable it's that moment you start to grasp the rules I really enjoy, you go from not knowing what's going on to thinking actually I think I can do that. Irish Poker is the particular card game in question although it's not very similar to Poker and the only think Irish about it is really the drinking (and the fact that Best Friend learnt it in Ireland). As it is a drinking game it got funnier the further into the game and I will definitely have to try and remember it to teach new people in the future, it did make my night.

221. A good ol' superhero film

I was not introduced to the superhero films until I met Best Friend I think I don't know why as my Mother told me she really likes them. So at first I was dubious, when you haven't really been introduced to something it's hard to imagine liking it. I can't remember the first one I saw but over the years I've seen more recently it was Captain America while watching it I realised how much I do enjoy superhero films now and how much I loved understanding some of the references. I know I have a limited superhero education and could do with watching more but the ones I have watched I enjoyed and although the bittersweet ending made me sad Captain America still made my day.

220. Walking the dog to music

I have never really been an animal person, but walking along plugged into my ipod next to an animal that obeyed what I said was quite relaxing also she got excited by my running even though it's pretty pathetic (I got beaten by my 7 year old cousins in a race down the road) I also did a little dancing with the dog which was nice. I did make me smile. (If you were wondering the dog is my aforementioned Aunt and Uncle's whose house we were staying at).

219. One disaster after another ending in peace and a strange tea

As previously mentioned we were staying at my Uncles house which is in the middle of nowhere pretty much and so when my Best Friend came to visit she had to take two trains. This all went well and I walked to pick her up from the station we had a nice chat decided on tea and a film. As we were having a girly night in a trip to the shop was called for to get ice-cream Ben and Jerry's was conveniently on offer when we got back we decided to order our tea. This is where disaster struck as we were in a small village there were no takeaways and although Domino's had said they would deliver to the village when we told them our address they said they could not deliver there and it just kept getting worse. Little Sister and Practically Sister turned up by this point we were starving and we had no food it was not a happy place to be. Eventually it was decided me and Little Sister would go down to the shop (for me it was the third time that day) and get some food for tea. We bought an eclectic mix and by the time we got back Best Friend and Practically Sister were laughing at something on the computer and had cheered up. The food was beautiful and we ended it by watching Dragon Heart and wonderful childhood film of Best Friend that was the cherry on the cake. After a bad start the day did get better that always makes me smile.

218. My Grandpa's fondness for hot chocolate and marshmallows

I love my Grandpa there are so many things that make me love him, his ability to fall asleep anywhere, the fact that he knows how to work computers better than I can, the stories he tells about his mens group and other things at unrelated points in conversation, his comfortable silence, I could go one... What made me smiel the other day when we were sat in a cafe was the fact that when all the other adults were drinking tea or coffee my Gpa was sat with his hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream and he is not ashamed of it. I know where my love of hot chocolate has come from and I'm sure when I am his age I will do just the same, it made my day.

217. The joys of briefly having a hot tub

We are staying at my Uncles house in between houses (we're moving house an are homeless and they are on holiday) on of the reasons this appealed to me was the fact that they have a hot tub, what could be better. Just before we moved in so to speak we found out it was broken however after some amount of pressure my Aunt got the hot tub man in and he fixed it. Best Freind, Little Sister, 8yrld Twin Cousins and I spent a lovely evening wallowing in the lovely warm water it was a beautiful evening. You cannot help but smile when you are lounging in a hot tub in the English countryside.
The briefly in the title refers to the fact that (possibly because of the excessive spashing my cousins created) the hot tub promptly broke again after we got out and the man is not around to fix it again, it was good while it lasted.

216. Reading the last two in a trilogy

In trilogies the first book is usually the best it draws you in, compels you and the sequels have to mess things up to fix them again. While this is so, reading the last two in The Hunger Games Trilogy (Best Friend Lent them to me) in one day was brilliant. I had really enjoyed the first one, snatching every minute I had to read it it was enthralling. The second and third I had the time to read them all at once I was totally buried in the world created in the novels and there were two of them making it even better. It helped me escape for a while which did make my day.

215. Being in Best Friends house alone

On this morning I woke up at Best Friends house just in time to hear the door shutting and the car driving away. On the sofa was a note along the lines of 'Gone to hair dressers back in a few hours Castle is on the TV just press select and help yourself to food'. It was very strange having free run of her house like that I had a shower then got myself some toast and settled down to Castle. There was something quite exciting about it I can't quite put my finger on. It did make my day.

214. When the cashier asking for my ID says awesome when I have it

This has happened a couple of times and it never fails to make me smile.

213. Watching the workman get the cone my Mother ran over out from under the car

We dropped Long Distance Friend off at the train station the other day and as there was some work being done nearby my Mother had to park between some cones. This all went well until after Long Distance Friend had left and she started driving away we heard a scraping noise and Little Sister gets out to investigate but doesn't properly look and so Mother drives a little further. The noise brings out the workmen who get Mother to reverse a little and then all stand on the edge of the cone that starts to peak out to get it fully. The moment they pulled the crushed cone out from under our car was hysterical it really made my day.

212. Obscure tours

I met a Friend in Bristol for a hot chocolate as he was late I got to experience Temple Meads Station for half an hour or more (it is a beautiful station and the hot chocolate is quite nice). After he arrived we sat by the river that smelled like the seaside (if only it was) with a beautiful hot chocolate (better than the station stuff by far) and then we wandered seeing some boats a couple of gorilla's (not real ones), a sculpture that looked like a spine, a piece of equipment that points out planets current locations and tell you how far away they are, a lovely park, we walked under a huge teepee being dismatled (I have to admit I felt rebellious) etc. It was more an aimless wander during interesting conversation than a tour but most of the time I enjoy them more than tours and this one gave me a chance to take my shoes off in the park so there is no beating it really. Made my day.

211. Having a girly chat with someone not well known

It was my Mothers Best Friends birthday and so we went on a trip to Bristol to see her. She has a very individual character (I say that with utter sincerity) and decided to lead a sermon in her garden for her party combining that with tea and scones then red wine and cheese it was quite and interesting day. At the party there was mainly adults only a couple even approaching my age excluding my sisters and her offspring which is possibly why I ended up in a girly chat with my Little Sister, a younger girl I had met at a different party and Mothers Best Friends Son's Girlfriend. It was really nice and although it didn't start being about girly things after a mention of the fact we were all girls having a conversation it did move onto that territory. There is something soothing about talking to people you hardly know, your stories are once more original. Really made me smile.

210. Watching Long Distance Friend while sleeping in the car

This does sound a little sinister but it isn't stick with it. We were driving down to say with Mothers Best Friend and Long Distance Friend fell asleep in the car leaning on Little Sisters shoulder. This would have beeen a perfectly normal incident if he hadn't have had his head tilted slightly backwards and his mouth wide open, I wish we had had a camera because it was a wonderful moment. It got added to when we made jokes about how he was preparing to kiss her and he (while still asleep) licked his lips, we were in hysterics, it definitely made up for the very cramped car journey, really made me smile.

209. An impromptu family reunion (sort-of)

It was a call by my Mother the day before telling us there was going to be a BBQ at my cousins house and my Grandma had realised it would be the first time in years she would concievably be able to get all 7 of her Grandchildren together in one place (one set of cousins live in America and the others until recently have lived on and off in Australia). The ball was set in motion and we all bowed to her will, it was really nice to see the three generations in one place, although the only husband able to attend was my Grandpa but that didn't really matter as the women are the more sociable anyway. My American Cousins (twin 7 year old boys) were a great laugh running around and using people as climbing frames and we also managed a photo where everyone is smiling which will decorate my wall nicely. It did make me smile.

208. Being homeless

There is something refreshing about having no home little baggage and nothing much to do the first day of homelessness was spent on Practically Sisters sofa watching rubbish TV. You can't help but think 'this is the life' after an indulgent trip to the local supermarket. Made my day.

207. A goodbye hug

You can't help but smile when hugging the house that nurtured you for most of your life goodbye (I may have given it a little kiss as well).

206. Goodbye rituals

Saying goodbye is difficult in this case it was a house. On it's own a house is just a pile of bricks, tiles, etc organised to protect the dweller from the world, to provide shelter. In this instance it wasn't just a house we were saying goodbye to, it was a home (I can't really write this post without being cliche, I feel cliche), it was a feeling of belonging, it had the ability to conjour up memories good and bad. Of course our new house will be filled with some of the stuff in the old but we gave away the piano I attempted to learn on, the sofa's which have in them a bunch of memories etc. We left behind the trampoline friends used to lie on legs tangled so you couldn't tell one from the other, the doll's house where many a family was dreamed up, the radiators I used for comfort when cold or sad, the bookshelves once bearing my collection and much more. On the last night in our empty shell of a house we bought a pizza, drank champagne, let of a lantern bearing our goodbyes up into the sky then sat in my Mothers bed drinking Rose wine and watching the only film left in the house, 'The Breakfast Club'. It was in most ways a very sad night but it felt nice to be just the four of us sharing in those rituals done to make us feel better. It made my day.

205. A pile of boxes signifying progress

Packing was for days the bane of my life and having a pile of packed boxes in the middle of my room and very little stuff left to pack was a glorious feeling almost made up for the pain and it quite made my day.

204. A bag of charity shop donations

I buy quite a lot of clothing from charity shops if you look hard enough you can find some great stuff which is cheap and guilt free as your money is helping people. However until moving I have never really given stuff to them as we are downsizing getting rid of stuff is a necessity and it gives me joy to know the stuff I haven't used in years is going to a good place where the money they get from it may help someone. I have given away loads of books, some clothes and lots of random stuff that has sat in boxes or on shelves for years. It makes me smile.

203. The last chinese in my old house

As a goodbye to my old house we had over a couple of people for a little goodbye a few nights before leaving, since we are moving away from our town we are leaving behind the local chinese, the chip shop, the supermarket ect. On this last night we decided to get our last chinese from our favourite chinese. As the plates were packed away we had to eat from the tub and it was beautiful, really made my day.

202. Packing away my books

After the one day of slight room packing my drive came to a standstill until forced back into a few days before the dreaded date my bookshelves were the thing I was dreading packing up. If I had not have had help with the sorting out of which I was going to keep and which I was going to charity shop I don't know how I would have managed. It was a tough job in the end I managed to narrow myself down to three boxes of books to keep even that was tough on me I sent bags and bags to charity shops and I hope the next owners appreciate my sacrifice. Having someone to talk to while I was doing it, someone I could pass the books to made the job a lot easier on me. Getting that job done really made my day.

201. Being suspected at a murder mystery when not the murderer

Attending Murder Mystery parties is always a laugh and I have a Friend who throws them regularly I have been two characters on occasion even a triple murderer one time, this time I was told in the booklet at the beginning I was not a suspect I was just an extra character that didn't even need to be there. Part way through I was suspected of being just an extra but my dramatic speech at the end threw people off and I was under suspicion once more and more than one of the guests put me down as there main suspect for the murderer, there is always something brilliant about fooling people into believing that you have 'dunnit' at a 'whodunnit' and to be under suspicion made up for the fact that in the booklet I was told I was not a suspect.

200. Throwing my first dinner party

This reason relates to reasons 35, 64, 115 which are all meals Literary Friend has cooked for us on this day as our moving day loomed ever closer I decided it was time someone threw him a dinner party and that person would be me. The guest list basically contained the people living in my house at that point (Mother, Little Sister, Older Sister, Long Distance Friend, Trini Friend) plus Best Friend and Literary Friend as I thought even eight was pushing my skills as a first timer. For starters I made a salad with bacon and parmesan, for main a chicken pie and for pudding elder-flower and rose wine jelly. It was a lovely evening and as I pre-prepared everything it wasn't as stressful as it could have been. I don't feel I can give an objective view on the food but everyone seemed to enjoy it and now I can add chicken pie to my repertoire. Making a three course dinner for eight by myself was quite a nice experience also getting flowers and bread from Literary Friend as a thank you was wonderful. It really made me smile.

199. Decorating cupcakes with the Rainbows and not having to clear up afterwards

It was my last Rainbows session the other day as after the holidays I'll be off to university (hopefully) and as it was also some of the rainbows last session we had cupcake people in who brought in proper cupcake decorating stuff in and let them go wild. Some weird and wonderful cupcakes were made and us helpers even got to make some. It will be sad to no longer go weekly to a place where I am known as Butterfly and I will miss all the little Rainbows immensely I'm sure I will visit them with Dragonfly (Old Friend, a fellow young leader). Not having to clear up the mess they made while decorating the cupcakes was pretty liberating and it did make my day (along with the multitude of hugs I received and the beautiful Butterfly necklace).

198. Hugs at the train station

I love train station moments they only happen occasionally but when they do they're wonderful. There was the time Long Distance Friend almost fell over his suitcase as a result of a rather violent hug, the time Long Distance Friend almost hugged the old man in front of me as he got a little overexcited, running to meet someone as they get off a train (happened on more than one occasion), the time when the girls sat down in front of me started talking about how sweet it was The Ex (obviously not then) ran along the platform to wave me off when my train was leaving, running along the platform myself when his train was leaving. This event was another involving Long Distance Friend I walked into the station slightly late and there he was with Trini Friend standing next to him and he dropped his bag and just hugged me. Made my day.

197. The last Harry Potter for the second time

As part of the Harry Potter generation the films have to be seen as many times as possible (the count now is three but it could go up) on this day it was my second viewing. Watching it for the second time you do notice more things and it definitely reaffirmed my view that of the films this was possible one of the best and most true to the book (although there were a few discrepancies).  Films you can go see again and again always make me smile.

196. Finding bindi's and fake tatoo's during packing up

During the packing up of my room (we are moving hence the behind blog posts) -which my sister helped me with- we discovered some bindi's which we then put on our foreheads we also discovered some fake tatoo's I got a trap stamp, Little Sister got a bracelet and Practically Sister got a tatoo surrounding her belly button. Being silly with body decorations was a brilliant relief from the stress throwing junk away causes, it really made me smile.

195. The end of the Harry Potter marathon

http://baffledandconfused.blogspot.com/2011/07/8-films-2-days.html This explains the marathon and how much I enjoyed the latest one. Harry Potter holds a place in my heart and seeing the end at last really made my day.

194. Standing in a queue with like minded nerds for Harry Potter

We went to see the first showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II at midnight, Best Friend and I got there two hours early thinking we would be some of the first people there. However when we arrived there was already quite a queue we sat down in our place in the queue and after about half an hour the front of the queue (some of which were dressed up) stood up and burst into a chorus of 'What is this mysterious ticking noise?'. It was a glorious moment standing in a room of equally minded nerds, beautiful. One of the best things was knowing everyone else there loved Harry Potter as much as we did. It really made my day.

193. Prom

I think this was a night that I partly enjoyed because I wasn't expecting to, it felt too much like an obligation more than something to get excited about. Dressing up and seeing people from my year all in one place the day after getting back from a spectacular holiday for some reason didn't appeal to me. However after you have dressed up and look all nice, going to a reasonably posh venue, being fed nice food and chatting/dancing with your Friends is a pretty nice thing to do. One of the funniest things was Music Friend who got quite merry meaning Best Friend, Practically Sister and Literary Friend had to walk/carry her home even though she was insistant she could walk by herself. The night definitely exceeded my expectations which made my day.

192. Walking round Cork to the soothing sounds of Irish Musicians

This is the last of my Irish posts as day 192 was the day we left. It has been difficult writing about my holiday to Ireland because it was so brilliant chosing just one thing from each day has been almost impossible. Our last day was spent wandering around Cork and then at the airport. One of the best parts of our wanderings was the musicians we found at one point we even managed to secure a grassy spot behind a wall so our conversation was ontop of some beautiful singing. I would jump at the chance to go back to Ireland infact I didn't want to leave it really made me smile.

191. Making sausage and onion gravy for the first time in a youth hostel and doing it beautifully

As there were four of us in Ireland we took turns in making the meals in pairs the best thing I made when there was sausages and onion gravy (Good Friend made mash to go with it) a dish I had seen being made but never made. I decided I would only use one pan to save on washing up. We bought two packets of gravy mix because we wern't sure how much it would make and ended up with really thick gravy and lots of it, just what you want in gravy really. It was a truely beautiful meal one of my favourites I must admit and I will definitely be making it again sometime. It really made my day.

190. When a strangers suggestion turns a day into a spontaneous day trip

On the morning of this day we went down to change our door cards and the Irish man at reception asked us what we were doing and recommended while we were in Cork taking the bus to Blarney for the day to visit the Largest Irish department shop and Blarney Castle. We had a little chat and decided as all we were going to do was explore that day instead we would take his advice and it was good advice. Our day in Blarney was brilliant we kissed the stone, saw a poison garden, explored the castle, had tea and scones, I climbed a tree, we did a little shopping. There is something brilliant about spontaneous trips that I adore it made my day.

189. The suspense as a competition on who can take the best photo of Irish scenery comes to an end

After a quick jaunt to the Guinness factory we boarded a train from Dublin to take us down to Cork on that train we chatted and Best Friend and Good Friend got their camera's out to snap the Irish scenary we passed. One of the main features of Irish scenary is the trees which just so happened to block the lovely view whenever they went to take a photo. It became a competition who can take the most pictures of the view not blocked by the trees; well it would have been a competition if anyone was counting. Watching them battle nature really made my day.

188. Learning about Irish literature on a pub crawl

For our last night in Dublin we went on the Literary pub crawl and it was brilliant. We got told interesting stories about the writers of Dublin, watch selections of their writing being preformed, got introduced to five different literature related pubs in Dublin and I even managed to answer a literature related question (well I guessed correctly before anyone else). I was a brilliant night combining two wonderful things (literature and pubs) in a fantastic location (Ireland). Really made my day.

187. When Best Friend curses inappropriately

We were sat on a bench in an irish memorial (the one Queen Elizabeth laid a wreath in on her visit to Ireland) and I don't quite remember what we were talking about but one of us must have said something shocking as Best Friend curses really loudly (it wasn't a shocking curse something along the 'bloody hell' line). The look on her face after she realised just completely made my day.

186. Guinness, chips, live music all in a traditional Irish pub

Our second evening in the Great Green Land started with a small disaster during the cooking of tea the original idea for the meal was omlette and potato fritters turned out to be a little ambitious for the weary traveller and we ended up only with a quarter of a delicious omlette lovely as it was it failed to fill us up. After the fritter mishap we decided to head to a pub the first of which we could not figure out where the entrance was. This turned out was a lucky thing as the pub we ended up at was brilliant it had the best atmosphere and beautiful chips. It was in this pub (called The Celt) that I drank my first full pint of Guinness and to my suprise (and the suprise of my Friends as I have never really enjoyed beer) I really enjoyed it Ireland has turned me into a Guinness drinker. Anyway at 9:30 the live Irish music started and it was beautiful there were even to my suprise songs that I knew sung. There isn't anything quite like it really made my day.

185. The greener green of Ireland

As mentioned in my previous post I travelled to Ireland in a post exam celebration. As the plane to the great country landed I knew it was where I wanted to be the old saying the grass is greener on the other side should be changed to the grass is greener in Ireland (that would have been a joke was it funny enough). It was surreal landing in Ireland; as it always is when going to a country you have never been to before. When I turned to Best Friend and said the green was greener, how 'typically Irish' (a phrase I used frequently on the trip) she said that had to be my reason for today and I agreed. Green green really makes my day.

184. That feeling of holiday anticipation

Before a holiday there is usually months of build up as it is talked about and the excitement grows. Earlier this year an after exams trip to Ireland for 3 Friends and me was planned and there was excitement but then exams rapidly approached and it was just a distant thought the light at the end of a dark, dark tunnel no quite real. In the days after exams the relief at their end was so great the anticipation didn't really have a proper space until the day before during the half frantic organisation of what 55cm x 40cm x 20cm bag I could take and what would fit in it (we only took on hand luggage to save money). The glorious thought that in 24hrs I would no longer be here sustained me right through that and pretty much made my day.

183. Pesto

This glorious green godess has been a great friend to my pasta all these years yesterday it calmed me down during packing jitters and it always makes me smile.

182. Getting to know someone elses cousins

I have nine cousins; although five of them I dont see regularly, only two of my cousins are my age and they are in the side I don't really see much of (we also have little in common). The cousins that I do see are all more than four years younger than me (and two of those live in America and I only see in the summer holidays). So it was really nice the other day at Best Friends Birthday party getting to properly know two of her cousins (I had met them briefly before) who are around our age. Although family is not chosen you do kind of choose which of your family you make Friends with and I enjoyed getting to know some of Best Friends family that she had made Friends with, we had a few really nice conversations. The whole party was wonderful but that just really made me smile.

181. Watching Wimbledon with Pimms

I have to admit I have never really watched tennis before infact in our house no sporting event was ever really played on the TV (not ones that I watched anyway) I would occasionally sit down with my Dad and watch a bit of the Grand Prix but that was as far as it got. The other day I went round to Best Friends house where apparently Wimbledon is on the TV for pretty much the whole time it's on even if no one is watching it. It was really nice to sit down and watch a tennis match (even though the player we were rooting for lost) and the fact that her Mum got us a glass or two of Pimms made it even better. After a while I learnt the rules and we just had a really nice chat over a tennis match. A lovely evening, really made me smile.

180. Going 'raun taun'* with Best Friend

As mentioned on reason 179. Best Friend recently aquired another year onto her age meaning she can now party like its 1984 (well maybe not but 2011 doesn't have the same ring to it). I have been 'raun taun' before and although it was quite fun, it was not very special, not something I would consider regularly. The other night as an extended Birthday celebration however Best Friend organised a night out and I got to experience a whole other side. I don't know why she made it better but she did I didn't surpass merry on the inebriation scale but I did maintain my merryness throughout the evening which is brilliant. It was a hilareous night I got leaned on by a very funny Drunk Friend for half the evening, got called pretty by a guy with a tutu over his jeans and got told how funny I was by Best Friend on the walk home. All it all it was a brilliant night and it really made my day.

*'raun taun' = round town (this was explained on the previous post I know)

179. The person I have been waiting for turning 18

Best Friend has a late June Birthday which to be fair is a good time if you want good weather on your Birthday (well it should be) however in the year you turn 18 it is not as advantageous as you get to watch all your Friends turn 18 and be able to 'party hard' 'raun taun'* or even buy a bottle of alcohol for an evening. Now I'm not very enamoured to the 'raun taun' scene (that could be to do with the locals round here) and whenever I buy alcohol it's usually to share with Best Friend but it still isn't the same as being able to do these things yourself. She has taken her suffering very well and bore it out even when annoyed but for her I can imagine her Birthday has come as a great relief and it means I no longer have to listen to her moan (that was not a serius comment for those wondering and Best Friend I do apologise). I'm just really happy that it was her Bithday and I love her so her Birthday is always going to make my day.

* raun taun = round town for those not aquainted with northen lingo

178. Introducing the Family Dynamic to a stranger

My Sisters, Mother and I went to the 21st Birthday of a Family Friend the other day and as he is now at uni there were a lot of people there who we didn't know (infact most of the people there I didn't know). There was one Friend in particular who they called strange who really made himself welcome and within about an hour of the party had managed to talk to all four of us. There was even a moment in the kitchen before food where he was accidently surrounded by us all. As we live in a four girl household we do have our own dynamic which is quite individual and this was noticed by said Stranger and commented upon. I always quite enjoy hearing about our Family Dynamic from a third person perspective. It really made my day.

177. An on screen Best Friend dynamic

This is the second time I am writing this post as it didn't save my first attempt but here goes again. Best Friend, Good Friend and I went to see Bridesmaids the other day, although there were a couple of dodgy moments (well just ones that prescribe to a humour I don't share) I did really enjoy it (on most points I think I agree with Best Friend http://filmnerdsftw.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-bridesmaids.html). One of the things I did like was comparing mine and Best Friends Friendship with that of the onscreen one we do have a different dynamic but the core principles are the same. I love my Best Friend and it's nice to see a feeling you have portrayed on the big screen and I hope if I ever find someone who tries to replace her, that she will fight for me (and vise versa). It really made me smile.

176. Having a soundtrack to an evening

Music Friend had a couple of us round to her house the other night and in the background we had Glastonbury on. There is something so wonderful about letting the mellow sounds of Coldplay wash over you while your having a conversation about life the world and everything. Really made my day.

175. The end of school life

I finished my last exam the other day (well the other week this new found freedom is probably the reason for my blog being so behind) which means I am no longer a school student, a very weird feeling. I don't have to go back again (except to pick up my results). This summer is free from any burdens as my future is no longer properly in my hands it mainly depends on the news I recieve on the 18th August, I have no obligations to fufil I can sleep for a whole day and am not losing revision time, watching rubbish television is now guilt free. Basically the world looks pretty good right now as I was walking down the road after my last exam it properly hit me and I skipped the rest of the way home with a huge grin on my face. It was a beautiful moment.

174. Getting linked to amusing book related comic strips

I was having a stressful day and Best Friend sent me this:
http://musicfromblueskies.tumblr.com/post/6787546548
Made my day.

173. When you get sung an original song by a close Friend

Long Distance Friend want's to be a musician, whenever he is up he spends most of his time glued to the piano, however I don't think I've ever heard a song he has written (I could be wrong about this) until the other day. After a hard day of attempted revision I decided to take a break and give him a call about halfway into our conversation he mentions he has written a new song. He then sung it to me and it was brilliant (well I thought so) there were a couple of lines that to me summed up his very essence. There is something special about hearing a song someone you know well has written I have the same feeling whenever Musical Friend sings one of her songs. Part of it is pride that someone you know has created something so beautiful. Anyway it really made my day.

172. Making strange faces with a half numb mouth

I had a filling the other day (I know I should really look after my teeth better, I try) and for this the dentist made half my mouth numb which was an odd experience (one that I haven't had since being a small child). The half numb feeling is very strange half my chin and lip no longer felt like they belonged to me and so the obvious reaction is the move it into the strangest of positions and keep poking it. Best Friend came with me for moral support and I'm sure got sick of me distorting my mouth because it felt funny and the repetion of 'It just doesn't feel like my chin.' She did slip in afew patronising comments I think. Anyway although I had an exam and then the dentist the half numb mouth did amuse me enough to cheer me right up, really made me smile (even if it felt like I was smiling with half my face).

171. Ranting with someone about an old teacher

When I was younger I used to love maths one of the reasons being I was quite good at it, another being I had a brilliant teacher, a really brilliant teacher. That all changed when I was about 14 and started GCSE's we got a different teacher. I would relay to you the reasons why she put me off but this is a happy blog so I'll move on. The other day someone who was also in my maths class brought her up and we both started sharing our side and it was beautiful. There is something special when you connect with someone over something like that, we both thought we would end up doing maths until we got her as a teacher. Knowing there is someone who feels the same about something is always lovely, being able to rant with them, almost better. Really made my day.

170. The end of a loaf of bread as toast

When I was really little I didn't like the crust of bread then (and I think it was when someone told me it would make my hair curly which it still hasn't) I started to really like the crust. There is something about it thats just beautiful and so the piece at the end of the loaf is brilliant because it's all crust. I have to say it's most fantastic toasted and covered in butter there is nothing else quite like it, I had it at Best Friends house the other day really made me smile.

169. Brilliant clues for 'Who's in the bag?'

For those of you who don't know 'Who's in the bag?' is a game where you pull famous peoples names out of a bag and try and describe as many as you can under timed conditions without using their name. This is hilareous normally mix it with a couple of glasses of wine and you get a side splitting game. Some of the classic's of our game include:
-"The french lesbian that got burned at the stake" Joan of Arc (not actually a lesbian)
-"The clever one" Einstein (someone actually got it from this)
I wish I could remember more, they will come to me later I'm sure.
There were also amusing parts when people say things wrong I was victim of this put under pressure at the last minute to describe Martin Luther King I ment to say "empowered black people" however I missed off "empowered" so I said "black people" to which Literary Friend shouted "slaves". It was political correctness gone mad, we will definitely be bringing it out at future parties. Really made me smile.

168. Defying peoples expectations and enjoying 'The Godfather'

My film taste is a little particular I prefer cheerful films with happy ending. I was brought up on Disney and my Mothers favourite genre Rom-Coms. Most children get a range as they have the Dad who enjoys action adventure or scary horror or general mans films which gives them a love of all the genres. As my Dad is not really a film watcher and prefers plays I am lacking this childhood. Although I did get to the classic action adventure family fims like Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter my introduction to other genres was somewhat lacking until Best Friend came along. She is the biggest film nerd I know and without her there are thousands of films I would never of seen, I like to think my taste is getting slightly broader due to our friendship. I still like to close my eyes during the horrible scene but I'm taking it slowly and widening my fim knowledge. This is why the other day when I was babysitting and sick of revision when finding 'The Godfather' was one of the only things on I thought 'why not?' I suprised myself when I started to really enjoy it, there is something about old films that I just love they have that edge. It was an odd film at times and I did manage to convince myself something happened that didn't because of my eye closing (it was a horses head not his leg I got someone elses authority on this) but I really enjoyed the feeling it had attatched to it. Also knowing the context of the classic quotes "You come to me on the day of my daughters wedding" "It's not personal it's business" is brilliant. Anyway it really made me smile (also telling people I watched 'The Godfather' and enjoyed it has not yet lost it's novelty value).

167. The beginning of the now useless knowledge pile

As previously mentioned it is exam time my first exam was English Literature for which I had to learn a load of quotes which I had printed out written out etc. After the exam I gathered all my Lit stuff, books, paper, revision cards etc. and started a pile (well more a messy heap) onto which all the knowlege I do not need to know anymore goes onto. It is a very cathartic feeling and looking at it makes me feel slightly better as I know it will all be there eventually. Really made my day.

166. Hearing a purple hat made someone think of me

I was just casually doing my revision (well actually I don't think casually is the word) and I got a text from a Friend saying he was sat on a bus opposite a woman in a purple large brimmed hat and he thought I'd like it. We had not been having a conversation previously it was quite out of the blue. There is something about recieving texts from people saying they have just seen something that made them think of you that is so beautiful. It really made me smile.

165. A birthday brunch of waffles bacon and maple syrup

It was Little Sisters birthday the other day and from my Grandma and Grandpa she recieved a waffle maker, this was why on the morning of her birthday she made us all waffles, with very crispy bacon and maple syrup for brunch. I have never before had maple syrup and bacon but although it was odd it was suprisingly nice. Brunch always makes my day and a brunch with waffles even more so.

164. Being saved from revision late a night by my night in shining armour on her trusty steed (well Best Friend in a car)

Revision is horrible, soul crushingly horrible (or at least I find it so) one of the awful things about it is knowing there is a period of 10 days in which there is about 6 1/2 hours of collective exam time seperated into four exams, which decided my future. It is up to me to do enough revision (and the right revision) so I know enough information to get the marks I need to go to university. This is a terrifying thought which is why I do not like revision as when I am not doing it, it's there that thought that writing this blog post could be detrimental to my future and stop me getting the grades I need (that is why I am very behind on my blog currently). The other day I was destroying my soul doing some sort of revision when I got a message from Best Friend enquiring if I would like to go on a late night drive, I did not hesitate in my 'yes'. She picked me up about 4hrs later and it was marvellous, we also picked up Best Male Friend and we all chatted while she drove us round the scenic route which has become our path. There was a moment where we thought a car behind us was following us (they also had full beam on dazzling Best Friend, silly person) we managed to lose them eventually though. There was something incredably calming about it, it was just really nice to be out with the both of them, really made me smile.

163. Watching a silly argument unravel on Facebook

There was a message created on facebook the other day and Best Male Friend said something that was taken the wrong way (it wasn't phrased delicately but it said what he wanted to say he was slightly drunk at the time I think). It was one of those moments where loads of people take offence, then added to by the classic 'calm down' comments which never really work. One of the people in the message posted a brilliant comment:
"generic anger at 'Best Male Friend' for expressing opinion different to that of the collective"
Which made me laugh as it did kind of sum up the argument. It may be bad to enjoy watching these arguments unfold but it did make me smile and it definately distracted me from my revision.

162. Righting a wrong and being forgiven whimsically

At some point in life we form a bad opinion of someone, get blindsided by prejudice, situation etc. I have difficulty overcoming the awkwardness that might possibly occur when I have to right a wrong and make a public move. To avoid this I try and see the best in people so as to not get myself into these situations. However there is someone who has been at the bottom of my friend request list on Facebook for far too long; I formed a bad opinion of him before he asked, when that was gone, I didn't know how to accept. The other day I was inebriated, I made a decision, I accepted his friend request. He is not a close friend and I can't see that changing but I did form a misjudgement and the message he sent me after this acception just made my day:
'HIM: (bitterly looking at watch) 'Bout time!!!
(ROZ shrugs and picks up a knife)
HIM: Ummm... thank you... (:^'

161. A Dramatic Drunk

Practically Sister got quite inebriated the other day ran into the kitchen crying we had a really nice chat in there then as she didn't want to walk I piggybacked her into the sitting room where everyone else was, she had a moment of 'it's odd because my hands don't quite feel like my hands... aren't hands wonderful things?'. Then an introspective moment until finally throwing up... alot, for quite a while. I volunteered for the aiding drunk duty (as it's usually me who needs aiding and I feel I need to pay my dues) which was actually very amusing as she is a drama student and she knew that what we were doing (feeding her water and holding her up) was for her own good but she did not like it and was quite verbal about it. It shows she has good projection when the people upstairs can hear her shouts of 'but I don't want to'. She is one of my favourite people on this planet and even when in as bad a state as she was she still came out with some cracking lines and really made me smile.

160. Going over to save someone from exam stress just in time for Pimms o'clock

Best Friend had her history exam the other day and the day before she sent me a message about how she needed a hug but couldn't take the time out of revision to get one. I was getting a little cabin fever so I walked over to her house and planned on giving her a hug and a couple of pieces of caramel shortbread my Little Sister had so kindly spared from the batch she made. I got there and Best Friend was thrilled to see me and invited me in for a chat (she decided she needed a break at that point). Halfway through our chat her Mum came in and offered us both a Pimms as she was just feeling in the mood and we all sat and had a really nice chat over our Pimms. I wasn't expecting to have such a nice afternoon but it was quite lovely really made my day.

159. Two long phone calls in one night

On this particular day I was half expecting to have one conversation that night as it had been mentioned previously but about an hour before that was supposed to happen Long Distance Friend posted on my status 'I may call you :) but not just yet' (this in itself was exciting because I'm usually the one who calls) about 45 minutes later he calls we have a short chat and I tell him about the other phone call and he says I can call him back (a good feeling I am hardly ever the one who gets to say that). The other phonecall was with The Ex who I am now friends with, we hadn't had a chat in a while so it was really nice catching up and the conversation at one point swayed to Harry Potter, the mark of a good chat. Anyway after we stopped chatting I gave Long Distance Friend a call (it took me about ten minutes to actually get him as his phone was being silly) and we talked for ages, I won't tell you how long just to keep you in suspense. It was a lovely night and it quite destracted me from the looming menace that is exams, really made me smile.

158. Having my Old Friend in the passenger seat while driving

As previously mentioned I am not a great fan of driving (excusing reason 151) although recently it has not been as bad (probably because of reason 151). This occured to me while driving Old Friend to rainbows I noticed she wasn't speaking much and she said it was because she didn't want to distract me from driving which was the first thing that made me smile then she later made a comment about how I wouldn't back into the shed again (I lightly bumped it a couple of months ago the car was fine) as I parked in a different spot. There is also something different about driving someone who can't drive themself. When you have a passenger who can drive although most of the time they are not judging you they do notice the things you do wrong or liberties you take. I don't know why driving with her in the passenger seat made me smile there were alot of factors but it really made my day.

157. A reminder of how it was when just the two of us went to the cinema

My friendship with Best Friend started with a cinema trip... well in a way; we were both close Friends with a girl who we no longer see, she was the reason we knew each other and we had arranged a cinema trip with the three of us, this Ex Friend never turned up (she had started to become unreliable but that is another story). Even though we didn't really know each other that well we decided to go anyway, in time it became our thing, the cinema was our place, we went all the time, just the two of us. Over the past year or so people started joining us on our trips, now it's something we do with a group of us which is brilliant, but occasionally it's nice when it's just the two of us, like it used to be. We went to see X-men: First Class the other day and it reminded me of how it used to be, really made me smile.

156. Getting texted by a fellow insomniac

I was casually watching trailers (alright obsessively watching trailers, I was in one of those moods) and it got to four in the morning and I got a text from Best Friend saying that she had started the book I lent her at babysitting and couldn't put it down and now it was four in the morning. I think she had assumed I would be asleep so would get it in the morning but my sleeping pattern is extreamly erratic and so I was up, it's nice to know that there is someone out there who is also having trouble sleeping. The insomniac world is a lonely place company in sleeplessness is always appriciated, the texts really made me smile (also the fact that she said if she loved me any less she would irrationally blame me for her lack of sleep).

155. Watching two Friends discuss what they think will come up on the top ten songs of Bon Jovi

My Musical taste/knowledge mainly comes from my Friends and although I have basic knowledge of Bon Jovi (meaning I have a couple of Best Friends favourites on my i-pod) other than that I don't really know much about him. This probably contributed to how amusing I found watching Best Friend and Musical Friend discuss the songs they thought would be top, and the ones they wanted to be top, of the top twenty Bon Jovi song list (it was a program we had on in the background at a Friends house). There is something I really love about watching people talk about something they love, it's like all of a sudden they light up, really made me smile.

154. The appreciative looks you get when wearing a suit and red top hat

My Good Friends Dad used to take us (Me, Her and Best Friend) to the gym twice a week (one of those being early on a Saturday morning which was tough going sometimes), he took a group of us to centerparks one summer, he organised a 3 day trip to London as a GCSE celebration, he has thrown cocktail parties for us and much more... So when last year he invited Me and Best Friend to his wedding we were very excited and promised to save the date. This proved problematic when Practically Sister accidently organised her party for the same day however that hitch was slightly solved as I went with her on her actual birthday family meal (also see reason 153). I decided that as my 'date' for the evening was Best Friend one of us needed to wear the suit so I boldly stepped forwards (actually I just really wanted an excuse to wear a suit and take my Top Hat out for a spin). There was, at one point, a worry that I might not get the suit in time -as I did leave it a little last minute- however, it came and it is beautiful. Wearing a suit to a posh wedding (well we went to the party after the wedding actually but it still counts) was truely wonderful, it opened my eyes to what a hassel dresses can be. One of the best things about it was the smiles it raised, to paint the picture I was wearing a black fitted suit with a dark red shirt, a bright red top hat with a black feather in it and red shoes, I think you can guess at the looks (it was quite a posh do). It felt glorious I will definitely be wearing my suit again, it really made me smile.

153.Throwing a not-so-suprise party (well more a small gathering of people)

As previously mentioned it was my Practically Sisters birthday the other day and as I was not able to go to her party I decided to throw her a suprise party for the day before it. I set up my fake plans with her a while before saying me Best Friend and Good Friend (who were also not able to attend her real party) would take her out for a meal. However I didn't send out the message about the party until two days before it was supposed to be occuring. I was also told that one of the invitee's had brought it up on facebook infront of her on that same day ruining the suprise part (I carried on with the illusion anyway). It was not as big a party as I originally planned but it was a really nice evening we went down to get chips and just chilled out chatting, listening to music and eating cake. We did the whole jumping out at her although that also didn't quite go as planned as my signal apparently wasn't heard so I had to cough very loudly until every eventually jumped out. Although there were quite afew hitches it still made me smile.

152. Pre-viewing a Friends very exciting birthday present

It was Practically Sisters birthday the other day and in the morning I took her eggs so she could make pancakes (even if I did have to rush off afterwards to go to the cinema so did not get any of said pancakes) and then went out for a beautiful Birthday meal with her family and her in the evening. On the way home her Sister brought out the birthday present they were going to give her (well half of it). It was placed in a little gift box, it was her brothers old I-phone which he had broken the screen of so their present was to get it fixed. The other present which I didn't see was a wand television remote (how cool?) anyway knowing about a really exiting present is almost more fun than getting one (I said almost). I could really picture the reaction and when I saw her with it the next day she did a very excited jumpy thing it really made me smile.

151. Driving late at night with an Amusing Drunk in the back

I dislike driving, the feeling it gives me just makes me uncomfortable, I started driving more than a year ago now and the other day is the first time I have really enjoyed it. I don't know what it was I picked up Best Friend and that was alright a couple of mishaps then we went to pick up Best Male Friend (who turned out to be in the shower so we went back home and then came back again later). We had been on a beautiful walk through the countryside near a local stately home and decided that I was going to pick them up at 9 and we were going to go on a midnight drive and then have midnight pasta. We sat round just chatting for a while (as it needs to be midnight to go on a midnight drive) and when it was nearing midnight Best Male Friend gets a call from his Best Friend [who is now going to be refered to as Amusing Drunk] (Best Male Friend went to a different school before coming to ours and Amusing Drunk still goes there and so although we have met Amusing Drunk before we don't know him that well) from a party asking if he could stay at his house and if it was possible could Best Male Friend walk and meet him, I offered to pick him up and off we all went. This apparently is the first time Amusing Drunk has been this drunk before and it was wonderful we mentioned the midnight drive idea and he jumped at it. The whole time he just would come out with these brilliant lines he kept asking where we were going and then was suprised when we said on a midnight drive and would ask if we were really doing that, he was texting people saying he was being abducted by a murderess, he kept saying "oh my god" and most often would follow that with "I'm embarassing myself aren't I, I'll stop talking". I don't know exactly what it was but driving just felt right (and it wasn't just the drunk in the back as I enjoyed the driving before that. Anyway we then came back and had midnight pasta, definitely one of the nicest unexpected evenings in a long time (I literally got a call half an hour before going on the walk asking if I wanted to go and all this happened as a result of me saying yes) really made me smile.

150. A late night phone call from one insomniac to another

Most nights I have difficulty falling asleep at a sensible hour and after midnight it tends to get pretty lonely (although usually I find things to watch/read/do). The other day it was about one in the morning and I commented on something she had posted on facebook about five minutes later I get a message on my wall:
"Hello my lovely, if you're awake and not up to much at home atm fancy giving me a ring? I'm not managing to get to sleep so I'd love a chat if you're up for one."
So I called her and we had a really nice chat for about an hour, she couldn't get to sleep as there were people outside her window causing a racket and I was just in normal insomniac mode. There is something lovely about chats late at night, you feel closer to the person, well I know I do. It really made my night.

149. A spontaneous dinner party

My Little Sister is the main chef of the family and the other day her and my Mother were walking round the supermarket doing the weekly shop when they came across crispy duck and pancakes. At first they were just going to by the ready made stuff but then they decided why not get a duck and DIY it. I helped cook the pancakes Little Sister did the rest and we invited Best Friend round to enjoy it with us (we also invited Practically Sister but she couldn't make it). When I woke up in the morning I didn't realise I would be having a dinner party with duck pancakes, rose wine, elderflower jelly (simply divine) and brilliant company, it was wonderful. Afterwards we sat on the sofa and watched X-Men: The Last Stand a lovely end to a lovely evening (even if it doesn't quite fit in with the dinner party ambiance). The whole evening really made me smile.

148. Getting a personality award

After writing the last post I realised my original intention for my Friday post and I just can't miss this one out as it really excites me, even on Sunday I was pleased. I have never been in the running for a personality award as I have stuck to a small group of people and so have not been know as the "sporty one" (well there was never even a chance of this one), the "clever one", the "arty one" etc. I didn't think that had changed when we got the form to vote on this year, afew of my Friends said they had voted me Most Stylish, Most Colourful Character (one or two also voted me Miss Foxy Lady) however I was not expecting to win. As Most Stylish was one of the first I was very suprised to find I was actually a runner up for that award although I did not win it. But when Most Colourful Character was called out and she read my name out I was shocked truely. I was one of the most surreal moments walking up to get that award infront of the whole year (the teacher who handed it out made a comment on how appropriate my bright green skirt was). Knowing that my love of colour had been recognised -and apparently my bright personality (I was told by a drunk memeber of my English Lang class that my tendency to smile all the time was one of the reasons he voted for me, he was drunk at this point though) was just brilliant. The certificate will go on my wall with pride and I will treasure that memory. It pretty much made my day I was showing of for quite a while.

147. Having a proper chat with a mild acquaintance

In day to day life there are some people that you may see everyday but you never really get to know them, this usually isn't a purposeful oversight, they just pass you by, neither one of you putting in the extra effort. In school this is especially true, registration one of the main places. When I get up in the morning I am not really awake, I come in to school and that 15 minutes passes me by in a whirl of short conversations with my Friends, never really speaking to the rest of my form. It was our last day on Friday and to celebrate this, after almost the whole year gathering at the pub, a small group then coming to my house for chips resulting in me falling asleep on the sofa, I then went to a different pub to continue celebrating. I wasn't in a drinking mood so I just sat down and chatted to my Friends, people moved around and at one point a guy who has been in my form for two years stole the empty chair next to me. We have briefly exchanged words a couple of times and once we had a short conversation about my tie wearing (reason 94) but other than that we have never really chatted. It could have been the fact that as we probably won't see much of each other again that caused us to feel so at ease but we just started a conversation and it was lovely to talk to someone you don't really know. We bonded a little over our mutual ability to do this weird arm trick (although he could do weirder ones) and others got involved in our conversation it turned into a group talk. It just really made me smile.

146. Tea, coffee and cake in class

It's our last week in school and so for our last English Lit lesson one of our teachers decided our treat would be to bring in tea, coffee and cake for us to drink. It was a beautiful lesson, we managed to distract her for half the lesson discussing our various futures (grades we need, Uni's we're planning on, subjects we're continuing) and the other half was just spent talking about what we need to look at and themes to consider. I was a lovely lesson with a terrific teacher (I was going to put wonderful until I realised the alliteration this would cause) really made me smile.

145. An abundance of cake

It was our last Textiles lesson the other day and as that means no more Cake Fridays (reason 21) we had Cake Wednesday instead (our last lesson was on a Wednesday) and it was amazing I'm pretty sure we had about 10 different varieties of cake (cake encompasses a range of things ranging from tarts to muffins etc) I managed quite a few and took a piece of all the ones I didn't home. There is something so glorious about stuffing ones face with cake, it really made me smile.

144. Knowing you never have to go to a dreaded lesson again

Since in A-level you choose all your subject you do not expect to dread a lesson (unless you knowingly took one you didn't like) however teachers are not your choice. We had a teacher for a subject and I do not wish to slander her as she was a nice person but her teaching skills left most of the class ditching (one lesson only two people turned up one of them being me who can't miss lessons). Sheets do not an education make, there needs to be some actual teaching and knowledge on the subject. Anyway I digress this is not a ranting blog this is one for happy thoughts and lovelyness. We had our last lesson with her the other day, we played games had cake and then afterwards we celebrated by jumping a little in the corridor (by we I mean Best Friend and I). It made me smile to think I would not have to go back to those lessons.

143. Somewhere out there someone created a pretty perfect bed

http://bedroomscene.tumblr.com/post/4233179759 I love books, reading is one of my favourite past times, my bed has similar shelves above it as this one but the draw underneath it I lack. There is something beautiful about finding things like this, something I could fill with books and then pull out when I feel like a story. Knowing this bed is out there makes me smile.

142.Nice rhetorical questions

Rhetorical questions are commonly used in our everyday lives, they slip into our subconcious in adverts "Do you know how wonderful this product is?", in warnings "Have you had your fire alarm?", even in normal conversation "You know how I went to the park the other day?". This devise can be used to create many different effects on this day however my Best Male Friend used it to give me a complement, a small message left on my facebook wall "Why are you so beautiful? X" Little messages like this always make me smile and this one really did.

141. Watching a play in which you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves (an added bonus if they are famous)

Reason 11* mentioned a production of Much Ado about nothing I was going to see with David Tennent and Catherine Tate in it, that day finally arrived. Normally when something like that happens you build yourself up for months about it but because of the stress of that-which-is-now-over** I just hadn't really thought about it, it seemed to just appear out of nowhere. We got the train to London in the morning had a picnic in the park (I think is was St James park but I can't be sure) then it was time. I was a little worried it would not live up to my expectations (Much Ado is my second favourite Shakespeare; As You Like It is my favourite) however it was definately the funniest version I have ever seen, the entire cast looked like they were enjoying themselves also the language was not a barrior as it can sometimes be in Shakespeare plays. A brilliant preformance with the added bonus of having two famous actors in it. At the end as we were walking around the theater to get to the reastaurant we heard a scream and so followed this noise and found David Tennent and Catherine Tate signing autographs by the stage door it was the surrealist thing to be that close to a celebrity I couldn't quite believe it (I think it's the first time I have been that close to a celebrity who hasn't been acting at the time) sometimes it's hard to believe those people you see on the screen are real people. My Best Friend and Little Sister managed to get Catherine Tates signature but David Tennet had moved round the other side by the time they got to the front. The meal afterwards was lovely and we had some nice conversations on the train back. All in all a wonderful day it all made me smile especially the play which I was laughing my way through.

*http://365cheerfuldays.blogspot.com/2011/01/11-planning-something-exciting-for.html
**If you are unsure of what this is see here: http://365cheerfuldays.blogspot.com/search/label/Textiles

140. Sleep after 34 hours awake

I feel like a broken record on my blog at the moment with my Textile exam stuff, but praise the heavens it is over completely, this was the last stretch which I will now explain in painstaking detail that no one really wants to read. I woke up at around 8 on thursday and went into school did an hour of textiles while sneezing realised I would get much more done at home so I went to the nurse and cried migrain. This is where irony comes into play I was walking home and I developed a migrain quite a bad one at that (I forgot to mention I had bad backache at this point aswell). When I got home I took paracetamol (which didn't do much) and carried on working... this continued for the rest of the evening. At about 8 o'clock (I like the word o'clock it has a nice ring to it) I went to the shop for glue, walking round I felt completely insane it was one of those moments where it would not have been out of place had I started talking to myself (infact I did a little on the way home)... more textiles. It got to 12 before I started to break down, my backache was reaching an excruciating level of pain I had a half hour lie on the sofa (I couldn't get off at one point) while watching something rubbish on TV. It was at this point my Long Distance Friend unintentionally talked me down from the metaphorical cliff unintentionally and got me working again... took some hardcore painkillers which made me feel very lightheaded then, more textiles. My next breakdown was at about 5 o'clock when I burst into tears watching Brothers and Sister (I watch TV while doing textiles), I got myself a hot chocolate and continued on my quest. At about 8 in the morning on Friday it was back to school for my last textile exam (more painkillers to get through that), it finished at half one (sometimes I write time out in word numbers) and I stayed in school finishing my sketchbook till about four. I realised textiles was over when I was halfway home and proceeded to skip the rest of the way back. When I got home I called my Best Friend to discuss my freedom and how terrible I felt during the exam (I felt quite ill). Then my Little Sister took me down to the nice cafe down the road for a hot chocolate she got sick of my tired ramblings (if I stop talking or moving when I'm that tired I will fall asleep) and took me home. I got in bed at about 6 o'clock and it was glorious. At some point my Practically Sister just came in and snuggled me I woke up sometime around midnight and we had a little chat then went back to sleep. It was beautiful to be reunited with my bed after so long, really made my day.

139. Getting an unexpected compliment during a stressful time from a know critic

As previously mentioned I have had a series of Textiles exams over the last week as we also had to complete a project sketchbook for it the day before my last exam (and the night to, I pulled an all nighter) was spent finishing this off. This was a very stressful time for me I had the sniffles, backache, headache, mindache etc thought I was going mad almost the entire time. During this time I posted a facebook status in an attempt to be witty saying:
"Definitely beginning to feel like a crazy artists, the urge to cut off my nose so it won't run is almost overwhelming... move over Vincent."
My Literature Friend a well known critic known to only give out backhanded compliments which are actually insults commented on it saying this:
"But that would spite your face, which is lovely. (This proves that either the revision has addelled my brain to rice pudding, or -as that would signal approaching doom rather than glad tidings- that I have a nice side.)"
This was one of the many things that helped me through the mad 33 hours of Textiles I did it also really made me smile.

138. Snuggling in the cinema

Well doesn't this sound like my romatic life is looking up, sat on the back seats, armrest up, lights dim, watching Pirates of the Caribbean, arms around... my Practically Sister. Sorry for the anticlimax I just couldn't resist I hadn't seen my Practically Sister in a while and when the oppertunity arises she does like to use me as a pillow especially in the cinema, it is also much easier to snuggle on the back row (there was a huge group of us and we were the first in) believe me the armrest digs right into your back when you try on the normal seats. Anyway snuggling Practically Sister really made me smile (she also brought Haribo and I had a gummy ring on each finger which I slowly devoured through the film).

137. Surprising someone with a week late Birthday cake

Last week it was my Psychology Teacher's Birthday which I only found out at the end of our lesson. A couple of his classes had made him a cake or a card for that day but our class had not done anything, this is why I decided for our next lesson (almost a week later) I would make him a cake, which I did. I went into his lesson late (as I had woken up late) with the cake in tin foil and put in a plastic bag he asked me what I was carrying and I uncovered it slowly. He gasped a little then I said it was for him for his Birthday, the joy on his face made my day, after giving the whole class a piece he even ran out to get another teacher to try some too.

136. An unexpected invite to procrastinate otherwise know as 'fudge this sugar'

My penultimate textile exam was on Monday and at the end of it my Best Male Friend was hanging around outside the room and said 'hey fancy wandering up to Best Friends house as she has gone home? I considered saying no for a moment as I had lots of work to be done but as I know I wouldn't have done it anyway I thought why not and we had a lovely afternoon of chatting, bagels and ice-cream which quite relaxed me after my stressful day. Really made me smile.

135. My Older Sister getting joy out of finding a dimple on her cheek

I got a message on facebook the other day from my Older Sister the other day saying:
'I just found what I think classes as a dimple, on my right cheek. right at the top, when I smile. I'm amazed its taken me 20 years 1 month and 8 days to realise.' It makes me smile when others find joy in the small things.

134. Role reversal, looking after my drunk throwing up Best Friend

She probably won't thank me for this but I hope she gets some joy out of the fact that it was my reason to be cheerful for the day (please say you do?). As it was Eurovision my Good Friend decided to host a Eurovision party (the basic idea of it being you get drunk and make fun of the silly acts) we all had to support a country (I went for Denmark the way they say 'crazy' is beautiful) and Best Friend supported Azerbaijan she just picked of a list randomly (this does come into it). Now I watched the first couple of acts including Denmark I did have their flag on my cheek but somehow I ended up in the kitchen with a Friend of mine lets call her Emotional Girlfriend as thats what she was. We had a chat because well shes part of one of those couples that falls out and she cries at most parties, she is really lovely though. Anyway Best Friend joins us at some point and after a nice chat we end up going back in to watch the end of it. [Bear in mind at this point we have drunk quite alot] We are watching as the results are added up (apparently I swear when I'm drunk in my defence Denmark were not very high up, could have been the backless shirt...) and at the end it is announced that Azerbaijan have won (this bit is hazy I'm working from a retelling) and my Best Friend is instructed to down her drink (some foul concoction of wine, ribena and other such things) which she promptly does and then runs upstairs. I follow and sit by the toilet alternitively supporting her and shouting at her; which was a nice role reversal before it has always been me sitting infront of the toilet throwing up the contents of my stomach. At one point a Friend comes up stairs and askes through the door if she can go to the loo I replied not so nicely that she should 'go away(phrased a little harsher) and pee in the street'. I finally managed to pry her from the toilet at some point and we went to bed it was nice to look after my Best Friend like she has looked after me I feel like I have repayed a little of my debt now. It did make me smile.

133. Finding a packet of softmints and eating them all in the space of ten minutes

I have a bit of a softmint problem I must admit, once I start a packet I just can't seem to stop myself eating the whole packet, as soon as I finish one softmint I pop another one in. A couple of weeks ago on one of my spontaneous Supermarket trips (I have this thing about the Supermarket I'm sure it will be one of my reasons at some point in the future) I bought a four pack of softmints. After devouring two packets I then put two in a cupboard in my kitchen and promtly forgot about them until the other day after my second Textile exam (it's done in sessions one three hour session three four hour sessions) when I remembered I put them there. I devoured the first pack in the space of about ten minutes and left the second for the next day, it was glorious, especially after the long day. Really made me smile.

132. The look on peoples faces after they try my Literature Friends chilli jam

I had forgotten about this one until now which is why it is not on the correct day (but then you are not to know that) but this links back to the Birthday Lunchean my Literature Friend threw a couple of weeks ago... At this Lunchean my Literature Friend brings out his jar of chilli jam and tells us to try some we were unsure and I dab a tiny bit on my gnocchi and it killed my taste bud for ten minutes and the taste lingered for more than an hour I had to drink copious amounts to cool my mouth. You are probably thinking she's just a wus it was probably not that bad (except my Best Friend who has also tried it, you know) and I don't think there are words. After being fed a super sour sweet by a guy in my class he decided to bring in some for payback I didn't put myself through that again but my teacher did she had about the same amount my Best Friend did and was trying to cool her mouth down all lesson. A girl in my class had a bit more than that pulled a face then said it wasn't that bad then it hit her properly and she ran out of the class and was in the loo for about ten minutes. The guy who had given him the sweet had a whole chilli and after running out to the loo he broke out in a sweat. We did warn them about it and so were aloud to sit back and laugh while they suffered it did make us smile quite alot.

131. An unexpected film happy ending

I went to see a film I was told would make me cry and was apparently similar to the titanic, both these dont bode well for happiness levels, you expect death, tragic death. It started quite well and I thought well already this is better than I expected then the ending loomed I was waiting for it I had several plausable sad endings already thought out especially at one point. I was gripping my Best Friends hand and we were both going 'they can't'... and they didn't, the bad guy died but without the main good ones doing so. The ending did feel a little rushed and the did kill two nice side characters which was uncalled for but it had a happy ending when I wasn't expecting it. Really made my day. (I haven't mentioned the name of the film as it might spoil it)

130. Watching my Little Sisters dream come true

For my Little Sisters birthday my Best Friend had the brilliant idea that we should take her to see Tim Minchin, her favourite comedian, on his UK tour as her birthday present and so we did. On tuesday we went to see Tim Minchin and His Orchestra and it was brilliant (I mean I was expecting it to be good as I really like Tim Minchin but it exceeded my expectations). There was not a moment when I was not enjoying it and watching my Little Sister get so excited buying merchandise and having her squeeze my hand to death with her excitment was just brilliant really made me smile.

129. After an accidental disk ejection the film picks up from where it left off

It was a long day there was an accidental nap somewhere I think then I was watching Anne of Green Gables to cheer me up accidently ejected it which was awful. I thought I would have to go through the process of finding where I had left off, but there it was, right where I had left it... beautiful. It really made me smile.

128. Sharing the opionion of clothing in a film with my Best Friend

My Best Friend, Little Sister and I went to see 'Something Borrowed' the other day not the best of films I must say*. During one of the scenes me and my Best Friend both turned to each other to say the same thing 'What is her Friend wearing?' (it was some awful white contraption). Later on in the film we did almost the same thing both turned to each other to say 'She's wearing a really nice dress'. I don't remember who said either of the things but it doesn't matter, we both felt exactly the same, hooked up to the same mindwave and it is always a beautiful moment when that happens (well except my tendency to call people when they need the loo, I could do without that skill). Anyway it really made me smile.
*http://filmnerdsftw.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-something-borrowed.html < a review written by my best friend... if you are interested in knowing about the film.

127. Using my arm as a paper towel

When I am painting in my room there is rarely a time when I remember to bring in a paper towel or a tissue to wipe the brush. Sometimes I find a piece of scrap material around and I use that however on the occasions when I can't do that I use my arm. This inevitably means I end up with paint all over my arm and as the other day I was painting with alot of different colours I ended up with a multi-coloured arm and looking down at it really cheered me up (especially considering I was doing a very dull job of painting backgrounds for my textiles sketchbook and cutting and sticking when I wasn't doing that).

126. Tomato soup for lunch

This soup is divine
although only when heinz
does it give me the goodness I pine for

I could have it for lunch
for my tea or for brunch
on this dish I do wish to dine more

Maybe I should give up attepting poety... then again who is it hurting? I had tomato soup for lunch yesterday I decided thats what I wanted at breakfast and it did not dissapoint my expectations. It has to be one of my favourite comfort foods warms me up from the inside, really made me smile.

125. This DVD is in the case upsidedown... oh wait it's double sided, my mind is blown

I opened my Anne of Green Gables to find this a DVD with two sides, I haven't seen one of those in... well, ever. For my birthday I got some money and the other day I was pondering what to spend it on when I remembered Anne of Green Gables with Megan Follows. I have only seen it once at a Friend of my mums house afew years ago but since then I have wanted it. Anne of Green Gables is one of my favourite books of all time (my taste can be a little childish sometimes) and although the later films don't stick to the books (the first book was always my favourite anyway then I skipped to the end of the third, I think Anne fans will know what I mean, non Anne fans won't really care) I love how they develop it in the Films. The characterisation of the characters I think is fantastic, Megan Follows will always be my Anne. Anyway I decided to use some of my birthday money to buy the DVD's and when I opened the first case (there are three) the incident in the title occured. There is something about turning the DVD over that lifts my heart (along with the fact that it is Anne of Green Gables). I'm going to have to be extra careful with these DVDs. Anyway it pretty much made my day.
(My Best Friend is really looking forward to me forcing her to watch them, aren't you?)

124. Someone far away is reading my writing (possibly)

As a Blogger I have access to statistics on how many page views my blog gets and where abouts in the world it has been viewed this I find really interesting (inside me somewhere is a maths geek I've just hidden it for so long). Now I write this for myself mainly (thats such a cliche thing to say) but even though I have no way of knowing if anyone but a few of my Friends actually read this I can see who has stumbled upon the page at some point (even if it was by accident and they never actually read it) and this I like. Someone in Cambodia found my blog the other day now I'm not even certain of where that is but at some point on a computer in Cambodia my blog was opened on someones computer screen, how wonderful is that? Now as my Friends live in the UK thats where most of my views come from but the United States has been watching me a little Denmark, Guernsey, Iran, Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, China and Spain (New Additions: Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Argentina) are the others so far (pretty cool right?). I don't know what it is about this that makes me happy but I love it as this is to cheer myself up getting a multitude of pageviews is not my aim and I'm excited with the ones I get. Knowing someone across the mighty pond might possibly be reading this kinda gives me a thrill but then so does the fact that I can say things to my Best Friend on here and she will read it. All anyone wants in this world is to feel connected to people knowing that I kind of am makes me smile.

123. An glimpse of an old inside joke

I was at my Old Friends house the other day preparing for a Rainbows session (we found out later it was cancelled) by eating toast and watching Neighbours (best way to prepare) and her Older Brother called up. Way back when we were not so old (well probably just a few years ago) and her Older Brother used to live at home he (to put it lightly) disliked me (maybe it was my incessant cheery manner or my ability to get in the way who knows). Anyway whenever I called my Old Friend (which was quite a bit) there would be a point -either if he picked up or when she passed him while on the phone- that he would figure out it was me and groan then pick the nearest insult (actually now I think about it he also did it whenever I was in the house). I would then make the obvious comment that he was secretly in love with me which irritated him more then she would get the phone and the world would be good again. Whats this got to do with now? I hear you cry (well maybe just ponder slightly... or you just read it) well as I said he called up and my Old Friend said "Hey, Rosalinds here shall I put her on?" to which he I assume answered with a groan and load protesting (she did not put me on of you are wondering which your probably not). It just made me think of all those good times and how one line can take you back to a running joke, it really just made me smile.

122. (Dont be appalled by this one, I will explain) Wearing Dungarees

I know many would see this as a fashion 'faux par', so to speak, and in my defence I only bought them to dress up as a child for a party (well my party), but dang are they comfortable. I was getting a little chilly as the sun went down (I had been wearing shorts to take full advantage of it, it's spring and it feels like summer you really have to) and I was unimpressed with my wardrobe. As I have spent the day doing Textiles sticking and stuff I haven't been out the house much. I saw my dungarees on the pile and thought 'why not? It's not like I'm going out'... definitely worth it when I got to that breaking point, something about the way they let you move is comforting. However I looked they really made me smile.

121. So we all pretty much feel the same way?

I'm talking about that moment when someone in the room says something hesitantly and everyone realised this opinion is unanimous. I don't want to say more as it was a close issue to all of us but I went to my Best Friends house with my Best Male Friend and my Musical Friend. There was laughter, tears, music, talking, doritos, salsa and so much more, it was a really nice night. It really made me smile.

120. Very Important emails

My Best Friend sent me an email the other day with a subject "VERY IMPORTANT!!", upon reading this my mind went many places. I was thinking about what it could be that she didn't want to ring or text me about, wondering if something was wrong... then I opened it. It just said:
"I love you very much. Thought you should know. :)"
That was it, one line of text and my day is made, it's nice to be loved.