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.