Three cheers for coffee

Dear old self ... 'When you go will you send back a letter from America?' I love this Proclaimers song and we sing along to it all the time as we watch the amazing Sunshine on Leith musical. I love the lyrics, thinking of what they'd miss when they moved to America. It got me to thinking what a letter to my old teenage self would look like. Perhaps something like this. Dear younger, thinner me, You were fab, you know. Even back then, you doubted yourself, didn't you? But look how hard you worked. Look at all those things you have done to prepare yourself for the wide world! Enjoy yourself more. It is true to do loads, visit places, have tons of fun, before you settle down. Just do it. Take loads of pictures too to look back on. Make loads of friends and get to know a whole bunch of different people who bring light and excitement to your soul. Sell yourself more! Go out and grab life. Enjoy every single minute of youngness. Don't undervalue your fitness a...

Stop trying to be the whole bag of skittles! You might be the bright yellow one, the shining sun, laughing and lifting everyone up. Or the down to earth green one, laid back and helpful. The last time I looked, there was no rainbow skittle. It just would not be possible to put all those flavours together in one skittle! Think of your friends. Think of the reds and greens, the yellows, oranges and purples. Which one are you? You all bring something different and amazing to the group. Remember, there's a bag of sour ones and a bag of mixed up ones put in to surprise you! It may look a certain flavour, but it's nothing like. Remember, and be ready for people who are like that too! Take that stone out of your shoe! Walking with a pebble in your sandal can be just like life. We know it's there but put up with it; it's only slightly uncomfy and your hands are full. Carry on a bit longer though and you know you need to stop, put your things down and take t...

Room 101 This gets my goat! I'll just get my coat! In this modern day and age, as I'm getting older, but not necessarily wiser, certain things and social niceties have started to proper get to me. Not in a way that I become enraged. It's more of a slow, seething beneath the surface. Nothing that a tumbler of gin can't fix! Perhaps I've just read too many Jane Austen novels. A part of me is stuck in the age is social manners and scintilating conversations! Lol! As shown by this post in the waitingformrdarcy blog! Yes, Austen definitely  highered my expectations of folk! Disney too, gave us unrealistic expectations of people and life, as in this funny quote. Although, it's more the Marvel heroes who have given us high expectations more than any Disney Prince! Or perhaps, like this next quote, you just get to an age where you aren't as patient with people and you find it harder to bite your tongue! Unlike Mary Poppins, I am in no...

80s Movie Night In! I don't know if you agree with me here, but in my very humble opinion, the movies of the 80s were, and still are THE BEST! Perhaps this has a lot to do with the fact that my friends and I could really identify with the amazing coming of age themes. I mean, who didn't want to be Molly Ringwald's character, Andie in Pretty in Pink? Who didn't want to work in a hip record store and be wooed by the adorable Andrew McCarthy's Blane? I cannot count the amount of times I watched this with friends, mainly on sleepovers and we would just drool (such an 80s word) over Blane, whilst eating popcorn and sipping on Tizer, Dandelion and Burdock and other 80s pop. I loved going to one friend's house who had a Soda Stream and we'd excitedly go through all the new flavours to try! Pretty in Pink has to be one of my all time fave films of the 80s, actually from 1986. I love watching it now, remembering how I felt as a teenager watching it. I lo...