16:44 28/11/03 friday

Thank fuck it's Friday. I know that's a bad word but I don't care, everything is going horribly wrong, thanks to a kamikaze puppy, a broken leg, and a massive motor policy that is going to cancel on me.

Karma shmarma.

Dave Gorman was very funny.


16:41 27/11/03 thursday

HOW yummy are the Japanese Profiteroles at Little Tokyo? VERY, is the answer. And how perfect is pink wine and What Not To Wear for afters? Also very. We had much fun.

I am working a bit late tonight and then Mark and Larry and I are going to the City Varieties, and tomorrow I think we are going out with some of Larry's work friends, and THEN on Saturday we are going to Milton Keynes to visit L's mum and granny and friends and stuff, which is exciting and scary all in one.

For once I look like I actually have a social life, of sorts...


17:09 26/11/03 wednesday

This evening Liz and I are going to Little Tokyo to be all grown up like the sophisticated laydees we are.

Last night Hannah and Nick came for tea, which was nice, because they met Larry, and from personal experience I can tell you that that's a bit good...

I will let you know about Star, Sarah! I have got the Endsleigh Christmas Party in London on the 6th...

Tomorrow it is Dave Gorman Night hooray!


16:44 24/11/03 monday

The conference wasn't rubbishy, it was quite good, and Harrogate is very pretty, and the rugby was a bit special too. And we went to see Love Actually at half past 11 at night because it was sold out before then. And it was very good, and lovely and happy and sad all rolled into one.

Congratumalations to my mum, for giving up smoking today. Love you x

PS I almost forgot, I have been schmoozing with the League of Gentlemen boys. Ok, Carrie, Larry, Mark and I went to the book signing in Borders last week, and queued for 3 hours in the rain, and then that was it really. Except Reece wrote 'You're my wife now'. Which obviously I'm not, I'm nobody's wife, and if I were, I wouldn't be his, would I?


16:30 21/11/03 friday

I have got to go on a rubbishy conference tomorrow in Harrogate, instead of lazing around doing nothing. Except that afterwards I am going to see Love Actually with Larry so that will be fun.

Mum and Dad didn't come up, my dad got drunk and fell down the stairs and hurt his toe, so I had to drive home instead, which was possibly a bit scary for Larry, but he handled it well.


13:50 14/11/03 friday

Hooray hooray tomorrow is the weekend! Marky has been watching his friends in a battle of the bands bonanza, I hope they did really well. I spoke to him briefly last night but hung up on him because I was driving and I saw a police man. Or woman. Officer, if you will. I couldn't tell.

Mum and Dad are coming up on Sunday and they are bringing a veritable feast, which will be nice.

They will be meeting Larry AND seeing my flat, so I think they will be very excited about it.

I hope Alfie manages to stop the wedding.


14:45 12/11/03 wednesday

I am very smily today, because I am making much moolah for Endsleigh. I have become slightly less smily in the past 10 minutes though because Vicky's sent me an e-mail and she's not happy at the other office, and I feel bad.

I am also smily because when I get home there will be a nice stew ready in my slow cooker :)

And I will be seeing L.

And tomorrow is Thursday which means the week is over half way through.


17:02 11/11/03 tuesday

Clare came round last night and we drank the rest of the wine that my odd landlord gave me. I can't believe it was August the last time I saw her. I remember it well because she made me delicious pizza and then I tried to copy the recipe the following weekend, for when Baz came to stay, and he told me it made him ill. Which was nice and tactful. Cheers, Baz...

Ashlyn and I did the 2 minutes silence at 11 o'clock, and a cheeky man tried to ask me something. I thought my sombre look at the clock would be enough of a hint but he still didn't get it so I had to whisper it to him, and he looked at me like I was crazy, which annoyed me because it was disrespectful.

At the moment I am liking the Damien Rice CD. Especially track 9. At the beginning of it, anyway.
Al Lockwood (RAF Man and source of my most dubious claim to fame) was on BBC1 on Sunday and so now he is even more famous.

Hurry home, Larry x


16:41 10/11/03 monday

I am not liking Mondays, I have decided. Today is my first day back at work after 2 weeks off (I took Friday off to recuperate too, I was poorly, honest), and it has been a nightmare. I have forgotten many things about insurance. And Vicky is in a different branch for 3 weeks too. It's all a bit rubbish really...

This weekend was lovely though. I felt better on Saturday, and so I tidied my flat and made it look pretty, and then Larry and I went to Kevino's birthday soiree. So that is twice in one week I have been able to show him off. And it was full of fun, flirtation and sangria. Happy Birthday Foofs : )

Larry is at home because of a funeral tomorrow, which isn't nice for anyone really. I'm not sure what to write about that really. I miss him though.

Hannah and Marky came for tea yesterday, I have missed Han muchly.


18:58 05/11/03 thursday

I am back from Tunisia! And now I am poorly! Which isn't so good, actually. I think we caught a bug on the aeroplane.

We stayed in a very nice hotel, thanks to my snobby brother :)

Since I got back on Tuesday I have:
1) moved house
2) spent the entire time with Larry

3) been poorly4) been to watch the fireworks in Roundhay

Only number 3 isn't good, the rest were all brilliant. My teeny flat is beautiful, I think Larry should go into interior design.

I am about to go to see Matrix Revolutions with Marky.


16:08 24/10/03 friday

Today is my last day at work for ages! On Monday I am going to be sipping gin and tonics over whatever sea you go over to get to Tunisia. And then the day I come back to Leeds I am moving into my little flat. Bedsit. Whatever.

It's weird, timing. Just when you think everything's a bit rubbish, it gets really really good, and then you go on holiday. Which is good, because holidays are brilliant. But at the same time not so good because new things (like, for example, I don't know, relationships...) are brilliant too, and you have to put them on hold.

Do they have tinternet in Tunisia?


16:36 23/10/03 thursday

Everything works out ok in the end, I have decided. It is handy to know lovely people that can fix cars, and handy to make friends with the Halfords people so that they stick a 'reduced' label on the spark plugs and manual and spanner. And handier STILL if all these people come together and perform the magical feat of fixing your little red fiesta.

Even though it's raining it feels sunny...


15:43 21/10/03 tuesday

Oh dear, Marilyn wouldn't start again this morning. The nice taxi man had a look and apparently I need new spark plugs. I don't know what they are or how they get fixed.

I have got a snazzy new phone. It takes pictures. I am not sure if I like it or not though yet.

I went to see 'Finding Nemo' last night, I thought it was very very good and funny! I am not sure if that's because it actually is very very good and funny, or because I am just finding most things quite pleasant at the minute... Could it be because I have met someone who's a bit scrumtious? I think maybe it could.

My little sister is brilliant, she made me some lovely earrings and a necklace and a bracelet. Thank you Rowan x

And especially for you Rhys, Andy the gangster and Kat get engaged, and Sam and Dirty Den get a bit rude, and I'm not too sure about anyone else. Will Alfie be able to save Kat from making a terrible mistake? Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum derderderder...


17:22 20/10/03 monday

Mainly I have been having a brilliant weekend. x


17:06 15/10/03 wednesday

Would anyone like a Pot Noodle? I have got 200 in my office. Please, have some. They're minging.

Bibis was delicious! And much fun too. Lee and I drew up a map of the legendary Woodhall Shuffle*, but we really only touched the surface. It was a bit worrying really.

I have discovered Shazam, it is the greatest invention known to man ever.

I know I said take Pot Noodles but this gang of boys just took some without saying please and so I limited them to one each, I am a power mad bitch oh yes I am.

*The Woodhall Shuffle is a strange phenomenon, whereby the inhabitants of Woodhall Spa swap special friends so that everyone is linked by increasingly confusing relationships. It is more or less continuous. You have to be local to participate.


17:26 14/10/03 tuesday

Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me-ee,
Happy Birthday to me.

I am quite old.

Last night I was talking to someone a bit nice on the phone for ages, it was much fun. So hello to you : )


17:12 13/10/03 monday

Tomorrow is my birthday hooray hooray! My lovely Lee is in Bradford for the day and he is going to buy me dinner at Bibi's mmmm!

I mainly slept all weekend, and drank sloe gin on my own, how sad. I had napped all of Saturday and then I woke up at about half 11, really hyper and awake, and decided I needed something to make me sleep. It's just like Tixylix...

My dog has got a heart murmur, I'm not sure what that means. Poor Lisa (my dog, not Toon Laydee).


16:27 08/10/03 wednesday

I had the day off yesterday, which was meant to be full of fun but it really wasn't because I took Kris to hostipal and he had to have a camera stuck in his arm, and it was not nice. And also Damian told me he is moving Tracey in and so in the middle of November I will be homeless!

Or I would have been homeless had I not burst into tears and then decided to put my energy into more productive means. I looked round some places and tonight I will be giving a man a deposit (monetary, don't be rude) for a little studio flat near where Marky lives. I say near, it's actually 3 houses away. Hooray hooray Lucy is turning into Bridget Jones.

All I need now are some granny pants.


13:36 04/10/03 saturday

This is a bit special, I am at Kirkstall Brewery in the Cyber Cafe. I have already managed to blag a cup of tea and some biscuits off Kam so all is well with the world.

I finally watched Peep Show and I spent the entire half an hour marvelling at the feeling of watching someone I know on the telly. It's actually pretty funny. I found it equally strange seeing Rob on Ri:se the other morning too.

I have realised I missed my Granny's birthday. Damn.

I have also realised that not much excitement happens in my life, judging by the contents of my blog so far.


16:36 03/10/03 friday

Hooray hooray it's Friday. I think that tonight I will make sure I watch Peep Show.

I got bought flowers last night, a dozen pink roses. Unfortunately not from a boy! Or a man! They were from my boss (who I will call 'H', she is a lady, just in case you wondered) to say thank you (me) for working hard over the past few weeks.

I am going to spend my weekend doing nothing except that tomorrow I will be going to Kirkstall Brewery to see Kam who is the student union bar person there. He is lovely and my new friend. Kirkstall Brewery is not a brewery anymore, which is a bit poo. It is a halls of residence instead so there will be nubile young boys around. Excellent.

Happy Birthday Vicky!


17:36 01/10/03 wednesday

I have decided that Dennis off Eastenders is the sexiest man alive. He has got a lovely squinty right eye.

I'm working until half past 6 today in the vain hope that I will make some more money, but when you consider that I'm actually sitting here updating this, it makes my attempt seem even feebler.

We got a water cooler today from PowWow, he's called Walter.

Thank you Lee for making the luee.co.uk again x


16:37 30/09/03 tuesday

Some nasty person broke into my lovely car last night! Or maybe it was this morning, I'm not sure. Poor poor Maz, she wouldn't start and I think it was because she was feeling traumatised. I wish I could have seen the nasty person's face, they emptied my boot onto the back seat and all I had in there was three board games and a box of Refresher lollies.

Our bosses have been to visit us today, it was a bit scary but also a bit exciting because we have been working so hard and they finally realised! And I am going to manage a biiiiig branch in November for 3 weeks, hooray!

Hello Princess!


16:58 29/09/03 monday

I have decided that for my birthday I am going to invite people to La Tasca. It makes for fun eating,because everyone wants what the person the other side of the table wants and you end up getting your elbow in patatas bravas or something equally as Spanish sounding.

It was very strange to see Kris again and even stranger for Fin to see me again I think because he came downstairs and saw me and I haven't seen him for 2 years, in fact it might even be 3. And he wasn't feeling incredibly perky either so that added to the weirdness of it all. It was lovely weird though.

Yesterday I went to a country pub with my new friend Matt which was very delectable. Pants that reminds me, I meant to ring William H Brown about renting a little terraced house in this teeny village in the middle of nowhere. I think I will do it now!

Hooray hooray Lee is an UNCLE. He has a weeny little neice called Ellie and it is all very exciting!

Oh dear I've got another hour to go.


16:00 27/09/03 saturday

I am at work. It is very pants, I have been working for THIRTEEN days in a row. I am sure that is illegal or something.

I wish I could get 'verdana' on here instead of 'arial'.

I am going to go and see Kris after I finish because he rang me at 9:00 to tell me that he was feeling very
paranoid and ill. I think he might have gone out and been naughty with some drugs last night.

Marilyn wouldn't start this morning. Not even when I stroked her dashboard and sang her special song (this normally works).

Mark has gone on holiday today and I can't remember where, and I am going to miss him. Who will I watch Teachers with now? He sent me a text message last night to tell me that Peep Show on C4 is very funny, but for the 2nd time I have missed it. I know the person who plays Jeremy, it is my least dubious claim to fame.