These are a few of my favourite things...

Here is a list of things I miss having/doing/being/sharing, etc, etc. And some of the things that I don't...

• Surprisingly I'm kinda happy the KPP got flung into the canyon and turned to dust. I don't think I want to be a KPP anymore. It feels quite childish and I think they're creatures that are low on the evolutionary scale of life. I'd like to think I've moved beyond this.
• Cuddles. However, I think I found inspiration on how to achieve these last night at the charity event. Impending photo (as soon as I manage to get my laptop online again) will explain everything. This man should be awarded some sort of Nobel prize for brilliance. Please come back to this space over the weekend when I can show you the picture!
• I do miss having friends that think I'm a sane, normal person when i try to cuddle a squirrel, steal a cute puppy, pre-name a yet-to-be-acquired pet, look for a good place to get my botox, cry when my hair gets massacred, think out loud about the day I will be truly pretty.
• Sunlight. This morning it was lovely. The sun looked so pretty coming up over the river from home and then it was flashing through the Reuters fence posts at me on my walk to work. Very cute. I wish it was a more frequent occurrence.
• Being a teensy tiny size 6 without even really trying.
• Being smarter. I feel that I'm getting less intelligent the older I get.
• Being able to speak my schoolgirl French. I wish I had paid more attention in class. Je suis desolat.
• Playing the violin. I feel I am never going to be dedicated enough to ever take it up again. I wish I wasn't so lazy.
• I miss being debt free. Ooh la la. I know it's a fact of life these days that we all have debt, but it really does keep me from any chance of having a good night's sleep.
• The confidence I had when I was 4 years old and I put on my dress-up bridal outfit to map out my life plan. I was so going to be a famous writer and artist, married by 25 and making cookies for my tribe of non-drug-addicted, immaculately dressed children. Ahhh, bless childhood naivete.
• Being pretty. Now I'm quite average. One person in my life has told me I'm beautiful. I liked that. Everyone else says I'm "cute". I hate being cute. I'm a grown woman. The curse of chubby cheeks. I'll be 48 and people will call me cute even if I manage to be entirely attired in couture Chanel. It's just not what I'm trying to achieve here.
• Knowing what I'm trying to achieve in this life.
• Travel. Will I ever make it to Vietnam and Cambodia? Unlikely. I'll die in Canary Wharf. I just know it. Lord that's depressing.
• Being properly groomed. I miss facials and manicures and pedicures and hair cuts.
• Holding hands and walking.
• Not feeling the pressure to natter like a small animal that resides in the woods. I like it when it's so comfy to be with another person that you can not say anything at all. It's perfection.
• Knowing that when you're having a bad day there is someone that can make it all not exist while you spend time with them. It's like getting a massage at a spa - but better.
• Not living with Onion Ring. My fave housemates have been AB and CJ. They're beyond brilliant. I can't wait to see AB tonight!!!
• Having anyone bother to notice when I make an effort to look good. It's not like I can roll out of bed and look like this. Extensive up-keep, maintenance, thought and planning goes into this. When anyone notices, it makes it sooooooo worth it!
• Seeing the people I care about on a regular basis. I can go for weeks without seeing friends. It's just lucky I've become good friends with the people I work with - otherwise I could be lying dead in my flat decomposing rapidly (seeing as Onion Ring has a phobia of turning off the heater) and no one would notice.

Don't forget to watch this space for the photo trapped in my camera! I'm endeavouring to make this a new career change!

Floss xxx

PS: I know I'll get in trouble if I don't do this now... gosh, the pressure. Wardrobe summary: Black and tan towering inferno stacked pumps, sheer hosiery, grey and blue plaid pencil skirt, grey demi-wing-sleeved sweater. Hair: pulled back into a pony tail with two skinny black head bands at different angles to each other. Make-up: Nars Emotional Rescue palette.