All the pretty books

The Swiss Cows wondered if they needed to change colour to get into the Night Circus

Yesterday I dashed into Waterstones, giving Dr X the impression that I was looking for a birthday present for my nephew. This will only take a few minutes I fibbed. I'll take a seat then he replied. After browsing through all the books and looking at the sale items I found that the Night Circus (half-price offer!!) was stuck to my clammy hand. It's such a stylish looking book! So although knowing practically nothing about the story line and without having read any reviews, I decided to buy it. Yes, that's right, I bought a book based on looks alone. 


I also have a Waterstones loyalty card and need to collect a certain number of stamps before the end of April to win a £10 book voucher (you have to spend money to save money right).  To top up my purchase to £10 I perused the children's section. Dr X caught up with me to check on my purchases - do you think your nephew will like that book? Um, probably not I muttered. Well I expect the stickers are for him then? Sure thing I said, shaking my head 'no' at the same time. Ok - who has some good ideas for a present for a nine year old?


When I got home I did some online searching about the Night Circus - and found this really helpful book review site -  Good Reads 
The bad news is that the book has received mixed reviews, with more on the negative side than I was hoping for.  Still I'm going to keep an open mind and I'm sure there are lots of people I can lend the book to as well which still makes it a worth while purchase.


Good to see that my NY goal of saving money is in full force.


Happy Week-End y'all xxx

What I ate today in drawings

The doodling bug has hit me big this year - it's a more fun way to keep a record of what's happening and because it's a doodle it doesn't matter if the accuracy is a little off (*cough*). In order to help me keep one of my NY goals (i.e. Get Fit) I thought it would be helpful to do a quick appraisal of my eating habits. Am I eating my five a day? Is my chocolate / biscuit / cake consumption at a reasonable level? Am I an out of control, greedy guzzling piglet? 


Time will tell. I plan to keep a little doodling eating journal for a week and then review it. Here's my entry for a couple of days ago. I had a cold, hence the dosages of medication. 

Reading the coffee grounds

Is it a Grim, a map of Australia or a cave painting of a wooly mammoth? What secret symbols have you found in your morning beverage?

Omnia Mutantur - Everything changes

Start the year as you mean to go on...

Today was a lazy, lazy day. The Dorset rain fell steadily and heavily on our cozy flat and it almost wasn't worth getting dressed as all I did was roll out of bed and roll onto the sofa to catch up with my reading. I read a whole book from start to finish (it wasn't a big one), made a 'banana thickie' (following the River Cottage's recipe, yum) and then moved onto catching up with my favourite blogs. Inspired by this blog -What I wore today in drawings, I decided to do my own little doodles above. Hope you had a more energetic start to 2012!