Sensory Overload

Friday 10th February - Got to the end of a shortish week and didn't have plans for the evening so I decided to go and see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, yep on my own. I wonder what percentage of people are comfortable going to the movies alone because I know some people would never dream of it. I actually had not been to the movies once since I had arrived in London. It was really good! I did struggle slightly to keep up with who was who but to be honest that's not uncommon :) It is a pretty disturbing film but well worth a watch! Had a chat to the guy next to me, who was also there by himself and continued chattong back to the train station so that was nice.

Saturday 11th February - Such a mega day! Finally got to the Museum of Natural History to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition! I usually go back home in January with my parents so I was really pleased to see it on here. I like to choose a favourite, was so hard to pick so I ended up with 1 favourite, 2 runners up and about 8 or 9 highly commended HA! I also went up to the Vault and checked out the precious gemstones in the museum, so pretty! The whole experience just made my eyes so happy! After my culture fix, I headed to The Famous Three Kings pub for a different kind of culture, in the form of a green field, 22 men and a round object... football! Man Utd vs Liverpool, followed by Chelsea vs Everton. Chelsea were playing so horendously bad that when the score hit 2-0 I couldn't stay, it was too frustrating watching football suicide! That evening I got another fix in the form of a delicious juicy piece of steak! My housemate Romena works at the Argentinean Steakhouse up the road so I went along with a group of friends to check it out. Beef isn't the best here so I was completely in heaven to get a good piece of rib eye. Everyone seemed to be in heaven actually.

Sunday 12th February - Was supposed to go to Kew Gardens with Tim however it was raining and pretty miserable so we went for some sushi and to see a movie (yep, after 6 months I went twice in one weekend). This time the movie was Young Adult starring Charlize Theron. It is Tim liked it but I can't say I felt the same, I found it too depressing.

Tuesday 14th February - Valentine's Day, best one I've had I reckon! It was the season premiere of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Season 2 and my house was excited. We had a huge spread of pancakes, which has become quite the tradition every 2nd night or so :-/ The show never fails to leave me with my jaw hanging wide open - from pineapple & palm tree dresses to big "sticky outy" communion dresses. My favourite quote of the night was when a little girl took her first communion and afterwards declared, in her strong Irish accent "I got Jesus in me mouth!". We also came up with the idea to have a big fat gypy houseparty and since then we've been thinking of the most outrageous and wonderful plans for the event. I think I might wear battery operated fairy lights covered with feathers. We also gave each other gypsy names. Basically it's mary + your name or if it doesn't sound right, your name + doll. Guys are just Paddy o'last name. Then we decided to make signs for our bedroom doors and by the end of the night we had craft supplies everywhere and 6 masterpieces.