Mardi Gras

Today is Mardi Gras in New Orleans and I am tuned into the Bourbon Street and Parade webcams and desperately wishing I was there.

Instead I've been stuck at home in this dreary weather, working hard. I had a crap day at work yesterday - in fact I could have walked out I was so fed up, but today was much better. It obviously helped that I was working at home. It may also have been the brainwave that I had regarding a tricky work problem, or maybe it was seeing Tim Holtz on QVC this afternoon (although not for anywhere near long enough in my opinion). I have just seen his new range of storage and I NEED IT! As I am a Holtz junkie I own huge quantities of Ranger stuff and would definitely benefit from things like proper ink pad storage rather than the cardboard box I currently keep them in. Haven't found any prices yet, but I'm sure they won't be cheap - nothing ever is in scrapbooking.

The bedroom is now completely finished (just waiting for the door paint to dry), so I need to start moving my remaining belongings back in. However, I just can't seem to get in the mood tonight (too busy watching CSI), tomorrow I'm off to the cinema with Lynne to see Dreamgirls and on Thursday, Andrew and I are going to Souffle to celebrate his birthday (which is actually tomorrow ... and I still have his card to make too), so it looks like it'll be Friday before I can make real headway and start to get my lounge back in order. Hopefully by that time I'll have sorted my wardrobe out too after a little accident when I was unloading it.

Just remembered that I haven't had my pancakes (for those who know how bad I am at pancakes, don't worry I wasn't actually cooking them myself, Auntie Bessie has done the job for me) they'll have to wait till tomorrow now as I'm still full from dinner and it's getting a bit late.