I have been instructed by my mother to update my blog more often. So the reason I haven’t updated the blog is because I have been a busy bee! We have made quite a few friends here now so my nights consist of comedy nights, pub meets, drinks or coffees with friends from all different countries.

I learnt an important lesson last weekend (which I will probably forget by next weekend) - not to drink on Sundays. Monday was an absolute killer at work. But in our drunken state, me and my friend thought it was a good idea to come home after the pub and keep drinking wine and watch Trainspotting. And Cam took me to a club where his crew of gay/trannies were DJ’ing so went there then we all went for drinks afterwards. Sadie had an amazing big fluffy coat (resembling something off Almost Famous below) - love their outlandish fashion, anything goes.

They really are a lot of fun. It’s so funny the looks you get when you are out with a group of gay/trannies. I couldnt care less that I’m the only real female in the group. Some do look beautiful and deceivingly feminine. I can see how some guys with beer goggles on can get themselves into some tricky situations

love fluffy coats

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday aka Pancakes Day here in the UK where it is customary to eat pancakes to celebrate the days before the beginning of Lent. Hey - any excuse for pancakes suits me. It’s quite a tradition here, even pancake races are held in villages and towns around the place.

Since we couldn’t do pancakes for breakfast (me and Alley go to work at different times), we decided it was very acceptable to have pancakes for dinner.

So here are our creations, complete with strawberries, chocolate flake and icing sugar. Trust me - the photo really doesn’t do them justice. They were delicious.

In other news, we have recently celebrated Robbie Burns Day and Australia Day in the UK and now its our turn for Waitangi Day - New Zealand’s “day”. Any excuse to party. So, tonight we are heading to Kim’s apartment to celebrate our very own kiwi style Waitangi Day where we’re dressing up in black & white! There will be Kiwi burgers, Kiwi dip, Kiwi nibbles, Kiwi fruit, Kiwi DVD’s and Kiwi music to keep us going!

Then Friday night we are going to a pub meet. We are becoming quite the social butterflies which you have to be here unless you want to stay in from the cold outside and be anti social butterflies (which includes complaining incessantly about how cold it is, how windy it is, etc etc… which we pride ourselves on not doing). So that’s just not happening. My theory is if you are busy, you don’t notice the cold as much. haha. Not sure how that works but hey, it works for me.

Heading to Glasgow next weekend for a roadtrip with our friends for some clubbing fun.