The shopping is put away, tea is just about ready… all I need now is for the boyfriend to arrive so we can eat. In the meantime, I shall blog.
Things have been much better since the last time I blogged, thank goodness. Another day like Monday may just have driven me insane! I am very much looking forward to the weekend though, when I shall hopefully be buying my washing machine. (Yes, I did just say I was looking forward to buying a washing machine. My life is really is that exciting). If I can find one that’s cheap enough I may even see if I can pursuade Jan to take me to IKEA. I’ve been looking at their website and several things have caught my eye. Like this, and this. Can you tell I got paid yesterday?
Things had started to warm up a bit here last week, but now it’s gone cold again. It was -8°C here this morning! I had to wait 5 minutes for my tram to turn up and even in that short time I could feel my cheeks turning to ice. I’m just glad I don’t live in the north of Germany… up there -9 has been the highest temperature, with lows in the minus twenties. Brrr, just thinking about it makes me shiver!
Hmm, what else can I tell you? It’s my Grandma’s birthday today. The last of the (many!) January birthdays in my family. I hope her card got there on time… I’m not holding my breath though. Royal Mail have been annoying me lately… two things I sent my sister have not yet arrived (one of them was a Christmas card so you can imagine how long it’s been since I posted that) and my friend’s wedding present has only just arrived, 3 weeks after I sent it for the second time! The first time it came back to me over a month after I took it to the post office. Not at all impressed! Oh, and I’ve also been invited to four hen parties today… all for the same person, and to a second one for someone who had already invited me to one of theirs. Is this he new thing now, having millions of hen nights? Any excuse for a party I suppose…
Right, I’m off to grate some cheese now. Hopefully Jan won’t take too much longer… lunch time was hours ago and my poor stomach is rumbling like mad!
Confuzzledom 
Ok, some quick Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion tells me that -9 would be warmer than it currently is here in Minnesota. That would be a heat wave! Well, sort of.
Love the stuff from IKEA. 🙂
Happy birthday to your grandma!
Here it’s -20 and really windy. I wish I remembered what -9 feels like!
IKEA is the best! My flat looks like a page from their catalog (with some extra paint, though).
Amanda – I’m in the warm bit of Germany. I bet the people up north think the same as you.
IKEA furniture is the best 🙂
sleepyjane – lol, thanks
goodbadiffy – your extreme temperatures do not impress me… I stand by my description of -9 as cold 😛 (Seriously though – I hope you warm up soon. The coldest it’s been here was -13 and that was PAINFUL!).
I love IKEA also but the nearest store is 4 hours away. *sadness* I wish they’d sell more stuff Online so I could buy them out! ha
It’s -8 here as I type this. I’m one of the few weird people who love Winter. I suppose I should live in Syberia then, yeah?
Good luck finding a new washing machine that you like that doesn’t cost the Earth!
S.Le – I did not get to IKEA or buy a washing machine. Most disappointing.