I feel this would be a good time to update you on a few things I have missed detailing in my blog which happened over Christmas.

1. Ice Skating
So much fun. My cousins came down from Wigan and we all went ice skating outside the Natural History Museum. The last time I did this, I went with Mel and Tasha about four years ago and I remember Mel getting very annoyed that I hadn't fallen over yet so she pushed me over. :P. I didn't fall over this time either but instead had to be on the look out for my poor cousins who fell over a lot. They got very wet. The ice ring did look a bit swimming pool like towards the end, and there were tons of people, but my cousins represented Bambi as they slipped and slid their ways around the ice ring. I was very impressed, however, that they did not appear hurt at all. They had some spectacular falls but simply burst out laughing. Very impressed, well done guys.

2. Maeves.
I went to Maeve's family party last Sunday and it was lovely. Maeve's always is. I have been best friends with Maeve since I was eight and it was lovely seeing her and her family again. I seriously adore them. I felt so honoured to be invited to such a family affair. We played a really funny game at the end concerning words and actions and it was really hilarious. The adults did not understand the game at all! Safe to say the 'children' won.

3. Mary and Michael.
The three Ms. Oh! We could call ourselves the three musketeers...I should suggest this. We went out to a Mexican restaurant the other night and chatted away like crazy. I had one diet coke and was tripping up all over the place like Miranda from Miranda. I walked into a boulder. HOW ON EARTH DID I DO THAT! I also managed to un-elegantly try and eat my fajitas which I thought I got away with until I caught Michael watching me. Fail. Then we went to the pub and I had two glasses of wine and seriously wasn't that tipsy but Mary and Michael were making me laugh so much that I was crying and they were raising their eyebrows at me saying I was very very drunk. I wasn't! But oh well, I really was enjoying myself. Becky then texted me asking if I could pick her up (despite the fact we had had a massive argument earlier in the day over who would have the car!!!! She won and then CLEARLY DIDN'T USE IT!) So Mary, Michael and I went to pick her up and Michael and I were in the back of car acting like school children. Songs kept coming on the radio and I was trying to dance to them and Michael would just look at me and then mock me and then we would crack up laughing. Mary and Becky didn't have a clue what was going on and because I laugh louder and Mary could see me in her driving mirror they just presumed I was very drunk. It was a lovely evening.

4. The Ballet.
I have never been to something so beautiful and magical in my life. Matthew Bourne is famously known as the god of Ballet but wow, he really outdid himself. 'Sleeping Beauty' was magical. It was truly lovely. The dancing was spectacular (they looked as light as air) and the storyline was so sweet. Made me all sopey and I did shed a tear. I just couldn't quite believe how good it was, and I loved all the costumes and Bourne's interpretation of the classic tale. It was fantastic.

5. PANTO
Almost forgot about this. Apparently Pantos are only in England. It was brilliant. It featured Anne Widdecombe (an ex Politician) and Craig Horwood (Strictly Come Dancing) and it was fabulous! I think it is possible the best pantomime I have been to. I was crying so much with laughter and the jokes and the ridicously dancing and the privates jokes clearly meant for the adults and for the children not to understand. The Muddles character was a brilliant Ventriloquist with a Skunk as a the dummy. He was fantastic and made fun of himself all the time. He also referred a lot to fact he was clearly being a Ventriloquist. It was fab.


So those are a few things I didn't have time to write about before but now they are up for you to see :D.

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