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UKGE day 1

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The UK Games Expo has started! Well, in a way. It’s not actually open yet but we’ve done lots of stuff.

Geth and I drove down to the NEC this afternoon and met up with Sharpy, Heulwen, and Laura, our core UKGE crowd. After going to pick up our convention lanyards (shinily green this year, with added advertising for the latest Catan expansion), we went for dinner at Zizzi’s, and then Geth and I headed to the Bring & Buy to drop off the games we’re trying to sell this year. Hopefully they’ll bring us a bit of extra cash and make a bit of room on our game shelves for new ones!

We then rejoined the others for a few rounds of Spyfall, before I made my excuses and went up to bed (it was a long drive today and it’s going to be a long day of browsing game stalls tomorrow).

OOTD 30th May 2019
OOTD: hotel room, late night, bathroom selfie. Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jacket unknown brand (estimated vintage 1990s, bought at vintage shop 2003), vest top Batman (2018), lanyard UK Games Expo (2019), leggings Primark (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Gunship – Dark All Day
The Midnight – Gloria
The Midnight – Days Of Thunder
Sister Sledge – Lost In Music
The Midnight – Lost Boy

Home again

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After a week of being back and forth between Newcastle and Edinburgh, I drove us home today. It’s nice to be back.

This evening we went out to the Martin Kemp DJ set at Wylam Brewery, which was the best night out I’ve had in ages! I’ll do a proper review in the next few days.

A nice quiet day tomorrow to get caught up with everything!

OOTD 26th May 2019
OOTD: still love the colour of this blouse. Blouse C&D (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), jeans Vivid (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

The Midnight – Days Of Thunder
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Buddy Holly – Raining In My Heart
Idina Menzel – Let It Go
Arcadia – Say The Word
Elton John – I’m Still Standing
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
Duran Duran – Planet Earth

And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:

Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

Flying Saturday post

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Another quick post today as I’ve been very busy (ran another 10k that I will review in the next couple of days!) and have to get some sleep before a long drive tomorrow.

(The OOTDs will return tomorrow. I’ve been forgetting to take pictures!)

Today’s earworm playlist:

The Midnight – Gloria
EO – German
Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies
Elton John – Blue Eyes
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World

A visit home

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I drove up to Edinburgh to visit the family today. Nice to take the new car out of town and get some speed up!

Otherwise I’ve just been enjoying a bit of a day off. Back to work tomorrow.

OOTD 20th May 2019
OOTD: Dad’s plants are coming along nicely. Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), hoodie Internacionale (2000), dress Monteau (2018), tights Primark (2017), trainers Reebok (2013).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Scandroid – Neo Tokyo [Dance With The Dead Remix]
Duran Duran – Last Chance On The Stairway
Howard Jones – New Song
Queen – I Want To Break Free
The Midnight – Crystalline
Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies
Billy Ocean – Suddenly
The Midnight – Days Of Thunder

Welcome home car

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Another busy day, but I’ll get back to my regularly scheduled review posts with Phone Box Thursday tomorrow!

I went to finish the paperwork for my new car this morning so that I could drive it home. It’s nice to have it sitting on the driveway! I’m planning to keep it in the garage long-term, though, so Geth and I need to do some tidying up in there.

I spent the afternoon doing work for clients, and then headed to ukulele class in the evening. I’m really enjoying the beginners’ class – we’re learning some interesting songs.

A slightly quieter day tomorrow!

OOTD 15th May 2019
OOTD: I will stop posting pictures of myself with my car eventually. Not today though! Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jacket unknown brand (estimated vintage 1990s, bought at vintage shop 2003), t-shirt Punk Masters (2018), jeans Vivid (2018), trainers Reebok (2013).

Today’s earworm playlist:

The Midnight – Gloria
The Prodigy – Spitfire
Deacon Blue – Dignity
Thought Beings – Hazy
FM Attack and Kristine – Magic
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
Buddy Holly – Raining In My Heart
The Midnight – Kick Drums And Red Wine

Girl on wheels

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Another day that’s been a little too busy for a review post. I do have a good reason though.

I bought a car today!

After months (years, really) of dithering about it and feeling like the whole thing was far too complicated, I made the most of Geth’s family visiting and went to the dealership to do some test drives. Due to some help from my father-in-law, I am now the owner of a nice little Skoda that will carry me, Geth and our increasing amounts of luggage when we want to go places! I’m picking it up tomorrow and am very excited about welcoming it home.

Following some sterling work on our garden (as well as the help with the car-buying), Keith and Helen headed off this evening after we’d had a nice meal in the local pub.

Another hectic day tomorrow, but it’s mostly the fun kind of hectic!

OOTD 14th May 2019
OOTD: to be fair it’s mostly the car in this picture – my comfy driving outfit was of secondary concern today! Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jacket unknown brand (estimated vintage 1990s, bought at vintage shop 2003), bag CXL by Christian Lacroix (2018), t-shirt H&M (2018), belt H&M (2017), leggings Primark (2018), trainers Reebok (2013).

Today’s earworm playlist:

The Midnight – Lost Boy
Robert Parker and Miss K – ’85 Again
The Midnight – Kick Drums And Red Wine
The Midnight – Gloria
Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies
Gary Numan – Cars
The Midnight – Crystalline
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
Prefab Sprout – Cars And Girls

A slow start to the week

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I got up early this morning because I needed to do some urgent work for a client, but other than that I’ve just spent today doing bits and pieces of writing and looking at cars that I might buy. I did get out for a walk as well, which was nice.

Hoping for a more focused writing day tomorrow.

OOTD 15th April 2019
OOTD: it feels like I’m never going to get out of these winter jumpers! Jumper unknown brand (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2019), jeans H&M (thrifted from Steff 2016), trainers Reebok (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Duran Duran – Big Thing
Calvin Harris and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – Giant
Kenny Loggins – Footloose
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
Prefab Sprout – Cars And Girls

Doing Sunday like an actual adult

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I hired a car from the car club again this morning so that Geth and I could collect a crate of beer for UK Games Expo (it’s a good month and a half away yet, but Geth had a Majestic Wines voucher that he wanted to use up) and then take some of our junk that we’d been keeping in the garage to the dump, like real grown-ups do at the weekend. We will be repeating this highly exciting chore next week, because there’s a lot more junk still to get rid of.

We then went to the local pub for lunch, as Geth was meeting some friends for boardgaming. I’ve been avoiding our local since I quit drinking, because I didn’t really want to be around somewhere that had so many cider associations for me. However, today it was okay – they do a nice ginger beer that I will log soon.

I then got some work done for clients that I hadn’t managed to finish during the week. More day job work tomorrow – I’m hoping for a bit of a lull over Easter so I can have a good go at my own writing projects as well.

OOTD 14th April 2019
OOTD: it got too late and dark to take an outdoor picture. Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jumper Ellend (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2019), jeans Vivid (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Pink – Walk Me Home
Duran Duran – Late Bar
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know?
Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting
Alec Benjamin and Alessia Cara – Let Me Down Slowly
Duran Duran – The Reflex
Prefab Sprout – Cars And Girls

On the move

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Most of today was taken up with running – I’m into the most intensive week of my marathon training before the taper and so even my recovery runs take all morning now – and driving, as I went out in a car from the car club again. Now trying to squeeze in a few writing-related things I need to do.

A slightly more relaxed day tomorrow, other than the fact that I’ll be performing with my ukulele group at the end-of-term show tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to seeing all the other groups playing so that I can see what the standard is once you move on from the ‘absolute beginners’ group!

OOTD 2nd April 2019
OOTD: comfy outfit for a slightly harried day. Jumper Ellend (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2019), leggings Primark (2018), socks unknown brand (2007), trainers Reebok (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
Heart – These Dreams
The Cure – Kyoto Song
Leo Sayer – Moonlighting
Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill

Behind the wheel

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I went out driving this morning, using the car club membership I’ve been neglecting since November. It’s been a good fifteen months since I last drove, but it all comes back to you. I’ll be buying a car soon, so I wanted to get used to it again before I go test driving.

I spent the rest of the day doing research and admin. Really looking forward to getting back to writing next week! I’ll be taking part in Camp NaNoWriMo during April, which is not quite as intensive as the November version but should encourage me to get more done every day. That pitch will be going out early next week as well – I’m done with letting everything else get in the way of it.

In the meantime, I’ll be concentrating on running over the weekend.

OOTD 29th March 2019
OOTD: sun is glorious right now! Scarf Matalan (2016), hoodie Sonar (2006), vest top Batman (2018), jeans H&M (thrifted from Steff 2016), trainers Reebok (2013).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Pretenders – I’ll Stand By You
Eurythmics – Who’s That Girl?
Duran Duran – Come Undone
Tchaikovsky – Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
REM – Bad Day
Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake
Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
Queen – One Vision
Queen – I Want It All
Lewis Capaldi – Grace
Depeche Mode – Behind The Wheel