Katy Ereira

May You Live In Uninteresting Times

I wish I could blog more, but as it turns out I feel as though I have nothing to say. I lead a very uneventful life. Well... kind of.

A couple of weeks ago Justin left me. It just wasn't working out. I'm not bitter - I think we both needed to make a little more effort, and a few more compromises. The future before us wasn't exactly what either of us wanted. We're still residing in the same property for the time being. In separate beds, of course. I can't afford to stay here on my own, and as soon as the landlord found out our intentions to move they put the house on the market.

I'm planning to move into a house-share with one of my closest and dorkiest friends, Athanasius. We're a bit of an odd mix and I'm both scared and excited to discover how the new arrangement will work out. We found a nice house, Victorian end-of-terrace property just a few minutes walk from where I live now. Currently undergoing referencing so hopefully we can sign the contract sometime next week. I can't wait for the whole move to be over and done with; it'll be my fourth in three years. I'd really like to settle down a bit.

We are going to write new house rules for when we move in together, in aid of improving both of our lives. These will include:

• Leave the house at least every three days if only for some milk.
• Go out every weekend - shopping, geocaching or just generally exploring.
• Attempt to cook a new recipe once a week.
• Don't eat meals at the computer.
• Wake up early every morning, eat breakfast (I'm notoriously bad at this) and do some light exercise.
• Save money for going on holiday - mum wants to go with me to Italy in June, I want to go back to Japan next year, and me and Ath would like to hit up Europe for some weekend trips.
• Just generally enjoy life more.

Who knows how long we will be able to keep it up but I'm going to give it a shot, honestly! I also want to make more of an effort to blog about my exploits now that I'm intending to actually do more stuff. So here's something...

Yesterday I went shopping with my parents. My dad wanted to get a new phone (Samsung Galaxy S, just like my brother and me - such a copycat!) so whilst he was off sorting that, my mum dragged me around some clothes stores. I chose a new outfit, quite different to anything I've ever worn before, and I'm wondering if I can pull it off. What do you think? The dress was from River Island, and the shoes were from Marks and Spencer. The entire lot cost about £80 but thankfully mum paid *cheeky grin*.

I also picked up a new hat (similarly different to what I'm used to, but apparently 'Katy to a T' - a beret type thing) and some cappuccino chocolates from Hotel Chocolat, mmmm. I'm a sucker for anything coffee flavoured, but they removed the coffee creams from Roses years ago because nobody liked them. Very disappointing. They should definitely put them back just for me. :(

We also stopped at Wagamama for lunch, and convinced my brother to try the Japanese pickles, which he didn't like. I swear he was just refusing to like it on purpose. He's the guy who can happily eat an entire jar of pickled onions and gherkins, but he didn't like pickled cucumber or apricot?! I refuse to believe it!