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Nomenclature

Darren and I have been thinking of burlesque names - it's actually quite hard!

What do you think of the following?

(1) Miss Kitty Chief ("Miss Chief")

(2) Kitty Mischief (cutesy and naughty)

(3) Kitty Fizz (champagne...)

(4) Kitty Fizzer (like Kitty Fisher)

(5) Kitty de Winter (hmmm, I am reading 'Rebecca' at the moment...)

(6) Kitty la Mode ('la Mode' = fashion or having a large scoop of ice cream, when referring to pies)

(7) Kitty Scarlett (a nod to both my favourite colour and 'Gone with the Wind')

(8) Kitty Cairo (sounds great and I have an Egpytian obsession)

Any thoughts...!?

Cold Turkey

I haven't seen Darren for almost a week!!! I am starting to get withdrawal symptoms. You know when you really miss someone because you end up staring at their photos on Facebook and re-reading emails from them.

It wouldn't be so bad, but we've both been really busy. Darren with work and me with the finalisation of my time as Chair of the Junior Lawyers' Division. It's hard being apart - but to a certain extent we are used to it. However, we are usually in phone/email/Facebook/Twitter contact constantly, which does make it a little easier. It becomes unbearable without that lifeline...

So, I have decided to make the most of the time we have together on Sunday (yes, only Sunday). I am going to treat him to a little surprise of a day - he deserves it.

Perhaps I'll go crazy and jump out of a cake...

Or maybe not...

Eyebrows

What a random heading for a post! well - that is what I thinking about at the moment, and so it's what I am blogging about. So there

I get my eyebrows waxed once a month - without fail. This is because I am utterly hopeless at doing them myself. However, I have noticed that they are slowly getting thinner over time. This is not what I want - I prefer a fuller brow.

So - I am thinking - how do I get out of this cycle of brow shrinkage? I mean, if I leave them alone, they will grow all bushy and ugly. I seem to be in a damned if I do, damned if I on't situation.

I am thinking that I may need to start pencilling them in, or something, in order to get anything approaching acceptable. I want a pin-up style, 1940s-esque look which screams glamour - not a thin WAG-like caterpillar. I need my brows shaped with a long thick arch that tapers off into a point.

It's also getting to the point where my fingers are letting me down - I have been eating them away for too long! I want well manicured fingernails and a pedicure...

Sigh* Sounds like I need an MOT, really!!!

Bingo Wings

So - it's Wednesday. I'm having a fat day. One of those days when you just feel horrific. They happen quite a lot for me, as I have IBS which generally makes me feel bloated and horrible. However, today's fat day was prompted by a rather unflattering photograph.

Look how huge my arms are! Gosh!

I have always known that arms are a problem area of mine - but it does take something for you to realise where you are and motivate you to do something about it. Those arms have got to go!

I guess the best way to reduce these babies is to try and lose weight overall. I feel that I have about a stone to lose, which I have been trying to get rid of (admittedly, not obsessively) for the past few years. I think it may be time to properly focus on losing this weight - instead of the eating pattern I currently have (good during the week - bad as Hell at weekends).

With this in mind, I have formulated a little diet plan for myself. The rules are as follows:

1,200 - 1,300 calories per day
5 fruit/veg without fail
no high fat foods
no eating after 9pm at the latest - no carbs after 5pm
gym 3 times a week
limit alcohol

If I stick to this (which I am going to try the hardest I possibly can to do) I should be able to lose my stone by the time I go to Borneo in October/November.

In terms of those awful arms - I plan to increase my arm exercises. I need to concentrate on the triceps, according to Darren and the internet.

I have a lot of work to do!!!!! Wish me luck! I shall keep you updated on the progress...

Once again

It appears to be Tuesday. Once again I appear to be exhausted. This has got to stop! I am so tired and demotivated at the moment, I just feel like I need a whole day in bed. Unfortunately, that it not to be the case any time soon. I have the JLD handover weekend in Derby this weekend, and until then am busy every night of the week. *Sigh* I am hoping that next week will not be so crazily busy.

So, tonight I have my third burlesque lesson in Notting Hill with the lovely Annette Betty.

She's rather fabulous - and a great teacher. Not sure what we are doing this week - it may well be fans! How exciting. I just enjoy the classes so much - they inject a little bit of glamour (which is sorely lacking otherwise) into my life. Hooray for burlesque!

BBQ!

I had a fabulous weekend this weekend. This sheer fabulousness was due to Bean (my flatmate) and I having our housewarming BBQ. Now, ordinarily, burnt meat and flies are not my idea of a good time. However, this little event was a carefully orchestrated party - which went with a bang! I haven't enjoyed myself so much for ages. It was great to have so many people in our little flat - all enjoying themselves.

The BBQ started at around 1.30pm/2pm and went on until everyone realised that they needed to get the Tube at approx midnight! I think we'd intended for it to finsih early evening (assuming people would get tired and/or bored) but we were all having too much fun!

The Pimm's was flowing and the meat kept coming (save for Bean and I who were on the seafood) - Darren did a great job cooking for around 7 hours! The weather held out for us too - insofar as the British weather can - and it only rained for about 30 mins. Perfect!!

On the subject of BBQs - I think this little dress from Whirling Turban would be a perfect BBQ outfit:

The Sunday was spent cleaning up after said BBQ (of course!), lazily shopping around Ealing and finally in lazing around Bristol. I was in the mood for an epic, and so Darren raided Fopp for Gone with the Wind. Such a great film! Scarlett is just fantastic - Vivien Leigh is so achingly beautiful it's incredible. She was very powerful and moving.

Dare I say it - but her wardrobe was utterly jaw-dropping. I was having kittens every time she appeared in some new concoction. I am not sure which of her dresses was my favourite...

Unsurprisingly, I think it may be the dress Rhett throws at her to wear to Ashley Wilkes' birthday party (the burgundy dress, above). Close second is her New Orleans honeymoon dress - it's in keeping with my obsession with monochrome!

As an aside, Darren and I believe that they finally make it work in the end...