Sorry....

I feel bad for everything at the moment, not bad I guess more guilty. After the doctors decided I didn't have endometriosis they have sort of left me in a state of limbo as to what is wrong with me and how to make me better. All of which is rather depressing, hence the resurrection of the Happy List except right now I am not so happy and I know i have so much to share and be thankful for but I can barely keep a smile on my face. The pain I am suffering is completely unbearable and I have no means of controlling it! enough moaning!

002 This weeks happy list......

So I wasn't too successful in completing last weeks list as I only managed to tick off the top two!!! Which means I am going to have to carry over the bottom 3 for this week.....
1. Boyfriends Chili - I know this is going to happen this week as I have bought all the ingredients that he needs, unfortunately last week we where out of his secret ingredient which is sun dried tomato paste.
2.Tulips - This week I WILL buy fresh flowers!!! Or I could hope for some tomorrow from the BF?!?
3. Flapjacks - Again it is going to happen, the oats, sugar, butter and golden syrup are all sitting in my recently (yesterday) reorganised baking cupboard. A nice sugary treat while I am on this wheat free diet is just what I know will bring a smile to my face!!!
4. Perfect Skin - I always strive for good skin but while I have been it ill it has been a really tricky balancing act to keep it clear, but I am feeling good about this week mostly due to a new purchase I have made this afternoon.
5. Rose flavouring - Whether it be tea, cakes or macaroons, I find something really relaxing about Rose.
6. Pink Nails - This is an easy one and always makes me feel a like more girlie.
7. My FAMILY - I haven't always got on successfully with both my parents but I do now and well this is cheating to put something you already can predict on the happy list. But I know it will make me so happy! They are coming to visit me at the end of the week, for the first time since I have had my flat remodelled! So exciting!!!!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! I have just had the most amazing day, lunch in Tampopo with my bf followed by a visit to the cinema to see the King's Speech. I has been so lovely!!!!

001 Saturday matinee....

This was never a highly rated film by either the critics or anyone else I know, even I have been a little sceptical of the story line and dialogue. Considering myself a true costume drama aficionado having watch nearly everything produced including some utterly terrible made for TV films, I am happy to say I have gotten over the lack of historical accuracy and the limited explanation as to why she took to living in a separate house and "playing" on a farm.

Now I can truly appreciate Sofia Coppola's pastel canvas, so soft sugary and sweet that puts an innocent edge on what should be a rather sad tale. There are two highlights of this film for me and they are:

Costumes

Kirsten Dunst alone had over 60 different gowns in her role as the queen, and you can see exactly why the Italian designer Mileno Canonero won her third Oscar for her amazing designs. The colours and fabrics have really given me inspiration to get on and complete the interior of my little one bed flat.

Food

Utterly drool worthy created by Laduree for the film, it takes me right back to a trip to Paris in 2009 where I enjoyed a Rose macaroon filled with raspberries. So yummy! It might also have inspired me to try my hand at making some macaroons this week, especially seen as these little gems do not contain any wheat which will really help cure my sugar cravings that I have been having recently on my new (revisited) wheat free diet.

Happy Saturday!!

001 This weeks happy list......

A few years ago after a really crappy break up with an ex-boyfriend I discovered "the happy list", during a particularly sad, stressful and dull period I write a very simple list of things that make me happy and then each day I try to tick off something from my list. This blog was started as one of those things and even though I haven't been as dedicated as some others might be to ther blogs it still makes me happy. I hadn't done a list in quite some time and I thought it might help me through a particularly dull period I am having at the moment, so on a weekly basis (ideally on a sunday night) I am going to draw up the weeks list and then maybe tick it off on the next saturday.

So here is the HAPPY LIST:

1. Midsomer Murders - I am so sad that John Nettles will no longer be in this tv series.
2. Earl Grey Tea
3. My Boyfriend makes a mean bolognese/chilli con carne all from scratch.
4. Tullips
5. Flapjacks

I think those are enough items to take me up to the weekend!!