If only holidays were longer

Somehow, the effort of recovering from the bank holiday, in terms of stuff to do at work, seems to cancel out any benefits of having the four days off.
Working for a retail organisation would have a lot to do with that. Easter and retail always equals busy, even if you’re working at head office rather [...]

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Pub night re-instituted

Last night, I went out to the pub with The Girls for the first time in…well…a very long time. It used to be a weekly tradition, but fell by the wayside more recently as people moved away, acquired jobs with long hours and had health problems.
But it’s back! And as much fun as I remember [...]

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Bookshops galore

It’s been a while since I did some serious book shopping and I’ve got rather a build-up of vouchers from various birthdays and Christmases. So yesterday Da and I went into London for a father-daughter book shopping trip.
Bliss.
You can see the results in the most recent books on my LibraryThing thingy. Only eight followed me [...]

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