Today I went to the first showing (at my cinema) of Sex and the City. Thankfully we, myself and Amy got what we wanted by going so early – it was empty. My thoughts on the film? I LOVED IT! It was one huge, two and a half hour long episode and whats better than that? I almost cried three times and did once. Carrie annoyed me a bit about half way through the film but I don’t know how else she should have reacted really. It just started to annoy me. Even though I said it was like one huge episode, it wasn’t in the sense that it was written like an actual film which is great. It had a beginning, which flashed back to the episodes and then it had a definite ending like a film should have. I really want to go and see it again and I think I might sometime next month once things have calmed down. I mean even this morning, the 8.30PM showing tonight was fully booked up.

Last night I spoke to Alex and I said I would go to town on my own this morning to get some stuff done – money paid into my bank, shopping done, Starbucks bought. When Alex got up, he decided he wanted to come too, which meant Emelye and Meghan would be coming too. I know this sounds terrible – *smacks hand* bad mother! – but I really wanted to go on my own. I just wanted some time to me but I couldn’t say no as that would have been rather selfish. We started off well – more money in the bank than we thought so we went for a meal. After the meal, I went to put the cash in my bank and then we had a bit of a wander around the game shops for Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox360. Emelye decided in her little head that because we were going in a game shop, that we were buying her a DS game. She went up to the till in Gamestation, asked to see if they had a game in she wanted and then came over to me and Alex to ask if she could have it. I was seriously shocked. I had a pretty big go at her to be honest, for being so cheeky and expecting things. A couple of minutes later, in two separate shops, she asked for a magazine and another DS game. Anyway, after all that was sorted out, we found GTA in a shop for £7 cheaper than anywhere else so Alex bought it. He’s wanted it since January when he first saw the release date so its not like it was just something he’d decided to get today. He’s playing it now next to me and he’s been on it for around two hours. At least all this blogging between here and Reading Robot is keeping me busy.

Oh and I didn’t get my Starbucks… I’m rather disappointed.

Tomorrow I’m off to watch Sex and the City at the first showing, 11.05AM. I’m really excited. I wasn’t going to go because of money but I thought, sod it. I want to go and I always go and see movies that I really want to see on the first showing or at least the first couple of days. I’ve done it with all the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Golden Compass (worst £7 ever spent) and a few others. I plan to do it with Hellboy 2 and the next Harry Potter. I hope its as good as the TV series. I almost bought some of the series today as they were selling them at under £13 each. Thankfully I stopped myself.

Now seriously, Chris Weitz already killed my favourite book EVER and now, they are going to kill My Sister’s Keeper. Why do they do it? Why can’t people think their own stories up? Why do the authors ALLOW their books to be destroyed? Jodi Picoult, was has become of you? BOOKS SHOULD STAY BOOKS! Except Lord of the Rings because that was awesome.

*head desk repeatedly*

(You totally know I’m going to watch it and then write a four page essay on how terrible it is.)

The weather is once again absolutely beautiful. I really want to get out today and do something but I have no idea what to do. Everything that I want to do is only accessible via car, which I don’t have. I rang my mum earlier and asked her to let me know if she’s going anywhere because I want to go with her. I don’t want to be stuck in the house on such a gorgeous day. I wish Alex was off work so we could go for a big walk together and take Meghan to the park. There’s nothing stopping me doing it on my own but I’d rather Alex be with me.

I really need to just go and get my provisional license so I can start my driving lessons. I keep saying it but then I don’t do anything about it. Money’s a bit tight at the moment though so its something I need to save for. Its not just passing your test and buying a car you need money for. You need to buy tax, auto insurance, the MOT and then petrol on top of that. Its an expensive thing owning a car but I can’t wait to have one.

My tattoo has been driving me mental for the past three days or so. Its so itchy and then when I scratch it (by rubbing it, don’t worry I’m not picking everything off!) it hurts. I’m hoping it fully heals in the next couple of days because I’m going to chop my whole arm off if it doesn’t stop itching. It doesn’t look to attractive at the moment either because its all flaky with the scabs coming off. What a lovely photo for you all! Haha.

I finished P.S. I Love You yesterday morning. I did enjoy it but I thought a part near the end was a bit rubbish. I’m now reading My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick. Its some teen vampire novel. I’m only on the third chapter but its not too bad. There are only 200 pages so I should have it finished by the weekend. I think I might start Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult after this one. I’ve been wanting to read it since I bought it. It looks so good.

I started watching 27 Dresses last night and I really love it. It has that stupid humor that I love – some of things I would say and do. I got to around an hour and a half but then Amy had to go home (she was with me last night) and as soon as she left, Alex came home from band practice so I didn’t manage to finish it. I’m hoping to watch the rest tonight. If Alex goes straight to bed after work, which I think he probably will, then I’ll definitely watch it. If not, I’ll probably have to wait until Thursday night. I also have P.S. I Love You to watch. I’m not expecting it to be as good as the book so I really want to watch it.

(Enter my contest! )

I FINALLY watched Spider-Man 3 last night. The first and second films, I was at the cinema within the first two weeks it was released but for number three, I didn’t even buy it as soon as it came on DVD never mind watch it at the cinema. I sent my films back to LOVEFiLM on Thursday and Spider-Man 3 and Blood Diamond came in the post yesterday.

I love Spider-Man three. Seriously. The fighting is better and more violent. And black suited Peter Parker? Isn’t he the sexiest thing ever? Well, I think so. I’ve always loved comic book films and Spider-Man is definitely my favourite out of them all with Hellboy a close second. Hulk was TERRIBLE, seriously one of the worst films I’d ever seen – and now they are making another? Did they not learn the first time around? Anyway, I loved the mean, sexy Peter Parker/Spider-Man and the bad guys were awesome. It was that good, I actually stayed awake until past midnight to watch the ending. Now thats love.

I’ve just dragged myself away from WoW to blog about how much I’m not getting into it. Haha. I do really like it and I look forward to having half an hour to play it but I’m honestly not enjoying it as much as I would like to. I’ve only just started though so I should really give it some more time. I have a level 4 Night Elf Druid and a level 2 Tauren Hunter. I couldn’t decide which ‘side’ I wanted to be on so I have one of each for now. I’m having more fun with my elf right now but I’ve hardly played with the other. I’m still a bit lost with it all at the moment. I’m learning as I go on because I’m way too lazy to be bothered reading the manual.

Anyway, Collateral is starting any minute and I haven’t seen it for ages so I really want to watch it. I think I’m going to try and finish my scarf while I’m watching it.

I’ve just spent the past hour or so cleaning the kitchen and I feel so much better now I have done it. This morning I have been wandering around the house just looking at the mess and its been really getting to me. I put Meghan down for a nap and then when Alex rang me I realised I’d fallen asleep. I’m actually glad I fell asleep because even though it was for only fifteen minutes, I felt loads better. Meghan woke up half way through me doing the washing up so I put her in her playpen and finished the rest of it. The only thing I didn’t do was mop the floor but that can wait for another time. I need to get started on the living room but I’ll do that later. Its not that bad but I need a rest! Haha.

Alex and I have been watching a few films for the past couple of nights. First we watched Captivity which I thought was quite good. I don’t usually watch horrors but it wasn’t that bad considering its an 18. Outlaw was pretty good. The only reason I watched it to begin with was because of Danny Dyer . There was a part in it that really made me feel sick though. A woman gets stabbed in her stomach when she’s heavily pregnant. I went to sleep holding my stomach. It was horrible. We then watched Deja Vu which Amy said she didn’t like so we were a bit hesitant to watch it. It was so good! We loved it. I don’t know why Amy didn’t. Last night we started watching Zodiac but Alex was falling asleep so about half an hour into it, he went to bed. I watched it all and I really enjoyed it. I love films where it keeps you thinking. I did lose what was happening about half way through because I started to write some Christmas cards out but I got back into things again. I’d love to watch that again. I was actually pretty scared once it had finished. I don’t know why but something got to me and I got scared. I’d love to read the books about it now I’ve seen the film.

I took Alex out for a meal at 15 Cairo last night. He didn’t know until about thirty minutes before we left. It was so hard keeping my mouth shut but I really wanted it to be a surprised. He was really happy when I told him and we had a lovely time. I was a bit annoyed as I was drunk after the first glass of wine I had so I couldn’t enjoy my meal properly. I’m such a light weight. Just goes to show how long its been since I last had a drink if I’m getting drunk off one glass! We shared a cheese garlic bread before the meal as we hungry then I had a chicken ceaser salad and Alex had a steak sandwich. My salad was really nice but like I said, I was a bit drunk so I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have liked. It was more expensive that we thought it would be – my large glass of wine cost £4.20 which is extortionate! After the meal we went to a pub which we left after about five minutes. We decided to go and see what was going on in The Lounge but it was dead so we just went home. We were back before 11PM so it was an early night. We had a lovely time though. I think next time we go out together we will go to the cinema. We’ve decided to make sure we go out together once a month so that we don’t lose ‘us.’ I really wanted to take my camera with me but I forgot it. Alex has a photo of us on his phone so once he gets up I’ll upload it to my Flickr.

At 1PM Amy and I are going to see The Golden Compass. I am going with no expectations at all because to be honest, I’m preparing myself to be disappointed. The book is so amazing that I just don’t see how it will ever compare. I’m hoping to be proved wrong but we’ll see. I am excited about going to see it. I mean, I’m going on the first day of release, at the first showing. Its going to be empty which is great. I’ll let you know what I thought tonight.

Before I do anything else I thought I better blog. I keep trying to and then getting distracted and now its been four days so its been long enough.

Well, I finished my book, and I’ve also finished the rest of Lord of the Flies. The Abortionist’s Daughter was really good but I’d pretty much figured out who was the one who killed her near the beginning. Lord of the Flies did take me a while to get into but I’m glad I read it. Thats another off my list of books I have to read before I die. There’s not actually a list, more of a mental list but its there. I’m now reading Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon. It looks funny and its started off pretty well.

Meghan and I went into town yesterday to meet with my friend Aimee. I hadn’t seen her since Meghan’s birthday party and obviously with it being a party, I couldn’t spend any proper time with her. She’s back at university next week (its half term) so I don’t know when I will see her next. She hardly gets time between university, homework and spending time with Pete, her boyfriend.

I started watching Underworld: Evolution earlier while I was putting Meghan to bed and I’m going to finish it off when I got up to bed. Alex is practicing tonight and its not his thing so I’ll finish it off before he comes home. We’re a bit slow on watching 24 at the moment. He’s been too tired after work and with him working six days out of seven (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) the only thing he wants to do when he gets home is sleep. He’s practicing three nights a week too since they have their own room now.

Well, I better wash up before I go to bed. We have a gas fitting coming in the morning to come and look at the fitting in the wall for our new cooker (which has been sat in the kitchen for the past two months) to give us a price as to how much it will cost. We also have a skip being delivered to finally get rid of all the crap we have in the back garden and so we can take our bedroom carpet ready for Alex to fit the wooden flooring. We phoned up about ten places today to price a skip up and for the size we want, one place was asking for £180 and we have gotten one for £75. Its ridiculous how much some companies can charge.

Meghan’s going through a stage where she is talking constantly but I have no idea whatsoever what she’s saying. From the moment she wakes up until she goes to bed she just talks and talks and talks. She started saying “woof” now and she can also say “Dora” but it doesn’t always sound like Dora lol. Alex and I are trying to get her to start thinking about walking. She doesn’t seem to be very interested but she can do it. She’s been walking around furniture for the past two months and she can stand on her own but she won’t. As soon as she realises she’s not supported, she either grabs on to something quick or falls down. Last night Alex and I sat on the floor opposite each other and got her to walk between on while we held her hands. She did it for about five minutes and then she got fed-up and carried on playing. We’ll try again later today and see if we can keep her occupied for a bit longer.

I watched The Constant Gardener last night while Alex practiced (they didn’t just come round here, they hired a room so they could actually play together properly). I really enjoyed it. Its nice to see a film thats a bit different than what I’ve been watching recently. Alex wouldn’t have liked so I’m glad he didn’t watch it with me otherwise he would have just talked all the way through it.