Living beyond ones means
I got a new credit card recently with 0% on purchases so have been going a bit mad. I think the mad shopping spree is a result of the mid-life crisis/depression from a few months ago but it's cheered me up a bit so, whatever. I've bought a new motorbike , 2 big tattoo's (ongoing), a laptop and an engineer to make the house wi-fi. I'm re-jigging the rooms of our house and changing how we use each one. Our upstairs computer room is going to be a new lounge cum TV room and our downstairs TV room will become a dining room. This has involved a lot of painting and carpet buying and furniture removal and I wish I'd started this project in the winter because it's now a bit too hot to be stuck up a step ladder with an emulsion brush. The final piece of the jigsaw will be a new cooker in a few weeks on which I intend to experiment making my own Mediterranean breads. Recent CD purchases on rotation during long days spent painting are Sonic Youth, Beautiful South, Phoenix, Raconteurs, Dirty Pretty Things, The Feeling, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aphex Twin, Futureheads, Hot Chip (at last!), The Walkmen and Primal Scream. I'm having one of those spells where I can't get 'into' any books but when this problem subsides I have the new Patrick Gale and Anne Tyler novels waiting for me. My hay fever still plagues me, Darren is away from home working for 4 days this week and my job is really REALLY sucky at the moment.
*grabs credit card and heads for the Body Shop to buy pampering potions*