Why not knit yourself or others warm for next winter, start this year to prepare for your winter next year, you will be so glad you did.

That beautiful hand knitted blanket you can curl up under after a cold day. The warm scarf, hat and gloves (if you have those skills for gloves or in my case wrist warmers) that will keep you toasty and warm. The cardigan to keep you layered up. The first worst attempt at a hideous Christmas jumper. The warm leg warmers that don’t quite fit right. The skirt that looks very elfy, that you then decide to make an outfit to match with…

Go on do it.

I am planning something, ok well, I have something planned and ready to hit ya with. Something I have never tried before. I hope that it all works, but, to find out, stay tuned till January the 6^th, you never know what you might discover!

An Author Update… Again

 

I know, I know. I am sorry I am late posting this. November has been a bit manic. I have no idea what I have been doing either. I’ve done a little writing. A lot of working.

I passed another couple of assessments on my apprenticeship, which is both good and bad. Good because yay I passed. But bad because I have studied and prepared most of this month for the tests which has meant less time writing.

But all is well that ends well or so we are told.

I watched a movie the other day “Not Another Happy Ending” I love the Scottishness and the accents throughout. Was a funny romanticised idea of what writing is like. I have never looked that good when writing, trust me. My fave writing clothes are comfortable Harry Potter jogging set (that I have never exercised in- and probably never will). I tie my hair in a loose ponytail (and now I make sure my glasses are clean), I settle down with my cup of tea, my notebooks… take a deep breath and hope something good comes out.

It makes me wonder about anyone else out there, how their writing ritual looks, what they get up to, their run up to work.

I feel much more at home, at home writing and working hard on something I am so passionate about in comparison to well… absolutely anything else!

So other than the excitement of doing nothing, which I would quite happily sport for a few hours if I had the chance, life has been a bit chaotic with no real milestones.

Oh wait! There is something, I saw Mockingjay Part 2! ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!! Just incase you were wondering. I saw it with my bestie, we had a whale of a time, even go the ridiculously giant cups with the little toy Katniss on… because sometimes it’s nice to act like you are care free for a short time. The movie was great, my fave part was the arrow hitting the Madam President in the ticker! Something quite satisfying about that movement if you are one of those many that have read the books. My friend who has never read the books that came with me, was totally surprised, I was sat smug smiling. So you know, I had more fun!

I might just have to see the movie again… and again… and again!

But, we are less than a month away from Christmas so I am getting a bit festive this year and now own a Christmas jumper… so lets “sparkle all the way”!

 

Love

ARA xx

Oh yes it is, and are you all rushing? I hope so.

Because, I am hopefully going to be spending my December with a hot chocolate in hand mocking all you blue bottles running around getting ready for Christmas and all that darn chaos. He he he… wait wrong laugh

MUWA HAHAHAHHAHAHA… Yup that is more like it.

Evil genius strikes again…

Not even got much to say on this, just wanted to pop by and mock the panic of the holidays.

Ciao!

 

Yup it is a month away. How many people are out there panicking, panic buying?

This year it won’t be me. That’s not me making a promise to myself that I won’t be running around like a headless turkey this Christmas. Oh no. I did 90% of my Christmas shopping in August. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, AUGUST!

Love me or loathe me. I was 90% wrapped up by September. I knew that this year, I wouldn’t have time to sit and handcraft special gifts, or put that amazing level of fear-panic buying into practice. Instead I sucked up the pain, checked out the discounts online, checked out ideas and brought the gifts. And you know what, I STILL OVER SPENT. So while my gifts are normally generous of time, this year they are also of wallet.

I love putting time into something special. But that is totally ok. Because, this year while it may be all ready to go for Christmas, I am also ready to actually enjoy Christmas. I was singing Christmas songs in September so hopefully this year, I will be really excited by Christmas and ready to really enjoy it.