oh boy wasn't today beautiful. but people are mental. i forgot my scarf and part way in to town i started to worry i'd be too cold. i look around and notice EVERYONE was in singlets and shorts. what the? it's like it stops raining and being basically freezing and people think it is summer.

speaking of freezing, i am now freezing. and i have the consumption still so i should probably wrap up warm tonight. according to the sunday supplement in the startimes it is scientifically, like, proven that if your feet are warm you sleep better. and i'm sure the consumption is cured by sleeping more. thank GOD i have about a million pairs of socks.

and while i'm on the topic of purchasing too many things, now seems like the perfect time to recap my todo list from last week.

spending less was a joke. over the past week i bought two pairs of shoes, a bag, a dress, gloves, a hat and a hat box. clearly it is a cute hat box. but savings? what savings? i justified almost all purchases because they are part of my wedding ensemble. well not my wedding ensemble, but the ensemble i plan to wear to JHo's wedding in NY. think black and ruby. which i realise may sound a bit black widow, but i think, no - i KNOW- i will rock it.

so the spending less didn't happen. i also didn't beat hrc at scrab. but i'm doing pretty well on scrabulous (on facebook dot com) right now so not total shame. and regards the activities for NY,NY i haven't planned anything yet. i haven't even emailed the dude who has agreed for me to stay on his apartment floor or whatever to thank him. but hello, i have totally planned the most awesome outfit for NY so again, not total shame. walking to work didn't happen but walking to town did. and my hair will never be the kind of hair that has one sure fire way to up-do it. over the last week i have become resigned to this fact. but a new blue ribbon from the ex-internet dater has given me new lease of life in terms of experiementation.

on the success side: placed third in quiz (which while success in terms of achieving my to-dos is still actually a bit embarrassing), got my clothes clean, saw friends, updated whitey (my ipod) and got the world's best togs in the mail. and ian curtis movie. heartbreakingly awesome. take tissues.

so, i think a seven out of ten week. the spending thing was huge. i suck at spending. or rather i rule at it. it is the saving part i suck at.

so this week:

• in a change of approach i will save more.
• i will watch selected episodes of 90210 projected large like i'm at the movies. only because it is 90210 it will be better than any hollywood feature i can think of.
• go for an early morning walk around rotorua. this wont be totally impossible as i'm spending some of my time in rotorua this week. i'm such a highflying mandy.
• beat hrc at scrab
  
• rock the southern cross quiz, big time
• walk to work more
• put some poppy hiphop on whitey, my ipod. secret shame: rhianna's umbrella = gold. someone has already taken the screen name "i can be your cinder ella ella ella hey hey" on bebo dot com. damn them. because that would have been a great handle for me.
  
• see ryles. i've missed the light of my life who moved to shantown to be with the cows. i hope he remembers me. just in case i'm making a tshirt for him with my face on it. world's greatest aunt? probably.
  
• find a place to put all my clothes. i've run out of hangers. so have resorted to the floor as a backup wardrobe. but i'm over it. the piles of clean stuff are merging with the piles of dirty. it is not a good state to be in. especially since i'm not a teenager (despite what wellington bouncers seem to think).

and that will do. note i haven't tried to get over seth rogan this week. cos it's impossible. but as an interesting aside someone found this site using the search terms marcus lush's girlfriend. mmmhmmm. you know it.