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• your friends are getting married
• your friends are having babies
• your friends are getting married whilst having babies (yikes)
• you remember bars by what they used to be called
• you think that songs originals were better versions
• you wear a coat on a night out - don’t want to get old
• you wear gloves when on a night out - better to be safe than sorry
• you wear a scarf when on a night out - ok, it might be super cold out there, but there’s really no excuse for that - just be safe and stay in…
• you realise that you’ve been out of school longer than you were in it
• you begin to forget names (and it’s not because you were drinking last night)
• you begin to prefer to plan rather than be spontaneous, that way there’s enough time to pop to the shop to make sure that you have all of the essentials in time

as i’m only 21 i, of course, haven’t experienced any of the above, it’s just what i imagine would happen… now where did i leave my scarf?

i know that i’ve been rubbish at updating the blog, but i’ve been in new york and it’s such a weird and wonderful place, i hope you can understand why. i’ve overheard a number of really amusing sentences from people whilst i’ve been here, i’ve listed a few of the most memorable ones below…

• “i’m not ready to sue yet”
• “lady tinkerbell’s coat is lambswool as she has an allergy to polyester” - lady tinkerbell was a dog!
• “the male model in here makes out with customers all of the time” - referring to the abercrombie store*

whilst the cab drivers have also said some really strange things…

• “are you married? no? what’s wrong with you then?”
• “that comes to $10, so as the pound is so strong, you owe me $20″ - nice try!
• “you brits drive on the wrong side of the road” - no, it seems to make sense to me…

well it’s time for the offski now, lets hope that i don’t get strip searched on the way home again, asked to prove that my anti-ageing moisturiser isn’t an explosive device or questioned about having such a big bag for a short trip (i’m a girl that likes shoes, what can i say?). will keep you posted.

toodlepip, m x

* talking of the abercrombie model - am i the only one that finds myself unable to bring myself to look at him because he’s so ripped? oh really, i am?

i’ve never been a fan of halloween. ever. like, i hate it. with a passion.

it all started when i was about 4 years of age, heard a knock at the door, was told to answer it by my mum and was greeted by the scariest looking witch you’ve ever seen in your life and i’ve been traumatised ever since. you see to me, if there was someone evil out there, it’s the perfect opportunity for them to disguise themselves without raising eyebrows as it were…. ok, maybe i’m odd.

now, in the uk as most of you will know, generally halloween entails an evening of having young children knocking at your door, giving sweets to kids that would rather have the cash and occassionally having a few eggs hurled at your windows, fun times. if i tell you that last year, i closed all of the curtains, hid in my bedroom with all of the lights off and laptop under my duvet to prevent any glare - you might start to understand my terror.

given this background information - can you imagine my dismay when i realised that i was going to be in the states for halloween? my flight couldn’t come too soon although i did have to entail the entire plane laughing at me as I screamed when faced with a small child wearing a mask. isn’t life stressful enough without throwing ugly masks and fake blood into the equation as well?

 must keep thinking pretty thoughts, pretty thoughts, pretty thoughts…. on that note, i’m off to find my fairy dust…

p.s. i took this picture myself, quite good for an amateur, even if i do say so myself

p.p.s. i’m writing this on the way back from the airport on a rather crammed coach - i hate public transport. the lady next to me keeps making nasty smells (i didn’t think women did that) and reading extracts of her rather raunchy book out loud. i’m rather disturbed. even more so now that i think she could be reading this… eek!