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going going...
I'm not sure what we did with the days between Christmas and New Year and I find it happens every year. We hung out, chatted, watched films, chilled and generally enjoyed the silence together. Tonight we decided on a more low key exclusive New Year party, so exclusive in fact only Richard and I were invited. The best kind of party :)

I guess I should sum up the year seeing as it's the last slither of it. Erm I started this year unemployed wondering what the hell I was going to do. I decided on a path and at the moment am half way along it and just stopping for a breather. Richard bought a lovely house which we made into a home together. I moved in unofficially. I left for uni. I missed home. We went to New York. We got engaged. I moved in officially. Phew what a great year. Can hardly wait for the next one!

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Christmas dinner take 3
Tonight we had Dad, Steph and Dave over for Christmas dinner. We had proper fancy crackers and the dinner went down really well. It was a chance for Steph to ooh some more over my sparkly ring and come to think of it Dave did too.
A highlight of the evening was the Christmas special of Extras. I was a big fan of the show so I was really looking forward to this. It was the best thing I have seen in a long long time. With some real laugh out loud moments, some great celeb appearances and a poignant end it was a very well written end to a great show.  22:25

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Boxing day
I read recently that Boxing Day used to be the day the servants and poor people celebrated and were given gifts (seeing as they had to work on Christmas Day). And it got me to thinking (sorry for the Carrie'ness of that) what about all the people who have to work boxing day. It's weird how we all go out in a mad spending rush buying stuff for people with the last few days before Christmas being just manic! We buy stuff for people we feel obligated to buy for. This stuff will probably be put in a cupboard somewhere. This stuff is never normally stuff we would buy for ourself yet we feel compelled to buy it seeing as it's wrapped in red ribbon and is in a "Christmas Shop" inside a giant department store trying to push boxes of smelly stuff on us. Then wait 24 hours and then it's all given away for 50p and we do it all again only this time buying this stuff as it's a bargain. As my dad always says "it's only a bargain if you need it" and I really really needed that set from Boots! 22:58

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A is for...
Just when I thought he couldn't get any sweeter....

An alphabet of presents awaited me under the tree this morning. I must have been a REALLY good girl this year as I was absolutely spoiled rotten.

Merry Christmas everyone x 23:30

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Books
Today Richard went to work and I was supposed to stay in and study. I did study the books in a way, i.e I studied the them from afar as they sat near the TV I was watching or I saw them on my way back from the kitchen as I ate junk food and lay on the couch feeling Christmassy. I wrapped presents, watched bad Christmas movies and really really enjoyed it. Feel guilty? Nah it's Christmas.  22:33

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Hostess with the mostest
Well tonight was the social event of the year, Jen's Christmas party. Well not so much a party more a soiree with all my favourite people. And boy did she do a great job. The place looked fantastic, the table was gorgeous, presents were exchanged much to everyone's delight and there was even a roaring fire in the background (well of sorts). A great night was had by all and it sure did put us all in the festive mood. Job well done and round of applause for Jen.  23:49

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Home
As our flight home is just before midnight we have the day to spend here before heading to the airport. This was used wandering around looking for last minute gift ideas, getting some lunch at our favourite Applebees and then catching a cab to JFK. In the end we had a couple of hours to kill so ended up sitting in the hotel bar ordering cocktails (I seem to remember doing this last year too?). Anyway a few drinks later and a trip to the airport and a 6 or 7 hour flight seemed like a piece of cake. I figured it would also help me sleep on the plane. I took travel sickness pills just in case and boarded the plane. An hour or so later I was throwing up in the tiny restrooms on board. This happened around 5 times before I finally fell asleep and had probably the worst flight ever. Richard didn't do much better so when we saw his Dad at Glasgow airport I couldn't have been more glad to see him. A quick car ride and we were home. Once there we seemed to get a new lease of life and went shopping in Braehead. A long long day.  20:25

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I Am Legend
During our trip we managed to take in a couple of movies at the local Cinema just on 42nd St. We saw I Am Legend starring Will Smith. I had no idea what the film was about going in but Richard had wanted to see it and seeing as it was set in New York, (with a sighting of the hotel we were staying in within the first 5 mins of the film), it seemed like a good idea. I'm not really a huge fan of the zombie last man on earth scary thriller genre but I did enjoy it for other reasons. Will Smith is the last man left on Manhattan as he is immune to the virus that has killed the rest of the population. We see the island as it would be with no inhabitants for 4 years or so, which itself is worth seeing. The zombie/vampire like creatures, that the humans turn into, however were far from believable and instead kind of ruined the scare factor of it as they were so obviously CGI. Will Smith, I thought, was excellent and it fairly rattled through the story what with it being around an hour and a half unlike it's counterparts of late which have laboriously ran into the 2 1/2, 3 hour mark. But yes at the end the New York audience gave a round of applause. They do know that Will Smith isn't behind the screen and can't hear them, yes? 23:24

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TJ
Working in our hotel was the biggest man I have ever seen. He was 6ft 11inches tall and just as broad. He brought our room service the first night and when I opened the door I went to say hello but it came out "hehhhhh" as I looked from his chest (where I assumed his face was going to be) up to where his actual head was and eventually invited him inside. He was giant!!! Anyway he ducked his head under the huge door frame and started chatting away asking us how long we had been here etc. He really was the nicest guy. Anyway turns out most of the guests agreed with us and he was somewhat famous around the hotel with people getting their photo taken with him. So if you are ever staying at the Renaissance Hotel, Times Square look out for TJ. Lovely guy. 22:09

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Richard says Relax
This trip wasn't about seeing the sights, being tourists and cramming things in. It was about spending time together a million miles away from work and just chilling out so that is exactly what we did. We drank cocktails, ate nice meals, wandered the city stopping anywhere we fancied, did a little light shopping, sat in the park, ate pizza in Times Square, ordered room service generally just putting our feet up and taking it easy. And boy was it good. Spending time with Richard after being apart for so long was just what I needed and as we were far away from any other distractions we certainly made up for lost time. 23:25

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Brrr
Ah yes the cold cold winter air of New York, how I'd forgotten just how biting it is. Spent the day wandering around what felt like our old haunts. Went to Applebees for brunch where they serve just good old American food and on the walls is various sporting memorabilia it's a kind of homely place with good food and good atmosphere.

Another surprise was tickets to see a show on Broadway. Having been to see Phantom twice here already I was ready for something different and something different we got. Having never really heard of it and knowing Richard's love of puppets I must admit to being a bit dubious but really was a highly entertaining show and I would recommend it to anyone. I am of course talking about the wonderful Avenue Q.
It's like the muppets only for adults, it's like Sesame Street but with swearing and sex scenes, it's like nothing I'd ever seen before and I very much enjoyed it. Although beware songs will stick in your head!!! "Everyone's a little bit racist Okaaaaaaay".
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Two Times Square
Was our destination this Christmas season. Richard had decided that he wanted to go there again this year and despite my, albeit weak, protests he whisked me away for a fantastic break in the Big Apple. We arrived late on the Saturday evening just in time to see a flutter of snow from our hotel window and for Richard to get down on one knee with a gorgeous diamond ring and propose. Shocked and over the moon I said of course. I really don't think I've ever been happier. *sigh* 23:52

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Flying home for Christmas
Today I was like an excited 5 year old kid before a birthday party. I ended up leaving for the airport early and therefore spent longer that than I needed to. The flight, of course, was delayed but once boarded I was sitting next a lovely man whom I chatted with all the way home. He was either very hard of hearing or deaf and it was really difficult to understand him sometimes but I felt so rude for constantly saying "sorry?" so I ended up just guessing what he was saying and making the appropriate face/noises. Like for example if he looked like he was telling a funny story I would chuckle. I used my incredulous face, my serious face and my "that's terrible" face more than once. He seemed to be oblivious and just liked talking so I let him. Anyway that passed the flight well enough.

I'd like to say it was one of those calm reunions like "hey, fancy meeting you here did you catch the game last night" but I'm afraid the occasion got the better of me and we ended up being one of those couples that you think might need separated by a crow bar. A very lovely welcome home though :) 23:58

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Gosh darn it
I kinda don't know how it happened but I got so caught up with everything else I haven't had time to write anything in ages. Oops. I now see how easy it is to fall behind with these blog thingymajiggies. Anyway not really much to tell right now. Doing lots of study, working lots and counting down the days till I get to go home and see Richipoo. New York on Saturday, awoohoo!! There is no way I am taking any law books with me whatsoever so there! Hmm maybe I should take something even if it just sits there maybe the knowledge will seep in through the atmosphere. I really really really can't wait to go home, this last week has just been horrible. I'm homesick, work is getting busy, study is getting on top of me and classes are getting beyond the point where I want to even go anymore. I think a break is just what I need. It is 1 day, 22 hours, 9 minutes and 1 second untill I am home, not that I am counting of course :) 20:21

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Library
I spent a good few hours in the library on campus today. It was an odd feeling being back in a university library as it was very similar to the one at Glasgow Uni, obviously not as good, but yeah same smell, same tables, same set up. The one major difference was that I didn't have Sharan to laugh with. We used to get into a such a stressed out tired state that everything became really funny and quite often we would get asked to be quiet. Oh those were the days. Why am I doing this again? haha 18:34

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wandering
Today was spent wandering around London with pops. It was fun to show him around. Did the usual and took some photos. Fun was had by all. 18:33

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Guest
My Dad arrived tonight after a rather long journey from York of course due to traffic on the M1. It was so bizzare when I went to meet him and saw him waiting near the gates of my uni. It's like when you see something completely out of place and it takes a while to register. Even though I knew he was coming it was still a surprise. Anyway it's great having my pops here to hang with.

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Happy 1st of December everyone
I liked this

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1131642397

I think that sums up my day pretty well. 21:07

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