That's one of my fave songs of all time, and that's how I'm
feeling today.
Nothing, of course, related to the fact that we've FINALLY
booked a 2014 holiday.
I'm Makin'Whoopee (kinda), and excited for Summertime. Yup, I've gone all Jazz and Blues in homage to the fact that we're gonna be coasting
around the deep, deep south in the heat of summer - I'm *squeeeeeeee*ing with excitement at all the music and cocktails in New Orleans.
#Sizzling
So, it's the first day of April and I'm feeling HAPPY. You
would be forgiven for thinking that that's an April Fool, but I'm very superstitious,
and it's after midday, so no, I actually am happy, after months of walking around
like the grumpus!
It's the start of a new quarter, I have some solid travel plans in the diary, we can finally feel springtime
in the air and I'm feeling like a breath of fresh air has finally wafted through
my life.
So, onwards.
But first, a quick three-month re-cap...
It was my birthday, I kept it low key and took myself off for
a ski trip with work. I had SO. MUCH. FUN. But only when I wasn't wearing ski
boots. Ski boots are the devil. I hate ski boots and ski boots hate me.
I had some low key birthday celebrations with various
groups, drinks on the sofa, dinners out, afternoon teas in (Chez Wal-cey), and an amazing Sunday
brunch at Hakkasan with the Mister.
We celebrated some other big birthdays as well, including a 60th
for Mummy Anne and a 21st for Baby Griff and christened the dining
table Chez Katy with a boozy Sunday brunch.
February
February is where I always plan to reduce my alcohol intake
after the excesses of Christmas, New Year and the Big Month of Birthdays (there
are about 10 in January and early Feb), but this year that just didn't happen.
We started it off with a glorious hen house party for the lovely Laura, full of food, fizz, cocktail making, arts, crafts, country walks and old-school film faves (in our own private cinema room, no less) showed Gemma the
sights of our home
Let's just have a pause for that wonderful, glorious day...
...sigh...
And we're back in the game.
February ended with another trip to The Drowned Man (read about it on Florence Finds here) I'm
still thinking about it...
March
March began with a fringe, a Tea Shop Luvvie brunch (which of course lasted until tea time), birthday
love potion cocktails for Nicky and a shopping trip for Indian wedding outfits.
Which turns out to be dangerous... so much embellishment means multiple face
and arm lacerations when being pulled in and out of multiple outfits. I found
an outfit though, so it was a successful day.
March continued in much the same way as January and February:
BOOZY. A night of Indian food and cocktails with Kim followed by an all-you-can-drink brunch and
a bottle of Veuve at Sushi Samba with the god family, a trip to the Quaglino's Meringue and Bellini Bar, a visit to my
grandparents in Yorkshire (including a stay in my parents' and grandparents' wedding
night hotel) were all filled with fizz and fun.
Next up was a weekend in Paris (ahhh, Paris, my love) for Bhavisha's
hen celebrations – food, fizz, hot chocolate, LBDs and colour pop shoes... I came home a stone heavier and with some new friends.
I rounded off the month, and Q1 2014 with Caroline's birthday dinner a trip to the James Bond inMotion exhibition at the London Film Museum, a burger-fest Chez Gilbert, a big
family-and-friend gathering for Mothering Sunday at a friend's lovely country
pub and some much needed pampering time.
So, April, and the rest of 2014... I'm ready for you.
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