Everything Changes

This is one seriously long overdue post!  The past couple of months have been hectic to say the least!

The summer is always the busiest time of year at work for me, so it involves a LOT of overtime! And then there's been the flat hunting, planning, budgeting, moving out of my parents house and in to my own flat with moo, seemingly endless trips to Ikea, decorating, furniture building, cleaning; the list is never ending!  Buuut, dare I say it, things are finally calming down and all the loose ends are slowly being tied.  Work is still busy, but not quite so much, we have all the essentials and we're settling in :)

Here are a few snippets of the flat (which is technically a 'coach house' but I always feel a bit odd saying/typing that!)

Next month we're going to buy one of these beautiful record players for Ian's ever expanding vinyl collection (I'm even collecting now too!) and I am excited!

As if moving in together wasn't enough, July held plenty of other fun times too.  I finally saw Blink 182, after waiting about 10 years, and fortunately, I wasn't disappointed.

Moo & I took a well deserved day off work on the 20th & had a full on 'geek day'.

We went to the opening of the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay, eat at Eddie's Diner, where they have filmed parts of the aforementioned series, and topped it all off by seeing The Dark Knight Rises at the imax.  Such a good day :)

 We've actually had a little bit of summer weather too, which we took advantage of by going  for a stroll around Llandaff Cathedral (they've filmed Doctor Who there too.  And yes, we are 2 big old geeks!)

August came, and Kids In Glass Houses played a Save 'Le Pub'/Smart Casual 4th anniversary  gig in Newport and Dai & I had a lot of fun, I even managed to come home wit a set list and drum stick! I felt like I was 19 again!

Over all, this past few months has been one heck of a lot of fun!  I've even enjoyed the Olympics, which I never thought I would hear myself say!  We've been moved in properly for a whole month already, and can't quite believe that the summer is basically over for another year!  I'll be turning my brain into Christmas present buying mode soon!  And I'll have my very own home to decorate this year!  Tres exciting!

xx