#wangit An Evening with Stephen K Amos.

"A long sleep and a good laugh are the two best cures for anything."

I can't remember where I plagiarised my twitter header from but it is something I stand by regardless.

I'm not so great at the first one, struggling to drop off and achieve any sort of quality sleep but the second one I will actively seek out wherever possible. I will always choose a comedy film over a horror, a sitcom over a soap opera and have a multitude of hilarious podcasts hiding out on my iPad for listen along laughs.

Imagine my excitement when on Christmas day I open my Christmas card to find a pair of tickets falling out to see none other than the fabulous Stephen K Amos. If you are imagining anything less that jumping around giddiness then you are underestimating the situation. Exactly two months later we rocked up to the beautiful City Varieties in Leeds and settled into our seats waiting too see what happened.

I don't want to cause any offence Mr. Amos but I can't actually remember a lot of the show. This I'd probably because I spent a lot of it in tears clutching my stomach from the pain of laughing so much in such a non stop fashion.

I do remember late comers who thought you would be playing The Grand, late comers who thought dessert was an emergency and more important than punctuality, an American who didn't know what lilt was and had come to visit just Leeds and Manchester...

I remember you finding out about Meat Raffles and learning the phrase 'wang it' And did the Oxford audience really refuse to sing the muppets theme tune back to you?

We walked down awkward street together, talking about the tough topics like racism, death and sex. I never had the talk either Stephen. And while we're on awkward street you announcing to a newly wed bride's dad that her and her beau were probably still at it like rabbits was pure awkward gold.

I feel like I am whittering on now, and frankly if you weren't there (which chances are you weren't) then a lot of this won't have made much sense. Let me assure you though, it was amazing. It's good on the telly (who doesn't enjoy a bit of 'Live at the Apollo') or on a comedy tour DVD but in person it is so much more! I can't wait to go and see another and another and another.

 

*Goes to empty bank account buying comedy tickets*

 

Pip pip,

Charlotte x

January 2015 Review

Hello!

I do not like how we are already a day into February. 2015 is racing away from me! But it's been good so far.

Not to say I haven't had some tough moments but I am very much focusing on the positives so I figured writing a list of some of my favourite things would be a good way for me to do this. Some of the things might be small, some might be big but they are all things I happy about nonetheless.

 

White Christmas

Going to see the first show of the year was brilliant. And what a show to start it with. I am very much looking forward to seeing more!

 

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Finally got around to reading the second part on this trilogy. I'd only been renewing it from the library since October!

 

Cat Out Of Hell by Lynne Truss

I borrowed this off a friend and while it isn't my favourite book of all time, I am happy that I stuck with it. It was very different to my usual choices and it was great to branch out of my comfort zone.

 

Cutting down on my spending

This is probably the thing I am most happy about. I have hardly bought anything. I haven't bought anything from Primarkp or the Poundshop. I haven't bought any food while at work. I've taken a packed lunch every day but it is snacks that are my downfall. Sometimes I cave in and get myself a 'treat' when if I had just planned a bit better I would have all the snacks I needed for the day.

 

Organisation improvement

I have managed to get my clothes ready for work the night before every time expect twice which I really regretted. I have really appreciated the way having my outfit ready I'm the morning helps my morning. I have also been trying to write out a to do list at the end of each day and blocking out my time. It's not been a 100% success but it is a start. Finally, I have tried really hard to get ontop of buying presents and cards ahead of birthdays rather than leaving everything last minute.

 

Use it up

To tie in with money saving and organisation I am trying to use things up. So far I have used two balls of wool and I am sorting through various bath type items to see what I have 'in stock' rather than buying new stuff.

Sleeping

I am not really much better at sleeping. But I am seriously trying to work on it. I am reading a book all about sleep and I actually managed to get in some shut eye in a bedroom that wasn't mine. That sounds odd but I struggle sleepig anyway so somewhere that isn't home just adds to the challenge.

 

January has been pretty darn good. I've already got a few things I am looking forward to in February so i think I can make it even better.

 

Love Charlotte x