Gained a pound, but then i was expecting that. Mind you, i went to Marcus' first birthday and pigged out and this morning i am the same weight that i was on Saturday, so it all works out ok.

I have been unable to sleep worrying about this flat. I rang up the estate agent this morning to check that the owner was serious about moving. she felt that he was, just that he was having difficulty finding somewhere. And sadly, without me realising it, i have fallen in love with the flat!

That's typical me really, i rarely have hot flashes of blinding want. My desires tend to grow gradually. So, i am going to give him 2 months, and if there is no progress in that time i think i'm going to have to look again. In the mean time, i continue to save and keep my eyes open. The only annoying thing is that i will have to shell out for a survey, which costs 200 pounds.

Speaking of money, i caved in and bought a pair of summery mules for 15 pounds. I had my eye on them for some times, but on Saturday i noticed that they had the window pair for sale so i knew that that style would probably not be available for much longer. So i bought them. For the same price i bought a copy of Half-life, which i am enjoying playing. Sometimes, you just have to splash out a bit.

Ah yes, the birthday party. I don't know about Marcus, but i had fun! I think he's really too little to understand, although i think he appreciated the fuss! Lindsay and her mum had put on a lovely spread(i should add that her mum and dad both made the birthday cake, which looked very nice) and i ate some of her salad as i had promised.

Lindsay is a very good cook, and her mum makes the best tuna quiche ever. I mean it. I think the reason is because the tuna is so creamy (i'm sure it's very bad for me) and the whole dish is slightly soft unlike a normal quiche. But it's oh so delicious.

Maybe in my own place i will start baking and cooking again. Maybe even try the recipe if i can wangle it out of Lindsays mum.

I think the books i bought went down well, and hopefully he will pick up the reading bug from his mad auntie (as i like to think of myself). Hopefully i will finish off the film in my camera soon, and i will put up some pictures.

How dull is all the above?

I finished the Elf series by Susan Price (who wrote the sterkarm handshake, which i enjoyed); it was well written. However, i didn't actually like any of the characters. now, this would not normally put me off, but the story seemed to end too soon. The author says that there was supposed to be a third novel, but she fell out with Elfgift and will probably never write it. As i said, i didn't like any of the characters, so it's interesting to read that even the author grew to not like the main character.