Happy New Year :)

I'm not doing very well at keeping this blog up to date!
Had a non eventful month or so leading up to Christmas. Though I had a good weekend in London visiting a friend. Went to see the new Harry Potter film in Leicester Square which was amazing! There's really something about being in a cinema full of people who are just as excited to see the film as you are. People laughed out loud, cried out loud, cheered and clapped! I've seen the film a couple more times at the cinema in Llandudno and the most it got from the audience was a quiet chuckle. But it is, in my opinion, the best film so far. It's as close to the book as I could have hoped for, with only a few bits missed out, and a couple of extra bits that I thought really added to the feel of the film, for example the dancing scene with Harry and Hermione.

Anyway, apart from seeing the HP film, we went to the V&A for a wonder round, and the children's section of the Science Museum (best bit I think)! It was a fun weekend!


Most of December was spent working and Christmas shopping which I managed to get done but with all the snow a couple of things arrived late which was very annoying! Although I always say I love snow, I got really fed up of it before Christmas. Had an awful experience driving home from work during a heavy snow shower which was probably my scariest driving experience to date!


Christmas itself was lovely. On Christmas Eve I went to the Christingle Service which always gets me in the Christmas spirit! It's so atmospheric when the whole congregation stand in a circle around the church, with the only light being from the candles of the Christingles.
Christmas day was the usual mix of seeing various family members, eating lots of tasty food, drinking wine and opening presents!

The day after Boxing Day we went on our usual family trip to Leeds to go to the theatre and shop in the sales! Had a day in Leeds and a day in York. Managed to not spend to much of my Christmas money which is good - more for Australia! We saw A Christmas Carol in the theatre which was amazing. It wasn't at all what I expected. From the very first scene it had a very Tim Burton like feel, with the quite wacky but creepy set design, costumes and acting. The songs were catchy and I was engaged the whole way through. A really good performance and highly recommended!

So I'm back home now and back to work. Only 107 days til I head off to Australia! So between now and then I think it's just going to be save save save, and not much else! So I doubt I'll be updating this regularly!