The Beach!!!!!

I left london just as the same started 

coming out after spending a week there in the rain.

I'm now down in Dorset 

with my lovely fiancee

learning knots and my way around the boat.

That doesnt meant i didnt have time to make a quick visit to

Bournemouth pier and beach.

Tim wasnt keen on me asking the life guard for a picture with him

so i managed to persuade him to get one with him walking in the background.

and then it was back to the boat....

Carousel....

 I've always said that i wanted a Carousel at my wedding,

turns out it cost £3000 to rent one for a day.

i know cause i checked.

and although it would be fun,

it would not be practical (ok ok...i mean affordable, who cares about practical!)

Last weekend i met one of my lovely Bridesmaids Sarah 

(who i havent been in about 3 years)

and we went round a little Vintage Fete that was going on in her area of London,

where i found some lovely Antique table decorations for the wedding.

And she also surprised me with a Carousel.

Tim is glad that i've got it 'out of my system'

hmmmm.....it was just so dang fun!

We were the only people over the age of 8 on it!

There was also a Helter Skleter, but the clouds opened

and it rained a bit so we headed to somewhere to sit down and have a natter.

Star Wars Ballet....

Just came across this on the Tube of Yous.

Aside from always wanting to have danced the role of Juliet,

i now have a new role i wish i could have danced.

I wish i could have danced to an orchestra conducted by John Williams playing the Star Wars Theme.

To be fair, the dancers/story/choreography isnt all that imaginative in this video...

but its still AWESOME!

London Life....

I'm still in London.

dont know what i've done with my camera....

Here's a few things that i've been up to lately....

Gone to an antiques market...ended up knee deep in mud so it felt a bit like a cool music festival,

even though i was walking around looking at old stuff.

Gone out to re-buy wedding dress material...

again and again and again....

it breaks my heart a little bit everytime

sat on friday night and took the whole dress apart...

went to see Singing In The Rain at the theatre...

amazeballs, but i missed Gene Kelly...no one can replace him.

hung out with my a couple of my bridesmaids,

one who i havent seen in years,

its so lovely when it feels like we saw each other yesterday....

had a wedding  'make-up' test with one of my bridesmaids,

turns out i know nothing about make-up,

putting on mascara in the morning and 

always forgetting to take it off doesnt count.

Sung in the rain.

Went to Alan Herdman Pilates Studio

 to enquire into their PilatesTeaching Course,

me likey.

Spent a heck of a lot of money.

Shopped a heck of a lot 

(those two may be related)

The Bling Bling take 2.....

So i finally picked an Engagement ring...

I took my sisters Meghan and Bryony to an antique shop in Angel, London

and there it was.

They were quite pleased that they only had to go to one shop...

thats because Tim had already done the leg work back in May

when i dragged him round every ring shop in Edinburgh.

But this time i had a clearer picture of what i wanted,

and there it was.

And its 

PPPIIIIINNNKKKK!

Tim made me promise to keep in the box until he could officially give it to me.

So i've been sneaking peaks at it for the last couple of days

and trying it on 'just for a second'

But today he finally came to London,

and within seconds i had produced the ring and made him re-propose.

The answer is still yes.

Then we went to check out Fossils at the 

Natural History Museum,

because Tim loves old fossils.

And now he is off again, 

boooo

fingers crossed i'll spend more time with him next week.

Finding Shoes that Fit....

Well, hanging up my ballet shoes didnt last all that long...

being in London i popped into the famous Pineapple studios to do a ballet class.

I t took me back to those days when i used frequent the studios here daily when i was living in London and looking for wrok and auditioning.

Back then it was a drag....a thing i had to do to survive.

 Now it was purely for pleasure.

Looking around all those young fresh-out-of-ballet-school girls

 i didnt envy them one bit.

But i did enjoy myself.

i've struggled for the last couple of years to enjoy the ballet classes in Egypt

 because the Russian Style of the classes was just so far from my roots and my training,

 and so it felt a bit like putting on a comfortable pair of shoes today....

it fitted much better.

(i think the shoe reference is coming from the fact that i got blisters from wearing a pair of new shoes whilst walking around London today....they were too small, and OOOWWWYYY!)

London Baby!!!!

I'm in London.

Its cold and rainy,

i had to go out and buy myself some trousers and a pair of shoes that weren't sandals.

But i LOVE it, 

been living in a drought for too long now.

Hung out with 2 of my London Sisters today,

and i'm soooooo excited because i bought an Engagment Ring today.

(more on that later)

I also bought myself a honeymoon dress....which is basically a mini-wedding dress...

ummm maybe cause i'm an over-excitable Bride-To-Be...