the happy little world of miss ktp!

for a short month it sure seems a long day till pay day! thought Feb would be a good month but after all my budgeting i don't have much play money left at all. boo! xxx

Well so far so good mortgage-wise. The grown up meeting went well & I actually understood what we were being told! Miracles do happen! I even find myself looking at property/mortgage/money websites for first time buyers as well as my facebook/twitter/hotmail/yahoo/dimestoresaints/myspace during my daily interweb browse in the mornings, please note the "as well as" not the "instead of!" The next 2 Saturdays we have other meetings lined up and then I’ve got to do my very best to start keeping evenings & weekends free to look at places we want to live! We’re so excited! It all seems to have gone quite quickly so far which I wasn’t expecting (not that that’s a bad thing!) and so we’ve started to look at areas of London we want to live in and what kind of property we want to buy! Eep! Dreading the part when we find somewhere we love and then it goes to another couple through a bidding war but hey lets find a place to love first & who knows, lady luck might be...

Please do! I was sitting having my tea yesterday before jive, reading my book & minding my own business until I started to notice a noise. Normally I wouldn’t be distracted, but the trouble was the noise was of someone eating with their mouth open on the table next to me. For those of you who know me, this drives me up the wall! I tried to ignore it and concentrate on each individual word in my book but it was no use, it was like Chinese water torture, each time I heard him take a bite I waited for the next much. It was vile! I was so close to telling him to close his mouth but I ended up bottling it and had to leave myself! I gave up a seat in the warm-ish to go and stand on a train platform for a bit and read my book there. Probably should have put my headphones on looking back but it was so loud I bet I would have heard it through that! Yuck! ….And rant over! Another development in my growing up – I’ve finally put myself on the electoral roll where I’m living now! Wow I know! Th...

When I first heard this line in a song by Frank Turner I didn’t really think much of it other than it’s a line about growing up. But now I’ve realised this could be my motto for 2010! A lot of my friends are definitely getting married either last year, this year and hopefully for years to come, some have started sorting pension ideas and then we finally come to mortgages, which Adam and I are starting to embark on ourselves. We have out very 1st meeting with a mortgage advisor at the weekend to find out how much we can afford and then eventually the hunt will begin for property that’s bigger than a shoebox that we can afford in London! Living on cloud cuckoo land?! I hope not! It’ll be so exciting to start looking at places we can live in and not have to worry about anyone else, be it family or random flatmates leaving a mess everywhere. The only mess will be our mess and if we don’t want to wash up straight after cooking just in case someone else might need that saucepan then we won...

found a really good blog recently called india uncut all about what's happening in india. perfect for if you want to know what's happening in your home away from home or what to know some random things about india! check the blog out in my links section :) xxx

now in case you've been living under a rock recently it's snowy, it's icy and it's cold! snow and cold i can deal with but ice i'm rubbish with. there are people speeding past me in high heels as i struggle along trying not to do a bambi on the ice in my docs or cat boots! luckily i've only fallen over once, blimmin hurt so hoping that won't happen again, but i'm slipping and sliding all over the place. why can't i stand up and stay up?! i know it's cos i'm tense and not walking naturally so you're more likely to fall over but when faced with a hard, cold slippery surface it's not easy to relax!!! so come on people get a spade and start shovelling that snow and ice away to people like me and the elderly (tho i'm sure they're doing better than i am!) can walk around a bit easier. also why do you never see a bird falling over? i was watching some pigeons yesterday on the ice hoping one would fall voer but no suck luck! xxx

no i've not had a baby, i've got something that i'll love and cherish just as much (if not more! :P) - a new panasonic lumix g1 camera! it's lovely! got it straight after chrimbo and was quite impressed cos i'd managed to save up for it and not spend the money in the process, must be growing up! can't wait to have a proper play with it when i head back to the rents tonight. can't believe the festive spirit has come and gone for another year. it went especially quick for me this year cos i'm working inbetween chrimbo and new year. *groan!* I went home for chrimbo and had a great time. adam came with me on chrimbo eve, stayed overnight and drove back chrimbo morning. It's lovely having that early morning present unwrapping session before everyone else's awake, it's our little time. i did pretty well for presents and was thoroughly spoiled (of course! :P) and so was adam. one gift included a portfolio so there's no excuse now i better get ...

went to our work's christmas doo last night and it was great to sit in a bar with an open fire and lovely christmas tree and then look out of the window to be greeted by big snowflakes falling and settling. on the way home it was all over the radio that the south-east was going to get it really bad and there'd be really deep snow. i went to bed hoping i'd be welcomed by a blanket of snow, though at the same time dreading i'd have to spend another snow day without adam (it was rubbish in feb!). i woke up to LBC and the travel report coming on my radio alarm and it's sounded like chaos trains were messed up, no planes and road were closed or blocked with people having been stuck in their cars for hours. I leapt out of bed to see all this snow that was causing this and..................nothing! a little bit of a frost on the ground but to me it just looked like any other grey & dull winters morning! rubbish! did look a bit like bambi walking on the ice this mor...

the worst place to get an itch is on the base of your foot - you scratch it it tickles, you leave it and it drives you crazy! what to do?! xxx

Getting really excited for the festive season now! Tho I am still waiting on one flipping present! Better arrive from a certain website soon or I won’t be impressed! I’ve spent most of my time at parties or out which I know doesn’t really make much of a change but it’s nice to have a valid reason to party and stay up past my bedtime once a year! Went to see Les Mis again yesterday with the India girlies plus one which was lovely. Emhen and I blubbed our way through the ending but apart from that all went well! It’s so nice to have them around me in London now, seems like such a long time ago when I felt lonely in such a big & busy city. London’s magical at the moment with all the lights and decorations up. They’ve even converted Eros at Picadilly Circus into a giant snowglobe which is pretty cool! Had a lovely couple of days away with Adam up north for his birthday, it’s always nice to get out and about, just the two of us and stop off whenever and wherever we want and explor...

Feeling weird today, bit on edge. No idea why - it’s December, my Chrimbo shopping’s done, cards posted, I’m going to see the rents over Christmas and New Year and get to see Adam on Chrimbo Eve & Chrimbo Day but I’m still not happy! There’s no pleasing some people. I’ve got that sense of dread in the bottom of my stomach, it’s bad enough when you know what it’s for, but when you don’t know it’s even worse! Makes you wonder what’s round the corner that my body’s worrying about but my brain doesn’t know yet! Wow that was a Karl Pilkington quote if I ever heard one! :S Oh and in case anyone was wondering about my post the other day 2 of Santa’s little elves came to my rescue! And very grateful I was too! Phew! xxx

Thought I was doing really well this year with my Christmas planning, started buy the presents in june & writing cards and getting my party frock in November, but there’s always something that just creeps up and catches you unaware. Grr! There are one or 2 presents that are turning out to be more than a little bit tricky and it’s all cos I tried to be good and plan my money spending habits! If I’d just brought the flipping things when I saw them then I’d be fine, but no, I waited and tried to be good and where did that get me?! Not impressed! Anyways start of the festive things tonight – hopefully going to the recording of the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special so I’m sure that’ll get me out of this bah humbug attitude and back into the sparkly magic that is Christmas! At least I hope so or I’ll be the grumpy one standing with my arms folded and looking mardy when it’s broadcast on tv over the festive period! xxx

love this article from the Times Of India (click on pic to make it bigger to read), i miss this paper so much! made me laugh when i read it, thank goodness bangalore wasn't like that when i lived out there or i would have been in trouble! would love to learn how to dangle my shoelaces obscenely though, better get practicing! anyways that's it for now. 2 posts in a day, you lucky lucky people! oh and a few new pics in the photobucket ----> xxx

well i've been dancing everywhere else why not there too?! I've been well & truely bitten by the jive bug! It's crazy! I'm going about 2/3 times a week and i love it! This week i wasn't supposed to go at all cos i was busy every night but the meal i had on tuesday ended at 9 so instead of thinking 'yay early night' i ended up sneaking off to jive till 11pm! I've tured into a proper night owl the past few weeks and i love it! Went to a fab party last saturday night at the rivoli ballroom for jive louises birthday. It was a stunning place packed with jivers & lindy hoppers & there was a live band too. The only downside was the heat, i must have lost so much weight from just sweating! Lovely thought there! Other stuff ive been doing.......been to quite a few tv recordings - my family, argumental, milton jones..., mum & dad came last week which was ace - we went to see les mis & dad ended up hob nobbing with daniel radcliffe! Only trouble...

normally i hate waiting. but this time it was ok cos we were waiting for godot! all i can say is - what an ace play! it had sir ian mckellen and patrick stewart in it and it was brill! a really funny play with 2 fab actors, what more could you want?! it's only on till aug and not sure how many tickets are left but if you get the chance go go go! that's it for now but just thought i'd let y'all know! xxx

shopping on the internet is a dangerous thing. not only can you shop online anytime of the day, for anything you want, and often at a bargain but it also plays on the fact that people just love getting post!! i got a watch battery from amazon today and not only was i chuffed i could get my watch working again but it also meant i got something in the post! xxx

I've always sneezed quite a bit in the mornings whether i've got a cold or not but when i do it now i can see people actually slide away from me slightly! I feel like screaming i haven't got swine flu! Then again i realise i quite like that extra bit of space on a crowded bus or tube! *achoo* Hehe. Xxx

Why is it when i spot a girl putting on makeup on the train it seems so mesmerising? I end up watching them for the whole routine & concentrate so much when they put on their lipstick i find myself rubbing my lips together as well as them! Weird! Xxx

dunno what's got into me but i feel really motivated and want to do everything NOW! it's a nice feeling for once! instead of the whole i'll do it tomorrow attitude. no wait a minute....it's gone again! aaah and i can breath again and leave everything till tomorrow! :P it was just a passing moment! work's good and my back is getting better, i've been at physio for a few months now and it's made a difference even if it does hurt like hell every time he elbows my hip! jive is the main thing i'm so happy about at the moment. i've made some great mates and have such a fun night out! i've started going twice a week too. gets me out of the house anyways and more importantly out of the clutches of big brother! can't believe it but it's my 1st year i haven't cared about it at all. crazy! other big news is - rfa has graduated finally (:P) and congrats to him, maybe they'll put up a blue plate at all the houses he lived in in lu...

Why is it whenever you put your hand in your bag to get out your keys it's never the right set? If i'm at work it'll be my house keys if i'm at home it'll be my work keys?! Grr! All's well in my little world at the moment. :-) would just like it to cool down a bit though. I don't know typical english, never happy! It's either too hot or too cold! D'oh! Xxx