the blushing cat

My husband and I spent New Year with his auntie and uncle who live in Turin. I don’t drink and when I declined alcohol his auntie asked me why I don’t drink and whether it was because once I started I couldn’t stop? I asked, like an alcoholic? And she answered with yes, like an alcoholic. 

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My friend picked me up and we went to Park Cakes in Oldham. When I’d seen her the other day, I told her I’d never been and she told me we needed to rectify that. I said if I didn’t get to go in 2025 that the year would be ruined. We tried to go last Friday at 10:30ish but there was queue (around 40 people) and she didn’t have time to wait so we abandoned it. This time, we got there at around 9:45 and the queue was even bigger! It opened at ten and there were already around ...

Back in Manchester and my skin is really dry because of the central heating. I don’t want to moan but it’s getting on my nerves. I’ve got a poorly back. I hurt it the day before I flew to the UK, so that was a great 15 hour flight. (As a side note with the flight, I’d been put down as vegan so I wasn’t allowed milk with my coffee (JAL). However, they messed up and gave me the incorrect snack, a custard bread thing, which I shoved down me as soon as I got it so they couldn’t take ...