Manchester: Art Gallery, Canals + HOME

I was back in Manchester for a little bit recently. One of the first things I did was get myself into the city centre (£2 bus fares – thank you, Andy). I love hanging out with my Mum and we first headed to Manchester Art Gallery. It’s in a lovely building and is smallish but packed with lots to see. We went straight to the cafe which was rammed and we both had the seasonal tart which was broccoli and cheese at £7 – amazing! Free filter water was available.

After enjoying the art gallery, we trotted about town. ...

daily life

Today’s to do list

  • washing (and yes, that dress is one of my creations swaying in the breeze) 
  • study
  • make tea for tonight (we’re having this which I haven’t tried before but looks good)
  • clean

Last week we bought some tomato plants and yesterday I bought a basil plant.  You can see how wild the herbs have gone with the weather change.  It’s gotten really warm recently in Tokyo.

I hope you’re having a good week.

Emily ...

pots and pans

‘As you like’ it says and do like.  I like it a lot.

This is a catalogue my husband got for going to a wedding.  You get to look through and pick a present. There was a lot of choice (see this page for the extent of choice: we had ジャスミン).  We went for something practical.  We needed a new frying pan, so guess what we got.  Yeah!  A frying pan.  For free.

So, I said for free but this isn’t really the case.  We had to fork out about £200/¥30,000 as gift money which  broke my heart, I ...

hearts and strawberries

happy valentine’s day (for yesterday)!

How did you spend your day?  I made us pizza and chocolate covered strawberries – I tried my best with them! Then we just relaxed and watched TV.  I like to just keep it simple.  When I was younger I did like to go out and I don’t regret that.  A lot of people criticise others for spending money on Valentine’s Day but you celebrate how you want to.  Being the tighty that I am, I like to celebrate it, but in a frugal way.  I know the strawberries don’t look as good as they ...