Wow.

As you know, it was St.Valentine's Day on Saturday and Boyfriend had plans, completely beknownst to me. But I found out!
He picked me up and told me to pack enough for a couple of days, so I filled a weekend bag, grabbed The Notebook and my laptop just in case we had time to watch it (which we did, and he loved it!) and set off on a journey filled with childish "Are we there yet?" and "Are we going there?" whilst pointing to ridiculous events and places.
Eventually we ended up in Birmingham. We stayed at the Ibis Hotel on Holloway Circus - the best name for an area ever!
He romantically sent me on a Treasure Hunt around the room looking for my present, whilst drinking St Helier Cider out of hotel mugs. After a while of searching I found the envelope with tickets to see Dylan Moran live in it! It was so not what I was expecting, but it was exciting! It's definitely the best Valentine's gift I've ever gotten. Thankyou, baby.

So Dylan was hilarious and drunk and just like his character from Black Books, and Birmingham (or at least the Chinese quarter) looked gorgeous at night. On Sunday we travelled back, curled up on Boyfriend's bed and watched Sliding Doors with a hot chocolate and some Thornton's. Mmmm :)

Thennnn yesterday my sister and I spent the entire day completely blitzing our rooms. Now I'm organised, but I'm messy. Really messy. Like, I forgot what colour carpet I had messy. But yesterday was good, I got rid of loads of old clothes and rubbish and found out my carpet is blue. It felt good to let go of some things which I'd been clinging onto and hoarding for years, despite the fact I keep getting shivers thinking about all of those recorded memories I've now thrown in the recycling bin. Brrrr.

And today I went to school. It's half term but it was open for Art students to do some work before the deadline next week. I got most of my final piece done - an oil painting of an illustrated Anorexic girl. Pretty sick. I'm getting nervous about the deadline now. I've got a whole sketchbook to put together. Might start it tomorrow.

So this week I learnt..
1. money does not equal love.
2. don't hoard things. it doesn't make you happy.
3. time management is more important than you think.
4. chocolate is the best cure for PMS and PMT.
5. if you feel like crying, don't hold back.

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