Things I Have Been Doing

A whole week since my last post?!?! Gosh golly where does the time go? So what have I been up to... well the farflung Coady clan member has been home for a week so she could go to Ascot. As you do. And this was all work related (allegedly). I'm not sure watching the gee-gees, hobnobbing with the rich and famous and having your glass of Bollinger never run dry can be really classified as work but she assures me it does.

Instead I have been slogging back and forth to Kingston for work except for Tuesday when you could find me doing spectacular U-turns on Kensington Gore and in parts of Bayswater. They were moves worthy of a black cab driver... maybe I should think of a career change?
In the writing world I have been polishing my submission for this year's Elizabeth Goudge trophy. This is given out at the RNA conference, I don't stand a chance but it was fun to write the first chapter of this book and it is now on the schedule for after the Artist book (i.e. jumping ahead of the Italian one).

Yes I know you are all searching for your whips to crack about the revisions *quickly sidesteps a vicious flick from Michelle* but there has been some movement on that as well. I have booked the end of next week off so that I can have four uninterrupted days to work on them. I have completely lost sight of the narrative thread and I am making a pigs ear of it. So fingers crossed this time next week things will be further along.

In the radio world there is some good news!! My chartshow has a sponsor again, in fact it is the same one as before. So welcome back to The Tennessee Tourist Board!

What? No Photos???

Apologies for the lack of new Ascot photos. My sister hasn't downloaded them and I have been travelling up and down to Stockport. So I have included a close up of me in the hat!! Thank you for all the wonderful comments you made on the last post. I blushed madly and grinned like crazy.

Ascot Part 1

I am still in recovery from yesterday's trip to Ascot. It was a long funfilled day, full of champagne, wine, and people watching. Oh and a bit of betting on the gee-gees.

The photo above is the gang setting off to catch the train to Ascot. I'm the one in the symphony of brown and cream. We had a blast. I will tell you more tomorrow. About watching the Queen and Prince Phillip arrive in a horse-drawn carriage, the thunder of the hooves, the bright fluttering hats, the colour.

Countdown to Ascot... A-Day minus One

So tomorrow is A-Day!! I think everyone else is more excited than I am... not that I'm not excited it is just I have a tonne of work to do before then and I need to go and do all those girlie faffy things that includes hot wax and control underwear buying.

I have just had a call though from Big Sister who is at Ascot today as well (supposedly it is work and she is entertaining clients.. hurrumph). The need for tights (pantyhose) is called for due to a the wet and windy weather and also she needs me to go and buy her a very expensive hat for tomorrow (one that costs three figures where the first number isn't one). I have the low down that they are very strict on dress-code and also where and how you display your Royal Enclosure badge... EEK!!

Wish me luck with all that hot wax and elastic knickers!

Success!!

I have been panicking for the last week about getting a new outfit. Not just any outfit but an outfit suitable for wearing in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. Now I have never been to Ascot before never mind being in the Royal Enclosure so there would have been a panic no matter what!

However there is a strict dresscode and I only had yesterday to find something suitable... cue much flapping and wide eyed terror. I must have a hat and they prefer you to wear a dress or skirt rather than trousers. So yesterday I set off towards the Kings Road in an apprehensive mood. But I needm't have!! Dress bought within first twenty minutes (first shop), shoes and hat in the next twenty minutes (each only £35!) and then after a large lunch a little jacket was bought!! How cool was that?!?!?!

I will try and post some photos of it all next weekend. We go on Saturday and it should be good and fingers crossed I will not lose the new dress of my back betting on the gee-gees.