Dream: Leaving for work

I have got the day off today as it is my birthday, but what I dreamt was:

I woke up a bit late and got ready for work in a hurry. I grabbed some carrier bags of rubbish to drop off in the bin store on my way out, and left my flat. As I was locking the door, the fire alarm went off very loudly. I noticed that I had brought out the bag I keep my spare carrier bags in instead of the rubbish, so I had to go back into the flat to pick up the correct bag.

Notes:
I often have realistic dreams like this. When I wake up from them, I am not sure what is going on and whether they really happened or not

Happy Birthday To Me

On the front of one of my birthday cards, it says it's that wonderful me! me! me! day again!

I've taken the day off work so that I can have a me day for once. At the moment I'm drinking a mug of hot marmite. Now that I'm on the Atkins Diet and can't have toast and marmite any more, I decided to try drinking it like I used to, and I must say that it tastes grrrrreat. Once my grocery delivery from Tesco Online arrives, I will be setting out for a day of shopping and cinema. I'm not sure what to do for lunch, maybe the Loch Fyne oyster bar or La Tasca tapas bar.

Why is it that almost every mood I want to use, is not on the list? I wanted to say celebratory, but I suppose jubilant will have to do even though it is not exactly right.

Book Shopping

In the last couple of years, I have started buying myself a present for my birthday. Last year's was a Handspring PDP, but this year I decided to trawl the bookshops of Nottingham. I couldn't find anything I fancied at the second-hand paperbacks shop, so I headed to Waterstone's for coffee and a browsing session.

After checking out all four floors of the bookshop, I ended up with five books, all non-fiction. I had my Amazon wish list (mostly fiction) with me to compare prices, but I have been given £50 of Amazon vouchers so I'll use them to get my fiction fix.

1) "What Not To Wear" - the book of the tv series. Trinny & Susannah are horrible to the people on their show, but they always look 500% better at the end of it, so I'll try to follow their advice next time I go clothes shopping.
2) "Introducing Jung" - as I've signed up for an evening class about Jung this autumn. It is copiously illustrated with cartoons, so I shouldn't have too much trouble finishing it before the course starts.
3) "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" - I should really have asked my father if he's got a copy, but it was an impulse buy.
4) "The Millionaire Next Door" - this is always being recommended on the Motley fool LBYM & Books boards.
5) "The New High Protein Diet" - a UK low-carbohydrate diet book. The Atkins diet book is too Americanised really with all the medical tests it expects you get. I can't see a GP agreeing to do them.