"I'm never ever gonna unglue my lips from being together!"

I have, of course, been very very busy doing not much at all.  School is good (except this week the year 6 and year 5 teacher swapped classes and it was really weird having a different teacher!), life is OK, and I'm still hopelessly broke *sobs*  I NEED MONEY.  I hate being this broke.  Especially with my Mother, my sister, and my best friend's birthday all coming up in the next couple of weeks!  I'm a bit stuck on presents, so I think there may be lots of crafting going on at AlexHQ (otherwise known as my bedroom!)  I've pretty much decided on what I'm making my sister; I'm going to make a patchwork cushion because she likes house-y stuff, and an accordion scrapbook with pictures of her at different ages.  She's really hard to please because she expects really expensive presents and I just can't do that right now.  I'm finding it kind of stressful just thinking about it.  I'm not sure about my Mum and Jeff yet.  I might get Jeff a load of witchy themed stuff because she loves all things witchified.  If all goes well I'll post up pictures of my handicrafts!

I guess the only interesting thing I've done is see Kate Nash!  I'm not a mega keen fan but some of her songs make 

me chuckle.  I saw her on the 5th at Preston's Guild Hall.  I went with my sister Hazel and her best friend Becca.  We ate at Frankie and Bennie's before and thankfully because we were running late we missed the support and arrived just about 5 minutes before she came on.  Which is perfect because I despise watching support acts and hate all the waiting around, especially when we have standing tickets!  My choice would always be sitting but as Hazel was paying it's her call!  (She also paid for dinner which was really generous!)  Apart from not being able to see KN due to unnecessarily tall people in the audience, it 

was a good gig.  She plays guitar and piano (and isn't great at either, but to be honest her playing talents aren't really the appeal) and flitted between the two.  I could only see her when she was playing the guitar.  The best thing was having a laugh with Becca and Hazel.  Me and Hazel sometimes don't get on the best but I had a fantastic funny time.  She's a big fan of live music so obviously she's in her element. Maybe I should try to go to more gigs with her.  Anyway, overall it was loads of fun :)  I wouldn't necessarily want to see her again (like I could see Tori Amos a zillion times and not get bored) but I'm glad I went.