Dinner alone, but not lonely

Last night, I was alone for dinner and I chose to enjoy my meal outside in the lovely warm weather on my balcony. It was great, and I enjoy my own company (usually).

Today, as well as having a fantastic shopping day with my friend Alex, I went on a lovely walk to my local beauty salon Milton Skin and Beauty to get a spray tan for the upcoming festivities. I decided that today, I would walk a different way to the salon. I had never walked it before, but had driven through multiple times, and I was quite sure of the way. Along my walk, I got to thinking about how beautiful it was to be outside in the sun, and just wandering along listening to music. It was fantastic ( remember, I have missed out on this.. the whole 65 days of work thing) to be outside enjoying my alone time. In the last few days I have been lucky enough to spend some quality time with myself, and it has felt great. I work in a very emotionally tiring job; being helpful and happy all day long can really weigh down every now and again, so it has been fantastic just to sit around quietly and spend some time with my number 1 fan ( myself).

Don't get me wrong, I am not some crazy hermit or cat lady, and although more often than not, I wish I could be, I know I am far too talkative, and cats just are not responsive enough! Even though I love to be left alone for awhile, I am absolutely chuffed I have amazing people like Alex in my life, to spend the day shopping, trying on clothes, and judging which variation of red/brown/orange/purple nail polish would be best. In the last 12 months of so, Alex and my friendship has definitely blossomed. It has evolved from socialising at work, to talking most days, even if it just be sarcastic remarks about work/people/TV shows. It is her passion for literacy and learning, that has pushed me to rekindle my love for the L's, and I thank her for that.


Tomorrow is my last shift at Target, and then we are going out for drinks to celebrate the end of an era. Hopefully I'll have a few photos to share, we'll see. Anyway, best be off. I'm trying to convince JGF to take me out for ice cream!!