Skype dates with Andrew and my parents and my friends back in Malta ☼ My new fluffy slippers and new blanket which’ll keep me warm in the winter ☼ My duvet, which is super soft and makes me feel like I’m in a cocoon ☼ Getting used to where things in Dublin are☼ New friends ☼ Yummy seafood abroad ☼ Reading A LOT more than I did in Malta ☼ Leaves turning golden brown and falling off the trees ☼ Discovering new blogs to read and stalk ☼ Being able to watch Comedy Central again ☼ Hot chocolate ☼ Being able to wear a coat again ☼ DRASTICALLY reducing the amount of ciggies I smoke since I’ve been here (from 10 a day to a maximum of 2) ☼ Living with my best friend ☼ Helping Hannah with the new design of her blog ☼ New warm, toasty boots from Penney’s ☼ Discovering a great new place to hang out ☼ Free stand-up comedy ☼ Wandering around the college campus ☼ Walking a lot

I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to this week! Just leave me a comment

All my friends who came to my farewell party last weekend – we had such a great night ☼ Dublin next week! ☼ Andrew is taking me out for a fancy farewell dinner, just me and him ☼ Lunch with my sister at Wagamama ☼ My new/old little black dress (I bought it and never wore it, then had it altered) ☼ Eating fresh fish for lunch with mum ☼ My dad ☼ Watermelon and prickly pears ☼ Andrew, who is amazing ☼ Friends telling me they’ll visit ☼ Not being in Dublin yet and already having plans on Friday night (book club!) ☼ Losing weight by eating well ☼ The smell of clean laundry ☼ My new blog header ☼ Looking forward to seeing Hannah again ☼ Leo the Lion and that gorilla from George of the Jungle ☼ Mojitos

Et toi?

Spending the weekend with Andrew ☼ Watching the final Harry Potter ☼ Dinner at Ali Baba ☼ M&M’s fresh homemade pasta ☼ Drinks and chatting with Elaine ☼ Homemade cheese and cured meats platters (pics!) ☼ Miz’s dubious tea ☼ Sushi tonight ☼ My new guest bedroom ☼ My new TV unit ☼ Instagram ☼ Having WAY too much fun on Pinterest ☼ Finally syncing my iPhone to my laptop; now I can listen to the music and podcasts I want to ☼ Lovely friends ☼ Cleaning out the kitchen in my flat ☼ Roasted almonds ☼ Fresh plums ☼ Florence & the Machine ☼ Coffee ☼ Baking banana bread ☼ Life working out exactly the way it’s meant to ☼ My parents being so amazing through this whole packing/moving/sorting everything out process ☼ Watching That 70s Show re-runs ☼

Tell me about your week? What have you loved about it so far?

Eating by candlelight ☼ sitting out in the balcony on a breezy evening ☼ playing charades with Andrew ☼ drinking wine out of cheap glasses ☼ starting a new book ☼ discussing interesting projects ☼ discovering I really do like courgettes after all, especially grilled and in a lemon/olive oil dressing ☼ ricotta, ground pepper and cherry tomatoes in pitta bread ☼ losing weight the healthy way ☼ Hannah’s blog! ☼ excitement about moving to Dublin! ☼ readers e-mailing me to ask questions or just to let me know they’re reading (you guys are amazing!) ☼ swimming in Gozo in my new swimsuit, which I love…

What’s been making your week especially wonderful?

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-Andrew is back home from a week in Amsterdam, so now we get to cuddle and watch Glee.

-Watching Owen Pallett live in Hamrun last weekend. What a show!

-My new favourite Maltese band, Stalko.

-Fleet Foxes’ White Winter Hymnal.

-Creative ideas starting to come to fruition.

-The Maltese Blogosfera is becoming a Debate Network on the topic of divorce. You should join!

-Cheap clothes at Peacocks!

-Light, floral dresses and even lighter cardigans.

What have you been loving this week?

It’s not been a thoroughly eventful week so far, but sometimes that is a good thing. Some weeks all you really need is the status quo to give you that boost you need to dream up new ways to shine. Here’s what I’ve been dreaming of this week.

-Yummy Indian food
Andrew and I recently discovered an Indian restaurant that delivers to our house and we’re kind of hooked now. Indian food does wreak havoc with my Crohn’s, but sometimes I let myself indulge because it’s so damn yummy. Garlic nan dipped in creamy tikka masala is what ambrosia must taste like.

-New projects
I have a couple of ideas swirling around in my head, a bit like wine, and becoming tastier the more they aerate. More later on this, perhaps

-Paris!
My lovely friend Elaine and I have booked ourselves a trip to Paris in May! We’ll be spending three days in Disneyland and three in Paris. I can’t wait to wander around Montmartre, eat crepes by the Eiffel Tower and marvel at Notre Dame cathedral. I want to sip on wine and eat croissants and croque monsieurs and speak rusty French with the locals. I’m also excited about all the rollercoasters, posing for photos with Minnie Mouse, munching on candy floss… Expect tons of photos, of course!

-Sushi tonight
The gorgeous Jamie and I are meeting for sushi today. I love the fact that I’m having sushi at least once a week now. Super healthy, super yummy. I could eat it every single day. Happy to have reconnected with Jamie too!

-Good books
In a week, I finished David Sedaris’ Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim, finished Anne Donoghue’s Room, and started Erin McKean’s The Secret Lives of Dresses. Mmmm – brain food!

This week has been pretty decent so far! Spring has really spring in Malta and it’s that glorious part of the year where the sun is shining but there’s still an amazing, cool breeze and the temperature is still in the 20s. We have a grand total of two or three weeks of spring weather in Malta before it turns to heat from hell, so I absolutely want to make the most of it before I have to live in air conditioned rooms for five months.

Here’s what’s been wonderful this week:

-Asking Elaine if she wanted to go abroad, on a whim, and her saying yes enthusiastically. We’ll be going to Paris! More about that in the coming weeks.

-Starting yoga this evening.

-Looklet, which is absolutely and ridiculously addictive.

-Girls’ night last night <3

-Meeting the girls from dance for drinks last Tuesday.

-AMAZING fresh goat’s cheese salad at Jubilee. Om nom!

-Delicious homemade pasta and homemade pesto at Profumo Di… on Sunday.

-Taking photos of Mdina with Andrew on Sunday afternoon.

-Finally getting round to watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (loved).

-Bought Hannah her birthday present. Can’t wait till she gets it

-Might be heading up to London for a couple of days with my sister in a few weeks’ time.

-Meeting amazing new people with incredible stories as part of my job. Look for my upcoming piece in the next issue of M Magazine.

And you? What’s been making your week wonderful? Make sure to leave a comment!

I’ve really not been having the best of weeks at all, so I figure I should really do TILT today to focus on the good stuff.

- Watching more films lately. This last week, Andrew and I have watched The Social Network, Despicable Me, The Kids are All Right and The King’s Speech. Conclusion? 2010 was an awesome year for films.

-Moroccan night at Miriam’s yesterday. She set her living room up to look like a bedouin camp, with blankets and cushions everywhere (<3). We all brought a dish of Moroccan food to share. I made beef, mint and chilli meatballs in a tomato, parsley and fresh garlic sauce. Om nom, indeed. Everything was absolutely delicious. My friends are awesome in the kitchen.

-Which reminds me, I’ve been making lots of new friends recently as part of my mission to be more social. It’s worked. Been meeting lots of wonderful new people.

-And staying in touch with old friends: I’ll be meeting a friend of mine for sushi tonight, which is another thing I like on a Thursday, of course.

-Skype conversations with Hannah. It’s almost like her being in the same room, despite the fact that she’s thousands of miles away.

-Making plans for the not so distant future.

-The last few cold days before summer hits completely (do not want). Am making the most of my thermal bed sheets while I still can!

-My new skinny jeans. Who would have thought, right? I promised myself some years ago that I’d never wear skinny jeans, but I bought a pair and love them now.