Choosing A Christmas Present For The Awkward (me)

The older I have got the more awkward I have got although I probably have always been awkward with a poetic licence involved , Christmas presents I like to be useful . I know it is the jot and receiving and all that but I am very practical indeed get a pair of fluffy slippers and you have the idea.

It's SO fluffy slippers £20

I know they are mens slipper s but I really can't be doing with bows and bloody silly pom poms on my slippers ( bah slipper humbug )





There is nothing wrong when it comes to practically when it comes to Christmas I once knew a couple who gave each other a shed for Christmas then again their cat was called Colin ( which is a good practical no nonsense name for a cat )




I think awkward really is perhaps code for practical , I am practical for instance I am in need of a good umbrella , yes this one has frills on it , but oh the Parisian elegance for when I am strolling the cafe strewn streets of Paris Derby

Umbrella £22.50

A fluffy robe is a good choice for me , though whilst you are buying that for me "OOOh was that a Spa day for 2 that slipped in to the basket ? , am I taking you , no I am taking my good friend Jane "

Champneys men's robe £25

Tea is the absolute start middle and end to my tea , I love tea , tea tea the world revolves round tea.


"Tea will never judge you
Tea understands"

Alice Tea Pot £35

Disclosure all pictures used with permission ~ no payments have been given * IT's STUFF I want

Further disclosure I will of course review a Spa with no trouble ...... 

Picking Up My Mywanwy

I will try again to pick up my posh Pashley bicycle tomorrow we had a saddle malfunction yesterday but all good things must wait  , the bicycle is called Myfanwy ooooh the adventures we will have . I tried with all my heart and soul to win a bicycle with a basket and the need for a basket wasn't spurred on by the 5p carrier bag tax I may be thrifty but I am not that tight. You will have read how much I love the poem Meaney and it is a truly beautiful poem and yes it was immortalised in a David Essex song as well.

I shall be bombarding you all with pictures of my beloved bicycle as I hither too dilly up and down the lanes where I live , capturing the beauty of the country side as I go . I shall liken myself to one of those fantastic National geographic reporting photographers that see and show the world in such a ebglightening way , the world is beautiful we just to show it and explore it more ( and not build on it as much !)


The world of Pashley is huge and their is an arhantypical romance with older bicycles , it suddenly has a steady frame and I shall be slow and steady on old Myfanwy and give a polite and regal waves as I go by to people. They do T-shirts and jackets ( I shall be fitting in the jacket though I might after the price of Myfanwy ) though it was through the cycle to work scheme other wise I couldn't have justified the price .





Beauty is my bicycle.

Let Me Be Wrapped Up In Autumn

Same place different view .

Love on the Autumn bend ushering the colour love through.

I was dreading the Autumn nights when it goes really dark a little after 5 pm but the early morning colours of Autumn and the warmth of the pictures I take make that a little more bearable. The colours of Autumn are amazing the floor is awash with layers of colour.

Summer aspects now leaves blow through , blogging the ultimate golden view.

Friday I'll be sorting out Myfawney the bicycle with a basket and a ding ding bell.

Yesterday I went back to choir , it's a toe dip back into normality but yell I've always bucked the trend when it has come to this. It's 50 something days to Christmas but I wasn't prepared to start singing Christmas carols but that we did , tad early but there you go. Wehad to sing "Mistletoe and wine "

" Can we see something cheery after please "

Silence 

Death stare

( think my cards are marked )

I'm pretty sure I'm living my life or am I waiting till something more interesting comes along and ooh yes then I'll have to blog it ( tongue firmly in cheek on that one )

Throwing The Baby Bird Out The Nest

It's finally happened.

My teen has a better social life than me ~ in fact they've a better social / work life balance than me.

Awesome parenting I put it down to and perhaps old fashioned rules.

For example he's only seen the podcast talks on Game of Thrones on YouTube his YouTube is restricted . However now he's 17 he been given the option to watch Game of Thrones.

You see it's a good cop / bad cop parenting situation ~ I'm the only female in the house even the cats are male. Mrs Robinson has tried to strangle me on numerous occasions ~ Mrs Robinson is the car ,Mrs Robinson loves my husband but hates me . She has tried to strangle me with the seat belt.

Parenting is like trying to throw the baby bird out the nest.

I'm the one that dropped him crying at beavers and made myself and my husband run away , tough love but with a care .

After all those years of saying 

" put your coat on "

He's brought one with his own money a trendy wool one from Zara.

And that's it he's out on his own into town during the day with friends and he's a quiet like me.

Friends make you , he feels part of something it taken a long time .

But I was part of that . My husband was part of that. Our family is part of that guidance.

The Friendly Introvert

We've become offended over what we control.

Fair play to Princess Leia if she can ( pardon my French kick a s s while wearing a bikini.)


I played all characters when I played Star Wars it was fun , I think I was always in control of myself as a child to a certain extent but I think my confidence did take a knock later on in life. I remember playing Snow White when I was 5 ( typecasting I am sure ) as I had bobbed hair  I gave a rousing performance , but when it came to that kiss I lifted my legs and pushed the boy away going "I don't think so  "


Described as a Tom boy ~ it was the 70's it was ok then.


Now it is empowerment.

Being equal on a equal stage.



Introvert empowerment as we are seen as still under represented in certain areas , there is never an even split in life but that doesn't stop us striving putting our stamp on the world . It doesn't matter who it is we should all strive and my confidence is growing but not with real life people but with on line friends odd but that in turn will give me confidence in the real world.


At school I aligned myself with the geeks , the computer crowd the role playing gamers and they were / are some of the best friends I had /have. And having friends is very important I have choice friends who really get me and my humour and my humour is a patch ( I was going to say for my insecurities but being a friendly introvert isn't an insecurity it is a super power )


Yes I am an introvert and I am proud of it.


An introvert can have and will have dreams.

I'm a friendly introvert.

That's ok.

I'll look for exits if I'm in company but that's ok as I'm the friendly introvert.

I am an introvert and my name is Claire.


If you speak to me I most likely won't take a compliment and an criticism depending on how it is dealt out will see me crumble like a deck of cards, it's not that I don't like compliments but is the inability to handle them . Somehow if I accept a compliment I feel I don't deserve it and will battle against it adding in a put down to myself.


I was at my son's rugby games and one of the boys was complimented by the coach on his game , the boy then went on to say but I didn't do this I could of done this that and the other


The coach said "Just take the compliment "


This is something we should all do more of take the compliment I am going to try and do this .




Kind Regards

The friendly introvert

P.s Is that ok ?

PPS Are you sure ?