Today Louise Explains... urban ramblings, part 0.

A blog update; shurley some mishtake? I've been properly neglectful recently (resisting urge to make Haringey council joke here), I know I know, and I am very very sorry. It's that time of year when Jews repent for their wrongdoings so I'm very much in the mood for atonement. Firstly, here are my new year's resolutions:

My body is a temple (and I don't mean H.P. Lovecraft's Temple.) and I am going to start treating it at such, by bestowing upon it greater gifts of exercise, sleep and nutrition.

Lunch is expensive and disappointing if I buy it from the work canteen, Boots or Tesco's (which are about the only places I ever get to), and exciting and free/cheap if I bring it from home. I'm going to stop being stupid and do the latter far, far more.

To buy many more navy blue clothes. I shouldn't have too much trouble with this one.

To visit Israel (this one's in progress...the planning that is, not the actual trip. I'm not in Israel now.)

To smile more on the Tube, and in general, so I don't end up with a droopy lined face where the corners of the mouth point downwards automatically into a cartoon-esque "sad face". This terrifies me.

To be a good driver.

To list things I’ve enjoyed doing and to make plans to do them again and to bring new people with me this time.

To sing, dance and run more.

To save up and purchase (and then add more) things on my Wish List of Awesome:

• Fitflop UGG-style boots (about £115)
  
• Aquascutum trench coat (lots of moneys)
• electric piano (ditto but am getting some assistance with this one)
  
• gym membership (about £28/month)
• jogging bottoms (£20?)
  
• haircut (less if I can help it!)
• forest green tights from H&M (£3, good old Hennes)
  
• skin illuminator (about £25's worth of advantage points... need to buy a few more meal deals although this is in direct contravention of pt 2, above)

And to go on long, rambling walks through London. This brings me to my explanation of urban ramblings - basically, lots of wandering around this marvellous city about which I know next-to bugger all. And it's on my doorstep and I work right in the centre of it - I've found a book with about 20 different walks of varying styles and lengths and will be attempting a great number of them. So I'm going to be visiting various places and taking lots of photos and will be writing about my experiences here. Coming up first is likely to be a 7-mile walk around the circumference of the square mile (it's a meandering circuit...) which looks at Architecture - can't wait!

Shanah Tovah and lots of apples & honey to those of you who don't know what the first bit means. xxx