- Waking up earlier than I would have liked. The children are away in Cornwall for nine days, so I could have had a lie-in. Curse my internal body clock!
- Sipping tea on the sofa and enjoying the sound of silence.
- Jumping in the shower.
- Pulling on skinny jeans and my favourite white shirt.
- Cleaning the kitchen while Mr L.A. nipped out for a hair cut.
- Listening to some classic Madonna as I worked.
- Ironing linen and making up beds for our guests.
- Filling the boot of a kind friend’s car with stuff for the dump.
- Steam mopping floors.
- Preparing a platter of smoked salmon and Delia’s Warm Potato Salad with Lemon and Chive Vinaigrette.
- Greeting some of our guests at the door.
- Catching up over a cup of tea.
- Waiting for Mr L.A.’s little brother to arrive.
- Chatting to our new neighbours.
- Finally sitting down to lunch.
- Opting to stay home while everyone else went shopping.
- Working my way through Suits on Netflix.
- Watching the others play Yahtzee.
- Changing into some smart black trousers.
- Applying more makeup.
- Taking an Uber into town.
- Strolling to Wapping Wharf.
- Waiting for a table at Bertha’s.
- Enjoying my first taste of Aperol in a cocktail called ‘Audrey Hepburn’. As if I’d order anything else?!
- Belatedly toasting my birthday. I turned 34 on the 17th.
- Tucking into my delicious pizza. The sourdough base was to die for!
- Wandering down to Wild Beer.
- Sipping a G&T and laughing a lot.
- Slowly making our way home.
- Escaping upstairs to bed while the others carried on drinking.
- Sleeping in.
- Creeping downstairs to clear up the kitchen and lay the breakfast table.
- Eating pain au chocolat and drinking tea.
- Lounging on the sofa in my PJs.
- Watching old episodes of Modern Family.
- Missing the children.
- Popping to Ikea to pick up a few new plant babies.
- Resisting the urge to buy much more than I did.
- Rustling up a quick batch of my favourite chocolate brownies.
- Making Jamie Oliver’s Trapani-Style Rigatoni for lunch.
- Eating too much.
- Saying goodbye to our guests.
- Putting a load of laundry on.
- Pulling on clean PJs.
- Collapsing on our bed.
- Narrowly avoiding a disaster nap.
- Tapping away at my laptop.
- Planning a very lazy evening, a hot bath and an early night.
- Hoping for a gentle, but productive week ahead.
Love Audrey xxx
P.S. A retro weekend from around this time last year.
