Not a phrase you hear often, I'll admit. Certainly not uttered from these (particularly dry at the moment, in case you were wondering) lips.

However, today appears to be an exception to the rule. And what are rules for if not to be broken.

As you may well have gathered by now, esteemed readers, I love autumn. Flashes of golds and brown ands reds and yellows. Sunlight sharper than any you get in the middle of Summer. Clear blue skies and nasal passage cleansing fresh crisp air. Makes one fair want to do a Gene Kelly skip down the road. Or perhaps not. Depends on the traffic I guess.

Today was enhanced by not only the fact that I had no work, but also, in no particular order, the following:

- my daily donation to the hunger site, animal rescue, literacy and rainforest sites. (Check out this link and do it yourself! Yes, I am going to nag and nag because it cost nothing and helps others!)

- Some unexpected money received from my lovely mum. God bless yer mam.

- An offer to buy some of my cd's.

- Cashback on my phone line rental.

- The site of a man seemingly appearing from the magazine wall in WHSmiths. Weird.

- Cheap decorations from the Non-Stop pound shop.

- Putting up some lights (they arent really christmasy so it doesnt count. I bought them for an art project.)

- Seeing how cool and camp (naturally. would i have it any other way?) my room is lit with pink candle glow, a small orb light and the reddish-pink tinge of the lights reflecting in the mirror and my pink/purple bedding.

- and to top it all off, winning two tickets to a comedy gig on Sunday night.

And on that note I'm going to go sit on my bed and read for twenty minutes before deciding what would make the night go well