The Light Princess at the National Theatre (who are 50)

Oh! I loved The Light Princess! I laughed, I cried, I could watch it again tonight if I could afford it. It's beautiful.

The sets are stunning, the singing, the dancing...I'm still smiling.

It's a fairy tale musical involving a princess that floats and a prince that never smiles.

The floating is amazing, some of it is with wires and some is sort of dancing, with sneaky people dressed in black lifting her and supporting her while she sings.

I love fairy tales anyway and this didn't disappoint. Beautiful with darkness and humour.

Also, by chance, we happened to have attended on the night of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary so there were stunning fireworks afterwards.

I'm still gloriously happy!

Tori Amos

 I'm going to see The Light Princess tonight at the National Theatre! An early Xmas gift from Stu! Am very excited. I love Tori and am listening to her while I work today in readiness. Spark is one of my favourites.

Retap: lovely reusable glass bottle

I like glass bottles because plastic ones get a smell, however much you wash them. And there's the chemicals leeching into your drink thing. And the recycling thing. But mainly.....it just feels nicer to drink from glass. Anyway, I used to reuse glass drinks bottles like Snapple or fancy water, but the metal lids always started rusting! Here is my solution! A retap glass bottle with a silicone lid. It's just the right size, my water tastes delicious and it even looks quite nice.

Bourbon biscuits are the best ordinary biscuits

Although digestives and pink wafers are strong contenders. I'm torn. Also, does shortbread count as ordinary biscuit or is it fancy biscuit?

Kallo rice cakes with tabasco

A delicious mid morning snack. Also, I think not bad for me. And the packets look so pretty together!

Speaking of Elephant & Castle...

Love this.

I miss Calpis water.

So readily available at every vending machine that dotted every street. So refreshing and delicious. I got this treat at Little Orient, which I discovered today in the Elephant and Castle mall.