random palm photos

I was so bored on friday I took a photo of myself wearing the horrible red shirt and business jacket I have to wear



and I took a photo of the duckies on the way out of the building. DUCKIES!



today I went to see if I could get a glimpse of Captain Jack at a book signing, but the line was LONG, stupidly long and his book is expensive!



so I went and did my favourite weekend pastime instead: sitting in a coffee shop, dipping a chocolate cookie into my mocha and reading a book, in this case 'The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror' which was really good!



and then I walked along and looked in all the expensive artsy stores in Grassmarket and if I was rich I would have bought this woodprint - note the samurai sword dripping blood! AWESOME.



also if I was rich, I would have bought this tshirt for ms alasen but it was £30 which is approximately AU$1100



and then I admired the daffodils which are springing up everywhere! Spring is coming!

books!

I actually have read some honest to xenu books this past week - last week I went to the Borders in the middle of nowhere on a romance novel hunt and found one(which i haven't read yet), couldn't find the other, so bought a 'little black dress' book on impulse - "Simply Irresistible" by Rachel Gibson. It was on sale, and from what I flicked through it looked surprisingly good for a contemporary. I read it on the way home and finished it the same day - I really enjoyed it - it reminded me a lot of Susan Elizabeth Phillips with a dash of Jennifer Crusie (old school crusie that is). I enjoyed it enough that when i was at the library yesterday I picked up another book by her "It Must Be Love" and read that yesterday. Also pretty good.

Today I finally got around to reading "The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror" which I have wanted to read since seeing the unshelved review and found at the library in february and had to renew as I left it siting in my 'to read' pile - it was also good(although I think I liked "A Dirty Job" better, but I think I want to read the previous book which has the Pine Cove character in it - especially how the former dope smoking sherriff and molly formerly kendra the warrior babe got together)

my favourite quote:
"Cowboy up, Lena. You fucked him and kicked him to the curb. It's not like he stole your design for a cold-fusion reactor. You'll be okay"

So I stopped at the library to return it as I finished reading it at the coffeeshop this afternoon, as I knew I would end up forgetting to renew it and getting a fine if i didn't. And I ended up borrowing 3 more romances - "Miss Wonderful" by Loretta Chase (which has been on my list of books to find and read since alasen recced it), "The Nonesuch" by Georgette Heyer(a re-read, but of course worth it) and another Little Black Dress imprint book this one about a woman left at the alter and her mother hits the groom over the head and then locks him up in the attic or something. "I Take This Man"