feeling a little bit blue

Tis true. I have no idea why, especially since I have had quite a good day. I went to another recruitment agency today, which was promising enough. I have to admit I didn't really like the girl - I have a thing about girls who wear too much make-up, especially blusher in stripes. I often wonder if they look in the mirror and think "yeh, I look good", or whether they think that if they've paid for the blusher, they're going to damn well make sure everyone can see they're wearing it.

I had to make the trip to see my grandparents today, which is always just about the most depressing thing in the world. My grandfather is completely lucid, and knows exactly what is going on around him, and hates it, and my grandmother is suffering from dementia, so has no clue about anything. Today she thought that my sister was a doctor, and that I was a medical student. My sister is a medical student by the way, so she is not completely doolally, but instead, sort of. Rather upsetting.

Aha! The cupcakes have been made. I made two batch's of Nigella Lawson cupcakes: her simple fairy cakes, and then her chocolate cupcakes, and both were delicious. However, I have a problem with frosting, and I hope my American friends out there can help me. I made butter cream frosting, and it wasn't what I wanted; it was too buttery, too creamy. What I was trying to make is the frosting that Americans put on their cupcakes - that white, creamy thick frosting, which I am not sure what goes in it. A lot of recipe sites tell me to use a particular brand, which of course is no good to me, living in Britain, with very British supermarkets. Please, your assistance is required.

Finally, I have been thinking about what I shall spend my first paycheck on, and the prize will probably go to TOPSHOP as my fashionista pick of choice. I am particularly interesting in the "coco" range, and the vintage stuff to create my sexy wardrobe of a working woman. The Boy has fantasies about being seduced by women in suits, so maybe I can make that come true for him...