I've just found a new room!

What with all this crocheting, gardening and general domesticity, I thought I'd reveal how I've been enjoying the thought of re-decorating my flat. Ah yes, things don't get much more exciting than this on Stroppy Blog.

I recently decided to stay in my current flat for the next year or so. It was a big decision; I was really looking forward to change, preferably involving leaving Leeds in pursuit of an adventurous new city. But the job offer, coupled with the potential money-saving properties of staying put, overruled. So now my creative streak is going haywire with exciting plans to have an aubergine themed flat, complete with stencilled moon shapes here and there.

This evening I decided to heave out all the furniture that I'd hidden away behind my cellar door. A little exploration later, I have found a new funky room in my house. With an armchair and everything! I'm not yet sure what to use it for; it needs a bit of a clear out, and I daresay that that will involve aubergine paint (well, plum at least). What does one use a hidden cellar for? Apart from fake money production? Maybe I could make wine. Suggestions welcomed!

I am content with this new domesticated side of myself. I never thought that it would really kick in. Aside from the creative free reign (which is normally pretty stunted), I am revelling in its therapeutic properties. An escape from work was much needed, and aubergine paint has highlighted that fact. So bugger academia. I'm off to make wine.

Moon. xxx