Back to square one

The weekend is right around the corner! That means JP comes home, and I am extremely excited. It has been a slower week than the last few and the weather has definitely changed. It is now winter! The streets are being decorated for Christmas which is just awesome. It looks very festive right now. Also, because we are so far north, it gets dark at around 4:00pm. That is a little different, it messes with your appetite for sure. For instance, it is 6:32pm and it has been dark for quite some time. Although I had a perfectly normal lunch today at around 1:00pm (or 13:00), my body is already starving and wondering why I am not eating dinner already. I will soon feed it with Indian food. There is Indian food on every corner here. Good thing I like it! Other yummy food we've tried and eaten over and over again includes Thai food, Turkish/Greek cuisine (they love the kebab here) and Lebanese food. There are many more ethnic food places to try! I think the brits would really like Mexican food if they had the chance to try proper Mexican. Here you get some "tex-mex" sprinkled in with other types (and everything comes "Con Carne" what is up with that?). JP and I wish we had the resources to transplant some people here to start up a taco stand. It would be a huge hit!

So, as the title of the blog notes, I am back to square one in my job search. I turned down the role for Credit Suisse and did not get the job at AMS. Oh well, I was starting to miss interviewing. I have a few prospects and just spent a couple hours on Monster.co.uk to find viable roles to apply to. Hopefully the mobile phone will be ringing again with interested recruiters. (Remember, they can't ring me at home b/c I don't have a home phone line yet!!)

JP is looking at another week in Amsterdam, which is not what we want but it is what it is. Next week will be packed full of Starbucks visits and interviews- and looking forward to it! The red cups are now at Starbucks, and it just puts you in a cheery, holiday mood- right?

This weekend we will be hanging out at the flat and on Saturday night going out with the GEP group to celebrate our first birthday. Our friend Andy turns 29 and we'll be heading out in Notting Hill for some ridiculousness. Should be fun.

On another note- for those of you who care at all about the fashion choices of the average Londoner- for females they include boots. Lots of boots. High boots, low boots, ugg boots (that was for you Susie), slouchy boots, combat boots, riding boots. You name it, a woman in London is rocking it. I took a step towards being more official today and purchased my own pair of boots. How I will rock them, I still haven't decided. Most of you know I am not the fashion forward one of the Angie/JP union. With my husbands support and advice though, I assume I'll be wearing these suckers over my jeans, with my skirts, with some fun tights, and all the other ways these creatures of fashion wear them here. It is all part of being in the city, right?

Do you know what is hard to find here? Candles. I searched low and high and finally found some today. It is the little triumphs that get me through the day. I sure miss Target.

I've picked up some more words and translated them for you, enjoy:

UK Version US Version
Ring you Call you
Chase up Follow up
Hens party Bachelorette party
Courgette Zucchini
Salad Lettuce and tomato on your sandwhich (there aren't a lot of salads here)
Brilliant Great! Awesome! Nice!
Mate Dude (for us So Cal peeps)
Chips French fries
Crisps Potato chips
Love Honey
"Your phone will be on in two days" Your phone will never be turned on. Stop calling us.

I'll post pictures from this weekend next time so you can get to know all of our friends who keep us busy over here. Until next time, enjoy the weekend!