A snapshot from June

If I was to summarise June, so far, I’d say:

1) I’ve eaten a lot of lentils 

 as well as pulses, nuts and dried fruit. See previous post https://msmuddles.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-intentions.html

I’ve farted a lot - sorry if that’s an obvious joke but it’s true. Sorry also to my readers who don’t like ‘toilet talk’ but I think it’s important for women to talk about bodily functions, rather than pretend to be these odourless, plastic dolls.
Moving on

2) I’ve drank less alcohol.

3) I’ve eaten very little chocolate.

4) I bought this case for my phone

- because it reminded me of Lara Jean’s wallpaper in To All the Boys I’ve loved Before. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3846674/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

If you haven’t seen this film yet then you’re in for a treat - it’s wonderful. I don’t care who you are or how cynical you think you are, this film will cheer you up. God I love it, not just the romance but the relationship between the main character and her sisters and with her Dad. And also, very much the decor in her room - she’s described as being very messy but you don’t notice - the wallpaper is so lovely!

The sisters in To All the Boys I've Loved Before

5) 
I watched a lot of RomComs:

Isn’t it Romantic ⭐⭐⭐
I feel Pretty ⭐⭐⭐
Always be my Maybe ⭐⭐⭐
To All the Boys I’ve loved before (for the third time). ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Perfect Date ⭐⭐

6)
I tried to stay away from Social Media for a week and lasted about a day and a half! 

Maybe I didn’t give it enough of a chance but avoiding it didn’t make me any happier or more productive so I logged back on.

7) 
I got excited about a new eyeliner

Guyliner

Yes - you did read that correctly. When I was a kid/teenager I loved makeup. I loved its power to alter and enhance your appearance. I didn’t see it as hiding behind a mask, more as a medium with which to express yourself. Like getting a tattoo but not permanent, so any regret would be fleeting. In my experience, all little kids (male and female) love nail varnish and makeup - they’re encouraged to be creative with colour when it comes to painting pictures, so why shouldn’t this extend to their faces? Aged fourteen, I used to wear metallic, silver eyeshadow, electric blue eyeliner and mascara and frosted pink lipstick (it was the ‘80s) and I loved it!

Not me

 Nowadays it feels like a rare treat - donning a bit of maquillage, indicating that I have the time to spend on myself and add this bit of decoration. I rarely wear it to work, but when I do it feels a bit special, like gold leaf in a cappuccino! My husband might have murmured something about it being anti-feminist, but it’s my choice, plus (am stealing this from Caitlin Moran) if men can wear makeup then so can I!
So anyway, I bought this eyeliner pen and I had very high hopes of it - it would enable me to draw some lovely, pointy lines - drawn out at the sides, winged eyeliner, I think they call it. And it did, initially, I some great wings, but two hours in and it was smudged all over the freaking place! It reminded me of my constant search, as a teen, for the perfect smudge-proof eyeliner, which lasted until I found liquid eyeliner and it changed my life, well, I say it changed my life, it changed my makeup routine…

8)
I saw the magnificent Booksmart! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

The brilliant girls from Booksmart

Oh, friends, it was wonderful and it made feel that I hadn't misspent my youth enough!
"Where's the party?" I asked my friend, as we left the cinema, only half joking. We ended up in Wagamamma drinking hot sake, which is almost the same as going to three parties and ingesting some dubious substances…

So there you are, that's June so far.