Just add Hanbury...

[lathany]

...apparently Nickey had rather a shock when she added Hanbury to her car insurance. She had added people on before and it was usually about twenty pounds. However, Hanbury made her car insurance cheaper ! She reckoned that this was due to them changing her insurance to a "couples" scheme. Hanbury reckoned it was 'cos he had a clean driving licence.

Martin brought Nickey and Hanbury over for a couple of hours yesterday evening before going on to lanfykins party. We played a game (Das Amulet), which bateleur is going to write up a review of.

They also got to see the twins, but sadly missed the cat. Fireworks were very much in evidence and we reckon that Ems was hiding under a bush somewhere until long past midnight. This did not matter as Nickey, in particular, was very keen to see Ryan and Beatrice. Beatrice made a great impression - sitting and smiling quietly went down very well. Ryan, on the other hand, was a great advertisement for Why Not To Have Children. On being prevented from eating the board pieces, he went into a fit of screams and sulks. Not even the lion from Martin and Frances was enough to keep him quiet.

They also got to see my new, shorter, darker hair. Which it is taking me a while to get used to. Hanbury won a brownie point for remembering that I am naturally dark haired.

Comments

Roar !

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I suspect it of being a tiger, not a lion, actually. As opposed to a tigger, which is not the same thing at all.

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

Darker? How much darker have you gone?

Well...

[lathany.livejournal.com]

... I'm now safely back in the brunette category.

Dawn.

Re: Well...

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

Wow! Can't wait to see it! Are you constantly surprised when you see yourself in the mirror, or does it just feel normal?

Dark hair again?

[ieyasu.livejournal.com]

I remember that once your parents were kind enough to give me a place to stay when I was interviewing at Mitsui. (Curiously enough, I ended up doing a bit of business in Cambridge a year later, but never went back to visit. You have very kind parents.)

While there, I saw a picture of this woman I didn't recognise dressed in matriculation/graduation gear. And I stared at her for a while without any sense of comprehension, until Martin said, 'That's Dawn.'

At which point I realised that a) I'm not half as observant as I thought I was, and b) you weren't naturally blonde. Martin doesn't remind me of that moment very much, which I figure is just his way of being nice.

Re: Well...

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I'm getting used to it. It's not quite my original shade, but slightly redder.

Dom likes it - but then he's a fan of dark hair.

Dawn.

Re: Dark hair again?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I think I've heard this story ! But you're not the only one. In fact I have yet to see someone correctly identify me from an old photo (if they have only known me since I started highlighting my hair).

The question is - how unnatural will my present shade look to everyone ?

Re: Well...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Which is, of course, very much the best category to be in :)

Welcome to LJ !

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I thought you weren't going to touch the whole on-line diary thing with a barge-pole ?

;-)

Re: Welcome to LJ !

[venta.livejournal.com]

So did I :)

Then I discovered that a lot of people I used to keep in touch with via newsgroups etc have migrated here. So I thought I'd get an account just so I could post comments.

But then I couldn't resist having my own e-soapbox :)

[unknownid.livejournal.com]

o! o! dying to see your new hair -- any pictures for those America-bound (hand and foot)?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Dom is going to take some digital ones.