the friday five

1  // Can we just take a moment to discuss the word 'super' and it's current over use?  I mean, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling very sorry for the word 'really' because it's been completely replaced by the word 'super' and it makes no sense to my tiny teaching mind.  All of a sudden everyone's Super Excited and going to Super Awesome Places and having Super Fun Nights.  No, you're really not.  You're actually Really Excited and going to Really Awesome Places and having Really Fun Nights.  Super is something you're meant to be putting away for your retirement, not adding into random sentences.  FFS.  Please, somebody, make it stop.

2  //  Now here's a Fun Fact that you might not know about me, but a few years ago I went through what can only be described as a spectacular break up with someone who I thought would be a life long friend.  Ever been through something like that yourself?  It's not pleasant.  But time passes and eventually you get to the point where you have to move on and try really hard not to think about/miss that person.  Which you're getting pretty good at, until BAM! you discover that they're reading your blog.  I know.  So cheeky.  And slightly irritating.  So what's a girl with a broken friendship and a blog to do? Keep on blogging, that's what. And thank her lucky stars for the beautiful friends she has today, for they have shown her what true friendship really is.

3  //  I don't know about you, but the new IOS7 upgrade is doing.my.head.in.  Seriously, it's like my iPhone has been turned into a brick that caters only for Senior Citizens** who have poor eyesight and fat fingers.  I mean really, what's with the oversized icons?  And the all white backgrounds ON EVERYTHING.  And don't even get me started on the calendar.  That thing is so awful to use now, I've just bought myself a diary and a pen.  FFS.  That IOS7 upgrade is so old school, I'm one step away from buying a fax machine.

**No offence to all the lovely Senior Citizens out there.  I'm one myself (mainly because somedays I feel like 40 is the new 80) and even though I have perfect vision, thanks to laser surgery 10 years ago, I have a terrible case of fat fingers.  Really, I do.  They're like 10 fat little chipolatas hanging from the end of my hands.  It's not pretty.

4  //  Ok, so I've just mentioned that I've bought myself a diary.  That's it up there.  And I'm quite irritated by the purchase, because I broke my number one shopping rule: Never Pay Full Price For Anything.  But thanks to that crappy IOS7 upgrade, I feel like I was forced into the purchase, even though it's a 2014 diary and I can't actually use it for another 4 months.  I know, I know, I've totally jinxed myself and next week there will be a '20% off all diaries' sale at Kikki K AND Apple will bring out some new upgrade that will revert the calendar back to what it was.  On the upside, I did also buy some awesome Wayne Cooper jeans for my son that were originally 60 bucks, marked down to the bargain price of $20 AND the nice lady at the coffee shop told me I'm there so often she would like to offer me a staff discount, so I guess the shopping gods were smiling down on me after all. 

5  //  Don't panic, I'm not turning all religious on you. I don't care if you love Jesus or not.  I just thought that little picture was a funny way of introducing a really irritating habit that so many people have fallen into.  In the last 5 years, I've had three people slam into the back of my car, while I was innocently waiting at the lights, because they were texting.  3 people.  3 accidents.  1 car was written off, the damage was that bad, and the other 2 had to have full bumper replacements.  Fortunately, no one has been seriously injured in any of the accidents but FFS people, throw your phone in your glove box/handbag/back seat as soon as you get in the car and don't touch it until you get out of the car.  It could save your life and possibly prevent me from yet another case of whiplash.  

Right. Well. That was quite the rant wasn't it?!  Want to join in?  Feel free to rant away with whatever is giving you the irrits at the moment too.  Sometimes a good debrief in the comments section is all you need to make yourself feel better.  And I promise I'll respond.  Not necessarily with anything worth reading, but I'll at least make the effort to reply ;)  

Have a great weekend.  See you back here next week x