Happy thing(s) number one

As this is the inaugural I-will-be-more-positive-if-it's-the-last-thing-I-do post, I'm going to give you TWO good things. The first one is.......mince pie with butter-rum frosting! Seen here:

I tried to channel Liz's incredible food photography skills. Not sure how that worked out. 

This little pie (about the size of your palm. Well, maybe not your palm, Dad. Like half of yours.) is from a bakery just down the street from my flat. Three jovial, rotund women work there and call me "love" as I purchase my pastries and baguettes. The pie was so rich and spicy that this was the perfect size. Any bigger, and it would've been too much; any smaller, and I would have been sad it was gone. 

The SECOND happy thing is...... my new creepy monkey microwaveable heat pack! Here we are, in all our creepy glory: 

so waaaarrrmmm

It's super soft, didn't cost a fortune, holds heat for an insanely long time, and smells like lavender. And it's a nonhuman primate, which makes the Jane Goodall side of my nerdiness smile. It's also about the size and softness of Angel, my special little diva-cat, and so, at 3am after reading for hours on end, I can trick my brain into thinking I've got a cat on my lap. 

So there you go. I know I feel happier about life, don't you?? PS: unless I find something tomorrow, this counts for Wednesday. What? It's past midnight here. Stop silently judging.... It counts, okay???