Friday Five

1. I have to admit, even though I feel entirely at home in London, this little list spoke volumes.  The truth is that it's just a little different than being in a US city and when I say different I mean good different.  Numbers 1 and 15 were especially true for me.  While the recording of the nice woman incessantly repeating "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform" is quintessential London, it may seem redundant to us infrequent passengers.  But I have to say I'm glad she continues to say it,  because some of those darn gaps look like they could swallow you whole into the train tracks never to be heard from again...

2. My other favorite article of the week.  Mostly because it perfectly illustrates the reasons why I needed to lug so many carry-ons back from the UK AND because I was just in #19.

3. PicMonkey.com: Yes I want to eventually get Photoshop.  Yes, I'm only using this site because I'm cheap.  Yes, I'm annoyed that there are several other super things this cool site can do that I can't access without paying.  But, it also allows me to do some super cool things to pictures with a few clicks of a mouse without having to learn everything about a new program.  I have to admit, I'm not saying that mine are this good, but some of the edits I've seen others pull off are even better than some I've seen in Photoshop.  I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop that will no longer allow this awesome product to be free.  

4. Travel Planning: I realize I just got back but the bestie and I have been planning to take a trip to celebrate our 30ths (just one year late) for a while now and this evening was the first brainstorm session.  In 3 hours, the destination changed from driving to one country to never leaving ours.  But we seem to finally have a plan that we both like so here comes the fun part: Discovering all the fun things to see and do!

5. Snowhead Day:  Tomorrow is snowhead day.  Each year, a favorite country store of mine has a Christmas open house and releases all the new snowheads and snowmen for the new season.  Each year I find at least one new little guy I've never seen.  Here's hoping tomorrow doesn't blow my streak.  And for those of you who have no idea what a snowhead is, I ask that you see Exhibit A below: 

Each ornament on this little tree is a snowhead.  Don't judge.  I don't know why I think they're so cute, I just do.