Showing posts with label strawberry cheesecake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberry cheesecake. Show all posts

Monday, 2 June 2008

A Breakfast to Forget (As soon as Poss)



Had a bit of a fright on Sunday. I was lying in bed with Mirabelle, eating a bit of cheesecake that got unaccountably left over, and reading Heat, when the doorbell rang. So I got up. (In my best silk negligee. I think you ALWAYS have to wear gorgeous underwear etc, even if you are alone, otherwise what is the point of living? Also it has to colour-coordinate with the other stuff you wear.This is not extravagance, just common sense.)
Anyway, I was glad I have this rule as it was Glenn. He pushed his way in before I could slam the door. He looked quite clean - no earth on neck, hair tied back, T-shirt reading ‘I’m not a gynaecologist, but I’ll have a look’ – and he had a Tesco bag in his hand. He said he’d brough me some breakfast, and asked where the kitchen was.
I thought the best thing to do was humour him, so I said I had to change, and rushed into my room where I rang J and asked her to come over at once. Then I put on a frumpy long-sleeved top, trousers and no make-up, and went to see what Glenn was doing.
He’s transformed my kitchen: found the tablecloth and spread it out, and put some (slightly droopy )coloured tulips in a vase, and poured out a strawberry smoothie, and was just fiddling with my coffee machine. The place smelled of bacon and buttered pasrty: he’d grilled some bacon, made scrambled eggs and heated up four almond croissants (my favourite). I was really touched, especially as he didn’t appear to be mad, or drunk, or angry. He just made a huge fuss of Mirabelle (who was purring loudly, the slutty thing) and asked me if I minded being told I was the most beautiful, sexy woman he’d ever seen?
We’d almost finished when J turned up, looking cross and red-faced and out-if-breath, having sped across London. She shouted at Glenn, telling him not to bother me etc. I felt awful, and really sorry for Glenn. And then she looked at the breakfast and said; ‘Where did you get the money for all this? Did you steal it?’
Glenn looked pleased. ‘No.’ he said,
‘Well how did you get it, then?
And Glenn explained that he’d gone round the back of Tesco’s at 5 a.m. and PULLED IT ALL OUT OF THEIR RUBBISH SKIP.

Monday, 26 May 2008

Moping, Cheesecake and Old Trousers


Feeling a bit flat, because the picnic with Glenn was rained off (sigh of relief) and I've found it strange coming down from the excitement of Saturday. Michael didn't seem that interested in me. He said Hello and then very quickly was whisked away by some pin-thin woman. Not that I was that interested in him, mind, but I always find it really unsettling seeing that wealthy world - I want to be part of it and know I can't. Ate some cheesecake, just out of general gloom.

Luckily Rachel dropped in to see me at lunchtime, and insisted we toddled off through the rain to watch Indiana Jones. What is it with elderly guy's trousers? They always do this weird thing at the front. You could just show me a guy's trousers and I could tell you whether he was 70+ or not.