Our furbaby is considerably less furry tonight after her first trip to a groomer in two and a half years.

It’ll take a bit of getting used to being pretty much a skinhead from neck to ringpiece, but should be more comfortable in the sun though we now have to be careful of sunburn).

Finally reached the end of Dry January – was it just me or did it have 35 days on the month?

Now that the liver has had chance to recover it’s time to put away the zero percent beersies and get reacquainted with the vino. Yes!!!!

The annual montage of celebs that died in the past 12 months, nicked as usual from B3ta.com.

Enjoying a last feast of the year at our friends Chris and Holly’s place.

Even by Holly’s standard it’s an amazing cheese board! Will be dreaming tonight …

You can tell from The Duchess’s face that she is delighted with our Boxing Day shopping results – though I wouldn’t dare tell her it’s a Christmas present!

A new Hoover with a vibrating head – easy now – and extra strong bagless suckiness that should make short work of the never ending dog shedding.

We also snapped up a garment steamer and a garden umbrella but I don’t want to overstimulated the reader.

You can always tell it’s close to Christmas when The Duchess makes her annual batch of chicken liver pate! Get in!!

It’s not April Fools Day, but it’s the kind of headline you might expect on that day.

Not something you’d expect to be uttered by any sane person – the Hull accent is sexy! No less a heartthrob than Timothy Chalamet has made the claim, so I’m having that.

If he’s ever filming in East Yorkshire he’ll never have to pay for a scrap butty wi’ chip spice again, that’s for sure.

So another year on the planet already!

Have had some lovely pressies from The Duchess and my good friends Chris and Holly (though you can’t wrap a concert ticket so I will wait until March to enjoy Kris’ gift).

Also got a fabulously decorated chocolate cake from Holly that I will enjoy devouring over the coming weeks.

Now time to join the crowd and enjoy some German electronic music as Kraftwerk visit Wellington!