Annual Michelin Star Pilgrimage

Every year, once a year, the bf and I pledge to visit a Michelin-starred establishment so we can pig out on some world class grub and reminisce about life BC. For once, the credit crunch worked in our favour. Bf needed to use up holiday so took some impromptu time off, I'm at home being unemployed and since we're in the middle of a recession, we had no problem getting a booking. This year it was the turn of Maze, part of the Gordon Ramsay empire. It didn't disappoint. Nothing disappointed. The whole experience was sublime.

En route to the resto we also saw some seriously cool Blue Plaque type activity. I love Blue Plaques. I love the way you just stumble across them whilst going about your daily business. They have this way of shouting "Oi, you! Whatever important thing you think you need to be doing right now just stop, pause and remember that at this very place something way bigger than you and your tiny life happened: a piece of History was being made."

We've also used the time together to visit Hatton Garden to do some engagement ring research (via Smiths of Smithfield of course) and also see Slumdog Millionaire. It was a stunning film. And powerful. And emotional. And funny. And tense. OMG was it tense. I bawled the whole way through and I was still very shaky at the end. And in the car home. In fact, it took me a good couple of hours to recover. Very rarely does a movie affect you that much - emotionally and physically. I hope it creams the Oscars. An absolute must see.

What with lots of outings and getting engaged and luxury birthday earlier this month, it's been a very decadent start to the new year for unemployed, credit crunch babymomma.