Cupcakes and Mulled Cider

I've got the bag packed for Edinburgh! Now I'm just double checking my train times and that I've got my wallet. I leave for the train station tomorrow morning and should get to Scotland in the late afternoon. Then it's five days of searching for a strapping Scottish lad (but probably just eating shortbread and whiskey), and then it's back to Oxford for a night before leaving for the US on Friday.

Henry!

I spent the majority of the day cleaning the apartment. I'm not sure how, but every single dish managed to get dirty this last week. I also cleaned out the fridge. The only thing left is some butter, jelly, and bread. To get rid of food, and avoid buying new food, I ended up feeling like quite the HOBO yesterday...I had a can of beans for lunch, that's how bad it was. And now I'm planning to make several pb&j sandwiches to take with me on the train. I can't help thinking how proud my father would be of my savvy traveling.

Mulled Cider (with an orange)

I also did a lot of vacuuming today. I'm posting a picture of Henry, the vacuum. If I had known this little guy was in the closet, I would have done some more cleaning this semester. And I didn't make up the name "Henry." All the Brits know who he is...To me though, this is hilarious!

I did still manage to get out into town today. I went to the Covered Market (one of my favorite places) and got some lunch. Then as I was walking around I looked, as usual, in the cake shop. When I saw they had a special on cupcakes I couldn't resist passing that up.

Later I had dinner with Cam, Adrie, and our friend Maggie at Byron's Burger. Then we stopped at The Chequers for some drinks. I got a mulled cider to warm me up from walking in the bitter cold. It was so warm and so tasty!

Tomorrow I'll be in Scotland!