I was never a fan of Margaret Thatcher, left wing youth that I was, so I was surprised by my feelings, because I didn't think that I had any regarding todays funeral, until I read that the late Harold Wilson had a simple ceremony on the Scilly Isles and Harold Macmillan was buried in a quiet Sussex churchyard after a private service near his family home.  I would hate to think that funerals have become like celebrity weddings.  Just one more excuse for a Hello/OK spread.  Another 15 minutes of fame.  Yes, she served her country and we paid her a salary for it.  Her children will inherit her estate and it should pay for her funeral just as everbody elses does.  I know that this is seriously simplifying things but sometimes, you have to.

Do slimming clubs take something simple and turn it into something hugely complicated in order to convince you that you cannot possibly do it on your own?  Yes me thinks.  Latest email sent to me.  'Just remember, if you could do it on your own, you wouldn't have come to us.'  Disable me why don't you?!  Whatever.  I'm bored.  Always knew I wasn't going to be a 'lifer'!  Do I really need to be going somewhere where the scales are 2lb heavier than mine?  I think we all know the answer to that and wtf is the big deal with bread?  The inane reasons given to you by slimming clubs as to why you shouldn't eat it.  It's in the bible for Christ's sake, how can it not be good for you?!  And the meetings.  Gawd.  One and a half hours out of my weekly life to hear people pinpoint that chip they ate on Tuesday is what made them put on 4lb this week.  Er, I think you'll find it was the double portion of pie.  The pressure to get to a certain weight and then figure out htf you are going to stay there.  Not that I know because I have only once starved myself to a ridiculously low weight and managed to stay there for 5 minutes before I very rapidly overate my way back up.  And then some.  'But aren't you worth one and a half hours to turn up for a meeting?'  Oh, I think you'll find I am worth so much more!

Let's talk interior magazines.  Again.  Why is it that the higher end of them you go eg. Living, Elle, the more you can get away with 'bad' taste.  I see some stuff in these magazines that I used to see in houses when I was growing up, that my generation couldn't wait to get away from.  I know that trends always come around again but still.