Reasons To Be Cheerful

Hello you.

I’ve just had, what can only be described as, an F’ing brilliant weekend. Friends. Family. Food. Flight of the Conchords. Florence and the Machine. New Flat. Tom Foolery. Fun, fun, fun. The sort of weekend you wish you could bottle and take a sip from any time you feel blue.

... and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

101 things that make Jenni cheerful

1. Seeing a bright red route master bus.
2. A cold pint of cider.
3. Wearing colourful underwear.
4. Receiving a hand written letter.
5. Getting an email that’s not a circular.
6. Seeing a celebrity on the street.
7. Long lie-ins.
8. Pubs that smell like ale and oak.
9. Eating fish and chips straight from the newspaper.
10. After work cocktails.
11. Pay day.
12. Getting a flirty text from a flirty friend.
13. Drunken photographs.
14. Going to a West End musical.
15. Making a mixed tape.
16. Getting a mixed tape.
17. Watching an episode of Flight of the Conchords.
18. Eating a Kit Kat which is solid chocolate.
19. The first spray of Daisy perfume in the morning.
20. Listening to early Elvis records.
21. Hand writing letters.
22. Wearing pillar box red lipstick.
23. The Adam and Joe radio show.
24. Charlie Brooker’s column in The Guardian.
25. Drinking over priced coffee and cake with friends.
26. Making dinner with mum.
27. Hearing my dad laugh until he cries.
28. Walking around art galleries with my sister.
29. Sitting in the front seat at the top of a double decker bus.
30. Dinners made by friends.
31. House parties.
32. Finding a bargain in a charity shop.
33. Lunch time drinking.
34. Catching the eye of a sexy stranger.
35. Finishing a novel.
36. Getting dressed up to the nines.
37. Somebody else making you a cup of tea.
38. Yellow roses.
39. Freebies.
40. Going to fancy dress parties.
41. Reunions with friends you haven’t seen for ages.
42. Friday nights.
43. Sunday mornings.
44. Baking cakes.
45. Lying on the grass.
46. Taking a ride on a boat.
47. Adam Garcia.
48. Walking down a London street I’ve never been on before.
49. Being recommended new comedians/musicians by friends.
50. Completing The Guardian crossword. Rare.
51. A link to a pointless YouTube video.
52. Singing in the shower.
53. Karaoke.
54. Talking on the phone for hours and hours.
55. Window shopping in Tiffany’s.
56. Waking up to tea and toast on my bedside table.
57. Getting wolf-whistled.
58. People holding the door open for you.
59. Letting old people on the bus first.
60. The sound of Guy Garvey’s voice.
61. Seeing a Banksy in the flesh.
62. Facts.
63. Pulling apart the split ends of my hair.
64. Buying a box set. Of anything.
65. Live music.
66. Learning foreign phrases.
67. My friend Eve sending me recipes.
68. Using a typewriter.
69. Falling asleep on the train.
70. The latest edition of Cosmopolitan magazine.
71. Passing cows and sheep in fields.
72. Chasing waves at the beach.
73. Dancing.
74. Making presents.
75. Writing birthday cards.
76. Getting a dirty joke by text.
77. People watching.
78. Overhearing conversations.
79. Vintage clothes shops.
80. Listening to secrets.
81. Hand me downs.
82. Borough Market.
83. Las Vegas.
84. Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
85. The smell of theatre programmes.
86. Autographs.
87. Collecting ticket stubs.
88. Writing.
89. Homemade soup.
90. Mr. Whippy ice cream.
91. Stroking my cat.
92. Pimms and Lemonade.
93. Counting my pennies.
94. Hula Hooping.
95. Making photo collages.
96. Flossing my teeth.
97. Blowing raspberries on people’s stomachs.
98. Butterfly kisses.
99. Holidays abroad.
100. Sleeping in my own bed.
101. Writing lists.