04 APRIL 2006. TUESDAY. 08:24PM.

How cute are my buttons? I'm gonna find extra big mismatched buttons and sew them on everything! I should be getting organised and start packing for my trip home in 2 days but i'm in such a "blah" state of mind, i can't find an ounce of energy to do anything remotely productive. I think i need to cut down on my sugar intake. Strangely we have been constantly feeding off cakes at work lately. There's always one in the fridge, and i can't help myself. The next minute, i'm faced down on my desk, desperate for a snooze. I'm dreaming up recipes to impress my friends at a dinner party thrown in my honour next week. What i am lacking in skills, i can impress in presentation. So i'm thinking of the simplest dish to make without screwing it up that looks really great when served. Hmmm ... help? Even though my 'straight from the pre-mixed box' jam-filled cookies always turn out tasty, it doesn't constitute a main dinner dish. Anything i have cooked in the apartment have been 'pre-prepared', like pre-prepared basil and cajun chicken, pre-marinated marinara seafood mix, pre-washed gourmet salad mix ... you get the idea. Maybe i will cheat, buy something from the shops, afterall its my party and they can't very well stay mad at me for that!