Laura Watson

While I’m in a “things I’ve bought” kind of mood, I just have to mention Bodymetrics jeans. I first got a pair in…August 2005 I think it was, as a birthday present. I was so pleased with them that I bought another two pairs, and if I was ridiculously rich I think they would be the only jeans I would ever buy.

They’re made-to-measure jeans. I have to admit, I was slightly concerned when I first turned up for my appointment for my first pair of jeans. They stick you in a little cubicle (at least they did when I goy my first pair, things may be different now) and a machine scans your entire body and comes up with a ridiculous number of measurements. Then you get to choose the colour, cut, rise etc of the jeans you want, and in a few weeks, a pair of completely individual jeans (mine even have my name sewn into a tag on the inside) arrive on your front door.

And boy do they fit perfectly. I was worried after all the fuss that you have to go through the it would be a waste of money but I can’t complain about them at all. Without question the best jeans I’ve ever had.

Now, they’re not cheap, obviously, but when I add up how much money I’ve spent over the years on jeans that never quite fit properly, settling for something just to get something, these jeans are definitely worth it. There are all kinds of different jeans available now that weren’t when I went there 18 months ago. I may just have to start saving up for another visit.

For some reason, over the years, my posture has got worse and worse. I realise that the fact that I’ve made that statement whilst sitting at a computer might just explain why exactly my posture is so bad, but I really needed to do something about it. So when I was in London last week I bit the bullet and was fitted for some of these fancy MBT trainers that are supposed to help your posture (and apparently eventually if you keep using them over the months they tone your legs as well and I really can’t complain if they do that!)

Hopefully they’ll work. I noticed an immediate difference in the way I walked when I was wearing them. I guess because I was so concerned with walking in the correct way I was thinking about the way I walked for the first time in a while. With any luck it’ll have an ongoing effect. We shall see…

I developed a theory recently. I’m 99% sure that all the football results for all the matches ever to be played are already planned out and written down somewhere. That somehow, someway, fate has stepped in and no matter what happens during a match, sometimes the result is pre-destined.

How else can I explain Liverpool getting through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League? Yet again, ridiculously stressful near the end but an aggregate score saw the team through to the next round. Good stuff.

Even better was the burger that I had. Aberdeen Angus burgers from Sainsbury’s butchers counter are without doubt the best I’ve had. As long as they’re in a burger bun with red onion, lettuce, cornichons and a healthy dose of ketchup. Oh, and some cheese melting on top of the burger.

Not exactly low-calorie, but delicious nonetheless. And I did go through a period where I decided burgers were good luck when watching Liverpool matches. Since it paid off today, I may have to have them more often.

I’ll admit it. I was an Office snob. I just didn’t understand why it was that there needed to be an American version “The Office” when the British one got the job done perfectly, as far as I was concerned.

And then I caught the second episode of the second season of The Office - An American Workplace (as it’s called here in the UK). There was a scene where Toby the human resources guy was telling the employees that they should disclose office relationships. Phyllis asked whether that included one night stands, Jim looked up at the camera…and I was hooked.

Anyway we’re still on the second season of the show in the UK, and this is where the internet proves itself to be unbelievably useful because sites like Give Me My Remote and OfficeTally have meant that I can find out an incredible amount of information that I would never be able to find through print coverage in the UK. And I’m grateful for that.

Except today. Today I’m jealous. In a “happy for them and grateful that they’re documenting what happened” kind of way, of course, but jealous nonetheless.
And is it just me, or is anybody else incredibly interested in the details about the writers’ room and processes? I just got really excited reading in GMMR’s report that there are index cards all over the writers’ room!

Anyway, head on over to Give Me My Remote and OfficeTally to read about and see all kinds of great Office-related stuff from their trip to the set.

If there’s one thing I really want to find, it’s the perfect cupcake. I took a trip to London yesterday and popped into Selfridges to get some of the Primrose Bakery cupcakes they have there. They’re pretty much the closest I can find to the perfect cupcake. I certainly haven’t found the right recipe yet.