An Update..pre-Christmas!

So, the last time I wrote was quite a while back, and since then life has changed...as it always does. Our fancy dress evening was such a blast and it was awesome how much everyone got into it, a lot of very creative costume ideas were produced! My roomies became 3 members of the wizard of oz cast along with a neighbor, an R.A., and another one of our friends! Andrew, a member of staff, convinced me to where a pirate costume that was in a costume closet here...apparently created for an adult, but realistically the size of a 7 year old, hello leggings! So after lots of photo's and a very entertaining tea, we all congregated in the lounge and played pictionary/charades in our particular themed characters...of course, hilarity ensued.
The weather turned very cold over the past weeks, and we even had a day of snowfall, which was very exciting even though it didn't stick to the ground, but to have huge snowflakes floating down from the sky was incredible! One of the days, Kendal, a town 20 minutes north of us, had quite a bit of snow that actually stayed and we took advantage of the bus going up there and got to enjoy slipping around on the mushy, wet ice/snow! Katie, and two of our guy friends and I hung out in our favorite coffee shop, Caffe Nero for a few hours and just laughed and enjoyed being out! Capernwray became quite the winter wonderland with all the frost that arrived each morning and lasted all day, it was really quite magical!
When the weather has been more forgiving, we have had some wonderful opportunities to hang out and enjoy eachothers company. One of our favorite places to do that is at a local pub in a little town called Over Kellet which is just about 2 miles away from Capernwray. For about a month straight, we were going every weekend, and it became a really great little tradition. Only once have we actally walked there, simply because of the horrible weather, but the taxi ride isn't too expensive when we split it up! We have pretty much given up on actually ordering meals, and stick to our usual.... several orders of STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING that are split between the table and of course regular tea for us all!! One of the greatest desserts known to mankind....whenever you make it out to the UK.....be sure to have it, so delicious that words cannot even describe this moist cake like creation that is then served HOT with amazingly delectable custard!!! Can you tell i'm drooling over here! So several occasions have been had at The Eagles Head Pub, we can never spend less than an hour and half in our booth, and have on occasion spent a good 4 hours chatting, eating, and playing cards!
So, all in all, even when the weather is simply English weather (and miserable) we still have the ability to enjoy ourselves and create our own entertainment and have our own fun!