The preparation begins….

Hello Monday afternoon, and with it a Monday night full of promise for the Battersea Darlings.

For Darling#2, a much anticipated visit to her hair guru with a much needed top up of vino. Much needed after a morning of alcohol comedown despite a sausage bap, neither of which are an ideal start to the week. Still, having glimpsed a woman asleep at the bus stop, we’re just thankful to have made it into work vaguely coherent.

Roll on 6pm and the horrendously long task of converting brittle blonde to glorious glossy caramel and honey tones. It is however an experience not to be missed, especially given the hairdresser in question’s dad walks around in the nuddy and he is not exactly Brad Pitt  Photo update en route tomorrow. The hair, not the dad.

Meanwhile, Darling#1 is contemplating the proposed date with Enduring Love. Having perhaps accidentally called once or twice more than intended over an inebriated weekend, Enduring Love has yet to be in touch to organise details. What a shocker. Darling#1 now faces an afternoon dilemma of whether to follow up or wait for the gentleman to be in touch. It could be a long wait. Watch this space Dear Reader, and pray for the best.

The upside is that a much needed night in will allow for some much needed cleaning given the Battersea Darlings flat currently resembles, and smells like, a crack den. This despite the Italian cleaner doing his best for the majority of Sunday morning. Shows what havoc Sunday drinking can inflict.

In the meantime, plans for Darling#2’s birthday celebrations are progressing well with a night at Battersea’s newest hotspot Bunga Bunga planned. Trial run scheduled in for this Friday… fingers crossed for Berlusconi we say.

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