Lost in gentle, genteel Cranford...

So Christmas came and went. It was pleasant enough and I achieved two of my key aims - to relax and to eat too many mince pies. A good day.

Today I'm ticking off a few more things on my holiday to do list:

• Sleep beyond sunrise (a recent record of 5 consecutive hours)
  
• Wear pyjamas all day (is there any greater pleasure than changing into fresh pyjamas and snuggly socks for the day? Something SO deliciously decadent about this for me)
  
• Eat breakfast at lunchtime and lunch (leftovers from yesterday) for dinner
  
• Read (a Birthday present I've been looking forward to starting) and nap at will
  
• Start watching some of my saved and favourite movies and series on dvd...

If you enjoy a good period drama, as I do, this one can't be beaten. Superb story-telling, incredible actors and that production polish that the BBC do so well. It is a subtle, rich, emotional beauty of a piece. Almost 5 hours of it. 

I saw this series when it ran on the BBC and was gifted with the dvds a little while ago. I do so love being able to watch a whole series in one sitting. It's like getting lost in a great book and staying up all night to read it to the end. Becoming an inhabitant (albeit in the role of observer) of that world for a little while. I'm about half way through and I've already laughed and cried. And that's a good sign.

I hope you're having a great time doing whatever's on your to do list for the days after Christmas...