It’s starting to feel like summer in the Mews again, so Tom and I replanted our flower baskets. Unfortunately, we don’t have Em and Raven to lean out of the window and water them anymore, so we’re going to have to throw water up in the air and hope it lands on them.

On Saturday, we did the British thing of thinking “it’s summer but it might not be tomorrow” and spent it picnicking in Regent’s Park and walking in the woods of Hampstead.

We even climbed up a tree to see the view.

The animals were out in full cute force.

After walking all the way to Highgate, we stopped for white hot chocolate and Austrian cakes at Mozart’s Cafe.

This cake looked a little questionable!

Today was spent in a similar fashion, relaxing on Primrose Hill followed up with a drink in Hampstead with Emma and Alex.

I got an awesome set of candy jars, which are perfect for storing my necklaces, beads and bracelets!

Last night we watched the Spend an evening with Saddle Creek documentary and it’s made me want to move to Omaha and start a band even more.

Continuing the theme of starting new habits to learn each month (because it takes 30 days to gain a new habit), here are my aims for May:

1. Learn how to walk in high heels

I’m so sick of falling in love with shoes, buying them and then not being able to walk in to them. So this month, I aim to learn how to walk in high heels for once and for all. To give me practice, I’m going to start by wearing heels around the office and hopefully I’ll get the hang of balancing in them.

2. Put everything back in it’s place

The first part of this is to make a place for everything, something I’ve been working on for the past month or so, and this month I’m going to get in to the habit of putting things back as soon as I’ve finished with them. All part of my aim to be neat and tidy.

3. Say no to chocolate

I cut chocolate, candy, crisps and most processed foods out of my diet a few months ago, but I haven’t been able to resist the odd bite of Tom’s nom noms, so this month I want to say no to chocolate completely. Wish me luck!

4. Fill up my address book

I’m getting really sick of the situation where I email someone everyday and then when out and about, I realize that I never saved their details anywhere. So from now on, whenever I get an email, I’m going to save their details into my address book straight away.

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As for last month’s habits, I’ve stuck to making the bed every morning and doing yoga – they come naturally to me now, so I guess it really does work. I’ve also been pretty good with my daily beauty routine but I’ve failed to finish any books, because I’ve been so busy

Yesterday was gorgeous and sunny, so we headed down to Westbourne Park and sat in a beer garden next to the canal. I have guesties for Hundred Reasons (a band I haven’t seen since I was a teenager) on Monday, so I need to think up a Q&A for them and also prepare an interview for the awesome Princess Superstar. After that we headed down to World’s End, to drool over Vivienne Westwood couture, and have lunch at Sloane Square.

We discovered the most amazing view of North London from the cafe in Peter Jones, you can see for miles!

One of the neighbours, who runs a film company, was getting rid of loads of office equipment and gave me a filing cabinet (yay, I was about to pay £50 for one from Rymans). I picked up a bunch of drop files and set up a tickler file. A tickler file is 43 folders, labeled January – December, and the rest numbered 1 – 31. You have a folder for each day, where you keep all your relevant info for that day (gig tickets, invites, letters etc), and as each day passes, you move it backwards so that the front folder is the new day. It’s a neat little way to keep organized!

Miss Lecroc has just finished my painting. It’s so amazing and detailed, everything looks exactly like it does in real life. She’s posting it to me tomorrow and I can’t wait to see the real thing and put it on the wall.

Also recipe for my macaroons is now on Cut Out + Keep here.