Indulge me a little...
Movies watched at the cinema : 25
Some of the best : Blue Jasmine, Philomena, Prisoners, Saving Mr Banks, Captain Phillips
The worst : The Lone Ranger
The most over-rated : Gravity
Books I bought : 119
Best fiction : the Nicholas books, Parade's End
Best non-fiction : The Carlyles at Home, The Crafty Art of Playmaking
Most exciting discovery : David Walliams
Most brilliant literary event : Quentin Blake at the Soho Lit Festival
Bookshops I regularly visited : 18
Favourite bookshop : Hatchard's
Best art bookshop : The National Gallery
Best charity bookshop : Oxfam in Hampstead (single loot at this Oxfam : 6)
Best online bookshop : The Book People
Best art event : Masterpiece in June
Number of significant writing endeavours started : 1
Most significant creative endeavour started : building a doll's house
Emails to my friend Simon : 2480
Best dinner : Gordon at Claridge's, before it left at the end of June
Months battling carpal tunnel syndrome : 9
Holidays taken : 0
Number of times I've left London since I moved here : 0
Best thing about the new house : it's within walking distance to Harrods
Worst thing about the new house : it's within walking distance to Harrods
Number of gym memberships : 1
Number of visits to the gym : 6
Number of cancelled gym memberships : 1
Most unexpected encounter : Christian Bale and his family
Most thrilling encounter : Tom Ford
On my birthday : I went up the Shard
and I later had : a giant chocolate cake from Peggy Porschen
Best birthday present : a Liz Taylor silkstone Barbie
Best Christmas present : a set of drawing inks and a set of calligraphy inks
Best times : evening walks with my dog
Worst time : a stinking hot summer that would not go away
New best friend at the office : Steve
DVD addiction : Sherlock
YouTube addiction : Gordon's Kitchen Nightmares
Best beauty buy : underarm laser hair removal at Strip Chelsea
Best beauty find : Perfect10 Beauty
Best dancer : Tom Hiddleston [who on earth knew?!]
Best blog video : wonderful artist Garance shows us her new hairstyle [you may wish to mute it...]
Most gracefully funny : Benedict Cumberbatch reads R Kelly's Genius
