Happy-making things from the past week:

Loads of lovely nights out! Have not had so many invitations since I don't know when, making this the nicest December in years. Though the dry cleaner is sick of the sight of me already.

A girl at a gentleman's club (of which more another time) dancing to the Rammstein cover of Depeche Mode's 'Stripped' - and asking for my number later. Soz boys, but when you're hot you're hot.

Burn After Reading. How good is that film? Also saw that Angelina Jolie one which, while indisputably the feel-bad movie of the year, did at least offer another opportunity to worship the man, the legend, the Malkovich.

Speaking of cinema, delighted to notice in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi that Shah Rukh Khan has a left-side fang just like mine! Wonky teeth rule. Also that in undercover geek mode he looks distinctly like my father's older brother - am now uncertain whether it is strictly kosher to continue fancying SRK.

Tucked away not far from my house, a pub serving perfectly kept Deuchars and Sunday dinners of shocking proportions. Yay for gentrification!