Flying Visit To Florida

Owner and i have just returned from a long weekend in the sunshine state. Though we stayed in South Beach in Miami we actually managed to get to see quite a bit of the city too as well as getting down to the Keys (as far south as Long Key to be precise) and into the Everglades National Park. We really had a great trip and would love to go back one day.

Ironically the weather was more 'English summer' than we had expected so i only got to parade in my shorts once but i did enjoy perusing some of the South Beach fashions in the shops and Owner even allowed me to buy a cute little pair of shorts (see below) as well as a lovely skirt which was on sale in Macy's and a pair of pretty knickers.

Posing in my new South Beach shorts on our balcony

 i had read that driving in Miami wasn't that great, though having now experienced it it isn't that bad and can probably be accounted for by two things. First, driver frustation/boredom at the constant stop-start from all the traffic lights and second, the virtual total lack of signage to places you want to get to (i can see the airport i am driving along parallel to the runway so why are there no signs for how to get to said bloody airport!).

But, i digress. The places we loved were the wildlife in the Everglades, the art and graffiti in Wynwood Walls, the waterfront in the Bayside/Brickell Park district (though could somebody please open a cafe here), the middle Keys (why would anyone choose to holiday in Key Largo?) and the art deco in South Beach. i loved the South Beach styles (oohh to parade in one of those teeny weeny bikinis) and Owner marvelled at the fact that everyone speaks Spanish by default (note - Owner is Spanish).

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures from our trip

down at the beach - though sadly not in my bikini

South Beach

Long Key State Recreation Park

Watching Me Watching You in the Everglades

Bayside

Calle Ocho

Miami Skyline

Ocean Drive, South Beach

Wynwood Walls

Working Wife

i have been able to work from home  every day bar one this week and so it has meant that i have been able to wear the new 'working from home' uniforms Owner has instructed me to wear from now onwards. To make things more interesting, we also had a couple of deliveries this week, which of course meant that the delivery people also got to see me in my smart new business outfits.

The first of these occurred on Monday when our supermarket groceries were delivered. i swear the delivery driver was much chattier and more polite than usual, even offering to help bring the items inside for me, an offer i politely declined. Then on Friday we had another delivery. This time i got to interact with another equally friendly and charming delivery person as well as our downstairs neighbour who seemed a little surprised at what i was wearing but didn't say anything.  This is me wearing the work uniform i had on on Friday

Incidentally, i should confess that on both occasions i knew the deliveries were being made and so i wore trousers and a blouse that day rather than a skirt. However, i wore skirts the other days and, had the postman knocked or someone else come around, i would of course have had to go to the door wearing what i had on. The picture below shows me in one of my new business skirts, incidentally this is me during a work teleconference

i love now having to wear a work uniform when i am working from home. Owner has suggested that we ought to introduce the concept of 'dress down Fridays' for me when i am working from home at the end of the week. That sounds fabulously fun and i can't wait for Her to clarify quite what She might have in mind!

On a different topic it looks like i might end the month with a tiny amount of my allowance still left. Owner instructed me to purchase a new cleaning outfit yesterday which emptied out all bar about £3 of my monthly allowance. Thankfully the new month starts on Monday and so my account will be topped up again with £100. i am going to try to set aside a small amount at the start of the month so that at least i start saving for my ankle tattoo.

On a final note. Owner and i are off to Miami later on next week. i am sure we will have fun!