Another week, another snow storm, another school snow day. It's getting slightly tedious now. At least Winter Storm Janus, which hit Tuesday evening and overnight, didn't turn out to be quite as bad as forecast with only about 10cm of snowfall instead of the 20cm plus forecast. The school snow day on Wednesday was therefore unnecessary as all roads and public transport seemed to be running smoothly but as it had been called on Tuesday evening it was too late to change their minds on Wednesday morning. Ah well - the girls enjoyed it. It's gone very cold again though.

Not much else to report otherwise, apart from a girly shopping trip on Monday. Monday was a public holiday - Martin Luther King Day, which the school recognised last week with a special assembly which made a big impact on the girls. Most of Isabel's friends in school are Afro-Americans and, as she pointed out, had it not been for Martin Luther King she may never have had the opportunity to meet these girls and become their friends. Their minds are being broadened this year - this is not an issue which raises its head in Porthcawl.

The girly shopping trip was very successful. The girls had some pocket money burning a hole in their purses and wanted to hit the clothes shops. As Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch had huge winter sales a relatively small amount of money went a very long way and two very happy girls (actually three happy girls!) sat on the train coming home clutching several bags featuring photos of semi-naked men on the outside (those of you who've shopped in these stores will know what I mean) and an assortment of new clothes on the inside.

Plans for the rest of the week: Rachel has more Wizard of Oz rehearsals after school; basketball matches on Saturday; Isabel has a cello recital on Saturday evening and hopefully a day's skiing in one of the local ski resorts on Sunday.