May is, for all those who are not familiar with Norway, a really hectic month.
First of all, there's the 17th of May. Our constituition day. Which of course envolves the childrens parade:
And there's a lot to do before we can send the kids out in the street, especially if your kids play in the marching band...
And there's a lot of shopping going on for the right outfit for the day, although most of us wear bunad (traditional costume)
But when you've lost about 50 pounds.
Fitting in to your bunad suddenly isn't that easy. And since a bunad costs between NOK 15.000 and 35.000, also know as between $2.600 and $6.200 (£1.700 and £4.100) it's not something you shop every year.
So there I was this year. A size zero body with a size 10 bunad!
I had som serious shopping to do!
Other than my clothing issuses for our constisution day, May has been shit at work, with tons of work, which comes as a result of May having four extra holidays.
So it's been many days with long hours. And the days off has been spent golfing!