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The task this week was to create an original greeting card theme and then sell the concept to some major high street card retailers. One of the ideas was a card to celebrate 'singledom' and I thought it was great and the team who did that won. I don't think people who are married or in secure relationships have any concept of how depressing Valentine's Day can be if you are single, whether from choice or not. I think it's the one day of the year when you can suffer doubts about your choices as the 'smug married' section of society congratulates itself on its perspicacity.

And another thing...

I cut my finger this morning and it made me think again about this whole filming thing. One thing I will really hate is if they 'baby' me when we are out and about. This is going to sound perverse. It's just that despite not being keen on outside and being cold and/or wet, if I am to go through some rough times with this filming, I don't want them treating me like some feeble old dear!

Again it kind of goes with my feelings about not wanting to come across as an airhead. Just because I don't choose to get wet and muddy doesn't mean that I won't be able to cope if I do. That's the thing about this process - I guess there is a fair amount of navel gazing to be done as a consequence. Despite being a drama queen and a hypochondriac, I also think I have been brought up to be reasonably tough and while I wouldn't say that I welcome physical discomfort, I've always been able to deal with it and carry on (then have a hot bath and a large gin when I get home and moan about it for days to my friends!).

I don't want to be portrayed as some kind of hot-house flower, as that is simply not me. I often refer to myself as a "big strong Welsh girl" (the girl may be a tad inaccurate these days) - I'm not a wuss and I hope that I won't be portrayed like that. Because they are all so nice I think it would be very easy to trust these ´óÏó´«Ã½ dudes but they may not always have the same agenda as me. We'll see.