the best thing that happened today was waking myself up this morning by giggling furiously in my sleep. the shaking of my bed due to my laughter woke me!
:)

The best thing that happened today was someone I hadn't spoken to for months coming over to tell me she liked my new haircut this evening, when we were out at the same clubnight.
We had drifted apart due to reasons too lengthy to mention, but some of the really bad ones were my fault, and my stupid pride had stopped me going over and talking to her on countless occasions, even though I wanted to. But because she came over and started talking to me, we then spent the rest of the even talking to each other, and now (once again) I am wondering why I was such an idiot and why I didn't just talk to her sooner.
I have really missed her.

The best thing that happened today was the eureka-moment when I worked out that you can separate two pieces of paper that have been glued together using "power pritt" if you steam them over a kettle!
Power pritt (made by pritt stick, but comes in a silver tube and is much stronger than regular pritt stick) is my glue of choice for papercraft and zine making, as it is super strong so the pieces you have glued never fall apart. But this does mean that if you make a mistake, or want to change the positioning, you can't. As soon as you try to pull them apart, however gently, the paper tears and there are tears... But not anymore! Now I can just boil the kettle, hold the paper over the steam, very gently peel apart the two pieces of paper and start again.

The best thing that happened today (and is still happening at this late hour) was making an impressive dent in my to-do list despite thinking I didn't have the motivation to do anything at all this evening. Goes to show what willpower and giving oneself a stern talking to can do!

The best thing that happened today was probably the pancake that I managed to make all by myself, after two failed attempts.

The best thing that happened today may seem trivial, but today is the first time that I managed to fix a hellish photocopier breakdown at work without having to go and get help from the secreatries, who must by now think I'm an incompetant nitwit.
One small step for Melaniekind...

The best thing that happened today was my decision to pursue a late night papercraft project whilst listening to my favourite Hefner album: "The Fidelity Wars". I have sticky fingers and scraps of paper everywhere but I am happy.

The best thing that happened today was buying some miniature daffodils potted in a purple plant pot, about to bloom, from a shop in Todmorden on the way home to Leeds. They inspired me to tidy my desk in my room so I had somewhere to put them, so now I have a tidy desk AND will soon have flowers too!

(Anyone who is currently as obsessed with wine-making as I am should note that you *must not* make wine from daffodil flowers as it would be toxic.)

The best thing that happened today was sleeping in til 9pm(!!) after a super special night before spent rockin' out to my friends bands of wonder. I'm feeling all emotional about the amazing friends I have and all that they make/create/perform/and are. Though my new years resolution of spending less time doing things in order to spend time with those who I love means that I'm falling sooooo far behind with all my own making/creativity/projects. I think last night has reinspired me to get my act together somewhat though. There's nothing like seeing friends doing amazing things to kick ones ass into doing stuff youself. Reading the mini-zine that the bands last night put together has reinspired my flagging head.

The best thing that happened today was waking up at my friends' house following the best night out, and the best valentines' night disco ever. Being there this morning with two of the loveliest people I know, following such an amazing day spent being artsy-pants in Newcastle was dreamy beyond belief. And I am once again thankful for all my friends who go to such hard work to make wonderful and inspiring things happen around me, and are terrific people to spend time with.

The best thing that happened today was managing to get my laptop to burn cds!

The best thing that happened today was bottling my apple wine. And then drinking some.

The best thing that happened today was being at emily's house and eating her lovely vegan brownies without a care that they were actually made to be sold at a charity event - oops! The joy of licking the gooey, just out of the oven chocolate topping off my palms was a guilt-free pleasure :)

The best thing that happened today was having a filling done without freaking out. I have the loveliest, most patient dentist, but over the last few years fillings have become such an ordeal for me that on one occasion she had to send me home as she couldn't do it whilst I was crying so much. But today I was so calm and it went so well, that she commented that this was possibly our best filling to date!

The best thing that happened today was sorting through (and completely alphabetising) my cd collection. In the process I discovered a gorgeous cover of Belle and Sebastian's "Fox in the Snow" on a Rasputina cd I haven't listened to years.

The best thing that happened today was being allowed to come home from work two hours early due to the snow, and playing a sneaky half hour on guitar hero, rocking out to Pat Benetar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", before getting on with my to-do list.