The start of a beautiful friendship

Okay so, this is the bike that Alex bought for me Christmas 2012. If you look back to that time you'll see that I posted a photo of it with a big blue bow.
It looks exactly the same as it did 18 months ago despite the promise of a refurb.
Time passes quicker than you realise. It will no doubt miss 2 summers & everything inbetween. I think that's a shame, so I've decided to just sort it out & seek a restoration myself.
I'm starting to feel more frustrated with half finished jobs.
Not sure how long it will take but hopefully there will be a photo of the new sparkling ready to go cycling Edith, yes, Edith as that's what my bike is going to be called once I get to ride it.