Lily AllenLily Allen has upgraded from shoe shopping to buying electronics and a car to help get over the “rocky start” of 2008.

Last month, Lily had a miscarriage four and a half months into her pregnancy then split from boyfriend Ed Simons, and she wrote on her blog recently that she’s keeping herself busy: “I just got in from an exhibition opening, 100 years of Vanity Fair at the National Portrait Gallery, well actually it wasn’t 100 years of Vanity Fair, but if they’d waited 5 more years then it would have been.”

“I went to a fashion show this morning and saw some old friends, which was nice, I have been venturing out the last week or so, trying to get back to normality after what has been a rocky start to the year.

“I went to a pre-bafta party on Saturday with my friend George that was so lovely, he is a wonderful friend and I will always be grateful for his being there. I plan to go to a few things this week, it’s fashion week here in London, so there’s a lot going on, and hopefully it will be a fun week.”

She’s also been keeping her credit card busy: “I’m writing you one now on my brand new MacBook Air. The Mac Book’s pretty cool, it is so light it’s quite unbelievable, I wonder where they’ll go next, I don’t see how they can get any smaller.”

“One last bit of exciting news, I have been miserable lately so I bought myself a new car. It may arrive by the end of the week so something to look forward to. Life is funny isn’t it? To think that a Mac Book or a car is going to be the thing to make you feel better. Something will, soon I hope.”

She revealed she’s also agreed to be one of the judges for the Orange Book Prize for Fiction award.