Sunday, 2 January 2011

Is this the best shop ever???

I am in actual shopping hell. Well technically heaven but I have to now save all my money for this wedding business and I don't think the man friend would deem any of these items as essentials... he is wrong...but I just don't see it happening. If you had to write up a list of my favourite things in life, it would easily include:

  • french bulldogs (my most favourite dogs in the world)
  • toadstools
  • anything kawaii
  • cats
  • kitchenwares
  • panda's

That's just for starters. So I am now in shoppers limbo after finding all of these treasures on Modcloth. Why oh why are you not in the UK? Gaaah! If anyone wants to buy me any of these I would be most grateful and I send you a massive smile as payment- and you can take that to the bank my friends..... I think I make a valid case. See exhibits 1-9:












I rest my case! ....Send me your money..please... :) 

xoxox



fairytale kitchenware

Little Red Riding Hood was always my most favourite fairytale when I was a child. I think it was her bold use of colour, her choice in furs and a picknik basket that hooked me! Now however it is her kitchenware. 





(all from modcloth.com)

xoxox

love cats


If you read my blog regularly enough you will know that I am more then slightly obsessed with my cats and dressing them up as Mylo more then happily demonstrates above- yes like I said, HAPPILY demonstrates!

Today has been a little glum and grey and I feel that an afternoon of egregious dressed up cats viewing was just what was needed:




xoxoxo

octopussy christmas

For Christmas from the man friend, I was lucky enough to get some of the most beautiful kitchen equipment I have ever seen. A few months ago we were having a little jolly round York and we found a new little shop, as is always the case when we visit it has to be said... Well we found the shop "Octopus" and he nearly had to purchase a shoehorn to cajole me out of the shop with. It its piled high with treats but it was the kitchen equipment that really sucked me in. It is some of the most fun and interesting I have ever seen and I instantly fell in love with the Chinese character rice bowl and steamer. That day though, we were shopping for everyone else's christmas presents and I very reluctantly left without a purchase :(




So it is needless to say that when christmas morning arrived and I unwrapped my Uncle Ho rice steamer and bowl I squealed like a small child. Sadly I have yet to use them but when the man friend returns from work I need to cook him a beautiful meal to say thankyou for my gorgeous presents! I had a little look on the website earlier and I have a bit of a wishlist of other delights from the shop, here for your perusal....






xoxoxo



I love Toast!

First of all I need to obviously say a big happy new year to you all and second of all- Did anyone see it?? Please say someone else caught it? I am of course talking about that piece of BBC gold that was "Toast"; Oh My Days! I am completely in love! For anyone that didn't catch it, it was a beautifully crafted piece of television based on the biography of English food writer, journalist and broadcaster Nigel Slater. It stared that glorious jewel of a woman, Helena Bonham Carter as Slater's cooking adversary and step mother and was the ultimate nostalgic trip through edible Sixties Britain and the fashion...oh the fashion! Some of the most beautiful clothes to grace the smallscreen in a very long time in my opinion! An extra slice of deliciousness was that I am a huge Dusty Springfield fan so the soundtrack was the icing on the Lemon Meringue Pie and I urge you to go onto the BBC IPlayer with a cup of tea and your very own slice of toast, curl up and enjoy! 







Thursday, 30 December 2010

roller derby, donkey death, mexico city adventure...obviously..



I know blogs are pretty much self indulgent, your verbalising thoughts that normally you keep to yourself because you think that they would be boring and ridiculous and wouldn't interest anyone other then your internal monologue; well at least that's what I believe about my little blog... even though I have noticed that people are actually reading it (validation and success- yessss!) Anyway, anyway, anyway.... I was talking to someone today and we were talking about travelling- I loathe it, they worship it. I don't trust aeroplanes and said I would rather travel by donkey and rollerskates. They said I were more likely to die on a rollerskating donkey then on an aeroplane, I reasoned that I would happily die by donkey roller derby if my feet were within a few feet of terra-firma unlike an aeroplane, where I would plummet millions (yes millions) of feet to my rapid and explosive death. I cannot genuinely think of one person who would prefare the latter over the former. Anyway, anyway, anyway I said that I would only ever get on a plane for two reasons, my rapidly approaching honeymoon. Personally I would happily frequent Cornwall on a blissful bucket and spade holiday with Ice Cream, fresh Crabs and beach walks galore- swoon... whereas the man friend is incessant on the need for far off multi destination holidays with bright lights and big cities and tropical beaches galore....okay but not A1 in my little book, but hey-ho the things one does for love... The second thing that I said I would get on a plane for is Mexico... There are only two places I have ever wanted to visit, Paris and Mexico. I am a ridiculous homebody and the thought of leaving my humble abode for more then a few days brings me into a palpitacious state, but for Paris and Mexico, I can suffer... Paris I have done, but Mexico still beckons. I don't  mean the whole spring break, Cancun business. I want November, Day of the Dead celebrations but most of all I want to visit the blue house of Frida Kahlo. Upon my declaration my friend proclaimed their utter lack of knowledge on the glorious, wounded and triumphant Ms. Kahlo and I was shocked- how could they not know of my favourite artist of all time?! How ha they never heard her name, how is that even possible? So this blog entry is for them and for anyone else who has never heard of my beloved Frida. A small taster of some of her paintings and the beauteous Kahlo herself, yes the woman had a mono-brow and a moustache but I think she stomps Kate Moss into the mud, truly. 





  "Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? "









"I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to return" 


xoxoxox

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Animal magic




Today I braved the sales for some bits and pieces for new years eve...perhaps I should have gone earlier but I just cant cope with the queue's and today was bad enough. Sadly I think i'd left it a little too late and the shops were practically bare apart from clothes that would make you look like a streetwalker; Horrific! I swear, I know this is going to make me sound old, but how tarty have clothes become... Bring back a 40's revival please, where clothes were beautiful and women dressed like ladies not dock-side hookers. Needless to say I didn't really find any clothes that I liked BUT I was completely seduced by these beautiful trinkets! There seems to be a certain animal theme running throughout them but I'm a sucker for anything with a bird or a cat on it! Enough said! 






xoxoxoxox