Just a quick one today. I might upload some more pictures in a later post if I get the chance, I'm really proud of some of them and have a printed portfolio that I like to whip out for anyone who'll sit still long enough :)
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Thursday 29 March 2012
Flowers
Today's post is all about pictures. I'm by no means a pro but I've done my best :) let me know what you think.
The red and purple are poppies that I planted in the flowerbeds in front of our house, they've all come up fantastically considering I'm such an appalling gardener
This daffodil is in a huff. Since it flowered it has faced the wall the entire time. I took the picture so I could see what colour the trumpet was...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Peach
I went on a minor spending spree this weekend, I haven't been on one in a while so I thought it was due. Also, as the clocks are going forwards very soon indeed it means I have the perfect excuse for restocking the summer wardrobe. So I'll start with some little bits from that, Firstly my Peach jeans, I am having a complete love affair with peach at the minute, its such a beautiful summery colour and whoever decided to make jeans with it is absolutely inspired. They're from New Look and they're of a SuperSkinny variety which means I'd definitely advise going for a size bigger than usual (I went for a 14 rather than a 12) if you plan to be able to move in them. One size bigger I found they still look skinny but you can actually move a bit. The denim is also quite stretchy in itself which is helpful.
Lovely. They go rather dynamite with a pair of sea green espadrilles which I also got while I was there, 2 for £10 so I had to get a navy and white striped pair as well. Super comfy but quite small sizes. I'm usually a 4.5 to 5 when it comes to shoes but a 5 was only just big enough with these
Final clothing item is a vest, it doesn't look yellow in the picture but it's actually a lovely sunny colour. It also doesn't come with the underlayer, it's just lace, I'll just wear it with a bandeau or a bikini top under for the summer, should look lovely provided I keep up with my diet... I *will* have a beach body this year.
While I was on my spree, I also bought some wallpaper. Strange, I know, but I was watching SuperScrimpers last week and they suggested using it on wardrobes and tables to spruce them up. Theirs looked a little too 1978 for my bedroom but I thought If I put some paper that co-ordinates with the room on just the side of the wardrobe, and on the side of my chest of drawers it might look quite nice. The problem is that my wardrobe is a very dull one, not particularly wonderful wood etc, which wouldn't bother me if they weren't stood next to my fiance's beautiful hand carved oak drawers... The shame. Photos to follow when I finally get round to actually sticking it on.
Speaking of photos, apologies for the last inter-post gap. My internet at home has been so shoddy recently we've decided to bite the bullet and get a phone line installed so we can have our own. Until now we've just been using the Landlord's (he knows, he gave us the password, not stealing) and we're right on the very edge of the signal so it's always been a bit wobbly, thought we could put up with it, but we can't. So this means I will actually be able to post from HOME! Meaning more time and better pictures. Hopefully.
Nail polish of choice this week is 17's Mint Choc Chip, The name would indicate that it's green, but it isn't, it's more of a pale blue, which is still lovely. It's quite an old one, I bought it while I was on a quest for a cheaper version of Chanel's Jade. Turned out it was actually a lovely colour and I now use it all the time.
I'm afraid my next thing is a whine. I don't want this blog to become about whining so I'll be quick. It's people on adverts for food who PRETEND to eat it. It will show a yummy shot of the food, then the woman (always a woman, children and men on adverts really eat... Interesting) bringing it to her mouth, then a random cut to something else, then the woman holding an empty fork going 'mmmmm'. I'm thinking, you haven't even tasted it! It looks DELICIOUS. What kind of skinny crazy culture do we live in where a woman on an advert cant take one miniscule bite of pizza or eat a spoonful of breakfast cereal... not naming names... we'll call it Smalpen. The Smalpen one is the worst, don't ever try to hide it, you've seen it, the one where the women are doing aerobics on a hillside while 'eating' (and the voiceover actually uses the word eating) the cereal, you can see the bowls are empty, you can see the spoons are empty, you see no chewing, yet the farce continues. There's a chocolate advert where the model does actually put a square into her mouth, but she doesn't chew it, she puts it in, then smiles. I reckon she spits it out once the cameras stop rolling. I'm not a cynic.
I'll balance that out with something happier. The daffodils that are everywhere, so beautiful, so undeniably indicative of warm weather. Hooray.
Finally, I'm starting to use face masks more and more recently, can't beat the feeling after washing it off, all clear and refreshed. The one I use at the minute is the Mudd Original one. I'm often reluctant to try new skin products as I have very sensitive skin and a fair few allergies which make finding effective products difficult as the most effective are often the harshest. So any suggestions at all?
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While I was on my spree, I also bought some wallpaper. Strange, I know, but I was watching SuperScrimpers last week and they suggested using it on wardrobes and tables to spruce them up. Theirs looked a little too 1978 for my bedroom but I thought If I put some paper that co-ordinates with the room on just the side of the wardrobe, and on the side of my chest of drawers it might look quite nice. The problem is that my wardrobe is a very dull one, not particularly wonderful wood etc, which wouldn't bother me if they weren't stood next to my fiance's beautiful hand carved oak drawers... The shame. Photos to follow when I finally get round to actually sticking it on.
Speaking of photos, apologies for the last inter-post gap. My internet at home has been so shoddy recently we've decided to bite the bullet and get a phone line installed so we can have our own. Until now we've just been using the Landlord's (he knows, he gave us the password, not stealing) and we're right on the very edge of the signal so it's always been a bit wobbly, thought we could put up with it, but we can't. So this means I will actually be able to post from HOME! Meaning more time and better pictures. Hopefully.
Nail polish of choice this week is 17's Mint Choc Chip, The name would indicate that it's green, but it isn't, it's more of a pale blue, which is still lovely. It's quite an old one, I bought it while I was on a quest for a cheaper version of Chanel's Jade. Turned out it was actually a lovely colour and I now use it all the time.
I'm afraid my next thing is a whine. I don't want this blog to become about whining so I'll be quick. It's people on adverts for food who PRETEND to eat it. It will show a yummy shot of the food, then the woman (always a woman, children and men on adverts really eat... Interesting) bringing it to her mouth, then a random cut to something else, then the woman holding an empty fork going 'mmmmm'. I'm thinking, you haven't even tasted it! It looks DELICIOUS. What kind of skinny crazy culture do we live in where a woman on an advert cant take one miniscule bite of pizza or eat a spoonful of breakfast cereal... not naming names... we'll call it Smalpen. The Smalpen one is the worst, don't ever try to hide it, you've seen it, the one where the women are doing aerobics on a hillside while 'eating' (and the voiceover actually uses the word eating) the cereal, you can see the bowls are empty, you can see the spoons are empty, you see no chewing, yet the farce continues. There's a chocolate advert where the model does actually put a square into her mouth, but she doesn't chew it, she puts it in, then smiles. I reckon she spits it out once the cameras stop rolling. I'm not a cynic.
I'll balance that out with something happier. The daffodils that are everywhere, so beautiful, so undeniably indicative of warm weather. Hooray.
Finally, I'm starting to use face masks more and more recently, can't beat the feeling after washing it off, all clear and refreshed. The one I use at the minute is the Mudd Original one. I'm often reluctant to try new skin products as I have very sensitive skin and a fair few allergies which make finding effective products difficult as the most effective are often the harshest. So any suggestions at all?
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Monday 12 March 2012
Lots of things
Lots to talk about today, best thing first... I found out that my Barry M Jade nail polish that I thought had dried up wasn't the only bottle of it I had, so in with the Jade! Also, in with the nail art... My mum got me some lovely lacy style nail stickers from Sally's for Christmas so I had to try them out, Sorry for the poor picture quality, the lines are a bit too fine for my phone camera to pick out...
But I think it looks pretty lovely anyway :)
Speaking of lovely, I have two new-ish perfumes that I can't get enough of. My official favourite is Chanel No 5 but at £60 a bottle it isn't one for wearing to work, so for my birthday I asked for some new ones to try. My fiance's Grandma got me Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Lovely', which lives up to its name. I'd smelled it on a tester strip before and thought it was a bit sickly, but actually on is really nice.
The other one was from my mum, Ghost Luminous. Lovely and fresh, with a hint of fruitiness to it. Unfortunately it's quite a little bottle so I'm trying to be a bit sparing, but she said it wasn't too expensive so replacing it shouldn't be too painful for my bank balance.
As it was so beautiful yesterday I immediately brought out the summer clothes, one item of which I am particularly in love with at the minute. The picture doesn't really do it justice and it doesn't look brilliant done up, but I just wear it open over a vesty and it looks lovely
I've been on a bit of a health kick these last couple of months, moving out of my parents' house has led to an inevitable slight increase in poundage so I thought I'd start running again and try to shift a bit. I've lost 12.4 pounds so far and my BMI is back in normal range. Which I'm very pleased about.
I've done my good deed this week. Having watched a BBC documentary on bullying and finding some of it hitting a bit close to home I decided to look into becoming a CyberMentor. It's open to anyone aged 11-25 and it's just to provide an ear and a bit of advice to people who might be struggling particularly with bullying, and they're low on volunteers so feel free to find their website and sign up. They will email you and offer you a training day somewhere near you to give you the low-down on their policies and procedures but other than that you can do it from home.
Finally, I am not a huge fan of Cher Lloyd, I'll say it now, but has anyone else noticed that 'Swagger Jagger' is most definitely sung to the tune of the 'Found a Peanut' song? Someone reminded me that it's actually 'Oh my darling Clementine' but I have to say that every time I hear it (infuriatingly often) all that goes through my head is 'found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peaaaanut yesterday'
Today's reasons to be happy:
I know it hasn't been a lovely day today, but it was just so gorgeous yesterday the gorgeousness can be transferred slightly to today
It is NO SMOKING DAY on Wednesday, so don't light up for one day and let the rest of us enjoy some nice clean air :)
It's Mother's day on Sunday! An excuse to buy nice flowers and sit on the sofa with your mum all day eating Jelly Babies and generally just appreciating her for everything she's done
Today it will not be going dark until five past six! The night has officially moved back past six o'clock!
Have a lovely day
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Speaking of lovely, I have two new-ish perfumes that I can't get enough of. My official favourite is Chanel No 5 but at £60 a bottle it isn't one for wearing to work, so for my birthday I asked for some new ones to try. My fiance's Grandma got me Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Lovely', which lives up to its name. I'd smelled it on a tester strip before and thought it was a bit sickly, but actually on is really nice.
The other one was from my mum, Ghost Luminous. Lovely and fresh, with a hint of fruitiness to it. Unfortunately it's quite a little bottle so I'm trying to be a bit sparing, but she said it wasn't too expensive so replacing it shouldn't be too painful for my bank balance.
As it was so beautiful yesterday I immediately brought out the summer clothes, one item of which I am particularly in love with at the minute. The picture doesn't really do it justice and it doesn't look brilliant done up, but I just wear it open over a vesty and it looks lovely
I've been on a bit of a health kick these last couple of months, moving out of my parents' house has led to an inevitable slight increase in poundage so I thought I'd start running again and try to shift a bit. I've lost 12.4 pounds so far and my BMI is back in normal range. Which I'm very pleased about.
I've done my good deed this week. Having watched a BBC documentary on bullying and finding some of it hitting a bit close to home I decided to look into becoming a CyberMentor. It's open to anyone aged 11-25 and it's just to provide an ear and a bit of advice to people who might be struggling particularly with bullying, and they're low on volunteers so feel free to find their website and sign up. They will email you and offer you a training day somewhere near you to give you the low-down on their policies and procedures but other than that you can do it from home.
Finally, I am not a huge fan of Cher Lloyd, I'll say it now, but has anyone else noticed that 'Swagger Jagger' is most definitely sung to the tune of the 'Found a Peanut' song? Someone reminded me that it's actually 'Oh my darling Clementine' but I have to say that every time I hear it (infuriatingly often) all that goes through my head is 'found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peaaaanut yesterday'
Today's reasons to be happy:
I know it hasn't been a lovely day today, but it was just so gorgeous yesterday the gorgeousness can be transferred slightly to today
It is NO SMOKING DAY on Wednesday, so don't light up for one day and let the rest of us enjoy some nice clean air :)
It's Mother's day on Sunday! An excuse to buy nice flowers and sit on the sofa with your mum all day eating Jelly Babies and generally just appreciating her for everything she's done
Today it will not be going dark until five past six! The night has officially moved back past six o'clock!
Have a lovely day
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Tuesday 6 March 2012
Rather a long weekend
This weekend started with a very long night... I babysat on Friday, starting at 7:30, finishing at 3... Which is rather a long time... particularly as the children were in bed by 8:30!
Anyway, the positives of this meant that the weekend felt much longer, and because of the lovely weather I decided it was time to break out the pastel shades of nail polish and where better to start than with my favourite one of all, Barry M Peach Melba
I love this shade so much! It looks quite pale in the picture but it's actually much more orangey on. Needs two coats, but still lovely.
I also took the opportunity to break out the florals. I have a favourite floral top that I bought in Primark for £6 about three years ago but I plan to wear it until it falls apart. I can't find a proper picture, but the pattern looks a bit like this but the colours are slightly brighter...
The other thing I absolutely love at the minute is Man v Food, the only problem is it makes me despicably hungry, and every time he doesn't make it through a burger that looks like it was made to feed a starving military regiment I can't help but think... I'd finish that. The food all looks so delicious! I'm going to have to go and visit some of these places...
On the subject of men, my personal Man performed quite the heroic act on Friday. At work we have the most ancient bird table, well, calling it a bird table is a bit of a stretch, its a pole with a bit of wood on the top, and we want it taking out, so we can build dens, and it's getting in the way, the groundspeople said that it would be difficult, they'd need a jackhammer etc. it would take a while... Man came in, leaned on it, gave it a wiggle and it was out in two minutes... den building and barbeques just got pushed up the agenda, hooray!
Today's reasons to be happy...
According to my app, sunset today is at 5:55. Almost six, which means it will be conceivably light outside when I leave work! On the same note today the sunshine reached a balmy 13 degrees here, virtually flip-flop worthy.
I learnt a new word today, absquatulate, it means to flee or abscond, and it's a fun one to say
One of the girls in my class called our Music teacher "Mrs Pretty" today. That isn't her name, it rhymes, but it was such a lovely mistake I didn't have the heart to correct her.
This week is National Sleep Awareness week. As such I plan to sleep as much as possible. Respect for the cause.
Anyway, must absquatulate
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Anyway, the positives of this meant that the weekend felt much longer, and because of the lovely weather I decided it was time to break out the pastel shades of nail polish and where better to start than with my favourite one of all, Barry M Peach Melba
I love this shade so much! It looks quite pale in the picture but it's actually much more orangey on. Needs two coats, but still lovely.
I also took the opportunity to break out the florals. I have a favourite floral top that I bought in Primark for £6 about three years ago but I plan to wear it until it falls apart. I can't find a proper picture, but the pattern looks a bit like this but the colours are slightly brighter...
The other thing I absolutely love at the minute is Man v Food, the only problem is it makes me despicably hungry, and every time he doesn't make it through a burger that looks like it was made to feed a starving military regiment I can't help but think... I'd finish that. The food all looks so delicious! I'm going to have to go and visit some of these places...
On the subject of men, my personal Man performed quite the heroic act on Friday. At work we have the most ancient bird table, well, calling it a bird table is a bit of a stretch, its a pole with a bit of wood on the top, and we want it taking out, so we can build dens, and it's getting in the way, the groundspeople said that it would be difficult, they'd need a jackhammer etc. it would take a while... Man came in, leaned on it, gave it a wiggle and it was out in two minutes... den building and barbeques just got pushed up the agenda, hooray!
Today's reasons to be happy...
According to my app, sunset today is at 5:55. Almost six, which means it will be conceivably light outside when I leave work! On the same note today the sunshine reached a balmy 13 degrees here, virtually flip-flop worthy.
I learnt a new word today, absquatulate, it means to flee or abscond, and it's a fun one to say
One of the girls in my class called our Music teacher "Mrs Pretty" today. That isn't her name, it rhymes, but it was such a lovely mistake I didn't have the heart to correct her.
This week is National Sleep Awareness week. As such I plan to sleep as much as possible. Respect for the cause.
Anyway, must absquatulate
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