M.I.A.

It's been so long! Where have I been? Everywhere and yet nowhere.

Life's been a tad hectic lately as a lot has been kicking off work wise and since I don't have the internet at home this means I don't get a chance to write any posts. I really am very sorry. If you don't know me then you won't know that in February I fully moved into my promotion as Development Officer for the small Lincoln based mental health charity which I have worked at for the past three years. It keeps me out of trouble and I really do love my job.

And so dispite such a long absense I really don't have a fat sight to tell you.

I tried my hand at applique and am really pleased with the results. It's a bit out of season what with being a reindeer but I love reindeer thanks to a song by the Knife. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9KQI8gCXg

I did this design onto a pillow case, wrapped it up in pink paper and ribbon and sent it to Miss Jessy Belle.

I have been visiting my parents and that means lots of lovely hugs and spoils for Felipe! I'm pretty sure hugs and kisses don't mean the same thing to rabbits as they do to humans but I give him lots anyhow. I've also been putting his lead on him and trying to get him used to it but I'm not sure he likes it much. He's terribly stubborn.

For the Bank Holiday Weekend I had some friends over and it was so much fun. There was lots of walking up and down Steep Hill (which is actually a ridge). As you can tell from the name it is of a steep gradient and my left knee still hasn't stopped clicking. There was lots of shopping with Lucinda and plenty of pubbing with David. Indi came over for the Sunday night and we all had dinner at the AMAZING Brown's Pie Shop(http://www.brownspieshop.co.uk/) then off to the cinema to see The Hangover 2. I baked mushroom pies and cupcakes for David and Lu which had for dinner on Saturday night. I also baked a Victoria Sponge with berries on top for Indi which we had when we got back from the cinema. As if that all wasn't enough on Monday night we did the Lincoln Ghost Walk and had dinner at Thailand No1.

Hair Today...

...Gone Tomorrow. Well Saturday actually. Here I am second time in as many days with, this time, a slightly vain post all about my hair.

On Saturday after my shower I was thinking what to do with my poor heat damaged hair as I wanted to curl it in a pony tail, Grease Lightning style I call it, but I really didn't want to use my curlers on it like I ordinarily would. My curling tongs are Nicky Clarke hottest you can get and they literally burn my hair - not good! So messing around I did a few large pin curls one on my left and two on my right to compensate for my ridiculous side parting; I was working from memory of a you tube video I'd seen nigh on years ago. They turned out pretty good but I wasn't sure what to do with the rest of my hair as I couldn't very well just leave it straight. So with nothing to lose I tried my very first hair roll at the back. Well it my not have been perfect but I loved it. I got out of my car at Mum and Dad's house shouting "look at me barnet!" and Dad said it was "Nanny hair" meaning that's how his Mum used to wear hers.

I then went to a Rockabilly gig looking slightly last decade (i.e. 1940's) but that didn't matter. There were loads of jive dancers there and I even got invited to lessons which I'm going to start tonight. Scary/exciting. By the time I got home I flopped into bed and didn't take the curls out (which was the plan I promise!). Woke up in the morning and loved my new curls! It was really comfy to sleep in too because there were not curlers or bendy rollers poking in the back of my head. Once brushed out they went a bit big but I think that's because I still need to perfect brushing out.

So what do you think? I'm over the moon and now I know how to wear my hair for Raucby War Weekend. Yippie!

Remember Me?

How long has it been? Months? I've been pretty lax on the blogging front I know but I think I'm back. I am also back to using my old camera phone which has 12.1 mega pixels. Well good. It's a bit of a Steven Hawking of the technology world though. Really clever but keeps crashing.

Any way I'm just going to give you a little update of the most fun thing which has happened to me lately (I say most fun when I really mean the only fun, sigh).

T'other weekend I braved the cold climate and when oop north to Newcastle to visit my sister (and yes I really thought it was cold despite the constant sunshine). Aside from seeing my sister, going to the theatre, visiting the lovely seaside town of Tynemouth, finding pretty Stratton compacts and going to the Baltic Art Gallery the highlights for me were, of course, the food. I think I have an issue.



Unagi Bento



Miss Jessy Belle excited for her Tempura Bento



One of my big food loves is Bento which I think I may have mentioned before. If Bento is on the menu then everything else is off in my books. Above is a picture of my Unagi Bento which was teriyaki eel. I have read about what eel is like as a food before and I have to say it was an experience but I won't be going there again in a hurry. It was bony and I think I'd have enjoyed a nice tofu steak more. An experience though and now I know Unagi. My biggest let down was that they had run out of the vegetable gyoza; I still need to try them. Need!

But wait, there's more! More food? Oh you betcha.

The main event was Afternoon Tea at Jesmond Dene House. It was lovely and we looked like Bright Young Things sitting there with our nightclub hand stamps (which wouldn't wash off) on the backs of our hands. Afternoon Tea is right posh hangover food.

  

It was all so perfect and despite looking like not much ("I'll have you know I'm going to eat the lot" were my famous last words) it was actually really filling so we took some home in boxes; though apparently not called a doggy bag.

The top tier of sweets were stunning and if I were on Come Dine With Me I would love to be able to do something like that for dessert. Very sweet but it was fun and such a nice selection.

A big thank you to Jessy for a lovely Royal Wedding Weekend and taking me for awesome Afternoon Tea. Nom!

In The Pink

While having my usual tea and toast this morning it struck me how much lipstick I may actually consume. Since I don't wear it every day it's most likely not going to be as much as someone like Dita Von Teese but I think I still may be eating a fair old bit. It made my tummy turn.

Today I am wearing No7 Moisture Drench in Petal which I bought for £2.50 some years ago. Maybe I should get a new one? This old lippy has been through hell and high water with me. At the same time I think as I took it with me on holiday to France where I had to stash it in the fridge to stop it melting. It's also the first lipstick I ever bought and therefore it holds a certain nostalgia for me. So you see a new one is out of the question.

I do have issues with it though, as I do all lipstick. You see at first the matt colour coating your lips feels nice, your lips are full and soft. Over the passage of time they dry out and colour then takes on a nasty rough sensation which is quite cloying. My only option is to completely remove it which also manages to remove the make-up from the lower portion of my face. Disaster! I now have to reapply everything and I feel the job it utterly bodged. I have tried primers, balms and such to try to keep my lips moisturised the whole day but then the downfall of that is it makes the lipstick slippery and comes off willy nilly on china, cup and cutlery. (Also door frames but we won't go there with that story)

Such is life. I shan't give up!

The Bachelorette Pad

Lazy Sunday

Well first things first I have fixed my laptop! After consulting our IT guy at work, who said it sounds like it's the memory and will cost £30 for a new one, I decided to follow Elaine's sage advice of plugging it in. And Robert's your Father's brother it worked! I told my boss about it and she asked me how I live my life and have managed to get to the ripe old age of 23, it was a good ol' giggle but I was terribly shy around the IT guy that day.

Anywho! Yesterday while poking about the blogs I saw a lady in a headscarf and I realised I don't wear mine nearly enough anymore. About 6 months ago I proclaimed the headscarf to be fashion and I think they're getting there which I'm glad about because it means lots more lovely things for me to purchase on the highstreet. Today I wore my favourite scarf which was given to me by the Jesse Belle with a casual get up of jeans with turn ups, mink jumper and black pumps (I am dreaming of pony skin pumps - I'm such a terrible vegetarian!). I hate this time of the month because of my roots making my parting look huge; hair is dyed on the last weekend of the month.

'Cuse the messy bed but it's laundry day, alright?

Well today was lazy because I flopped around in bed till 9.30am which to me, these days, is a total lie in. Then I got up, had boiled eggys, phoned Mum, phoned Jesse Belle, did my laundry, washed up the dishes, received a few calls from an American, and then hopped in the moter to go to Mum and Dad's for food and rabbits. Boy, oh boy, have those babies grown and they are big enough now for cuddles and photos. Poor things! Dad's a big softy and has given them names already and decided on their gender. He does this by looking at their faces and deciding which have "kind eyes". It's no better than my method though which is wait till they grown a pair. God love him!

Apple of my eye though is still Phillip or Felipe Massa when I'm feeling silly, which as it happens is most of my life. Ha!

Yesterday

For once you have fallen low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise.