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.

How About Kew?

On Saturday me and Indi spent a lovely day in London town visiting the wonderful world of Kew Gardens.
It was a bit on the chilly side so we spent much of our time in the fantastic tropical green house looking at all the beautiful flowers. It was the last weekend of the Tropical Extravaganza display and it did not dissappoint! With thousands of orchids my mind was very over stimulated and I was a happy bunny indeed.

I'll just post a load of pictures now and let them speak their words.

A triffid! Oh my god. And look at the size of it next to that woman!

The Joys of Spring!

It's a beautiful sunny day and I thought I'd share with you some pictures of this years babies!

Naww! Teeny tiny bunny babies doing their itty bitty baby binkies!



Ro! Bento

When I attempt to make my own sushi it gets it's own special name. I name thee Ro!Sushi. Get it? Yo!Sushi? Anyway I think it's because I don't really follow proper Japanese recipes as I get a bit carried away with the artistic liscence so I decided it had to have a different name to point out that it's purely my own version of sushi. This name I have also extended to Bento.

If you don't know what Bento is prepare to have your mind blown! I know mine was.

Bento is a little Japanese lunch box and it has many variations all beauitful in their own way. None more so though than the intricately crafted Kyaraben where parents painstakingly craft their child's lunch in the likeness of their favourite anime or game characters.

I remember when I first discovered Bento while on holiday in France; I was reading a copy of Neo Anime magazine when I came across an article all about Bento. I refused to put it down there after and read it so often that I knew it by heart. Ever after I was obsessed with Bento. I love vintage and old things but I also love Japan and bright plastic new things; oh yes including that loveable little cat Hello Kitty. I feel they are two very opposite tastes but I love them anyway.

The best website I have found for Bento is http://www.bentobusiness.co.uk/ because it contains beautiful, vibrant images and great recipes which give me loads of inspiration.

This is my very own Ro! Bento. It contains baked sweet potato stars and normal potato hearts on some lettuce with Greek salad on the side. I call it Ro! Bento because the food is all western but I like to do it with a Bento flair. I've picked up my Bento cook book from the parental's household so hopefully soon I can show you some proper Bento's.

Doesn't it just make a dull office lunch that little bit more fun?!

Nom nom! I love food!