Work...on a weekend...Are you kidding me?!

I'm just getting ready to go to work and it's all rainy and gross outside, but later I get to go have an awesome night out with my best friends. Oh and watch this...it's cute.

Work from Michael Rianda on Vimeo.

xoxo

Tag, you're it!

Yey! Laura over at Big City Dreams tagged me in the 'Would you rather' tag. Thanks hun :)

Here goes...

Rules:

* Copy this picture & put it into your own post

* Answer all the questions

* Tag as many people as you like

* Tell them that you've tagged them

* See what they answered! :)

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Be extremely beautiful or extremely intelligent?

Intelligence. By a mile.


Go without brushing your teeth for a year or go without washing your hair for a year?


I could go without washing my hair if I had to. After a few weeks your hair does something and it doesn't look yucky any more or so i've heard...


Be rich or famous?

Oh...rich!


Have an amazing shoe collection or an amazing makeup collection?

Right now I have neither. I think I can cope a while longer!



Be able to sing or be able to dance?

Dance.  I don't know what i'd do if I couldn't dance any more.


Be stranded on a a desert island or in the desert?

On the island. I'm pretty sure I could hold my own for a while. Unless there was a smoke monster...



Have a computer or a TV?


Errrrr...this should be obvious. I'm an internet addict. Computer.

 Wear spots or stripes for the rest of your life?


Stripes. You can have horizontal, vertical, diagonal, thick, thin...

 Drink out of a teacup or mug?


As much I love teacups, I drink out of a big old hunk of a mug.



Recieve a bunch of flowers a box of chocolate?


Flowers, preferably Tulips.


Have a hug or a kiss from someone you love?


Ummm, a hug I think. A kiss doesn't say as much as a hug does.


Meet Johnny Depp or Robert Pattinson?


Mr Depp. For purely intellectual and academic purposes. *ahem*


Be a fairy or a mermaid?


This question was made for me!!! Mermaid. Sometimes I go to the beach, sit on a rock and wonder what it would be like. I'm not even kidding, I wish I were a mermaid.


A coffee or a cup of tea?


Hmm. Depends on the day. Tea, perhaps?


Pink or blue nails?


Blue.


Live somewhere sunny or somewhere cold?


Some where sunny where I can put on my sun hat, factor 40 sun cream and either burn or remain pale.

Have an amazing house or an amazing car?


Oh the house, the house. Wait...are you offering?!


Be kind or funny?


A mixture of the two.
 Eat sweets or cake?


Cake. A whole one.


Hold a tarantula or a snake?


Snake. You wouldn't get me near the tarantula. Not on your nelly.


Wear a necklace or a ring?


Necklace. I'm not a huge fan of rings; they bug me when I write.


Laugh or smile?


Smaugh.


Be hated or be a hater?


I rather be hated. This doesn't mean you can all hate me now... *eyes the little followers closely*


Wear pearls or beads?


Beads.


If you had to choose, lose your sight or hearing?


Hearing.

Have lots of money or lots of friends?


Friends. Seasons 1 through 10, please.



Love or be loved?


Love. Love. Always. Always.


I had fun doing this :) I here by tag...

I'm still deciding who to tag!

xoxo

Sketchy-mc-sketchyson

This was something that I had hanging around in my sketch pad and i took a picture of it because I was bored at the time! My Mister happened to be flicking through the photos on my phone the other day and said he thought it was good. So...yeah. I thought I'd share.

xoxo

Holy custard!

...that is AWESOME!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/47438967/hand-knitted-cream-aran-armchair-slip?ref=fp_feat_2

xoxo

PS. Blogger's throwing a tantrum hence why the link is the long version.

There is no appropriate title for this.

I feel odd.
I think i'm coming down with something yucky...
namely the declutter bug.

I woke up this morning and for some reason I HAD to sort out my wardrobe and after three bags of clothes I either never wear or have had since I was 14, I thought it would be a good idea to sort out the rest of my bedroom too, which consisted of paperwork, ornaments, craft stuff, random electrical cables, books, more books, and just lots more stuff. Everything has been organized. Or thrown away. Or filed in the box that I never file anything in.

In case you're wondering why I have all this stuff in my bedroom it's because I'm pretty sure that my dad wouldn't be too pleased about me spreading all my knick knacks into his space...except the dining room, he didn't really get much say in that... But yes, 24 and living (temporarily) at home, I should be able to keep my stuff organized in the little area that is mine. So there.

I have noooo idea where this sudden purge of stuff came from, but it's resulted in a pretty empty wardrobe and a whole bin bag of rubbishy bits and pieces that I don't even know how I thought they might come in handy one day. What will come in handy is the extra space in my wardrobe...:D

Shopping anyone?!

xoxo

Cupcakes, anyone?

Birthday cupcakes <3

The little Hoots who shared my tea party.

Peekaboo.

I've had a lovely birthday. Grandma cooked me lunch and I had cupcakes and tea on the lawn with just me, myself and the Hoots, and a spot of knitting (a lime slouch hat). Somehow though I've ended up in a dilemma, a fashion one. Next week i'm going out for birthday crazies with my best friends and I face the eternal girly dilemma...nothing to wear. I can't afford a new outfit so i'm challenging myself to make my own. I've just downed a cup of coffee and i'm surrounded by old clothes that could be cut up and reworked, but I need some inspiration. Help! Inspire me girlies!

Thanks for the birthday messages :D

xoxo

Your days are numbered at 24

Oh hiii. It's awfully late here and i'm sat in bed with a glass of lemonade, listening to Paramore and basically seeing in my birthday with style.

I'm 24 today! Usually my birthday's fly by without me paying any real attention, but for some reason the last few days I've been full of thought. The main thing on my mind; what do I want to do with this next year?

I'm going to have a think about my aspirations and goals and i'll post them up later.

Inspire me with...art

Woooooo. This post is coming to you from beyond the time barrier and was actually written late on Friday night because I wasn't sure if I could get near a computer long enough to post while I'm away...Wooooooo.

Enough silly. I love art, particularly pencil drawings. It must be all those days I spent at school doodling in the back of my exercise books. I love to pick up a pencil and sketch out all the weird things that pop into my mind. In fact I think it's probably one of the best ways to get inspired.

Pull up a sketch book and feast your eyes on these cuties.

xoxo

M-m-m-m-monster.

Here's a secret... I still get scared that there are monster's in my wardrobe.

xoxo

Bring me sunshine; bring me rockstar tunes.

Well today was a little gloomy down here, but nothing is going to dull my happy. My Mister and I have a flat and we're moving in tomorrow! Woop! I can't officially move in until I find a job in the area, but it's a start and in case I haven't already mentioned...I'm super excited :D 


So, my little chickpeas, I need your help to compile the playlist for my journey to Wales. It's short notice, but if you happen to be passing by the blog tonight, just pop your favourite song into the comments below. I want to take you all with me on my trip! Can't wait to find out what i'm going to be listening to.


xoxo

Pea. Ess.

If you've followed me on Twitter recently be sure to send me a tweet to let me know, 'cause I don't always check to see who's new regularly. So let me know so I can spend even more time chatting.

My girls, you're just like the heavens.

I'm feeling the pull of the vintage today. However i'm not dressed in vintage. Seriously, if only you could see me in my leggings with a huge baggy jumper...not the height of style today, ladies! But it's the thought that counts right? 

Be prepared to drool over these beauties <3

Maxi-dresses from LoveLune

Cute mini and abstract cardie, both from sheHEARTSvintage

Thanks for all your sweet comments, you really do keep me going. Love y'all! 


xoxo

Intellectual badass is my name, don't wear it out.

If you dropped by this afternoon I'd have probably been sued for not making you wear a hard hat. I've been sat so long at this computer working on a new template that my eyes are burning and I can no longer tell if I like what i've spent all this time doing. It's a funny story. After lunch I looked at my blog and thought 

"Hey, I really, really like the template I've got, so i'm going to change it."

Okay, it's not a funny story; it's kind of a stupid story, but it was suddenly really important to me to have a template that I'd made myself. So yeah. Ta-dah!

xoxo

Inspire me with...ballet

I love to dance. For me it was a childhood obsession that I ran away with 'til I was 18.  Sometimes I forget how much it consumed me. Ballet truly was my first love and from time to time it comes back to me. Today is one of those days and I am craving my pointe shoes, the beautiful costumes and the dreamy music. Check out this video of Alessandra Ferri. (You have to put up with an appearance by Sting, but I can cope with that!)

xoxo

Do you know where I am? Me neither.

So you may or may not have noticed that i've been ever so slightly missing these past few weeks...

I kind of ran out of things to say...

Right now I have an eyelash in my eye... Yup...here I am, bringing you the most important news from my life. Just kidding! There's been exciting things happening:

1. My Mister started his new job. Hoorah! Silly recession can stop knocking at our door now.

2. I finally decided what type of career I want. Web design. It's something that i've found interesting since I started this whole wonderful blogging journey and I really would like to work to learn more. 

So yeah. I'm back my little flowers :) and to celebrate my back-ness here are some of my favourite songs.

xoxo

Quick catch-up

Where: Home


Watching: What the Buck


Listening: Alicia Keys


Reading: The Reader


Wanting: A netbook 


Needing: Learn xhtml and stuff. :$


Discussing: The election


Tweeting: @dujourmag - They are looking for NYC and telecommute interns, people!!!


Good News: My Mister started his new permanent job on Monday. I always knew happy time were just around the corner :)


Bad News: 


xoxo

Inspire me with... the stars

The Seekonk Woods

by Galway Kinnell

(This is the last part; you can read the whole poem here.)

I want to crawl face down in the fields

and graze on the wild strawberries, my clothes

stained pink, even for seven years

if I must, if they exist. I want to lie out

on my back under the thousand stars and think

my way back up among them, through them,

and a little distance past them, and attain

a moment of absolute ignorance,

if I can, if human mentality lets us.

I have always intended to live forever;

but not until now, to live now. The moment

I have done one or the other, I here by swear,

no one will have to drag me, I'll come

but never will I agree to burn my words.

xoxo