Posts Tagged ‘shop’

It’s nice to have a couple of peaceful days after the somewhat stressful events in recent weeks. Pie seems to be doing well now; his daily routine involves warm baths and plenty of basking under the sun heat lamp and UV tube, with spells outside if the weather’s up to scratch. He’s very happy romping [...]


Folksy fix

19Jan09

It’s a grey and rainy dreary old monday today – for which the only known cure is a spot of retail therapy. In search of some visual sunshine, I’ve been perusing the wares on Folksy.

Doesn’t that feel better?


Oooh, wasn’t it just gone before you knew it? Christmas was uneventful in the best kind of way; quiet and calm, except for me squealing into wrapping paper. Lloyd blew a small fortune on a bundle of Benefit goodies, which I’m now having a lot of fun trying out. I never thought I’d see the [...]


I’m fairly sure I made a few people smile today. It’s been a mix of almost every kind of weather here, but mostly the hair-tangling gusty type of weather; not what I wanted when I was walking home from the shops. With my hair wrapped right across my face by the wind, I clutched onto [...]


Forgot to mention something that made me giggle on saturday. On my way home in my car that morning, I somehow accidentally managed to drive past where I was supposed to park; senior moment, right? 3 weeks until my birthday where I “officially” reach my late twenties and can no longer cling on to the [...]


There’s something pleasing about rows and rows of tiny identical containers, all hiding something twinkly inside. This shop is in my home town, about 5 minutes walk from my house; the window displays are also very enticing, and a nice distraction on the way to the Chinese takeaway…


It must have been a busy couple of weeks, I’m having trouble working out where they went. Dixie bun is happily back to normal (ie devouring everything in sight at a terrifying rate), which is such a relief. I have to say I’d reached the point where I was convinced that if any of my [...]