summer wishing

On my daily travel through the wonderful world wide web (should there be any capitals in there?), I happened upon this blog: painfully hip , which I have completely, utterly and fabulously fallen in love with. By fallen in love with I mean I quite literally want to be the woman who writes it! And although I am known as being a girl who really really can't stand summer, I've started craving it - not completely due to this ^^ blog, but it has definitely helped me along. I can't stop thinking about tanned skin, silver bracelets, beers on a summer night with great friends, and that feeling of having salt on my skin. It's a bit of a bummer that I live in the Southern Hemisphere because also, due to my expanding addiction to the internet, I have come across some absolutely TO DIE FOR sandals and dresses and shorts and cute little tops and beach towels, and and and... These sandals mainly..

But anywho, on that note I have to up and get dressed and get ready to go to work. In the freezing cold mind you. To make coffee for men who are way too delusioned to think that they can keep asking us coffee girls out and get away with it. Ahem. Ok, none of us are actually going to do anything about it. And we can't ask them to stop because as I was recently informed, there is a Three Strikes and you're OUT policy and so far I'm on two. (Three strikes refers to how many customers my boss has lost due to rejections by the girls he employs.) Shitty bum!

I leave with a sad and heavy heart because, although I desperately need to up my travel/clothes/camera/everyday-unnecessary-accessories fund, the fire is on, my animals (all threee of them) are asleep on the couch, and all I really want to do is keep finding amazing photos and blogs and people and being inspired by the amazing world I / we live in!

LOVE, so much love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ps. here is some summer inspiration

life in a day

This looks incredible. Makes me want to weep a little bit!

Kirsten Dunst

Isn't she just the coolest? I love her!

Sunday, bloody Sunday (bloody wonderful that is)

Today I have been out and about - made a lovely trip to a food/craft/coffee/plant/organic market this morning with Maman, had coffee with Mum's friend and her gorgeous son (why are there no lovely, charismatic, fragile men in my generation I ask you?!), met up with Dad and R and C (pup), and journeyed home once again.

Once home Mum and I read the papers (well I revisited some old blogs - one of which, a curious seamstress, I have fallen in love with all over again), did some housework and finally finished off a lovely day with curry and a wee bit of Hawaii Five O - oh Alex I love you and your sex appeal!

I'm becoming a wee bit besotted with online shopping again. Dangerous I know, but oh so tempting - and CHEAP!!!

As well as revisiting blogs, I have been on Etsy, Strawberry Net (which by the way is absolutely fantastic), and I can't go without a bit of ASOS!

Now to leave you with a few pictures I picked up on my perusing the World Wide Web today. Can't have enough fashion inspiration!

Bisous xx

PS. 200th blog post right here!!

things that are inspiring me

new jewellery and a boring brain

Today I bought some new cuffs rather like these ones from Mode Rosa. The cuffs were quite a good buy from Miss Gladys Sym Choon ! Now I pretty much have all the bits and pieces to make up that outfit! Boring and unoriginal I know. Most buys were unintentional. The jacket and skirt are just staples I've had in my wardrobe for pretty much ever! Now all i need to do is find a bag and boots similar (they are aaaaamazing!)

Had a hectic day - won't go into details as they are rather nasty, but the cuffs and an amazing asian stirfry lunch made up for it. I'm in a VERY un-creative mood. As one could tell from my writing. All I want to do all night is eat Kopiko coffee lollies and sit on the couch in my pyjamas. Funny because I'm currently wearing rather a nice outfit on top - jewellery and a looovely knit cardi. Paired with horrible leggings and ugg boots. What is going on with my head?!

About to leave to pick my brother up from football practise - am definitely not changing clothes. If anyone doesnt like it, they can suck it!

Having issues with men I think - learnt (for the 567th time) that none of them can be trusted and all they're after is to get into your pants and then never speak to you again. No matter how sexy they may be, I am going to be a strong, independant woman and stay by myself no matter what! Not forever hopefully. But for a good bloody long time. Unless Alex O'Loughlin makes an offer of course. *SIGH*

come close, lay next to me

I bet I’m not the only girl who is convinced she doesn’t have a ‘type’. I’d like to think I have one – good looking, slightly alternative, good dress sense, good arms (biceps), tattoos optional. But I unfortunately don’t have a particularly good track record. Perhaps like this:

He looks a bit like he’s from a 90’s tv show, portraying a gay angel..

Or this:

Anyway, recently, which is strange for me, because I’ve always favoured the more slim man, I’ve been having rather intense fantasies about muscles.

Definitely agree with him being the sexiest man alive.

I think the point is that I don’t think I have a type – dark and moody looking is possibly the only thing I can actually back up. Mainly though, any guy that shows an interest in me has a shot! Ok, that makes me sound a bit easy. If they seem interested, but not TOO interested, and manage to find a good balance between being really nice and showing a bit of distance, so that I don’t get scared off straight away, then they’re in for a shot. Creative and not too dicky count for a lot too.
Not sure if this actually clarified anything. Only that I’m in love with Alex O’Loughlin. That’s pretty much it. I wouldn’t care if he was an asshole, I’d let him have a shot anyday.

Things I don’t like very much.

1. My smoke alarm when the battery is running out. And crickets. And, really, just general noises when I’m trying to sleep.

2. Being really cold but wanting to wear a nice top without a jacket.

3. Feeling extra anxious and having imagination overload. In the dark. With suspicious noises everywhere but no one admits to them. And crazy mutant animals in the trees. Which I can’t see. They’re definitely there. Mocking me. This I do not like.

4. Not having been discovered by a music scout yet. I mean what?

5. Being cold and drunk out on the town.

6. Friends who won’t come with me to get drunk on the town. In winter. Ok this is understandable. I might just be a bitch. Or an alcoholic.

7. People who haven’t noticed their collar is half folded into their suit jacket/ cardigan/ coat. I mean really, are you fucking blind? You look like an idiot. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

8. Stepping on millipedes. This is self explanatory. But for all you obtuse twats out there, they stink when they are crushed. I don’t know if this is a defence mechanism, but it really ruins the whole ‘I just killed an insect thing’. They also sound horrible when they’re stepped on. It’s a kind of crunchy sound, like when you take a bite of a chip. But the bad version of that sound.

9. This horrible lack-of-coffee-headache I get. I have it at the moment actually. And it sucks. I feel a bit sick, and a bit delusional – like I’ve had less than 3 hours sleep. It sucks. Believe me.

10. Not knowing if you like someone or not. I have this all the time. Seriously, I think I may have issues. One moment I like them, the next I really don’t. And I get this idea into my head that they hate me too, so I get insecure, and act weird next time I see them. Oh this could be paranoia actually..

grandma!

Was meant to go out tonight - luckily we're not anymore due to bad weather. But just quietly I couldn't afford it/think of anything worse than being as cold as we would have been! And my shoes hurt.

inspiration