oh i want!

being a book snob i relish the day when a new set of limited edition cover books are published, finding new pretty covers to adorn my shelves is really quite exciting! (yes i know i am very sad) so when i saw these cuties in Waterstones i practically jumped with joy!
they are from the publishers [...]

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spoilt !

i feel like i have been thoroughly spoilt rotten this year for my birthday! it has really helped with the trauma of turning 25, so i’d like to say a big thankyou to my friends & family for all their lovely messages & cards & gifts!
Here’s a few of them i’ve had so far (there [...]

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after sampling some tasty cakes & a pretty successful costume sourcing session in Shoreditch i was wandering down Bishopsgate towards Liverpool st station past the bus stop for the Terrovision & National express coaches & what did i spy but a man laden with suitcases waiting for a coach, tucking into an entire trifle…..yes a [...]

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weekweekend

i’ve been a bit slack on the post front this week i’m afraid….been a busy bee buzzing about.
i’m going to see Emiliana Torrini tonight with my two favourite people beginning with T. she’s the most loveliest singer!

then tomorrow i am off to sunny (hopefully) Brizzle for a bit of a mini reunion with some friends [...]

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i am mostly reading ……

“the luminous life of lily aphrodite” by beatrice colin – passionate, intrigue & tingle tangle girls in first world war germany
“the mitfords: letters between six sisters” by charlotte mosely – calling them an “interesting” family is a massive understatement!
“the gargoyle” by andrew davidson – sordid & spituality & i cannot stop reading it, also the [...]

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6th july ……

my birthday date (remember it well)and that of Frida Kalho one of my most adored artisits….her paintings are so full of emotion, painfully & sometimes disturbingly autobiographical. the 2002 film “Frida” directed by Julie Taymor and starring Salma Hayek, is a film i can watch over & over again.
recently i have fallen for all things mexican, [...]

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happily ever after pt2

after much deliberation myself & my equally ranty/angry flatmate have discovered the essentials for finding love based on Jane Austin….
1. floaty dress
2. above floaty dress must be low-cut for lots of heaving bosom to entice your love
3. flat shoes
4. number 3 is essential as number 4 is to RUN everywhere in floaty dress, thus causing [...]

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happily ever after

Don’t get me wrong i absolutely love Jane Austen books, (Jane Austen week on ITV3 is just toooo exciting) i read them over and over again till they are dog eared and the spines are borken and i will endlessly watch the tv and film adaptions….but seriously did they ever live happliy ever after like [...]

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