Good Things Come to Those Who Wait When my boyfriend asked me what I was after for my birthday this year (see this post for what my 25th birthday haul says about me) I ummed and ahhed for a while, before settling on the idea of a nice new watch. Unsure if I wanted a vintage watch which might be problematic due to upkeep but pretty uninspired by the majority of […]
I’m going to throw in my tuppence worth on a subject of the week that I really wasn’t planning on covering this week: the Great British Bake Off. You were supposed to have a nice piece about watches, but that’ll be up tomorrow instead. Last night I gained great respect for Ruby Tandoh that twelve weeks of the Bake Off didn’t quite garner. Her article in The Guardian‘s Comment is Free, […]
Allow me to present the subject of today’s abject annoyance. THIS. Above is the advert proudly presented on the website of Italian company Ferrero, which owns Kinder Surprise, displaying peacock-like both in terms of pride and garish colour scheme its latest limited edition marketing campaign. Ladies and gentlemen may I present to you: GENDER SURPRISE. A version of these appeared in Germany last year and came to the UK this autumn. […]
Top row: Loki & Chris / finding my book in local Waterstones
Middle row: Lebowski coasters / new Leuchtturm / birthday cake! / Chris in Bute
Bottom row: cat lady cards / back to blog
Well, there’s no denying it. I am officially, firmly and irrevocably in my mid-twenties. There’s no turning back now. On Tuesday I turned twenty-five, and had a lovely day: warm croissants and presents in the morning, out for lunch, then visiting family in the evening with a relatively conservative number of gin and tonics. I was also lucky enough to see some of my closest friends in the following days, so it […]
