Category: Wonderings
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Turning My Surrey Flat into a New York Loft
White brick WALLPAPER. Yes, I know. Amazing. I saw the Kenneth Cole pop up store in House of Fraser, all done up like a New York loft with exposed brick – but wait, what’s that? FAKE BRICKS?! Amazing. I’m so tired of not being able to do things to our walls, but I know my…
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The Doldrums
All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. ~ Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge…
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And Monday Excitement!
Sitting at work BESIDE MYSELF with excitement because my long-awaited ridiculous shoes are at home waiting for me. They’re SO silly and I cannot wait to wear them. The trouble I find with wonderful silly purchases is that they always demand OTHER purchases. This particular pair need true blue denim skinny jeans, preferably with a…
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Friday Sadness
One of my closest colleagues is leaving today and I’m trying not to cry. I sent him this quote: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,…
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The Biggest Compliment
Last weekend the guitarist in my boyfriend’s band said I dress like Pretty Betty. As in, Ugly Betty but not ugly – which is very charitable for him. Isn’t that the nicest thing? It compares only to an ex colleague saying ‘You look like a character in a Tim Burton movie…in a good way’. I’d completely forgotten Sav’s charmingly…
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