Blog Book

My friend Emily writes a really funny blog about her expereinces working in her family shop.. and Amazing news!.. it has been made both into a book and a short film! ..

read emily's blog here

and buy the book here!..
its also on AMAZON!!! wow.. pre-order it for christmas pressies now!

the publishers description is this:
“The new It-Girl, Emily Benet, does for chandeliers what Bridget Jones did for publishing”

Shoppers, suitors and chandeliers make up Emily Benet’s comic world. Selling light bulbs in her mother’s London shop conceals her burning ambition to become a writer. Till-side accounts of the general public’s desire for retail therapy and light switches form the backdrop to Benet’s well-lit tour of the credit crunch, as the shop faces closure and the real life transition from retail assistant to published writer all comes true, with some salsa dancing thrown in for good measure.

Charming, scatty and endearing, Benet’s diary reveals more about Britain’s current climate than diamante fittings might suggest. This new book is an adaptation of Benet’s hugely popular Shop Girl Blog and already has thousands saying she’s the new Bridget Jones, but with one difference: she’s a real life shop assistant in a very real shop.

In a uniquely quirky account Benet tells us about being young, having literary dreams and loving lamps. The independent lighting shop is the co-star of this tale, as mother and daughter try to close down but just can’t seem to manage it due to a loyal following of colourful and bizarre customers.

Emily’s writing is simultaneously bittersweet, laugh out loud funny and impossibly moreish — luckily the ‘Shop Girl Diary’ is handbag-sized so you’ll never have to be without it. With specially-commissioned short films and an enormous Facebook push this gift book is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who shops and anyone who doesn’t.

Cord Comfort

I was naughty in my lunch break today and bought a new dress from H&M - its cord so lovely and cosy for autumn and it has pockets! x

Perfect Weekend

I just had the most amazing weekend... a perfect combination of relaxing and fun! ... friday night i went with a friend to the pub for a catch up then my b/f and i missioned it to ikea.. just in time to grab a rug and shelving rack before heading home.. he was wonderful and built the flat-pack while i crashed out drunk and tired in bed!..

Saturday we went to an Andrew W.K instore in east london.. it was great!.. his new album is just improvised piano and so he played piano for 45 minutes!.. I then hung round like stalker to meet him afterwards!...

Afterwards we headed to the street fair in Hampstead which was fab!.. old school family fun, children selling homemade lemonade and cookies.. tombola's, bands and lots of food..



then we had our own houseparty!..

Sunday mainly consisted of tidying up!.. and mopping the floor many many times.. afterwards though we could put out our new rug, plant up all the housewarming plants, have a bath and be lovely and cosy in our tidy little flat with a sunday roast!.. absolutely perfect! x

Beautiful

I love these images from Self Service. found here

Housewarming

We are having a housewarming on Saturday... even though we haven’t fully unpacked and the place is a mess. We may also struggle to fit more than five people in our cosy little flat.

However we are going to stock up on pizzas, some alcohol, hang some bunting and fairy lights and invite all our friends over...
I decided to google housewarming party tips just in case.. this is what i found out!
1. Apparently giving good directions on the invitations is very important!....
2. Food: one website suggests that ‘Since guests will be walking about and inspecting your home during your housewarming party, this is an ideal situation for casual, finger foods. Serve different choices in each room. Then, as they discover your rooms, there will be edible surprises as well.’ Crisps in the bathroom then? .. dip in the cupboard!.. we only have one room!
3. Sweet Signpost.. (I like this one)’According to an American tradition, the display of a yellow ribbon is a sign of loyalty to family, friends or loved ones who are welcome home. Attach yellow ribbon or balloons to your new front door to welcome in all of your guests -- apart from anything else, it's a useful way to show which is the party house.’ Ok then.. some yellow ribbon.. or flowers maybe.
4. This one is hilarious!.. from the BBC website! 'Housewarmings' are frequently held by students, or people newly graduated from university. Such housemates are often testing the boundaries of good taste and tolerance in their first domestic experience outside the homes into which they were born. They are frequently more turbulent and debauched than other parties, largely because they are mostly held in jubilant circumstances, by people who don't really know how bad they can be to each other yet. Older householders have housewarmings merely because they enjoy them.’ Ahem!
5. One website suggested home themed music!.. brilliant!.. I immediately added ‘our house’ by madness and talking heads ‘burning down the house’! to our spotify playlist So cheesy!
6. Place: A housewarming party should be held at the new home, of course!
7. Not sure my guests would love this one!.. Party theme: Make the housewarming party activity-related. If there are rooms to be painted or a garden that badly needs planting, plan the party around getting that task done. You can have a painting party, where most of the guests show up early and help paint, or a garden party where each guest brings a plant, and actually plants it.
8. Martha stewart suggests that Instead of offering the usual plate of cookies, welcome new neighbors with a bucket of practical items they'll need while settling into their new home.


So lots of cleaning products.. friends painting... food hidden around the flat and lots of yellow!.. i think i may stick with Pizza and alcohol!

local breakfast

Today the bf and I treated ourselves to a local breakfast on the way to the tube.. Croissants from our local Hungarian confectioner (!) and coffee from Pauls.. Mmmm.. makes mid-week a bit less dreary. x

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I love this outfit so much! x