Hitchin' a ride

walked past this hitch hiker today.. cute!

Music Bar

I went to a cocktail bar the other week with a friend on the way to dinner... mainly because it was £2.50 a cocktail... the place was somewhat empty but the actual bar itself was great - made of a lightbox covered in tapes!.. great idea! x

Bath boat!

Wow.. i love this bath!... found on shop curious...

mini planters

i love this idea from design sponge of using egg cups as mini planters... i so often see cute single egg cups at markets - im now going to buy them and plant them up to take to peoples houses for parties or dinners! x thankyou design*sponge! xxx

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