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Oct 11

Time for tea

Last weekend, J and I decided to escape the heat of the unseasonably hot weather with a trip to the air-conditioned Westfield centre down the road – neither of us particularly like high temperatures, and we were looking forward to a nice autumn when we got hit by temperatures of 29C :-/

We noticed there was a Twinings pop up shop and being tea drinkers, decided to have a look round. You could purchase individual sachets of tea which I thought was a brilliant idea – so often I wonder whether I’ll like a tea, but don’t want to buy a whole box, (turns out you can do this on the website as well, but postage will apply), and there were some limited edition teas as well – I bought the mulled wine, and want to go back and buy a box of the Royal Wedding one as well, it was gorgeous!

My heart was stolen by a tea set though. The cup’s on the side, in a badly cropped image off the website. It’s not available to buy from the website yet, but apparently should be soon. There was the cup and saucer, a tea pot and a teensy milk jug, and I fell head over heels in love with it. It’s very delicate china, and I’d love to sit in my armchair supping from from this set whilst knitting or reading a good book. I don’t generally go in for floral china, but I love the fairly abstract design on this – they’re quite clearly petals, but not in a chintzy way, and it’s all very clean and non-fussy as well.

I’ll update this post when it goes on the website, as believe me, I’m stalking the shop until it does!

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May 31

This bell will ring

Sigh. I *love* Rob Ryan, so imagine how pleased I was to unwrap this tote on my birthday! It’s just beautiful, and the oilcloth makes it good for the unpredictable weather we’ve been having! It’s a decent size as well, fitting magazines easily, and with a handy pocket to slip your phone in to :) I would love some of his mugs, but I think James would turn a funny colour if I brought anymore mugs in to our house – especially as I just bought a new cup and saucer :D

After my initial enthusiasm with the 30 Days of Lists project, I was reading through some blogs and realised how much it annoyed me when blogs were simply memes, and I realised that I actually unsubscribed from a couple taking part in this because I was fed up of the lack of content, and constant lists. SO, I do still like it, but will append them on the end of other entries, so hopefully it won’t get too irritating…and with that, list 2!

Things I’m Good At

I’m not good at praising myself – appraisals are a nightmare, with me looking at what my boss has written, going “really?” ;), but here goes:

- baking. I love baking, and love baking for others :)
- embroidery/cross stitch
- knitting/crochet
- reading. I can read at epic speeds.
- Scrabble. Not quite up to James’ talent levels, but I can hold my own
- cooking – not so much fancy stuff, but the day to day stuff you eat for tea after work
- navigating round London’s public transport. Not so good at street level.
- finding stuff to do for free/cheap! I love London and it’s free museums, and TV recordings, and random stuff to do!
- learning stuff. I actually tend to pick stuff up quite quickly, but I wish employers would accept this instead of experience :(

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Apr 27

Prints I love

I Love Uuuuuuuuu - Print

I came across this print on Etsy, and fell in love with it immediately! My love for owls is well documented, but I do find that now they’re so popular, there’s a lot of owl stuff around that is all very samey and it’s nice to see something a bit new and different :)

Buy here: Etsy: I Love Uuuuuuuuu Print

Image taken from here

Another print I’d love is this one from Kris Atomic . I’m not known for being the smiliest person alive, despite how I may feel, and as well as the print, would love this on a tote bag :D

Buy here: Kris Atomic – Chronic Bitchface print

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