Category: Shopping
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Mexican specialties
My new favourite shop. Each weekend we make the pilgrimage for refried beans, pinto beans and a good look at their menu. One day we’ll go for lunch. Marua Road, Ellerslie.
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little glowing lights
Discovered via Yvonne, Little Glowing Lights has some lovely printed tea towels and calico shoppers! www.etsy.com/littleglowinglights
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me and my pans
I don’t know whether i’ve mentioned this – but my main ambition for our trip to the uk this time was to furnish myself with a nice set of le creuset pans. So I’ve been monitoring amazon – and I must admit I’ve been kicking myself for not just buying everything I wanted when the…
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(muji) spree
It all began with a pair of black shoes and a navy raincoat. Nothing like a few pieces of beautiful simple design to refresh one’s everything. I feel brilliant walking down the road in a lovely black jersey knit dress, black leggings (today indigo marle), grey cotton socks, simple shoes and a navy cotton jacket.…
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last IKEA hurrah
We’d been avoiding the fact but Edith is well and truly filling up the moses basket now. And the mattress is all lumpy and rubbish. So off we went to IKEA last monday. For the last IKEA hurrah. To buy her a cot as we’d sold Astrid’s fancy organic one. And some frames for prints…
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note to self
Do not buy any more fabric or yarn. Buttons and trims, well ok then. This is of course interesting timing due to my extremely close proximity to Cloth House next week. Buttons and trims. Buttons and trims.
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Rosie Flo’s colouring books
Funnily enough, in my favourite little studio next door – the one I see out the window of my little room, were once produced the Rosie Flo colouring books (which are more than just colouring in books because you draw faces, arms and legs and backgrounds too). I found this out the other day when…
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Yellow melamine bowl £2 from Habitat after my interview at the Beeb this morning. And as soon as I get some money Astrid gets one of these.
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Lovely news
It’ll be a while before it’s got everything in it that I want, but I’ve made a start on www.lovelyshops.com – a little project that’s been bubbling under for some time, waiting for me to finish other bits of work. Lovely Shops will be a pure shopping guide of all my favourite, mostly online, shops…
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My amazing medicine cabinet
Feeling slightly nervous suddenly quite terrified about the approaching birthing process I’ve been thinking I must buy another bottle of Mimulus. The last time I needed it was during the time before Astrid was born. In fact I probably finished the entire bottle, which is a) why I sailed through her birth and b) why…
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Little gumboots
and other random thoughts for today Little chopsie boots from mini boden There’s been more raglan jumper knitting going on. I was over cautious with the neck on the one I sized up for Astrid though, so I’ve gathered it up with some linen cord while I wait for my eBay elastic purchases to arrive.…
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Knit knit knit knit knit.
Today new yarns arrived. The last ball of discontinued Debbie Bliss cashmerino aran #9 from Loop so I can make the other wrist warmer, and four balls of Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran for making this. I almost got the aubergine, but Astrid likes red, so I’ll let her have red. This time at least…