Start saving...

Am going to start saving for this.. love it. Orla Kiely new a/w 11 collection up on site and available now!

Stuff...

I am working from home (and have been for the past 2.5 weeks) - it's great because it is pretty quiet at work what with EVERYBODY being away on hols so it would be just completely mind-numbing to be stuck in the office. I can do a bit of housework, go for a walk, nip out to the shops, spend cuddle-time with the woofers etc all between emails and an odd call here and there! Could really get used to this but it all ends Monday! However, it is only 2.5 weeks then til I go on my holiday for 2.5 weeks...all round happy me :) Hope you are having a good week!

Just happened upon these gorgeous slippers on Etsy...they are divine! What I especially love is that you can buy a little rubber sole to pop on the bottom if you want.

In the post...

Received this (and two other bracelets) in the post today...really pleased! Had seen something similar elsewhere but was shocked by the price, then came across Zzavll and thought that they were very reasonable...waxed cotton comes in loads of different colours.



Also quite fancy these desert boots...really good value from New Look...available in a tan colour which I like too..



Have a good week!

Seven things...

Hello...it's been a while...I don't know what to be blogging about these days! We are having such a crappy summer weather-wise here..boo! Anyway...Catherine of Little Glowing Lights tagged me AGES ago about this...I can never think of interesting stuff for these kind of things but here is my meagre offering...

**I really don't like weddings - my husband and I ran away to get married because we dislike them so much, and spent the money we would have spent on a wedding on a f**k off 7 week honeymoon instead.... LA, Fiji, New Zealand, SF and NYC...selfish us :)

**Apparently I smile a lot - I am not really aware of this tho. I am generally happy but I have very grumpy moments and have no problem sharing them.

**I can swear like a fish wife (unless I am with people I don't know, then I can hold back...for a while).

**I am always, always, always on some kind of "diet" - basically I am either putting on weight or losing it!!

**Today I realised that I have LOADS of grey hair, I mean that if I didn't colour it, I would be sporting a total salt (mostly salt) and pepper look - I have been colouring my hair for years...for FUN but not anymore, now I HAVE to...I am getting OLD.

**I should be at least 2 inches taller than I am! I have scoliosis - that's a curvature of the spine - I had surgery when I was about 14 and wore a plaster cast around my body for a year! You wouldn't really notice it unless you were an expert tho..which is good :)

**I was almost born in the US of A! My Dad was sent on a year long course shortly after he and my mother got married and, like the good little catholics that they were, my mother quickly became pregnant - I wish she hadn't decided to come home to have me cos then I would have dual citizenship..I would love to live in NYC for 6 months!

That's it folks! Have a great week :)

Loot...

Hello...got a delivery today...some Orla Kiely loot I ordered on Brandalley an age ago at rock bottom prices. This lot (including cars bathmat not shown) cost me only about 30euros!! I ordered more towels, bathmats and bedding too at the same time but it hasn't arrived yet. That's the thing about Brandalley, great deals (if you are quick enough to pounce when the pop up) but takes an age to actually receive the stuff.

Oscar decided to get in on the photo and why not I say!!

Friday...

Hurray...it's Friday and I'm "working" from home!! It's a lovely day here and tomorrow we are promised great weather too (that means sunny and 19 degrees...perfect for me!). This is very exciting considering all summer we have been having cold (I'm talking 12-14 degrees C), grey days with the odd beautiful day thrown in to tease us and remind us that it is actually summer. Of course, I firmly believe that our summer will arrive as soon as we hit Connemara in September!

Anyway, the main reason for this post is to tell you that I just discovered the new IKEA catalogue online!!! Here is the link to it...I haven't even looked yet but am looking forward to spending the next hour doing so (it's lunchtime right!).

Am looking forward to a great weekend...we have a big night out with friends tomorrow night, celebrating a birthday and welcoming home some friends from the US of A :)

Have a great weekend!

Random brekkie photo...crispbread from IKEA...coincidence :)

The weekend...

Oh, oh...we met friends we hadn't seen in a long time for lunch on Saturday. We had delicious pizza and I indulged in two glasses of Pinot Blush - bad move. I went to do a few small errands afterwards and happened to pop into Brown Thomas where I happened to notice that the Orla Kiely new AW11 collection was on display and I happened to fall in love with this baby...arrggghh...hummed and hawed and eventually bought it justifying it by the fact that I am due back some cash at work for out of pocket expenses that I let build up over 5 months and which should be hitting my account shortly...to be promptly wiped out by this indulgent purchase! But that's it now...no more shopping for me. Lesson: Never drink and shop :)

Hope you are having a good week :)