Thursday, 23 February 2012

Goooooolllldd!

Lurving metallic nail polish - am rocking dark gold this weekend - ooooh, yeah!

*a stunt nail double may have been used for this post

Cool abroad

Bwa ha ha ha ha - have just had the MOST pleasant, humourous TV-watching experience that I have had in a long time :-)

I am officially loving "An Idiot Abroad"
Is funny, funny, funny! Karl Pilkington, the ultimate reluctant traveller, is egged on by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (who sit in comfort in a non-exotic location) and give him "bucket list" style challenges like bungee jumping, plane riding and sh*t. Loves it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Idiot_Abroad

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Scarf crush #2

I am finally emerging from my snood fetish... And you know the only way to get over one neck-warming accessory, is to get another!

I am loving Marc Jacobs' inspired scarves from his latest Fall/Winter 2012/13 collection - thank goodness for long winters and short summers eh?



Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Leap yah!

Hello darlings, 

I have finally emerged from what can only be described as a distrissed, catatonic state; thought to be induced by the mulch and faux-mance of Valentines day... Bah, Humbug! 
I would like to stress that I don't think it's "un-cool" in any way - it just sucks ass when you're single. As I scanned the tube last Tuesday, and saw the soppy expressions as people rushed home to give or receive overpriced flowers and/or chocolates; I simply glowered in the corner. WHERE WERE MY OVERPRICED FLOWERS AND/OR CHOCOLATES, dammit!

The thing that has allowed me to shrug off my morbidness - has been the Hendriks Gin campaign! Hurrah!


Clever, clever, clever! They are using the leap year as a platform to get traffic to their site. Traditionally (as I am sure you all know), the leap year, and in modern times specifically the 29th Feb, is the only time that a lady can propose to a man. If he refused, back in the day, he would have to give compensation - for example, as per Wiki: "if a marriage proposal was refused by the man; compensation ranged from a kiss to £1 to a silk gown, in order to soften the blow".


Over the last few weeks they have been cunningly posting adverts in the free morning newspapers classified section - one addressed to ladies calling them to the website to give them ideas on how to propose, and the other to men (as example shows):


Their campaign piqued my curiousity, and I found myself visiting their amusing, well illustrated website!


and I am really enjoying their lesson's in nuptial conquest... http://unusualtimes.net/hendricks-presents-the-ladies-school-of-nuptial-conquest-lesson-4-glove/


Who knows eh - watch your backs batchelors! The 29th approacheth! <--- I am not alluding to a recently developed speech impediment, but rather to a historical way of speaking as the concept is all rather old-fashioned...

The success of my proposal may not be based on getting a "yes" as I rather fancy this silk dress from Roberto Cavalli -
 Heartbreak, shmartbreak. Give a girl a dress - problem solved.