The Simple Life

I have to confess, I am in love. With this house 

It's just lovely, simple, clean design. Our flat is cluttered, messy, and a little damp design.

The house is designed and lived in by Kathryn Tyler and appeared on Grand Designs. Her work ethic was phenomenal! When we are growed up and have some money to have our own house, I'd like it to be this kind of house.

Thinking about it, our flat reflects very much the state of our lives at the moment, rushed, half organised and a little crumpled. 

I am finding myself increasingly drained and I am starting to wonder why I am doing this to myself...but then I look at this house and think one day I will have a full time job, and we can save money, and live here and this will all be worth it.

For now I shall just lust after it.

(I of course do not think of low wages, high unemployment and lots of competition for jobs, so sssshh don't shatter the illusion).

Happy Halloween!

Whilst I would not like to live opposite this house because I would be blinded, I think this is amazing, and definitely deserves it's million views. It must have taken ages to arrange, pure genius!

Happy halloween mwahahahahahaha 

-  Yes. yes, I know it's not halloween yet, but the Christmas post should have hinted at how excitable I am about festivities. Just wait for Guy Fawkes night I will be unstoppable (November 5th for all the non UK readers).

Hollywood Glamour the Makeup

So if I had loads of money and lots of swanky places to go I would go for Hollywood glamour everytime particularly the makeup which would involve matt red lips, perfect shiny nails and a sweet kitten eye.


A great how to for matt lips can be found here:
 

She also has a great video for those who like the Audrey Hepburn look. For me it's the perfect eye makeup for a glamour look

Modern Hollywood Glamour

Christmas

OK, so it's like October and you're thinking what the hell?! But I can't help it I am stupidly excited about Christmas. I do this every year. I see the cards and sweets and gift wrap in the shop and I just want to put my classic Christmas CD in the stereo and bake some mince pies.

Generally Christmas has not been as exciting as I hope for since I was above the age of about 13 but for me now it's all about the food. The moist turkey, pigs in blankets, crispy roast potatoes, sprouts and chestnuts *drool*...

So here are some Christmas recipes to get people salivating as much as me!

Unbelieveaby easy mince pies, guaranteed to be awesome:

Easy Christmas pud, I don't normally like Christmas pud but this was delicious when I made it 

Good, tastey, not over done sprouts

I will also be posting some great homemade Christmas pressie ideas, at some point. Well you know me I say these things then disappear!

Merry Almost Christmas!

Grey Days

Grey Days by clogginton featuring skinny leg jeans

 

Eating myself better

Hello, well I should explain the reason I can blog at the moment is that I am laid on the sofa poorly sick, feeling a little sorry for myself as the boy is in Italy, it's just me and Gaga.

So I have been trying to think of easy things to cook to make me feel better, feed a cold and all that and quite fancy one of my favourite Chinese soups Crab and sweetcorn.

I also want my other favourite French onion soup 

Followed by this cake from this months Sainsburys food magazine 

If any of you want to just nip to Sheffield and make me these things that would be awesome, could you just grab a loaf of bread on the way too?  :)