Enjoy…

…the Queen’s Birthday Holiday today, if you are in OZ.

I do believe some people get quite excited about the prospect of a long weekend, regular people with regular jobs & whatnot, but here it’s nothing special. The Boy is working, as he does every weekend, long or not, & all it really means for Punk & I is that we can’t pop down for a bit of opping as we are wont to do on a Monday.

Ah well.. tidying & washing clothes it is then. Joy.

I hope you’re not even reading this & off gallivanting somewhere special. Damn you.

Officially entering a new phase…

…or fad. Or obsession. God only knows why I get like this… and I ALWAYS get like this…

I have a new “thing” and this thing is Blythe. My last thing was knitting (yeah… that lasted… glad I didn’t go buying huge hanks of hand spun yarn or anything…), before that I had a brief flirtation with Artist Trading Cards, making hats (pipe dreams of making my fortune via Etsy, if only I hadn’t spent more time designing banners & picking labels than making actual hats…), there was my LUSH obsession some time ago, and I went MAD for perfume oils from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. When I was vegan I was obsessed with new cookbooks & weird things like vegan marshmallows shipped from America… I could go on but I’m sure your head is already spinning..

Point is, it’s happened again.

And as much as I KNOW this is a phase, and that I will be over it sooner rather than later, that hasn’t stopped me from mooning over pretty dolls & wandering about in forums, or… starting to pay off a very special doll that spoke to me. SPOKE TO ME I TELL YOU (She’s none of these though – she’s a surprise…).

What she will be saying in three months when I dust her off & send her to EBay probably won’t be as nice, but I can’t help myself… I just… can’t.

Do you have weird obsessions like me too or am I seriously on my own here…?

I’m not talking about proper hobbies or likes – if you actually collect Blythe & have lots & have done for years then that’s your “thing” & it’s not a phase at all, but if you go “Oh, I’m so going to be a Roller Derby Girl” & kit yourself out in all the bizzo & buy new skates with flames up the sides & wear a shirt that says “Fresh Meat” or something & then get over it after a bit of a scoot around the kitchen because you’ve decided that you’d rather start oil painting… well…

I get you.

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Nothing says “Today is a new and better day”….

….like buckwheat pancakes smothered in real maple syrup & a piping hot cup of coffee.

Even if the coffee is instant & you had to make the pancakes yourself.

No more whinging from me friends, but thanks for withstanding the monotony for a few days – time to perk up & move on!

@#$%&^!

Today much worse than yesterday. Lolcats will not help. I have no words… well, no words that are really available for use in polite blog conversation.

Luff You Guys.

I do, you know.

After the crappest of crap days, a few emails here & there & a bit of blog hopping & I’m smiling again, be it a weary, slightly manic smile…

Just wanted to say I luffs you is all (…and share some funny lolcats, in case you’re having a crap’un too..).

xo

Taking Bets…

Four days to go until we find out if Bubba#2 is pink or blue (aka “Punky Mach 2” or “Definitely-not-Arnold”….).

The Boy seems to have resigned himself to hearing some bad news.

I don’t know what I want, I can see the good points of both – which is just as well, I suppose!

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Mmmm…. craftamahol…

I’ve just not been feeling the thrifting vibe lately – have nae garaged sailed for two weeks in a row and have frequented the oppies much less, and with dampened enthusiasm. Maybe it’s the weather… it really is so nice inside in front of the heater, lounging in my fluffy robe…

Despite the opping downturn, I did pick up some nice things this week within the vintage crafty theme.

Many old knitting pattern books – and yet I STILL am yet to find my next project.

Sunset series craft books – I love some of the projects and photos in these, like the funkiest crochet dress I have ever seen….

A few vintage sewing patterns, I don’t think I really kid myself that I am ever going to make any of them, but the pattern illustrations are so freaking cute!

The irony of carded vintage self cover buttons… I want them, I could use them (“..no skill required..”), but I won’t, ‘cause they’re too cute as they are.

And maybe my fave of the week, knitted square blankie for the couch, a steal at $3 – usually knit or crochet blankets are stoopid expensive, so I grabbed this one the second I saw the price, it’s purty too, which helps.

For more thrifted goodness, Sophie will sort you out!