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Cat, Power and Disco...

I love a good nap.  Its funny,  never used to be able to nap efficiently but lately napping has become a little pleasure. It's not just me either, it appears everyone likes a good nap, especially my pal Becca who naps so often that “going for a Becca nap” has become a well known term in our circle. 

 

I’m sure you’re all  wondering the point? Well today I’ve stumbled upon something really quite "special".  Introducing the snazzy napper.

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Weddings

** Note this is a repost of a blog post I wrote for different site so you may have read it's contents before! ** 

I hate weddings. Seriously, it’s not that I don’t want to share in your joy that you’ve found “the one” (a fact which when you’re about to sign those divorce papers I’ll thoughtfully not remind you of) but because when you decide to have a huge wedding you just cause a world of pain to people like me. 
Let me explain..
First up…I don’t want to buy you a gift. Especially not when I’ve spent three figures on a dress, visited the hairdressers, nail salon, beauty parlor and then gone and taken out a mortgage just to be able to afford a single glass of chardonnay at the ridiculously over priced hotel that you’ve deemed necessary to have as your venue. I especially won’t be giving you cash…my very presence at your wedding should be gift enough and the way I will combat the “We have everything we need (because we’re smug twats) but we’d love some cash” requests will be to jot down the amount of cash it’s cost me to look semi decent in YOUR wedding photos in that meaningful card that I’d have lovingly picked out. 

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Newport State of Mind GLC style

Well the other week I posted a blog on the Newport State of Mind viral that was going crazy on the Internet. But here come Goldie Lookin Chain (Newport’s most famous residents) with their own version: NEWPORT STATE OF MIND (YOU'RE NOT FROM NEWPORT)

As a resident of Newport I can confirm we do actually have a Pizza Hut – two in fact…still, that’s not really a reason to come visit.

x

Thanks to the lovely Gemma who pointed me to the video!!

Flying...A visual diary

If there’s one thing I hate its flying. Actually, it’s not the actual flying it’s the people. I accept that if I want to escape this Welsh weather (which of course is glorious at all times, please do come visit Wales) and sit on the beach drinking cocktails that I do indeed have to suffer the hell that comes with herding myself like some human form of bovine on to the plane. It’s funny though, no matter how pleased I may be at escaping our little Island of Britain I lose all sense of humour when it comes to people reclining their seat in to my lap.

This reader is my biggest pet hate. I don’t want your head in my lap. I’d actually like to use my ½ inch of space to partake in some time passing activities like reading or squinting at my personal tv and “enjoying” 80’s re-runs. Instead it seems every flight I spend time staring at the scalp of the passenger in front.

And another thing (whilst I’m on one) airlines that censor movies…what’s that all about? On a long haul flight back from Aruba 2 years ago I settled in to my seat to watch Sex and the City the movie. To my horror I soon come to realise that the movie police had been on duty and had censored it remove all swearing and get this…sex. Now. Forgive me for pointing out the obvious here but Sex and the City without the sex (and if you’ve seen the first movie you’ll know there’s quite a bit) is really a little pointless and when words such as “dick” get replaced with “thing” is becomes even more tedious than it was in the first place. There really is no point in any film without sex and gratuitous language if you ask me. First Choice Airlines even deemed Charlotte “pooping” herself as offensive. Strange.

Anyway I digress from my original reasoning for posting this blog…below is a great  visual diary documenting a flight from New York to Berlin (with a layover in London) from the New York Times which I think sums up the whole flight experience. 

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Gorgeous Photography...

I love good photography. When I say that I don’t always mean the technical great or work by famous photographers but images that just capture the imagination and drag you in to the scene.

I really wanted to blog about my lovely friend Deborah Lee who is an amazing photographer, just take a look at some of her images and she’s just set up a facebook fan page so make sure you “like” for some more of her lovely images…

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Spex Appeal...

I have a confession to make. I’ve got 3 new crushes to add to my list...you know, that list I have. But it’s time to tell the individual members of take that to move aside, gone is Mike Phillips and Gerard Butler may as well stop calling because my new loves all have one distinct feature – they wear glasses. Oh yes! I am totally in love with men in glasses.

I’m not too sure what it is about my love of men in glasses, I don’t know if it’s the assumption that if they wear glasses they’re a tad more intelligent than the average man on the street or whether they’re just the ultimate sex-cessorie (yes, yes I did just make up that clever little ditty). So what’s prompted this little confession? Well Specsavers are searching for the nations sexiest spec wearer of 2010. So if you think you look great in your glasses or you know someone who does just click HERE to enter. First prize includes:

• A year’s modelling contract with top London agency Storm Model Management

• A two week premier, all-inclusive holiday for two in Barbados or St Lucia, courtesy of Almond Resorts

• £250 spending money

• A makeover with celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton

• A fantastic goody bag, including hair products, courtesy of Andrew Barton Salons

• A year’s supply of skincare products from Simple

• A Specsavers eyecare voucher worth £150

There are also lots of other prizes up for grabs so get on it…

And in the interest of proving just how sexy man folk who pop glasses on are here are my top  celebrity crushes…

 

Russel Howard via flickr.com

Barret Foa via facebook.com

via Colin Firth - beautyandthedirt.com

Modern Pet Camper - Thoughts?

via dog-milk.com

As my family like to point out on a semi regular basis I’m heading right for that evil path of spinsterhood where I shall wake up surrounded by hundreds of cats, obviously this assumption has been brought about by my failure to litter the planet with those little rug-rats you lot call children.

But, something I do have in place of an ankle biter is a little pooch. Yes that’s right, I’m one of those, I treat my little Georgie (the princess) as…well, yeah, a child.

Which is why I actually squealed (and I did squeal a tiny bit- trust me) with delight at this little camper van…just how cute is this for your pet pooch…a Pet Camper.

I’m actually not caring right now that I could be bordering on the ridiculous by getting this for my dog…especially when we move in to our new pad…imagine what the new neighbours will think of that one.

 

Modern Pet Camper by Straight Line Designs...