Tuesday 3 December 2013

Butterfly Bliss

I hope you are all having a great start to the week!

I had my once every 3 year smear yesterday, I don't know what comes over me!  I conduct my conversation with the nurse in my phone voice, I am dressed in a ridiculous fashion, when I got home I see that my mascara has smeared! I didn't even shave my legs, I looked like I was wearing leggings, the poor woman, she looked like she needed a drink afterwards, and probably wanted to wash her eyes out too.

Today I decided to go to the shops, I popped into Barnado's, £1.99 for anything.  I spot a gorgeous Jaeger dress and a divine frock, perfect for a dainty frame,  being robustly built I waved them farewell. I did buy 2 dresses for the younger girls.

and also fairy light for my dismal and dark kitchen
of course I am dressed appropriately for light DIY work

Not Christmas lights

Cookie really does love the camera, she's fabulous and very naughty, while I put up my lights she brought in a poor dead bird.  After a chase, I get the bird and bury it.  I say a little prayer to it.

Whiskers is much more relaxed


I've also become very fond/obsessed of these fake plaits
Saturday

Today, and in the same dress
easiest hairstyle ever


well, apart from Sunday
I have to wear a headset in work
I  had it tangled in a pin curl once


Look what arrived today!


SQUEEEEEEL!!
OH MY GAH!
my prize from the Lovely Yvonne at http://www.wintermoon.co.uk/
I won the beautiful brass butterfly in the centre
and look
I have been utterly spoiled 
a gorgeous handwritten card
2 postcards
butterfly brooches
3d butterfly stickers
*swoon*
Thank You!


have a wonderful rest of the week
apparently it's DECEMBER!
I need to get a wiggle on

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40 comments:

  1. Aww yay! Your package arrived safely!
    I'm glad you liked everything, the butterfly and framed card look just perfect.

    That polka dot cardi is quite lovely.

    I'm loving those hair braids too.
    I have some black ones to match my current hair colour, but whenever I try to wear them, they keep slipping out.
    They live in the bottom of a drawer now!

    Enjoy the rest of your week xx

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    1. Thanks Yvonne! I have to clip them in otherwise I would have no chance of them staying in! have a lovely week too! x x x

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  2. I am a firm believer that their is nothing better in this world than fairy lights ... except perhaps a cat reclining in the manner of a centrefold ... Penthouse Pet of course.
    xx

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    1. Sorry for the terrible error I just made in using the incorrect there/their .... I said their ... but I meant there ... so there!

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    2. Aha. A fellow grammarian!

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    3. Oh Jo, you make me howl laughing, and then I had to show Mr F too, we sat there giggling!

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  3. Your posts always bring a smile to my face ,love your leopard print cape and the spotted cardigan and your dresses.
    You can never have to many fairy lights that what I say, kisses Les

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    1. Thanks Lesley! quite right about fairy lights! I love 'em too! x x x

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  4. Why haven't I thought of wearing my fake braids like that? I love 'em on you! the cape is sublime, too.
    The kitties are such pretties (and I'm a poet!)
    Well done on winning that Yvonne's giveaway, the butterfly is gorgeous and so are the lovely extras! xxx

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    1. Thanks Vix, you are a poet! the cape is my Eldest's castoff, actually my phone is her castoff too (I love them castoff's haha) x x x

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  5. Oh my gosh your cape is amazing and I do like the plaits. Wow Cookie is just like my brothers kitty........Cookie.....super cute.
    Eeeekkkk December.........how did that happen.
    Love v

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    1. Thanks V, I can't even believe December has dropped in almost unannounced! x x x

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  6. Oh don't worry about your hairy legs - the nurse will have been focusing her attentions somewhere else entirely... I sometimes feel I must be the only woman left in the western world with pubic hair. Oops, did I over-share? Never mind, it's just between you and me and the nurse (had my smear the other week too!)
    Now, let's move away from the lady garden, and on to your pussies. Aren't I hilarious? Beautiful kitties. Apart from the murderous tendencies, of course. Cats, chazzing, fairy lights, fake plaits, and winning giveaways all make life worth living, hurray! xxxx

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    1. Me too with the pubic hair!, overshare? nah! and yes you are hilarious! you wonderful woman! x x x

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  7. I love your fake braids - I may have to invest in some. And that dress IS appropriate for manual labour surely. Now if you wore a fur stole perhaps or tiara not so much, but you were perfect as you were. I am wiping everything you said about the smear test from my mind as I am terribly overdue for one. I just can't find a Dr who I am content to peek under the frock. Wish we could do our own. Great giveaway haul - love that brass butterfly. XXX

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    1. Thanks Brooke! although you have got me thinking about the tiara! hope you find a decent Doc to do the smear, imagine though if we could do our own, we could have smear parties with wine and nibbles, we would make the wretched things much more civilised! x x x

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  8. I love the fake plaits. They look real!

    The teapot is fab, and that Lipstick is a lovely colour.

    Cookie is adorable. Whiskers definitely looks more relaxed, and still adorable!

    More people should dress like that whilst doing DIY xxx

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    1. Thanks Roxy! DIY frocked up is an elegant affair and highly recommended! x x x

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  9. You are already getting your Christmas decoration out, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    We havent got a house yet, muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
    Great find with that dress, my dear Sandra.
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    1. Thanks Sacramento! oh I hope you get sorted soon x x x

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  10. Thanks for visiting my blog! Your blog header made me lol & I like your style for DIY.
    DeniseAngela
    http://luableu.blogspot.ca/

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  11. Love the braids. Where did you get them?

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    1. oh they are cheapie ones, my daughter picked them up from the market, I wear 2 plaited headbands - I think Claire's sell them x x x

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  12. love the braids on you, you look utterly divine. the butterfly package...fab! xxx

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    1. Thanks Janey! I truly am very fond of them! x x x

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  13. Christmas lights in the kitchen, fake plaits, gorgeous pussies, is there no end to the marvelousness in your home!!?? And a parcel, a wining one at that. You may well have inspired me to drag out the christmas tree and throw some decorations at it.

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    1. Go Sue! take pics please!!! I'm doing mine at the weekend, I like to go for the 'Christmas has vomitted here' look!! x x x

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    2. Snap!!! I am so the untraditional person, no sign of religion on my tree. My lights a jandals!!!

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  14. Great preparation :)
    Will you like to follow each other on GFC, FB or Twitter?
    Love
    New Post: Fashion Talks
    New Giveaway: Fashion Talks

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    1. Thank you! sadly I'm not at all technical, I think I'm the only person left who doesn't have Twitter, and FB! and shamefully I don't know what GFC is! but I can definitely do blogs! so I will pop over! x x x

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  15. Oh fairy lights and Heidi braids and murderous kitties! You just keep getting cuter and cuter. December? What December?

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    1. Connie you are too cute!! and I feel December has arrived a bit early too, I am startled about it all! x x x

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  16. Well hello there! I adore your new plaits, they match your hair colour perfectly! Well done on the winning the butterfly giveaway, isn't it so exciting getting mystery parcels? Oh that is one very naughty puss and oh so gorgeous!! xo

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    1. Hello there! and welcome! I was silly excited over winning! and Cookie is an utter menace! x x x

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  17. cool post!
    love ur glasses!
    have a lovely weekend,
    S

    % % % SALES have startes at http://www.sugarlanedesign.com/

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    1. Thank you, and have a lovely weekend too! x x x

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  18. Nice Post, You Look really cute and funny in all the pictures

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