Aspirational Purchasing.

Many of us buy things to fit into our aspirational lifestyle, hell, whole industries are built on it. Do you think everyone that wears surf brands owns a surfboard? Or wears Nike is an athlete? No, but its what we aspire to be that is import. Or important to the companies that take our money. But how much aspiration is too much?

I spend far too much time (internet) window shopping for clothes to wear to jobs I haven't got, for umbrellas for train trips I don't yet take. Is this bad or good I don't know. As we speak I am finishing up making a dress for job interviews I'm yet to have. There's nothing wrong with being prepared right?

Holiday Road...

Can I take a holiday from being me??

One where
-No customers take their shitty moods out of me?
- I don't analyse every single piece of food I eat ?
-I don't get judged for my lack of career?
-I exercise and my ankle doesn't cripple me?
-I can have civil arguments with my brother?
-My sister doesn't take her moods out on me?
- I don't spend every second of the day thinking I should be trying harder then I am, doing more, achieving more, exercising more, being the better person, eating less, being more responsible with money?

Tomorrow is that day.
If I don't take a day off from my life, I will lose my shit.

I blog therefore..

So I thought I'd do a quick post of my favorite time suckers on the internet, at this current moment.
Ok, we'll go top 10 ( Other than the obvious. Everyone uses facebook.)

1) The Vine.
Best place for upcoming trends, local music/ fashion news. I find things out here.

2)Regretsy. For the lolz.

3)Topshop. For what Sportsgirl/ Glassons/ etc will be stocking next season.

4)IMDB. This not only helps me at work, it helps me kill time while I'm there.

5) People of Walmart. I love America, all aspects of it.

6) Tacky Weddings. Once again, for the Lulz.

7) The Grates on Tour. I wanna be BFFs with Patience.

8) I aM AnThony. This dude is my god.

9)Fuck Yeah 4Chan. Not that regulary updated, but as the description says, All the memes without the mess.

10) Killyourstereo. Refer 4), part B.

My life is a slapstick comedy

You can't script that shit that happens to me.
My life is never smooth sailing, but it's amusing highs and lows keep it all interesting.

Last night, I opened my bag to find my phone had been on a call for 4 mins, to an Ex suitor whose number I should have deleted long ago. Tragic thing is though, I'm pretty sure these 4 mins, were when I was in the toilet.
Tragic AND hilarious.

3rd Wheel

As a professional 3rd Wheel, I have only just started to notice how my close friends boyfriends are creeping into my life.
I tell my girls my secrets, hoping that they keep it to themselves, but we all know you tell your boyfriend everything, so I just accept that someone I may not know so well knows a LITTLE too much about me. But it's starting to become a good thing.

Lewis and Bek are one of my fave couples. While having gal talk about a not so promising guy situation last year, Bek was her sweet self, Lewis told me honestly 'You sound like you're in that movie 'He's just not that into you'. His honest blokey opinion was just what I needed. On meeting a new man friend of mine recently, Lewis proclaimed 'He has an Aura, I can feel it. Good Dude'. So very quickly Lewis closed the gap on how well Bek knows me and can give personal advice, even though I've known him a fifth of the time I've know Bek.

Simone and Wattsy. Simone and I tell each just about other everything. Proper BFFs. What we ate for lunch, what we really think of our co-workers, how we need to end the conversation to poop, there really are no boundaries anymore. So I assume Daniel knows a LITTLE bit too much about me. But I'd decided to embrace this as just double the friend, like just another annoying brother I have.

It's not so bad after all.

To my faithful readers..

To my faithful reader, the whole one of you, Miss Simone, this is a post for you.
Sorry I haven't blogged lately, I will endeavor to spice up your work day with my inane banter more regularly from now on.
Make some comments while you're at it.
El xx

10 best presents

I recently found a letter from my BFF stating that the gift I gave her that year was 'in the top 10 presents she'd ever received'.

So here are mine in no particular order.

My Sony Walkman. I was 10, and I pretty much shit bricks when I opened it. All time fave present.

Some Gingham flats an ex boyfriend brought me. Yes not a big gift, but he spotted them all on his own, and at the time I often wondered did he actually understood me at all. Briefly after I put on those shoes, I thought he did.

Handmade gift number one. Cat.
Nothing says love like handmade. I got this for my 21st and carried it around at uni the next day.

Handmade gift number two. Photo frame.
Given to me by a girl I'm not too close to, but I just thought what a rad idea. Yet again handmade stuff rules.

Handmade gift number three. Book.
Also made lovingly for my 21st by the ULTRA talented Nat Martin, a fellow design grad of mine. Hand bound people!