Tied Up In Notts

Having so much fun in Nottingham!

Was wiped out on Wednesday, but back out again yesterday and today.

 

Jonny Loulous' sale...

 

 

Amy Butler fabric (swoon)

 

 

Jesse James beads (a pound a strand!)

 

 New perfume from Kiehl's shop (I mean...a real shop, not a stand in a department store)

 



 

Yummy iced almond parfait dessert in The Cross Keys, our local for the week

 

 

The tram stop opposite our hotel. Simples.

 

 

Got the tram to here...Hopkinsons.

 

 

Got the tram back into town to go to Baklash. Didn't buy the hat.

 

yum...hay!

Ever wondered where a pony stays backstage. Me in Peregrines' "stable".

 

Whoa! Where's the pony? (In a lift!)

The wonderful Peregrine



What's In Your Kitchen Cupboard?

This is what I found in mine yesterday, when looking for a bowl!

 

 

Mr B had hidden it in there before he went to Plymouth. He'd found it up in Sunderland.

 

 

You can make your own 'farmyard' as there are printed animals on the inside to cut out and play with.

 

Bluebell and her two new chums

But I have my own farmyard already...it was a Christmas pressie.

(It was in that big Jonny Loulou bag from MK, here)

 

 

While this may leave you scratching your head, going "Why?", Mr B was very amused by me knowing the words to the McDonalds ad with the farm, which is called 'Jollity Farm'...the dogs bow wow, the cats miaow etc etc. He saw a picture of it in the Metro one day and thought 'that's the present for my gal' or words to that effect! 

 

(Oh, how I love thee, Neil Innes!)

MK Winter Wonderland

 Gosh, I haven't been to Milton Keynes for years. 

 

So, to go when they have decorated for Christmas is a particularly good time to visit.

 

 

 

More twinkling lights than you can shake a stick at, as the saying goes!

 

 

A 'cheeky little something' for supper at Jonny Loulous' with a turkey and cranberry sauce filled crusty baguette.

 

That big bag in the background?? That's my Chrimbo pressie! Which we opened last night!!

Want to know what it is?

Zxx

Prettimas

 

Six squid for 100 ever-so-pretty, sturdy and specially shaped paper chains.

 

My surprise find yesterday at Jonny Loulou, Milton Keynes.

 

I am soooo in love with these it's sad!

Zxx



Ditsy Belle #31 - Perfume

I think I may need to term this a wardrobe of smells!

 

A small selection of Jean Paul Gaultier smellies.

OMG! I love this man. Such fab bottle designs. Bloomin' brilliant! And I do like the perfume too, though I prefer the Classique scents to the Fragile.
 



 

A couple of Cliniques' lighter, more summery smells. I have used their Aromatics for years but these, Happy in Bloom and Happy to Be are much easier to wear. A moment of madness in the (as then) new Selfridges in the Bullring in Brum saw me walk away with this rather stunning Jo Malone perfume, Pomegranate Noir. Ooo, I've just had a little spray - shame you can't get scratch 'n' sniff blogs! I feel it is a very 'grown up' perfume! Then there is a burst of Naughty Alice by Vivienne Westwood.

 

 

Again another buy from Selfridges, the Stila Jade Blossom is gorgeous. They are real flowers on the bottle, so each one is unique. The Playboy bunny ears bottle just makes me smile. Can't really remember the smell...will use it tomorrow just to remind me. Loverdose probably has been one of my favourite perfumes since Aromatics. Love , Love, LOVE it! Love the smell, love the bottle design and how it feels in your hand when you use it. Plus, it looks pretty neat too.

 

 

I've uploaded this tiny picture I found on ebay, as I think mine is still packed up from the refurb. This was the first perfume I bought when I moved up to London and started working. It is also one of the few perfumes that I have finished and replaced. But I think it has since been discontinued. Shame. Goodness knows how I came to pick it; I think I was just walking through Jonny Loulous on Oxford Street, tried the tester and was hooked!

 

This being the second post of the evening and the final one of the month it struck me I'm glad I finished on nice smelly perfumes and not smelly bins!

 

Thank you for such a fun idea Bianca, it's been great!

Zxx