Clean Out Your Handbags

With Samhain over and the end of the calender year fast approaching I decided to do a little bit of cleaning and tidying this weekend.

I have a cupboard/wardrobe in our spare bedroom where I keep my clothes, bags, shoes etc and have been meaning to clear this out for a while. Carrie Bradshaw's walk-in-closet it is definitely not. You could certainly walk into it but the question is, would you ever get out?

Anyway, I found several handbags which I haven't used for some time but didn't clear them out before throwing them back into the cupboard. I was actually on the prowl for loose change as I am trying to save all I can for my holiday (yes, it really is that bad). I decided that now was the time to clear out the bags whilst looking for the loose change and I could not believe the stuff I found in them. My haul included:

1. 1 x packet of paracetamol capsules
2. 1 x packet of indigestion relief tablets (which I am hoping I won't need again)
3. A bottle of Chanel Coco Mademoiselle with a little bit left in it. (I knew I had this but didn't know where it had gone)
4. 2 x tubes of anti-bacterial hand gel
5. 1 Laura Mercier concealer
6. 1 Yankee Candle loyalty card
7. 1 Christian Dior lip gloss
8. 1 Laura Mercier lipstick
9. 3 Mac lipsticks
10. 1 Laura Mercier lipstick
11. 2 teaspoons (I had wondered recently why my teaspoons were disappearing)
12. 1 Chanel lip liner
13. 1 Christmas bauble (yes, really!)
14. Approx £3.00 in loose change (which has now been added to my holiday fund)
15. A £3.00 discount voucher for my local supermarket (still valid)
16. 1 mirror
17. A New York subway map
18. Approx 10 pens
19. 3 pairs of gloves (which I also knew I had but couldn't find)
20. A notebook

I have to say I am slightly ashamed of myself for leaving some of this stuff in handbags in the cupboard. It's not that I don't appreciate what I have, I am just a bit scatterbrained and disorganised sometimes. From now on though, I am going to make sure that I am more organised with my stuff and that I don't allow so much of it to accumulate in my handbags. The shame!

Website of the day..........

I have a huge interest in mythical creatures (particularly mermaids) and was delighted when I came across this website http://www.cryptozoology.com/

It has lots of stories about alleged sightings etc and I am sure it will provide me with hours of procrastinating time in the future.

Enjoy!

Some Festivity

I had some time on my hands today and decided to get the good old xmas decorations up. I lit my 'Festive Cheer' candle and put on the obligatory cheesy xmas CD (Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses is a particular favourite of mine).

Here is my delightfully tacky tree

and the red fairy who lives at the top.....

here is my Sex and the City bauble which I LOVE..

and my personal favourite, a cocktail glass from Vegas which has 'Las Vegas 2004' painted on the inside...

All this tree decorating has put me in the mood for mulled wine and mince pies. Shame I don't have any and can't be bothered venturing out in the cold to get any either. I do have cranberry and carmelised onion chutney though, hmmm.....what can I do with that I wonder!

A Quiz Thing

Here is a quiz thing stolen from somewhere. The things in bold are the things I have done, the things in italics are the things I want to do and the the things in normal font are ones which I have no intention of doing or am not that fussy for:

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo (hell no!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (I would if I could)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (only crazy people would do that these days)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Hasn’t everyone???)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (awww I would love to)
26. Gone skinny dipping (ha ha ha!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (I have visited Venice 4 times and would NEVER ride in a gondola. Complete tourist traps)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I am working on it)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Oh, the shame)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (thankfully no and I hope if I do it isn't for anything life threatening)
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (when I was little. Didn't everyone?)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (we don't have these in Scotland unfortunately. Something to do with the weather I suspect)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (I would like to but I am scared of those unmarked taxis that you have to get into)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (ewwwww)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (yeah, I was 14 though so it doesn't really count)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (I am working on it)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (please!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (ewwww, no but I would if I had to)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (kind of)
90. Sat on a jury (I hope I never have to do that)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (would like to see it but have seen far too many horror movies to go swimming in a lake)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant

Feel free to fill in and re-post.

Tis The Season To Be Dishonest (fa la la la la la la la la)

It's that time of year again so I decided to go to my Mum's house today to pick up my Christmas decorations. She kindly lets me store them there because she has so much more room than I do. My tree is such a giant tack fest, none of this colour co-ordinating stuff with ribbons. It is a complete mish-mash of everything we like. We have lots of little animals, star wars decorations, cocktail glasses, candy canes and gingerbread men.
I have a few new decorations to add this year too which I picked up on my travels. My particular favourite is my sex and the city bauble picked up from the HBO store in New York in February. I LOVE it!
I can't wait to see them on my tree.
I will try and take some decent pictures and post them soon.

In other news, whilst surfing the net recently I came across the blog of an old 'friend'. I use the term 'friend' loosely. I haven't spoken to this person for years and have no desire to either but we were good friends at one time. My curiosity got the better of me and I have been looking over their past entries. I cannot believe how people can be so dishonest and full of such utter crap and how they manage to reel others in to their fake little world.

I knew this person as a 'friend' for years and know that they are manipulative, selfish, conniving, spoilt, completely dishonest and (in my opinion) actually quite evil they really are. Yes, that's right, I said evil and I mean it. It's not a word I would use lightly at least not in a serious way but I would say that it is true in their case. Now, however they appear to be masquerading as the complete opposite and seem to really have a few people fooled judging by the comments their fellow blogger friends are leaving on their entries.

Despite what some people may think about witches/pagans, anyone who knows what it really stands for will know that you should never wish harm or anyone. And I wouldn't (despite the fact that they betrayed me and my family) the latter being worse. However, I believe in karma and I believe that people get back what they give out. Unless this person is putting on a complete front (which is possible) it doesn't look like karma has caught up with them yet. All I can say is, I wouldn't like to be them when it does.