Halloween! It's starting!
So, I'd been wondering when Dusk (Australian candle store) were going to release this year's Halloween offerings and... Friday was the day, woo-hoo! I missed the house last year and wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
Somewhat naff photo, I know, but despite it being the middle of the day when I got my new purchases home I just had to add them to the ones I already had and light them up!
Different, huh? The Tala Union Jack measuring cup doesn't usually live there - it's just that it had arrived that morning and I was still in the process of -- admiring it -- moving it to the kitchen. The dolls, however, do usually live there. At least their clothing and the Breakaway vamp in his coffin matches the theme of the candle holders! (And... Gigi from Kiki's Delivery Service!)
The (all autographed - 'cos I kid myself it's far classier that way than just sticking up pretty pics at my age! ::snerk::) artwork on the wall is a hybrid of eye-candy (and sadly my current fave has been decapitated in the pic - ooops) & my favourite V8 drivers & footballers.
Moving on! How is everyone? As always despite trawling through LJ everyday I still struggle to find the motivation to ever post anything becuase... I never feel as though I really have anything of note / interest to say.
- I've just finished 2 weeks of leave. Didn't go anywhere, but what I did do was a lot of cleaning and reorganising. I filled both the recycle bin and the normal bin with rubbish and even somehow managed to see fit to cull my shoe collection by 9 pairs which are now on their way to charity! Granted it didn't really make that much of a dint, but... Go me! I find it much easier to buy shoes than I do to get rid of them!
- Last year I engaged in a truly out of character stroll through writing ::gasp:: non-slash fan fic. This year, this very week in fact, I possibly went one step further towards hell and actually wrote -- the first thing I've written all year -- a ficlet that involved a character played by ::whispers:: Tom Cruise. I feel compelled to confess this for some reason - perhaps in the hope of seeking absolution? ::sigh:: Seriously though, the things that randomly get into your head and absolutely insist on pouring forth - you simply can't control them.
- Hee! I made 3 Halloween cards this afternoon.
- At the start of my holidays I told myself I'd make the effort to change (dust!) all my dolls. I managed... 8. 8 out of 50+. The inclination sadly just wasn't there. Mind you, the inclination also isn't really there to perform a cull and get rid of some (most) of them either. I feel sorry for them, and my current lack of interest in them annoys me, but... Whenever I pick one up to half heartedly get the dust of them I'm still reminded of how absolutely beautiful I find them and how much I enjoy looking at them. So... Albeit as dust catchers, they stay.
- Hope everyone's having a wonderful weekend!
Somewhat naff photo, I know, but despite it being the middle of the day when I got my new purchases home I just had to add them to the ones I already had and light them up!
Different, huh? The Tala Union Jack measuring cup doesn't usually live there - it's just that it had arrived that morning and I was still in the process of -- admiring it -- moving it to the kitchen. The dolls, however, do usually live there. At least their clothing and the Breakaway vamp in his coffin matches the theme of the candle holders! (And... Gigi from Kiki's Delivery Service!)
The (all autographed - 'cos I kid myself it's far classier that way than just sticking up pretty pics at my age! ::snerk::) artwork on the wall is a hybrid of eye-candy (and sadly my current fave has been decapitated in the pic - ooops) & my favourite V8 drivers & footballers.
Moving on! How is everyone? As always despite trawling through LJ everyday I still struggle to find the motivation to ever post anything becuase... I never feel as though I really have anything of note / interest to say.
- I've just finished 2 weeks of leave. Didn't go anywhere, but what I did do was a lot of cleaning and reorganising. I filled both the recycle bin and the normal bin with rubbish and even somehow managed to see fit to cull my shoe collection by 9 pairs which are now on their way to charity! Granted it didn't really make that much of a dint, but... Go me! I find it much easier to buy shoes than I do to get rid of them!
- Last year I engaged in a truly out of character stroll through writing ::gasp:: non-slash fan fic. This year, this very week in fact, I possibly went one step further towards hell and actually wrote -- the first thing I've written all year -- a ficlet that involved a character played by ::whispers:: Tom Cruise. I feel compelled to confess this for some reason - perhaps in the hope of seeking absolution? ::sigh:: Seriously though, the things that randomly get into your head and absolutely insist on pouring forth - you simply can't control them.
- Hee! I made 3 Halloween cards this afternoon.
- At the start of my holidays I told myself I'd make the effort to change (dust!) all my dolls. I managed... 8. 8 out of 50+. The inclination sadly just wasn't there. Mind you, the inclination also isn't really there to perform a cull and get rid of some (most) of them either. I feel sorry for them, and my current lack of interest in them annoys me, but... Whenever I pick one up to half heartedly get the dust of them I'm still reminded of how absolutely beautiful I find them and how much I enjoy looking at them. So... Albeit as dust catchers, they stay.
- Hope everyone's having a wonderful weekend!