There was an outlet shopping event in Turku this weekend. kaisay and I went today, just to see what was happening. Both of us meant not to buy much, but managed to make a few fab finds ( Read more... )

Is it wrong to want Gok Wan and Tim Gunn to come and redo my wardrobe & style ( Read more... )

Weekends this nice should probably be considered illegal or something.

It's Midsummer soon. I've made no plans for the Eve, I'll probably end up staying at home watching quality BBC dramas on DVD and eating a lot & drinking some rosé wine. As most of you know, I'd prefer to be out of the country anyway, but as it's not possible this year, I'll just try to really relax for a while ( Read more... )

I ordered three photobooks of my pics from my trip to Wales and got them yesterday. They really surprised me in a positive way. The quality of the pics is good (big pictures are better than small ones) and the books look very nice. Not to mention they take only a few millimetres of shelf space each. Which is a definite plus compared to the huge, ( Read more... )

Oh, wow. I'm watching Doctor Who's third season in what seems to be fast forward. I have no sense of trying to prolong the fun. But now I have to save the last three eps till later, thanks to our short little fall vacation coming to an end. Can't be watching DW till ridiculous a.m. today, like I did last night...

( Spoilery thoughts on the season so far )

Whee! I went to the hairdresser's today, four months after my previous cut & color. I'm still semi-blonde, but now with significantly shorter hair. The fact that my hair is shorter now gives it loads more volume, hence the big hair thing. I'm liking it. (Although I'm pretty sure I can't duplicate the do afterwards, since I've got no skills in doing ( Read more... )

Yup, five down, 185 more to go. Work days till next summer vacation, that is. *grin* And no, I did not count them one by one, I'm going by the official number of the work days in a school year. I won't keep counting the whole year through, I promise. I'll get back to it about the time we hit 40 in the countdown. Heh. Although I won't have a fab ( Read more... )

I've been spending the two last days of my vacation (among other things) painting bookshelving black. I find it very relaxing, sitting on the floor of my balcony and painting away ( Read more... )

Hmm. I think I'll go and check the new city library today. I could see if there are any books I could use in my research. Yay.

What I think is absolutely fantastic is that the new library is also open on Sundays! What a great decision.