A Day In The Life

I’ve missed a few ‘Day in the Life’s so tried to make an effort to join in this time. Unfortunately it was rather a dull day, as you will see…

Woken at 8am by a text from a friend – one of the drawbacks of using my iPhone as an alarm clock. I’m not working today so spend an hour in bed checking my social networking sites on the internet. I do love my iPhone but its such a terrible time waster! Excited to see photos and reviews of Sufjan Stevens‘ live score performance last night in Brooklyn. Wish for the millionth time that I lived in NY so I could go to these events.

Finally get up & dressed. Have some breakfast and write out a shopping list. Need to do some food shopping and as I’m still in need of a winter coat, I decide to go to the Asda as there’s a TK Maxx near there.

Walk to the supermarket for exercise and to register the steps on my Pokewalker (Pokemon-themed pedometer). Listen to my newest music crush, Brite Futures, to make the walk less tedious.

Fail to find a suitable winter coat in TK Maxx or Next. I have very stringent guidelines for a winter coat:
1. Must have a hood.
2. Duffle coats are good but they should have a zip to prevent draughts.
3. Must have pockets.
4. Not black. Grey is okay but preferably a bright colour.
This may take a while…

Do the food shopping and get the bus back home for some lunch. My chinchillas, Maple & Truffles, need to have their cage cleaned out so I let them have a run about in the front room while I get on with this fun chore Hear Maple squeaking from under the armchair. I can’t get her out so have to move the cage to reach her. Finish cleaning the cage and realise I can’t see Truffles. Search under & behind various items of furniture then see her under the damn armchair! Have to move the cage again to get the little pest out.

After all that excitement, I head out to Islington to go see ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ at the cinema. My sister, Marceline, had already been to see it and hadn’t been that impressed but said I should go see it anyway. Maybe seeing it in 3D would help?

Buy my ticket from one of those automatic ticket machines then continue the search for a coat while I wait for the film to start. Still no luck with that but do buy a lovely blue jumper in Gap. Check out the Christmas Town range in Paperchase – its so cute!

Have an early tea in Wagamamas and had a bizarre moment when I went to pay and found someone had drawn a speech bubble on my £10 note!

???

Not entirely sure what that means

Got popcorn before going in to the film. Bit apprehensive about the 3D glasses as I have to balance them in front of my own glasses but it seems to work alright. Does get a bit uncomfortable after a while though. Eat most of my popcorn before the film starts then feel a bit ill. This is the usual scenario when I get popcorn at the cinema.

I’m impressed with how all the characters look in the film but very annoyed at all the changes to the book. The original story is much more exciting and I don’t feel the 3D really adds much. The bits of the film which followed the story were fantastic – such a shame there weren’t many of them. Just hope the next Tintin films are less disappointing.

Catch the 56 bus home to bed.

More ‘A Day In The Life’ posts here.

 

Spiders!

Pom-pom spiders

Hi there! Sorry for neglecting my blog for so long. I’ve not been crafting recently as was in major study hell for a long time. But I’ve finally finished my course and am now a fully-qualified Dispensing Optician – yay!
Anyway since Halloween is coming up I decided to make a few spiders to decorate the opticians practice where I work. I used pre-made pom-poms by Laura Donald just because I had them lying about and they already had strings on to tie them up. I just added some pipe cleaner legs and google eyes!

I think they’re pretty cute ^_^

Bandit Spider hanging around at my work

 

Kawaii Patch

Kawaii Patch

My eye has recently gone a bit icky – nothing serious, just a bit red & dry – and my optometrist friend suggested I could patch it if I wanted to give it a rest. So I put my crafty skills to good use & made a kawaii eyepatch!

I used Aranzi Aronzo‘s Haha Bunny to decorate it as she’s so cute & happy, she’s bound to cheer me up ^_^

 

I Love Adz!

In honour of the official release of the wondrous new album by Sufjan Stevens, I have amalgamated my two obsessions (Sufjan & kawaii) by drawing this picture of manga-me with my new love ‘The Age of Adz’ (and a confused chinchilla!).

‘The Age of Adz’ is available from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

 

Bunny Brooches

Just an update to let you know my bunny brooches are now listed in my Etsy shop in a range of funky colours. Buy one to brighten up your winter coat!

Also still available from Super Cute Kawaii.

 

Happy Birthday Sufjan

Wishing many happy returns to the man who has given me so much happiness with his glorious music. Thank you, Sufjan.

Photo taken by me on 12/09/09 at ATP New York.

 

Sad Bunny Brooches

Bunny Brooches

Finally my internet is fixed and I can reveal my new brooches – yay! Bunny from my ‘Bunny & Balloon” cards has been made into a cute brooch so you can take him wherever you go. Handsewn from felt with a brooch pin securely attached to the back and lightly stuffed, Bunny is available in a variety of colours for only £5. Get your bunny brooch here at Super Cute Kawaii.

Fishy

This is my goldfish who sadly died at the weekend. I had him for 18 years which is pretty impressive for a goldfish & he will be sorely missed.

 

A Day In The Life

This is my first contribution to one of Claire’s ‘Day In The Life’ projects for 1st Feb 2010, pity its rather dull but its a typical Monday for me.

06:45 My first alarm sounds.

07:00 My second alarm sounds.

07:05 The snooze alarm sounds and I finally drag myself out of bed.

07:20 Washed & dressed, I look out of the kitchen window to see a fox saunter past and disappear through a gap in the back fence. Seeing a fox always seems magical.

07:40 Breakfast of tea and toast over, kiss goodbye to the boyfriend and leave the house with my bag and super-heavy folder as Mondays are the day I attend my college course. There’s a light dusting of snow, as if thousands of those tiny polystyrene balls have been spilled everywhere.

07:50 Bus comes. Get a seat on the top deck, left hand side and listen to my iPod. The glorious music of Sufjan Stevens never fails to wrap me in a bubble of joy in which I’m impervious to the sounds, smells & elbows of others. Essential for any travelling in London.

08:35 Get off at Angel Station. I could get off at the next stop right outside college but then would miss out on my beloved Metro without which I couldn’t function properly.

08:40 Metro in hand, walk round to college and down to the canteen to greet my friends Vic and Katherine. Have a good old moan about our respective workplaces. Georgie turns up and muses whether the chocolate tiffin she bought counts as one of her 5 a day since it contains raisins, cherries and coconut.

08:55 Our first class of the day is on the 8th floor so drag ourselves up countless flights of stairs until we reach the top, puffing & panting with aching thighs and begging for oxygen.

10:00 Pete turns up late as he has man-flu. Gets teased mercilessly as he is the Token Boy of our group. The lectures can sometimes be rather tedious but our group all get on well and we always have a laugh.

11:55 Go to the Animal Room on the 2nd Floor to talk to Ben & Matt about doing some volunteer work on my days off.

12:15 Sit in the canteen. Usually go out to the supermarket with the others to pick something up but brought a packed lunch this week. Has turned into a gorgeous sunny day.

12:30 The gang are back from the shop with doughnuts – yay! Good letter in the Metro pointing out that the woman banned from wearing her pyjamas to Tesco found time to put her huge earrings on so why not some clothes? Zackly!

13:00 More lectures & exercises. Keep sane with Vic’s stories about her cats, Georgie’s sick jokes and frequent injections of sugar.

17:15 Evening lab. We’ve never understood why they have lab last thing cos we’re all knackered & just want to go home. Zip through the experiment as fast as possible which is probably why it doesn’t work properly.

18:00 Escape from college at last and walk my friends to Angel Station. Cross the road to the bus stop.

18:30 Bus finally comes and takes an extremely long & tortuous route home. It is packed and have to sit at the back so take out my book to avoid looking at the guy opposite. Switch to iPod when start feeling travel sick.

19:15 Get home. No post for me – booo!

19:30 The boyfriend comes home and we exchange news of our day. Start making the tea. Too tired to cook so just bung a pizza in the oven.

20:00 Eat our pizza. The boyfriend mentions he saw some kind of altercation on his bus ride home where a knife was pulled. Good old London!

20:25 Finish tea and check my emails and feeds. Today’s ‘Daily Kitten’ is so adorable.

21:10 The boyfriend comes in to use the computer and show me the books he bought. He also got me a copy of ‘The Moonstone’ by Wilkie Collins.

21:12 Sit in the kitchen with a cup of tea, biccie & hot water bottle playing ‘Professor Layton & Pandora’s Box’ on my DS.

21:20 The boyfriend calls me through to look at the picture gallery for Leyton Orient’s 2-2 draw against Carlisle.

21:30 Back to playing Professor Layton. Amused by the mini-game where you have to exercise a portly hamster – mine’s called Rupert.

21:50 Start getting my stuff organised for tomorrow and get ready for bed.

22:10 In bed with a book – ‘Brooklyn Follies’ by Paul Auster.

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Cupcake Bunny Cards

I squealed with delight on Christmas morn when I saw these cards! Marcy had them printed up as a surprise for me, using my own drawing of a cupcake bunny. They are now available to buy in my Etsy shop for only $3 dollars each and no shipping costs within the UK – buy now!

 

Panda Bunny CAKE!!

Panda Bunny Cake

You may remember the Panda Bunny I made for Marcy last year, “inspired” by the Usacolle bunnies. Well Vanessa Kinder loved it so much her boyfriend had this amazing Panda Bunny cake made for her by Miami Specialty Cakes. It truly is the most awesome cake I have ever seen! I love how they’ve even iced the mouth like its been stitched 🙂

(Many thanks to Vanessa for allowing the use of her photo – and Happy Birthday!)