Photo A Day April: Day 04

Day 04 — Someone who makes you happy

I was going to cop out on this one and use an old photo, but there was still enough time in the day left to force Dolly to pose for me. She's still a one, and she made me very happy today as it's the first time she's been out on her own and she came right back and meowed at the door to be let back in. It just makes me so glad because it means she likes us and being here, even if it is the food, I don't mind, she came back and that's the point. Even though she is naughty and a nuisance sometimes, she's so cute and has a tendency to be lovely if you catch her of-guard, she'd make a terrible person but look at her lovely face! ♥

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If I could I'd put a photo of our future-landlord here I so would. It sounds like we've got the flat we wanted, and that's pretty darn swell.

Double-team.

Hello second post of the day. I'm on top of things for once. I've uploaded everything onto eBay, and even already have a few watchers, and I've got my outfit from today to show you as well as photos of my babe.

I went to Wing Yip with my Mum, sister, auntie and cousins this morning/afternoon for dim sum and ate myself to death. That's the danger of dim sum, so much choice, so little room in your stomach.
I spent the rest of today playing in the garden with my cat, talking on the phone with Moon and uploading those clothes onto eBay, pretty productive Sunday if you ask me.

So not looking forward to the Jobcentre tomorrow, really looking forward to heading down to Dorking to visit my Gran afterwards though, but super-silly nervous about my Alamy interview on Tuesday, eep!

Shirt: H&M
Necklaces: Topshop, H&M
Bracelet: Gift from Moon
Playsuit: Primark
Belt: Dorothy Perkins (with dress)
Tights: Superdrug
Shoes: Converse/Amazon



I actually really love this playsuit but it was stuffed in the back of my chest of drawers for months and it has a tendency to get a bit 'bummy' when not enforced so not the best for winter, which is why the nice weather was a good excuse. I'm really glad that spring is trying to let us know that it's around the corner. Not that that doesn't terrify me at the same time due to the fact that it will soon be nearly eight months since I officially graduated and, not including internships, will be eight months that I've been unemployed, which is very uncool.


I was so happy when I remembered that I had this, it also makes up for the fact that my watch is stuck at Moon's house until I see him at the tail end of next week. I never thought I that I wouldn't like naked wrists.


My cousin has two young sons and this is a drawing of a cat that my mum did to entertain the youngest. She was kind of absent-mindedly doing it too, so it would seem that I'm not the only who's feeling a bit cat-centric since the arrival of our feline friend.



♥


I'm trying to start to compare how she's grown since we got her, I know she has but I haven't got any real evidence. She's definitely more ballsy in any case, not to mention more of a pain, but look how beautiful and white she is in natural daylight :)



Hope you had a proper Sunday like I did. Fingers crossed for the chilling out to continue into next week, I don't mind so much about the impending stress of Tuesday though, obviously.

Soft kitty.

So, in my 2012, cats are kind of a big deal. So I was pretty damn excited when I saw a Paul & Joe cat-shaped blusher stick in this month's Company, it was the final straw. From beauty to the fact that you can't watch anything on Youtube without ending up on cats, I'm pretty sure that there's not going to be much getting away from pesky felines any time in the near future, so I figure, why not embrace it? And cats are great anyway, so...

The latest collection from Paul & Joe is a bit cat-centric. It's a bit more expensive than I would normally pay but I think it's all still pretty good value for money, plus for the extra money you can have paw-prints in your lipstick and a cat wearing a top hat to greet you when you put on your blusher - I don't even wear blusher!

Paul & Joe Cat Collection Blusher Stick, 'Minou', £21. ASOS


Paul & Joe Cat Collection Eye Shadow, £21. Available in 'Siamese Please' or 'Purr-fect', ASOS


Paul & Joe Cat Collection Lipstick, 'Sex Kitten', £16. ASOS
This range is available exclusively to ASOS, and after discovering Paul & Joe's kitties, I thought I'd take a look to see what else ASOS has to offer on the cat front, it turns out, quite a lot.

NW3 Beau Cat Brooch, £29, ASOS


Moschino Cheap & Chic It's Raining Cats And Dogs Umbrella, £45, ASOS


NW3 Annabel Cat Print Dress in Silk, £169, ASOS


Numph Cat T-Shirt, SALE £22, ASOS


ASOS Cat Print Across Body Bag, £18, ASOS


Dahlia Wrap Midi Dress In Cat Print, SALE £27, ASOS


Pepe Jeans Cat Tee, £40, ASOS


Posted these before, still amazing.
ASOS PURR Over Lasted Suede Wedge, £75, ASOS
Earlier this week, you may remember that I talked about Lazy Oaf, well they too have some sweet cat clothing coming up in their S/S 2012 range, but which one to pick, it's a toughy.

There's also a set of Lazy Oaf badges that I wouldn't mind getting my hands on, especially since losing my Gemma Correll Monday Cat pin at my interview on Monday *creys*
Lazy Oaf Meow Badge Pack, £3.50, Lazy Oaf
Here are some other cat things to round this off, how do you feel about cats? (HA!) I wouldn't even say I'm a 'cat-person', I basically just like any cute, furry animal, like any other normal girl who uses the internet. I definitely like cats more than horses though, although I still find it hard to say no to a horse dress.

Jeffrey Campbell Cat Tapestry Litas, $159.95, Sole Struck — Sadly now sold out :(

(via RIP Shannon)

I think it would be nice if this was real and accessible.


So, I was looking for some neat cat nail art that I hadn't shown you before, but this came up and I thought this was better. It was posted on this forum and as cute as it may look I think we should all just consider why someone would need to do this...

(via Bitching and Junkfood)

I hope you enjoyed my cat homage, I think I've exerted all my crazy now, so thanks for that.

Workspace-Playplace.

One thing I am looking forward to incredibly once I am finally able to move out is not having to have a desk in my room. Silly as it sounds, I'm a definite believer in keeping the bedroom a bedroom, it's for relaxing and sleeping, not somewhere to work and be distracted, I'm even in two minds about having a TV in my room still, but I don't use it as much as I was worried I would.

However, while I deal with my distaste over having to have everything I own confined to one room, here is where I spend my days job hunting and pointlessly refreshing Facebook and Twitter.

Over the last couple of weeks I've been trying to create a more 'Me' space, just to keep myself motivated. So I've ended up making extra room, getting rid of my monitor and replacing it with nice photos. I'm still bummed about the desk but I should be getting a new one/my old one back in the next few weeks.

I'm a big fan of looking at lovely, creative workspaces and right now mine isn't fully living up to my expectations but it will do for now and I'm quite happy with it.

Lovely desks, and interiors in a similar category.

Raisin Heart — I found this on Tumblr through Lyzi from Being Litte. I think it has a really good balance of work and play without becoming clutterd.

Kate Moross — If there's one thing that I admire about Kate Moross, it's definitely her studio/work spaces. She's got a great set on Flickr documenting the changes in her studio environment between 2006 and 2010, there's so many nice colours and so much lovely storage space.

Crap by Never Ever Ever — This is a photo I found on Flickr years ago, but I still think it's great in fact when making this quick list I was kind of hoping that I still had this one tucked away so I could share it with you.

Samantha Stolz — There are things that are almost perfect about this one.

Oliver Fields' Office — (If I could find a better photo, I would) Although 'Beginners' is beginning to feel like my 'movie to obsess over 2k12' this is relevant. The main character, Oliver, has the most bangin' office space at the design agency he works for, it has a yellow wall, this very important and provides major workspace porn.

While I'm here, here are the cute things I bought on Saturday in Shoreditch. I didn't go mad or really spend much so I think these purchases were both justified and harmless.

Tea-light holders, InSpitalfields, £2 each

These were in the sale at InSpitalfields, an adorable giftshop in Spitalfields Market, I can't go to Spitalfields without a visit there, everything is so cute. Not quite trumping Maiden to the topspot of 'Fave Shoreditch shops' but it's still pretty great and I thought these were a steal and I've been looking for some for a while. I wanted three but they didn't have any with ladies to go with the gentlemen :(

Vintage 1930's Transfers, Spitalfields Flea Market, £4

I will be the first to admit that this is a bit pricey for what they are but I also don't think that they broke the bank either. Plus the lady I bought them from said that I can stick them on anything and that she'd just stuck some on some glasses, which sounds like a cute craft idea. If nothing else, they'll definitely match my new cat-lady persona.

The Maccabees Fabric Poster, Brixton Academy, £10
Frame, Charity Shop, £4

You probably spotted this above, I found a frame for this a lot quicker than I thought I would. It's a really old and weird frame but I don't think anyone will notice/be looking at the back so it's all good. I'm in two minds over the crease across the poster, on the one had it show it's fabric and it's effort to iron and take it out, but on the other it would probably look a million miles better if I ironed it... I think I'll leave it like this for the moment until it has a more permanent home.

Paul Thurlby card, Scribbler, 75p
Frame, Barnados, 99p
So while I was taking these, Dolly realised that paper is the enemy and must be destroyed, apart from paper bags, they're the best. So thank you InSpitalfields, not just for the tea-light holders but also for the minutes of entertainment that you provided my kitty.
We're getting to know each other better and better and she even responded to her name earlier, although finding bits of tissue paper everywhere is slightly annoying...

713.

This is a bit rubbish but here are a couple of outfits and more things I bought this week, as well as a couple of gratuitous photographs of Dolly.

So these are the outfits I wore on Wednesday evening and Thursday. I went out on Wednesday for the first time in ages it was a bit of a shame that it was only a quiet one due to my interview the following day. These dresses are too good; great shapes and such cool patterns.

Left:
Dress: Yumi, £12.99
Belt: Primark, with another dress
Tights: Primark
Shoes: New Look, last year

Right:
Jacket: H&M, last year
Scarf: Primark, nearly 5 years ago
Dress: Yumi, £21.99
Tights: Primark
(wore with) Ankle Boots: River Island.

I got these in the Dorothy Perkins sale for £5, best £5 spent on shoes, ever! They're so comfy and so ugly, the best! ♥

I'm really liking the idea of putting neat things like greetings cards in frames. Scribbler might have a sale on and I might have popped into the one in Kensington while waiting around for my interview on Friday. They're by an illustrator called Paul Thurlby and I thought they were pretty cute. The 'Embrace' one would make a good Valentine's card but I feel it might be slightly to mushy for Moon's taste in that context and I'd prefer it for myself as a piece of art anyway. Now I know that Scribbler is far superior to Paperchase in it's card selection at the moment, I'll definitely be taking the time to browse there first.

I got around to printing out my graphic CV a whole week ahead of schedule. Which I probably knew I could do but it does wonders for motivation when you tick things off your to-do list early. The man who works at the printers in New Malden was quite nice and has asked to potentially use photographs from Malden Fortnight to display in the window. I don't know if anything will come from it but it was kind of nice. I'm to drop some business cards to him during next week.

All baby animals like to do is play.