the optimist

“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.”

wishlist

Eva Solo Dressing Shaker 0.25l




HippHipp season 1 and 2.




Hunter Wellies - original navy



Kusmi tea Spicy Chocolate (or Celestial Tea)




Sheepskin slippers




Revitalash




OBH Nordica Handheld mixer




Tupperware




Redken Fresh Curls Hair Products




Husqvarna Sewing Machine (just a simple one, but with a strong engine)




PiP Studio Egg cups (buy here)

more Christmas music

Yesterday I went to Reading to find a dress for the Christmas party on Friday. TOTAL FAIL! Didn't find anything at all! Nothing! Nada! That I even remotely liked. So that was one wasted Sunday afternoon. When I got home I decided to make the best of what was left of the day so we started baking; lussekatter (this time with proper Safran from Sweden - thank you Peter), ginger bread men, and whilst I was in Reading Andreas made chocolate balls. YUM!



Then we watched Xfactor result show (I'm cheering on Matt and Rebecca) and ate some of the goodies and had some lovely julmust with it. I love Christmas! Oh and now to what I wanted to tell you: Sixpence None the Richer has a great version of Angels we have heard on high. Here it is for you to enjoy:

Christmas party dress

Today I've been hanging out with my white version of Stevie Wonder husband. Poor Andreas' eyes hurt a lot still and especially his right eye is very swollen and red. Hope it will heal soon for his sake - it must be frustrating.

Tomorrow I have to go to town and try and find a nice dress for the Christmas party. I usually find it really difficult to find something that I both like and can afford. I'm trying to stay open-minded regarding the style of the dress because it is usually when you know what you want that you can't find it. Will probably have to get some spanx as well... it doesn't get much sexier than that :)






Images from Oasis and Asos.

home is where the heart is

Picture from Etsy

angry

I got an e-mail yesterday from someone interested in my wedding dress, then today I received this:


Hello Marianne Lamberth,

Thanks for the mail with trust and honest toward this transaction, i will offer you (£450) for your ,WEDDING DRESS , the condtion terms are also okay with me.For the Shippment from your location, i have my SHIPPER that will come over for the pick up from y our location as soon as we seal this Transaction from your end.

Do e-mail me your (FULL NAME, CONTACT ADDRESS, MOBILE & LANLINE PHONE NUMBER) For the payment arrangment, i will be paying by Cheque and i will wait for the cheque to clear before the pick up from your location bcos'i still have a goods in U.K that they will ship for me.I have a CLIENT of my that is Owning me some Fund in United Kingdom that will issue you the cheque (£3,000), as soon as you receive the cheque and clear from the bank, you will deduct the cost of the ADVERT and the remaining balance of (£2,500) will be send to the Shipper through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER for the pick up from your location.

If this is okay by you, do e-mail me the following detail

FULL NAME ON CHEQUE:
CONTACTED ADDRESS:
MOBILE & LADLINE PHONE NUMBER:

for the cheque to be made out to you. Hope to read from you soonest.
Regards, NB:- I will wait for the cheque to clear before the pick up.

I will compensate you with £50 for you to remove the advert from the site.

My Regards,
Jack Fernandes.

OBVIOUSLY A SCAM! I hate you Jack Fernandes! jack_fernandes2009@yahoo.co.uk

Posting this so that if anyone else gets something similar they will find out!
I just e-mailed him back telling him to stop stealing from people.

So annoying because I really want to sell that dress. I mean I love that dress but I will never wear it again and so what is the point of it taking up all that space in our apartment?

quote

Some people say mockingly that Christianity is for the weak,
but I am inclined to agree.
Humanity consists of two kinds of people:
The weak and those
who won't admit they are weak.

a tiny order

I love searching Etsy for little cute things and today I found this great shop that customizes necklaces. Check out Truche. I e-mailed her and found out she would do a "I heart Sweden" for me! Can't wait to see it!




"I heart New Jersey" and "I heart California"



"I heart the United Kingdom" and "I heart France"

to all my Swedish friends

Please donate to this cause:

Katrin Zytomierska will buy presents for up to 300 SEK to families who don't have enough money to buy Christmas presents to their kids. You can donate money to help!

Check it here

how to make a star

Making the little starts that you could see on our Advent decoration has been a bit of therapy for me over the years since December often meant many deadlines and exams in the past when I was a student. So here is a short guide on how to make them:
You will need 4 equally long strips of paper or I sometimes use gift ribbon (just don't use the thinnest kind if it is your first time as it can be a bit tricky).




Fold the strips over themselves so they look as the first picture.





Then turn it around and do the same on the opposite side.





Then it will look like this:


Folk back one of the strips and bend the previous in under the one you lifted.


It will come out through one of the tips on the side, pull it out carefully so that a tip is created.



Repeat...



Eventually it will look like this:



Then do the same on the other side:


Then cut off all the snippets sticking out, and you have a little start



It was quite hard to take pictures whilst making the star but I hope you will figure it out. GOOD LUCK! :)