BLOGS! NEW BLOGS!

so i'm a member of this online community called Swap Bot... it's pretty much the best thing ever and i adore it mostly because i can swap amazingly fun, interesting and inspiring things with people from all over the world.

the most recent swap i've been involved in is a "blog swap," in which i've given my blog to some people and they've given me their blogs.

please, let me tell you about the blogs i've been reading lately!

consciousness collection...
this is just an adorable little place to spend ages looking at cute photos and reading fun entries about food, smart shopping and OMGJAPAN!



wallflower DIY... 
a blog that makes me feel all gooshy inside! she's just this beautiful little ball of wonderful energy and words that i have been enjoying a lot over the last couple of days. i love her clothes, her product reviews and the way she speaks so candidly about her life. she's a new favourite!


angel in a glass creations...
oh her creations are amazing! they're completely inspired me to want to make new and beautiful little things... skirts, toys! OMG!


Betwixxt... 
i don't think i've found a single one of her entries that i'm not in love with... she is just adorable and quirky and posts about so many different topics that i can't help but keep going back 

my frizzle... 
oh the things she makes and the photos she takes! she's magical and i love her little bloggy-blog!

Unionvale Mom's Spot...
a wonderful little place to go to escape into a world of crafty swapping and foodstuffs! she's great and her writing's a breath of fresh air.

Urban Granola... 
she's  literally got the most beautiful little boy in the world and it's been just delightful to see his little life unfold through the pages of her blog.

the journey and musings of a single country gal... 
a beautiful lady with a big heart! her blog is filled with fun giveaways and a cute musings!

this and that...
a new blogger, but someone who has shown herself as completely dedicated to the cause of blogging! she throws herself into her entries with a zest and freshness that i love, love, LOVE!!

bpositive. bfree... 
reading her blog, this morning, through a hazy, sleepiness made me perhaps appreciate her writing more than anything else. she is so fresh with her writing and topics and i absolutely adore her. i love her face, her endeavours and writing!



and that, my friends, is it! danie's off for a prance to california, but not until we get to the court house to sever all ties with Origami! SQUEEE!

have a beautiful weekend all! i'll miss you and most likely find the time to blog whilst we're gone, i promise... kinda... maybe?

<3<3

i heart things and things NOT tuesday

you know, every so often i get excited about a giant amount of things before the week is out and i just cannae hold it in or i will forget all of it and then the list on tuesday runs the chance of being barren.

so as a result, on the occasion that my delight cannae be controlled, i am now implementing 'i heart things and things NOT tuesday!' hooray!

on to hearting!

• Japanese Restaurants... on our last night in brighton, husband and i had a wee date at a tiny japanese restaurant and MYGOD it was the best ever. like, usually, when you go into a chinese restaurant the waitresses are large and moody. they make it seem like you are inconveniencing them in some way because you would like to ingest food. well, at this restaurant (which, for some reason i cannae find the name of) the waitresses were all the tiniest japanese women you have ever seen in your life and they just pranced around and smiled the most precious smiles ever. it was like all the cutest little japanese schoolgirl stereotypes all rolled into one when you saw them. so friendly and oh so precious. and the meal... OMG the meal! it was like, the best thing ever. it was a prawn den ricebowl with like, the best white excitement ever tossed all over the top. the rice was perfect and the honey ribs and prawn tempura was to die for. i was mostly the most pleased ever. no, really. it was just amazing.
• the sea. i have now grown to realise that if i do not live by the sea at least once in my life i will have not lived to the fullest of my capacity. being from midwestern america, i was never privy to the joys of excess humidity and the saltiest water in the world, but i took advantage of the sea whilst i was there much like a randy college boy would were he to see a drunken, passed-out paris hilton laying on his couch. i wept upon first glance of it. we drove by it on the minibus and i just welled up (which is nothing THAT exciting, as i seem to be weeping at every single thing, ever at the moment). upon arrival at our hotel, we settled in, unpacked and departed for a prance around a city that held no familiarity with us. we were with two other people and i could barely contain myself from just running away from them and flying into the sea fully-clothed. instead, though... i contained myself long enough to allow us to get some cupcakes and cider for an afternoon of amazing delight. the cupcakes were perfect, the cider was icy and the sea was producing all the best sounds in the world. we met up with gem and mel after their meal and returned to our posts at the seafront with more cider and fish and chips for some pre-wedding chats and generally to enable us to breathe in as much of the most beautiful air in the world. due to the amount of booze cat and i had drunk, we decided to go paddling in the sea only to decide that our calves getting wet was not nearly enough, so we moved in further so our thighs were participating... soon, though... that was not enough. we needed to become a part of the sea and we sat in and the sea just hugged us like i have never been hugged in my life. it covered us and it was the warmest and loveliest experience ever.
  i honestly cannot recommend the sea any more than OMG you NEEDZ to go NOW!! it is the best thing ever. OMG!
• orangina. never before have i drunk orangina, but i have decided that after i saw the following advert on telly that i have no choice but to drink it almost constantly... please watch and enjoy...

• swapping things... again!! so, i have received another swap and i just cannot stress how much fun it is! this time i have swapped with a girl in florida and she has sent me the largest box of delights ever. as you can see from the photo there are oreo cakesters, chef boyardee ravioli pots, almond joys, maple syrup and grape delight! i have almost never been happier in my life. it is just the best thing ever to get parcels and to open them and just... well... it's just like christmas. i cannot explain how amazing it is. i will be sending her stuff off tomorrow and it is just as much fun from my end. you get to imagine what this person that you do not know would enjoy. i just love to be able to share all the delights that are in england with other people who are NOT here. it is so fun!

• honourable mentions... american treats aplenty, coke, my goldfish, cupcakes, popping spots, when i overhear classic conversations (an example is when we were walking down the street in brighton and we overheard a lady arguing with a shopkeeper and she decided it would be fair to say the following... 'fuck off back into your shop and suck your mutha's cunt!' yeah... classic, indeed), maple syrup, rik mayall, cheesecake, chevy, alan carr...