February 26th, 2009
Birthday Girl
So, like yeah, it’s my birthday! 21 again and feeling all special and spring-like; brimming over with excitement and anticipation for what ‘birthday week’ will bring.
Birthday-style treats for myself:
- Hair do’ - back to cashmere/honey blonde
- Nails - suitably manicured and polished
- New fashion items - a really pretty pale pink and posy/tulip print top with cute puff sleeves, 4 dresses (it’s my birthday), and funky tan leather boots with buckle details up the sides
- Oily bath in luxurious Malabah scent (exclusive to Penhaligons, Princes’ Square - it was my wedding scent dharling)
- New accessories - large green leather bag (M&S Limited collection - you can’t beat it!), and a funky pale green and Liberty print hairband with sequin-relief bow
- Many grande vanilla lattes (the full fat vanilla syrup please!) from Starbucks, my fav coffee emporium - such a corporate sell-out I know
- A night off from Spanish class
Birthday-style treats from my nearest and dearest:
- Franz Ferdinand’s new album ‘Tonight’ - can’t stop playing Ulysses!
- ‘The Goddess Experience’, by Gisele Scanlon…a thoughtful gift from my husband as he knows how much I love funky writing like this with fashion interviews and beauty tip-offs galore
- A slinky, square-faced diamante bracelet watch - a girl needs to know the time?!
- Devine pampering treats from The Sanctuary Spa - foam bath, body souffle, exotic candles…
- A pretty ‘Poppy’ fairy mug and coaster
- A brand new black fur/sheepskin cossack hat - though I will need to pick my moments for wearing this as not sure how well the Dr Zhivago look will go down in the supermarket?
- Esther Freud’s ‘Love Falls’
- A beautiful and exotic rainbow fish wall-piece. It is textured and multi-coloured in deep petrol-soaked hues of magenta, gold and Prussian blue. A nod to my Piscean self from my in-tune mum
- A glamorous bracelet of silver, amethyst, diamante and murano glass from Cavania with an etched heart trailing with glittery silver and diamante tendrils…
- The 1950’s phone classic that is the ScandiPhone - mine is black and rather James Bond I believe. I keep it by my bedside because I have coveted it so long!
And much more in love and emotion and all that jazz.
Bon anniversaire!