Scattered Strawberry Summer: December 2011

Rain, rain and more rain. It hasn't snowed this year, at least not where I live.It's been way too warm, which is pretty good, we're saving lots of money on heating, on the other hand, I actually quite like snow, especially when it's the first time it snows or when there is no wind and the snow is falling so slowly and beautifully. It's truly magical.Still, I'm quite happy it hasn't snowed because Britain can't deal with snow. I already shared my frustration on this last year - snow in GB.

Anyway, tomorrow is a special day, I'll ignore the rain and enjoy it anyway. At first I only planned to go to a nice restaurant but my BF offered to have a spoil-the-birthday-girl day, which is becoming a tradition of ours! :))

Thursday, December 29, 2011
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rain almost ruined our day out

animals

at the animal sanctuary

what are these?

it was after my scarf! :))

The donkeys loved the attention

She is so lovely! All the horses and the ponies were far away in the fields, but only she came to see us ( I#m only guessing it's female...). She is so beautiful and friendly.

What are these multicolour bits on the ground at the donkeys section? Looks like shredded plastic to me..

Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Purchase- polka dots dress

dress

My new dress I got on ebay. Love it. It is a tad too short for my liking, will have to wear it with leggings/jeans. It seems it would be so easy to sew one if I only had a sewing machine!.. Went to check the boxing day sales and to my surprise I found the same dress in New Look with a higher price, obviously.

It's Jane Austen day on BBC and it's time for Emma!...

Monday, December 26, 2011
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me and Liucija

girls

Thursday, December 22, 2011
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you know what really grinds me gears?

annoying

so I moaned about leggings in my last post, I'll moan about clothes a bit more.

It seems clothes are sewn for flat chested girls with a tummy. Only elastic clothes seem to fit both my waist and chest, other clothes- very tight on the chest and loose waist. I'm tired of narrowing the waist by hand cause I do not having sewing machine.

sleeves that are too short. OK, I might have longer arms because I am tall, but what I've noticed it is mostly sleeves of coats and jackets rather than everyday clothing that are short. Thank god (as my grandma would say), trousers/jeans come in different lengths in most shops, so that is not a problem.
ok.leggings... I bought a size 8 simple black ankle-length leggings last summer only to find out that they are actually half-calf length. When I went to the shop again to look at different sizes and their length, as I expected, the bigger the size, the longer the leggings. So stupid clothes makers ( it is hard to call them designers) think that your height is directly related to your but size, ie. only fat people can be tall and and all thin people are short. Same thing with tights, although you can get away with wearing a big size, can't do that with leggings.
H&M sizing. common, UK 8 is not equal EU 34, it's 36. Stop making people feel fatter than they are and get your sizing conversion right.
jeans with cheap zips that don't really work.
shoes. how come I can fit my feet into sizes 5 to 7 in the same shop? In most cases, size 6 is too small and 7 is too big. I wish more shops had 6.5 sizes.
autumn/winter shoes with smooth soles- you can slide on the pavement even if there is no ice or snow.

I bought myself boots online yesterday ( my voucher from toluna finally arrived!) and I hope they'll fit. What I like about them is that the buckles are removable, so it's like having two different pairs of shoes.