Recent Thrifts, And My First Giveaway Winner!

 

 

Why Hello There.

 

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Well after all the fun and the frolick that was Halloween and My First Giveaway, I thought I'd get back into the swing of things with a post on my most recent thrifts.
BUT- not before I announce the winner of the Kiko Eyeshadow! *Drum roll please!*

Congratulations: SHANNON BLAND
(Many thanks to my Mum for helping me draw the winning name from the hat)
Drop me an e-mail Shannon, at: jelisdelapoesie@gmail.com with your postal address :) 
 

Please let me thank you all immensely. Those who took part in the giveaway and made me feel like a success by joining in- I was worried no one would enter! All those who welcomed me to their wonderful Halloween Tea Parties, and took the time to stop by at mine, and of course the lovely Miss V from A Fanciful Twist for organising the whole shabang :) Thank you all, whoever you are, for making me feel welcome in the blogosphere (do we still use that word? Is it outdated yet? ;P )

 

So yeah- thank you!

 

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And now on with the thrifting! From top to bottom: (I'm afriad I'm using a friend's computer and the photos just won't arrange themselves how I'd like them to)

1 A lovely little black dress 2 Love the ruched bodice 3 These shoes were just irresistable, and not too high 4 Really light and comfy gilet, might come in handy for running now the weather's getting cooler 5 Aren't these jelly moulds just adorable? Not that keen on Jelly but Mum thinks they'll make cute kitchen decorations 6 Gorgeous silky random print top with zip down the back, adds instant class to my skinnies :)

 

 

 

Sunshine!

 Oh Hello :)

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How happy it makes me. What a difference the weather makes. Here's to more magical times like those of last weekend (when we thought the summer had finally begun- has it now..?)

 My mum and I went thrifting at a huge local car boot sale and I got some lovely things, as you can see, even some new skinny jeans: exactly what I'd hoped to find when I set out- I love it when that happens! My Beloved and I took his mum's new pic-nic basket on a drive and 'christened' it with our first proper day out of the 'summer' (ha!). We took a blanket and a bottle of wine up on the hill near his house and lazed in the meadow overlooking the city until late on, one evening, and even enjoyed fireworks from the neighboring golf club who were having a party! 

 When the usual order of things (overcast skies and rain) was restored, on the bank holiday Monday, that was cool too because I had a go at making my first baked cheesecake. (We did forget the digestive biscuits for the base though, and had to walk all the way back down into the village to buy some in the drizzle!) I'd give you the recipe but it didn't quite turn out how I imagined it would, although everyone who tasted it was very nice about it :) It was of the white chocolate variation and I think just a little too rich. But hey, I haven't had a disaster for a while and anyway it wasn't much of one, at least it was cooked ;) I think it needs a little refinement before I'm sure it's 'share-able'

 

I do not own this artwork. Image copyright and courtesy of http://lizzlizz.blogspot.co.uk/

New jeans!

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So I'm sat here drafting this in my gloriously sunny back garden, hoping that this weather will hold out for
tomorrow and Sunday. On the bright side, having limited sunshine does make you appreciate it all the more I think, when you do have it.

Ps. We learnt the Shim Sham at dance on Tuesday. More about that later, but it basically means we're very cool ;)

Look What I Found

I'm sometimes an English teacher and when I am, one of my favourite things (because it engages the kids, and the therefore learn more) is to translate songs with them.

Of course with a couple of my students being teenage boys, 'we' always want rap.... No problem, I'm fine with pointing out that such a line is inappropriate and asserting that we'll skip it, and for the most part they're mature enough to obey (until I go home at least!)

 Anyway today I was presented with the lyrics to: Macklemore's 'Thirft Shop'. What an appropriate song for a girl like me who more or less grew-up in a thrift shop! ;)

Here is a 'clean' version for your enjoyment... 

And on the subject of thrifting I have two more new dresses to show you tomorrow!

Woo, two posts in one day!

Oh and thank you also to Jessica at So Many Lights who very kindly linked to this blog in her post today, go check her out, she's cool :)

Have a lovely evening 

Heidi-V

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