It's Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it IS the spirit of giving.... So for those who have complained about my last "aunty" entry (Only Eric was kind enough to call it my "martha wanna-be" entry...) here, this entry is for you lovely people who read my blog... :D
So CHRISTMAS!!!! I dont celebrate it in a religious way, but it's hard not to get caught up in the festivities and the end of the year.... everything's winding down, to gear up for a new year ahead. And what a year it will be methinks...
Anyways, whatever the economic situation, since everyone seems to be posting their wish list, I thought I would too.... So here's mine... material things only, cause the intangible thinggies like love and peace and happiness are, although a given, either stuff I need to work on internally or are really beyond my control.... so here goes, my wish list, purely tangible goods and purely frivolous (well some of them are) :-
(i) a hand held mixer
Yes, the auntie in me has surfaced lately... and I'm into baking... for better or worse for my friends and family... cause they end up being my guinea pigs/piggettes. My old mixer, which I loved muchly, given to me by my sis circa 10 birthdays ago finally sputtered coughed keeled over and died. Sigh... that mixer and I have seen so many good memories, so many baking experiments.... so now I'm mixing cake and cookie batter by hand.... and as much as I appreciate a good workout, there's only so much the hand can do, and I have ambitions of baking meringues! pavlovas! and i wanna cream them all to high heaven!!! Top on my "I'm itching to bake" list are (a) Orange poppyseed cake and (b) White chocolate cranberry muffins!!! Nevermind I dont got a muffin tray... sigh...
(ii) a pretty overnight luggage bag
In dark chocolate brown, it lured me from my main purpose that day... and proved to be quite a distraction. But time wouldn't permit me to think properly that day, or I would have bought it. I didn't. And as luck would have it, it was sold out a couple of days later, the only available one being faulty... *&^%$#@$%!!!! I guess I'll just have to keep hunting for this one....
(iii) strappy tan leather heels
It's not easy shopping for shoes when you wear a size 10. So many pretty shoes have eluded me, so much so that I actually have very very happy dreams that I'm shoe shopping, and every shoe I fancy fits!!!! But then, I wake up.... and realise.... DAMN! it's just a dream.... I've got several brown outfits, and I'm wearing my dark brown pair of strappy heels to death now.... they're starting to fade.... and peel... poor things.... So i need a pair brown pair of strappy tan leather heels PRONTO!!!
(iv) THAT dress...
You know the one that you just KNOW is perfect the moment you put it on.... Yeah... I want THAT dress.... so far, I've had a couple of near hits, both tugging with much force at my heart strings, but seeing as my purse strings weren't as easily moved, sigh.... I guess I'll just have to keep hunting!!!!
(v) a sketchbook
A decent sized one I can lug about with me... I've already packed my charcoals and my pencils and some chalk into a pretty zippy soft bag I now carry with me in my weekend bag... So now I want a ring bound sketchbook to put them charcoals, pencils and chalk to good use!!!! And oh.... any willing models??? Now THIS (sketchbook.... sketchbook) I know where to get! haha... mayhaps I'll get it tonite, as little frivolous Christmas gift to myself....
And you know what? Once I started the list, seems I have so MANY things I want!!! So I'll stop here... and end this entry with "HAVE A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!"
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So CHRISTMAS!!!! I dont celebrate it in a religious way, but it's hard not to get caught up in the festivities and the end of the year.... everything's winding down, to gear up for a new year ahead. And what a year it will be methinks...
Anyways, whatever the economic situation, since everyone seems to be posting their wish list, I thought I would too.... So here's mine... material things only, cause the intangible thinggies like love and peace and happiness are, although a given, either stuff I need to work on internally or are really beyond my control.... so here goes, my wish list, purely tangible goods and purely frivolous (well some of them are) :-
(i) a hand held mixer
Yes, the auntie in me has surfaced lately... and I'm into baking... for better or worse for my friends and family... cause they end up being my guinea pigs/piggettes. My old mixer, which I loved muchly, given to me by my sis circa 10 birthdays ago finally sputtered coughed keeled over and died. Sigh... that mixer and I have seen so many good memories, so many baking experiments.... so now I'm mixing cake and cookie batter by hand.... and as much as I appreciate a good workout, there's only so much the hand can do, and I have ambitions of baking meringues! pavlovas! and i wanna cream them all to high heaven!!! Top on my "I'm itching to bake" list are (a) Orange poppyseed cake and (b) White chocolate cranberry muffins!!! Nevermind I dont got a muffin tray... sigh...
(ii) a pretty overnight luggage bag
In dark chocolate brown, it lured me from my main purpose that day... and proved to be quite a distraction. But time wouldn't permit me to think properly that day, or I would have bought it. I didn't. And as luck would have it, it was sold out a couple of days later, the only available one being faulty... *&^%$#@$%!!!! I guess I'll just have to keep hunting for this one....
(iii) strappy tan leather heels
It's not easy shopping for shoes when you wear a size 10. So many pretty shoes have eluded me, so much so that I actually have very very happy dreams that I'm shoe shopping, and every shoe I fancy fits!!!! But then, I wake up.... and realise.... DAMN! it's just a dream.... I've got several brown outfits, and I'm wearing my dark brown pair of strappy heels to death now.... they're starting to fade.... and peel... poor things.... So i need a pair brown pair of strappy tan leather heels PRONTO!!!
(iv) THAT dress...
You know the one that you just KNOW is perfect the moment you put it on.... Yeah... I want THAT dress.... so far, I've had a couple of near hits, both tugging with much force at my heart strings, but seeing as my purse strings weren't as easily moved, sigh.... I guess I'll just have to keep hunting!!!!
(v) a sketchbook
A decent sized one I can lug about with me... I've already packed my charcoals and my pencils and some chalk into a pretty zippy soft bag I now carry with me in my weekend bag... So now I want a ring bound sketchbook to put them charcoals, pencils and chalk to good use!!!! And oh.... any willing models??? Now THIS (sketchbook.... sketchbook) I know where to get! haha... mayhaps I'll get it tonite, as little frivolous Christmas gift to myself....
And you know what? Once I started the list, seems I have so MANY things I want!!! So I'll stop here... and end this entry with "HAVE A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!"
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