Sonntag, 29. September 2013

Sophies week

*film/series* Nothing besides youtube videos
*book* How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you
*song* some piano background music
*craft* stitched on a birthdaycard for a friend
*food* Pain au chocolat. My favourite cake. Fruit salad. Spätzle. Sandwichs. Gnocchi. Mac'n'cheese. Tiramisu. Sushi.
*drink* Tea.
*done* Did some office work. Spent a lazy morning at home. Been annoyed by my computer. Had my hair cut. Spontanioiusely went out for a meal with my bestie and her boyfriend. Visited my parents and met my grannies, aunt and uncle. Meet some friends.
*met* My family. Bestie with boyfriend. Some knitting friends.
*bought* A new powder brush. Ordered a new laptop. Ordered a shirt.
*thought* That it is high time to get a new laptop as the other one crashes all the time.

Samstag, 28. September 2013

A small walk and weekend plans

Already Saturday evening and actually time for bed, but I need to get some office thingies done and want some distraction ;-) As I always distract me instead of doing the things and then have the rest of the d ay for myself. Welcome to my world...


Yesterday the weather was really nice and warm. Too nice and warm to go from A to B by public transport. So I walked some meters, along a small stream and watch ducks.

Tomorrow will be a busy day... Meeting friends in the morning and then having lunch with my parents, sister, both grannies and an aunt and uncle. If it turns out the same as the last time my aunt visited us it will be more a funeral than a party and my Mum and I already make jokes that the only decent thing for us left to do is getting drunk....

So here are some pictures from my nice, small friday evening walk.





Sonntag, 22. September 2013

Sophies week

*film* Young Victoria
*book* The Supremes at Earls Diner
*song* June Carter Cash songs (and discussing her voice with my dad)
*craft* Worked on my christmas cross stitch.
*food* Marmelade glaced ham. Spaghetti Carbonara. Caprese. Soup.
*drink* Wine. Tea. Hot chocolate.
*done* Went into town with my bestie. Had my parents over for lunch. Spent some lazy evenings.
*met* My parents. My bestie.
*bought* Tea pot. Box.
*thought* That I hate to battle with my internet conection.

Samstag, 21. September 2013

Tea with Sophie - or my recent shopping

Yesterday evening, my bestie and I met in town and went to Spencer Tablewear (if you live in/near Zurich, check it out!) which sells tablewear that is no longer produced. They had some pretty nice things. I was looking for a teapot but they had none which I liked.

When we left the shop I saw another one next door, Pourtoujours, and told my bestie that I want to go in there. Which we then did. The first thing I saw was THE teapot. When we browsed the rest of the shop I could just control myself in time to not buy more. But I'll go back. They have some very nice things, tablewear, pillows, napkins, glasses and kitchenstuff, plus some vintage furniture. And good shops like that are hard to find here in Switzerland.
They have a lot from Danish lable Green Gate and somehow, Green Gate has something with the name Sophie as it is on quite some of their things... So I really wanted to have all of it just cause of the name.
When I googled the lable later I realized that the teapot is also called Sophie!

Beside "Sophie" I bought a box for teabags which was reduced as the glass is missing. I'll use some nice fabric to substitute the glass and will fill it with bits and bobs.


As we're already talking about shopping, I made a photo of all my shopping of the last two or three weeks.
The darling owl tumbler won't be for coffee but to take my porridge into work should I go up too late and don't have time to eat it at home.
The two candles in "Musc Angelica" and "Bergminze und wilder Lavendel" are from Cachet. "Musc Angelica" smells a bit fruity and sweet while the other one smells as its name indicates of mint and lavender.
Lush Skindrink is my new favorite skincare product along with Fresh Farmacy. Since I use it I don't have any dry spots in my face and don't feel greasy after using it.
As the skindrink was not expensive enough for a stamp on my little, yellow card, the shop assistant asked if I don't want to buy a bath bomb and I decided to get the charity one, "World Peace"

Sonntag, 15. September 2013

Sophies week

*film/series* Yes Minister Series 1
*book* The strange journey of Mr Daldry (Marc Levy)
*song* My autumn-playlist with some oldies. Brighton in the rain.
*craft* stitched on my deckchair picture which should apparently show the beach in Beer.
*food* Lemon and poppy seed muffin. Vegetarian sushi. Spaghetti Carbonara. Tiramisu. A wonderful brownie. Cordon Bleu with chips. Porridge
*drink* Tea.
*done* Went for a daytrip with my sister and granny. Meet my knitting friends. Established some new routines. More or less stayed in my Weight Watchers points all week.
*met* My parents. Some friends. My granny. My sister. A friend I haven't seen for ages.
*bought* 2 candles. A coffee-to-go thingie.
*thought* That you should check if there is a parade on the only street leading to where you want to go before going there.


Mittwoch, 11. September 2013

Montag, 9. September 2013

Sunny afternoon

I really enjoyed this sunny afternoon off. First I went to the mall for the not so enjoyable reason that I had to bring my camera for repair as I smashed it on a walk. Then I went into the bookshop, forget about all my don't-buy-so-many-books plans and bought The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Strange Journey of Mr Daldry. The second just because Brighton was mentioned in the summary. I than had a nice half an hour at Starbucks, starting to read. On my way home I left the bus a bit earlier and walk home over the fields and promptly ended up laying in the grass, munching blueberries and listening to my favorite laying-in-the-grass-eating-something-nice-and-doing-nothing song; Hoppipolla. I'm in love with the song ever since my sister and I listened to it while we hung out on Fulking Hill, eating pistachias and talking about Lord of the Rings - just an hour or so before I fell on the way downhill and smashed my camera by the way.





And there is the soundtrack for the whole thing ;-)