Windsor Lock

I've noticed that apart from myself everyone around me carries one of those sleek electronic notebooks. Indeed, I've been persuaded by many to chuck my beloved Windsor Lock (Filofax doesn't carry this style anymore) in favour of an electronic one.
Me? I wouldn't dream of it. I've had my trusted original filofax for close to twenty years, and yes, the leather's cracked and peeling at the edges, and the loop for my pen has come undone...BUT I like flicking through the pages and writing addresses manually AND it's got sentimental value: it was a gift to me upon my graduation from business college.
Okay, so now you can probably guess how old I am.
But anyway, the reason I'm writing this is because I've read an article in a women's magazine recently saying that the filofax in making a triumphant come-back! My heart did a little skip when I read that.
Ha! So it paid off to keep hanging on to it after all.
According to the article, any woman with a filofax (preferably LV) tucked under one arm is considered super trendy. For this season anyway...

Pharmac(it)y

Okay, maybe you won't find a decent pair of shoes in this little town, but you'll definitely never run out of Aspirins, that's for sure!
Warning: for all serious shopper girls planning to move here - there are more pharmacies and opticians located in the town square alone than any other major city I've lived in.

Makes me wonder how sick people think they're going to get while living here...gulp. ;-)

But don't despair, if you ever visit, there are a handful of reasonable shops that sell reasonably trendy clothes, there's a bookshop, a stationery, a shop selling toys and other paraphernalia for kids, a few hair salons, a cheap chainstore selling shoes and right next to that another store selling more upmarket type shoes and the latest addition: a shop that sells everything from plastic kitchen ware to gardening tools to disposable undies. And get this - all for 1 Euro.
Incidentally, it's called the One Euro Shop.

Happy shopping!

Wise Cat

I've learnt a valuable lesson from my cat today:

There's nothing wrong with being lazy and lying on your back in the sun all day...

You should try it sometime!

Continuing along this clothesline of thought...
'So, what's she wearing nowadays?' I hear you girls ask. Has she completely swapped her Theory/Malandrino/Marc Jacobs wardrobe for gumboots and mille-fleur patterned dresses?
Well, not quite.
Admittedly, I do own a pair of gumboots, but they're from Cath Kidston and really cute :-)

Anyway, the sun's out and it's nice and hot today. The sky is the kind of pure blue you normally only get to see in California. This is good. We're having a BBQ in our garden later today. Nothing fancy, just a couple of close friends, my husband and myself. My hubby has already gone and bought two crates of beer, as there's going to be a lot of rejoicing over Germany's victory football match last Wednesday night. (atleast among the menfolk)
And us ladies?
Oh, we'll be busy discussing the latest 'KitchenAid' model, I'm sure. Honestly. Would I kid you?

Cheers.