it's my birthday!

pretty pink balloons by aspidistra

it's my birthday and i'll write a blog post dedicated to me if i want to! so, for my birthday i'm at work - boo. but! because my office is in central london that means that i can treat myself to a paul's hot chocolate and a little savoury for lunch (by the way, it is THE most amazing hot chocolate). this evening i'll be celebrating with voucher food and close friends to try and save a bit of cash for the full celebrations this weekend!

anyone heard of the secret cinema? it sounds amazing! we've booked tickets to go see it friday night....i can't tell you too much about it because i don't know too much about it....but that is all the fun of it. secret cinema takes place at an undisclosed location to watch an undisclosed film - you find out the location a few days the event - with locations varying from derelict theatres, rooftops, parks and other secret spaces. there are some clues about the film released via the twitter stream before the event (i'm sooo hoping for bugsy malone!) and the location becomes a huge piece of interpretative drama related to the film. check out this video from the halloween special, it's look amazing!

following the secret cinema we're staying at one of my fave hotels - the hoxton hotel and intend on spending saturday wandering around markets and finding some delicious veggie indian food. i hear that there is a street somewhere in central london which is crammed full of indian veggie restaurants, just need to locate it now....

so, pictures of my birthday celebrations coming next week - have yourself a cupcake on me to celebrate!

south bank, hot chocolate, and the dead weather...

(one of) my anniversary presents was tickets to go see the awesome 'the dead weather', an amalgamation of jack white (white stripes) and alison mosshart (the kills) and completed with quotsa and raconteurs crew. they were fabulous - she was fabulous, sexy, raw and i like her style very very much! hmm...sharp tattered boots, tight jeans, and graphic tee, ok, so not original but i like it.

prior to our night of gritty bluesy rock we took a detour via south bank to wander along in the autumn evening....spying sandsculptures, glugging hot chocolate, watching early evening carousels and lamenting getting older whilst we watched the young 'uns skating...

a vegetarian bag...

so i'm still struggling with the leather vs vegetarian issue....love the look of leather and that more people work with it, therefore more choice available. but can't help feeling like a bit of a hypocrite for wearing leather when i'm vegetarian....

so, whilst searching for a new leather work bag (nice and roomy, lots of little pockets, handles - not shoulder straps) i decided to have a look into vegan bags. happily they are not all knitted festival-esque things! here are some of my faves...

matt and nat:

not only are these bags vegan but they are made using recycled bottles - up to 55 bottles in some cases! so you can have a happy ethical conscience whilst using these bags. a rather cute addition is a little message inside each bag letting you know how many bottles were recycled for each bag...

all these bags are half price at the moment, coming in at around £75 a bag...fairly pricey for a non leather bag but they sure are pretty...(psst, the first one is the one i like babe)

anyone know of any other good vegan or vegetarian bag designers?

hmmm vampires...

this post is by no way, ever, nuh uh, an excuse to write about vampires. because i'm not obsessed with them at all.

but, i've been featured in a rather fab etsy gift guide - an inspired dark romance....hmmm

here is my peridot apple (now realise that i should make one with ruby or maybe cherry quartz, why hadn't i thought before?) and a few of my favourites from the gift guide:

ok, so i've done twilight and LOVED it. i'm on season 2 of true blood and loving it. a raunchy adult twilight....i'm gearing up for a vampire flick with interview with a vampire, and i'm going to watch lost boys for the first time. is there anything i've missed? oh yes, delicious vampire-esque design with baroque loveliness in my last vampire blog post.

so we are agreed right? vampires are HOT?