The need for space! Tidy space!

The time has come to move on again in the perpetual icky-go-round of flat-renting that is London. Still populated by landlords that seem Dickensian, emphasis on the first syllable (yes I'm looking at you current rent-taker), sometimes it seems that as soon as unpacking is over, new bus routes are memorised and you feel a wee bit at home, then it's time to go so the landlord can increase his already exorbitant rent. Perhaps this time he'll find tenants who don't mind if he let's himself in and moves personal things (read: knickers) in their bedrooms whilst they're at work... Who can say, the world is full of all kinds of people!

Whine-time over though, and this means it is again time to streamline possessions and turf out those unworn clothes/never to be read again books/broken bags/random papers! What more fabulously organised way to move the absolutely essential bits and pieces you require into a new place than in GIANT LEGO BRICKS!

http://www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk/home-storage/lego-brick-storage-box-8-stud

Seriously, who came up with those? Stackable, shiny and just darn FUN. Me likey. Possibly me lovey.
I'm going with red.

Butterflies

Ooo, I need this. Not as much as say, food, or a roof over my head. Yet still rather a lot...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/63415925/dancing-in-the-dark-butterfly-comb?ref=v1_other_1

There are loads of ace things in her shop, all pretty and satisfyingly larger than your average high street fare. January payday coming soon, watch out butterflies!

Lemons

2010 was a really lemony year. So it's time to take charge and ensure that 2011 is so much better! I've never really made NY resolutions, however this year I thought "why not?". I've decided to try living by two little precepts:

Start happy

It is what it is

Seems simple enough? The first is obvious, just start every day by reminding myself how darned lucky I actually am. The second- learn to accept the things I cannot change, and don't be disappointed about them!