The Body Shop: Wishlist

Besotted with all of these from The Body Shop! Divine... :)

Naughty Teacup

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When I Was Younger

When I was about 18 I left for the city trying to pursue a modelling career. (That didn't worked out well.) I lived in Sea-Point at the time and yes, that was the best time of my life...

I downed loads of ice-cold beers with my silly, equally irresponsible friends.

I only ate take-aways for that time, burgers, chips, chicken, pizza and booze were my staples. Well at that time my metabolism were still in tip-top condition. Well I also ate lots of fruit and I did take multivitamins.

I had a passionate love affair with a bad boy, but like with all bad boys it didn't end well. He was a serial cheater, that's all.

I did manage to get a modelling job as an extra, alongside beauty queens Jo-Ann Strauss and Tammy-Ann Fortuin, on a yacht at the V & A Waterfront. Let's just say the atmosphere were stiff and tense among the rest of the models, checking out each others features and who knows what. Not good for the self esteem, at all.

I had lovely long walks alongside the promenade. Didn't appreciate it enough at the time.

I had even lovelier walks in the whimsical Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, its oh-so-pretty there. Nature does have such a calming effect on the mind, I would say its one of the most beautiful places on earth.

I found this amazing jewellery shop in the Golden Acre Mall called " Little Ruby", they sell the loveliest silver rings, earrings and other goodies over there. I bough this cute little ring for just R20.00 at the time, and I'm still wearing  it. :)

I met this great old Italian guy called Luigi, he owned a pizza place in Sea Point called "Bella Italia", well he was such a great story teller. Many nights I use to sit outside his restaurant, listening to his childhood days.

I really had fun at the time... 

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Natural Beauty Remedies

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GOSH COSMETICS

Love this lovely trendy Danish brand, GOSH COSMETICS, now in South Africa exclusively at Edgars.

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Give & Take

I've been with dear Basil for over two years now, and yes our relationship have grown in a big way... In the beginning you're all shy and well behaved. And then, you move on to really loving each other. Here's what I've learned...

Sometimes you need to just shut up and give your man some respect.

You will fight and argue about random, silly little things.

There will be times when money is tight and then you'll have to stay without that Essie nailpolish you wanted soo badly.

You will have to do the dishes every night or you will fight about that too.

He will see you without makeup every morning.

Sometimes he will leave you all alone to go spend some time with his buddies.

When he's not around you'll eat on the bed, leaving crumbs all over the place and when you hear the car you'll jump up and pretend you that you were just reading. :)

What have you learned?

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All Time Crush: Antonio Banderas

I'm a huge fan of Antonio Banderas, even bought Basil that divine fragrance called "Seduction in Black" by Antonio and admittedly sometimes I use a little on myself, and yes it totally makes my day. I've watched the movie, Desperado more than 100 times, and sometimes when I'm in a bad mood it cheers me up in an instant. Really adore all his movies... The other day me and Basil were in a little argument, unknown to me he was watching a movie with Antonio in it, well lets just say that when I heard that sultry voice, all anger subdued! :)

Who's your all time crush, let me know.

Skills & Thoughts

Being well into the new year I think its time, to check up on myself. What have I learned so far...

Well I've become sort of a master baker of bread, and to me that's a huge achievement and very therapeutic too, not exactly sure why, but nevermind that. I use half a packet of a 2,5kg cake flour with half a packet of yeast and gradually moisten it with water until firm. I was watching my mom this past holiday and she told me that I can use this dough to make buns, vetkoek, pizza bases and roosterkoek. Lovely! Obviously I wanna get creative and mix in garlic or raisins. Or on top, sesame or pumpkin seeds. Or make nice carvings to give it that rustic look. Or paint it with milk or egg to ad some shine.

Would love to improve my culinary skills with biscuits and cakes, soon I hope. Particularly looking forward to try out red velvet cake or chocolate chip cookies. Yum ;)

I've actually started reading that K53 Learners and Drivers Handbook. Must learn to drive this year. I suffer from severe anxiety, and believe me its holding me down in many ways. In this case perseverance will be the key to my success.

I've learned to except that certain obstacles will only be there for a while, if you have the courage to tackle them.

I've learned to live economically, me and Basil saved so much when we started to bake our own bread, I mean nothing beats marmite on a slice of toast every once in a while, I know, but we will save a lot and see the results in the end. We also have big plans with our big yard in the back. Looks like this area is very fertile, there's trees all over the place. I've seen lots of fruit trees among them. I've received this cute little garden calendar in the January issue of Home magazine, such great way to keep track of my garden, so I want to write down garden goals, haha and stylewise I would prefer it whimsical and wabi sabi, meaning the beauty of imperfection, aah now that's achievable. Memo to myself - start planting! ;)

What have you learned to far? Let me know...

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