A few days ago, in TK Maxx (where I barely even glanced a the pretty notebooks, I was so good) I found a lovely hardback book documenting the life of the world-renowned fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. For some reason lately her name has cropped up a good few times so when I saw this […]
I write this feeling a tad overwhelmed by all the things I need to be doing. It’s not like I don’t have time for them, I only work around thirty hours a week in the restaurant and I’ve no kids. I do however have a serious problem with procrastination, whereby I put off til next […]
It’s so late as I write this, nearly 11 pm, because I got distracted by going to the cinema and watching TV and then diving into Instagram (I’m doing a challenge for the month of March called “Meet the Maker!” which is good since it motivates me to post everyday and be consistent but bad […]
It seems at last that the snow saga has come to an end, in Cork at least, if not for all of Ireland. I’m relieved to get back to normal routine. All this madness meant despite having extra time on my hands I didn’t get a lot of work done, instead spending a lot of […]
Today I bit the bullet and dove into finally doing something slightly terrifying: I did a live video on Instagram. Go me! It was of course for our business (www.caralizadesigns.com) and I spent about twenty minutes setting everything up and freaking out beforehand, so that by the time I actually did the live story my […]
We went outside this morning into a real winter wonderland, everything buried in inches of thick, white powdery snow. Even the main road outside our house was pristine white, not a mark on it until we waded through it leaving our boots’ imprints in the pure white surface. Emma may or may not have visited […]
I came home from work this evening and had a cup of tea, and as I relaxed over Instagram, sipping on the hot rooi bos brew, boy oh boy did I crave something sweet. My head swirled with thoughts of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Chocolate, sweet custard creams, crunchy caramel slices, rich soft brownies… The devil […]
I’ve almost missed day 57 – I mean, technically I have because I’m writing this at midnight on the 27th February, so I didn’t do one for the 26th… And yet I’m here, tired and sleepy, wishing to go to bed but sitting at the computer writing my daily scribble. I don’t have much to […]
Lazy Sundays… I’ve never experienced a better one. I spent a lot of my morning in bed reading a brand new book by the wonderful Marian Keyes (one of the few authors almost guaranteed to always make me laugh out loud and whose take on life is rich and authentic and utterly hilarious) followed by […]
As I write this I’m frustrated and annoyed and tired of bloody technology! I had a productive morning: got up early, got my hair cut, came home and scrubbed half the kitchen with Alex (and I mean scrubbed, emptying cupboards and using brillo pads) then had a very satisfying lunch and up to that point, […]
Coffee and Scribbles 