Halloween parties are looming large on the horizon and I have no costumes. At this stage, something homemade and inventive would be much preferable to a shop bought yoke. I’m really of the opinion that Halloween is supposed to be scary or at the very least inventive so all those ladies who take the opportunity [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Please help me go to the Halloween party!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 80s style, balloon boy, balloons, bunch pf grapes, burlesque, coolest-homemade-costumes.com, costumes, Dracula, Dublin, Halloween, Ireland, party, school girl, surgeon, tea bag, toffee apple, vampire on October 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Black and White
Posted in Family, tagged heirlooms, passing on, The Granny, The Great Granny on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So I paid a much overdue visit to The Granny last night with my sister. Well my sister was there long before me and I, having been to an event in town, was hmmming and hawing about going until my sister sent me a text saying “she really wants to see you and she’s got [...]
Up North
Posted in Travel, tagged Antrim, Northern Ireland, photography, photos, travels on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last time I was up North I took a few nice photos. Heading up again this weekend. I’m not sure I’ll get many chances to take photos but I’m sure it’ll be a lovely weekend Yes the last two photos were taken out the car window I should really wind the window down next time!
Asgusted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, forties, stumbleupon, whoopsadaisy on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I wouldn’t mind the ‘from Australia’ bit…but it’ll be a long while before I hit my forties!
Grumble grumble
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Central Library, desk, Dublin, Easons, IFI, Insomnia, Ireland, laptop, library, The Church, wifi, workspace on October 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I walked the length and breadth of Dublin city yesterday. For two bloody hours I searched for somewhere that I could have a desk, a seat and a nearby socket to plug in my laptop. It didn’t even need to have wifi cos I had a dongle with me. “Simple”, I thought, “I’ll get a [...]