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Transparent Post-Its.

Oooh! How brilliant is this: Transparent Post-Its

I love Post-Its in general, the pretty much save my life, and this is Post-It perfection!

Christmas Shopping #1.

Just bought the majority of the Christmas presents I'm giving this year, did it online and had them shipped to Iceland. The rest (peanuts really) will be bought in actual stores with actual cash, as archaic as that sounds.

Now the real fun begins, ie will Amazon lose my order (as they did in 2004 and parts of the 2005 shipment) and if the Icelandic mail company will treat my boxes like punching bags (like they did in 2006).

Trippen.

The hyper-active-shopper in me says "Buy that Trippen bag!" but the frugal Capricorn says not to. Tough call...

Innkaup o.fl.

Skrapp í smá leiðangur í dag, Laugavegur - Skífan - Kringlan, og varð mér úti um hitt og þetta. Efst á blaði er pottþétt gyllta veskið sem ég keypti í Rokk & Rósum:

Fantasy shopping.

It's Friday and time to play 'Fantasy Shopping' ...

Grasshopper Pencil Skirt by Vivienne Westwood
Orb Emblem Sweater by Vivienne Westwood
Orb Emblem Cardigan by Vivienne Westwood

L'Wren Scott's stuff would also find its way into my shopping bag...

Amazonian shopping.

The latest purchases from Amazon.co.uk:

Shopping for Vintage: The Definitive Guide to Vintage Fashion - Beautiful, beautiful book! Glanced at it yesterday and I can't wait to really get my teeth into it!

Subversive Cross Stitch - Fab idea from Julie Jackson and will keep my hands busy for a while. Great present for someone off-beat and crafty.

Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book - Perhaps this was the disappointing part of my shipment, perhaps not. It was a tad more beginner-y than I'd hoped but there were still a handful of projects I want to try right away.

Misery Is a Butterfly -  I quite like Blonde Redhead (despite the very disappointing show last Thursday) and the result of the first round of listening to MIAB is that I like it, and something makes me think that after a few more rounds I'll love it. Perhaps it was because I was under the influence of a Brontë (see below) but BR struck me as being the musical equivalence of the Brontës, ie all dark moors and whatnot.

Jane Eyre - 2006 (BBC) - Laughed, cried, giggled, blushed, loved it! I've never been a big fan of Jane Eyre, and the old original film did absolutely nothing for me, but thanks to a great job by everyone involved I absolutely fell head over heels with it! When our 'Auntie', RÚV, airs it in a couple of years, be sure to watch it.

Blasting Kiss.

I'm on cloud nine at the moment, blasting Destroyer by Kiss and embracing the endorphins that only the buying of gorgeous shoes can elicit *does happy happy joy joy dance*

The shoes are mine. All mine. (Well they will be next week)

Oh sweet VISA help me!

The Chloé 'Bay' leather bag just arrived at Net-a-porter.com and the reasonable part of my brain is running out of logical answers to the question: Why shouldn't I just buy it? Gaahhh! It's SO pretty! I think the best answer is: Because then you won't be able to afford the shoes darling! Anyone have a trustfund they're not currently using?

Bargain.

This week's bargain is for all you Eddie Izzard fans out there; The complete collection of all his dvds (6) for just under 18 pounds! That's appr. 3 pounds per disc!

Oh and happy bloody Valentine's Day to you too.

Afköst helgarinnar.

Gerði kannski örlítið meira þessa helgi en oft áður, skrapp í bæinn með múttu á laugardag og verslunarstíll okkar er örlítið mismunandi, á 2 tímum komumst við yfir 4 búðir og Vegamót! 2 tímar myndu nægja mér til að skoða allar þær búðir á Skólavörðustíg og Laugavegi/Bankastræti + Kolaport sem ég hef áhuga á! En það er svona, different strokes for different folks.

Í 12 tónum keypti ég mér IBM 1401 - A User´s Manual eftir Jóhann Jóhannsson og í Spúúútnik keypti ég mér svört handskjól úr kanínuskinni, nú vantar mig bara hestvagnsferð í snjónum :)

Í gærkvöldi skrapp ég svo í Háskólabíó eftir að hafa spænt um götur Reykjavíkur á fjallabíl heimilsins, VW Golf á heilsársdekkjum :p Myndin sem varð fyrir valinu var The Prestige og hún var bara mjög fín skemmtun, sérstaklega fyrir fólk sem hefur gaman af svona period dramas (þeas út af búningum o.fl.). Svo skemma Christian Bale og Hugh Jackman ekki fyrir!