I totally forgot to tell you about my latest finds! (You are taking notes right?) Last weekend my mom and I went shopping. To my surprise H&M had a 20% discount offer on one item, so I definetly took advantage of that.
My mom bought me this purple mocha bag that I totally love! And I bought myself a lime green shawl. I think they fit each other perfectly. Now I just have to get a matching coat, my dark green one (or my red spring-coat) does not match. I can’t go all color crazy ;).
I took advantage of the discount today as well, I bought a make up-remover from Nivea!
When I’m standing in line, and there are perhaps only one or two people in front of me and several people behind me, an older lady with some goods in her hands comes up and stands next to me. I’m thinking maybe she wants to ask the cashier something. But when the first person leave, she tries to get in front of me in the queue! It totally pisses me off!
Since I’m learning to stand up for myself, I barked loudly at the lady (in a very nice way) that she has to go back to the end of the line! She just stared at me and turned away, I guess she went to the back of the line.
And wow, I felt great. Swedish people, including myself, are known to let these kind of things pass and just get silently pissed instead. In my case, situations like these can annoy me for days! Now I made sure that wouldn’t happen!
I have to mention that it would be a totally different thing if the person is injured in anyway or asks very nicely if they can go before me in the line.
What would you have done? Do you care about queue etiquette?
I’ve had a How I Met Your Mother-marathon lately. I’ve seen two seasons. Totally obsessed! And when Valentines Day came up I was totally thinking that I should be with Ted and that we should have a relationship like Lily and Marshall. I’m kind of a sucker for close-friends-shows, since I haven’t even been close to relationships like that since junior high school. Even though I have friends now (we live to far away from each other), I still want something like they have. It might sound pathetic to you, but I’ve always wanted to belong to a little group of great friends.
So yeah, I spend my Valentines Day with a meal from McDonald’s in front of a couple of episodes of How I Met Your Mother. How was your Valentine?
Ps. Check out my updated Exit page. New links to awesome blogs!
If you are a fan of Gala Darling you probably already know that she decided to declare February the month of Radical Self Love. And when I saw her video about making yourself a Radical Self Love Bible I thought “What a great idea!“. The second after I remembered that I’ve already started on my own Radical Self Love Bible back on January the 1st! With almost the same concept! Great minds think alike I guess!
Above you can see the I Love Secrets notebook that I bought in November 2009. Since January the 1st I have written down great quotes, made a list of goals I would like to achieve in 2010, I cut out and glued on inspiring pictures from magazines (I loved doing that when I was young!), started an ongoing list of things and that make me happy so I can look back on them when my mind is filled with darkness, etc. I also write about things I feel that I’m good at or things that I’ve done really good, which is important for me that’s battling with depression and anxiety, to remember the good stuff.
Another even more important thing that I’ve started doing is to write down all my negative thoughts and add a more realistic answer, explanation or note right below it. It’s something I’ve learned from my psychologist, and I can tell you that it’s extremely hard. In the beginning it was horrible, but with time it has become easier. So I will continue with that.
The How of Happiness
Lately I have read a some self-help-books. Some are stupid, some are… interesting to say the least (*cough* The Secret *cough*) , some are not meant to be read by the general reader and some can be quite good. Most of them are stating the obvious, but there is no key to success or happiness, only hard work.
In the picture above you can see the one book that I actually liked. It’s called The how of happiness: a scientific approach to getting the life you want and it’s written by Sonja Lyubomirsky, I borrowed it at the library. Her tone is edgy and fun and she gives concrete and specific suggestions and tips. She explains the science behind happiness in a very easy and fun way. If you are in to these kind of books or you just waited for the right one, here it is. From what I have seen, many people around the globe agrees with me! The book has great reviews! It’s actually so good that I’m thinking of buying it!
I’m going to go through the book one more time and write down important quotes and tips in my Radical Self Love Bible/I Love Secrets notebook. The quest for happiness continues!
Here are some pictures from day 32 to day 40! And no, not a picture for everyday. I gave up after a month!
I’ve told you guys before that Ludde is not allowed to dig up the bed cover to lie on the sheets or my pillow. As always, when I’m busy with something else, he takes a chance! And when I get back it looks like this! So adorable! (Yes, it’s my own fault that I don’t teach him no properly in this situation. But how can I? ;))
It sure looks comfortable, doesn’t it? :P
I bought two Isadora Eyeshadow Quartets that were on sale. 40 SEK each!
I wore a simple eye make up; Driftwood on the lid and Floating Feathers above the lid. Both from Everyday Minerals. I think it matched my skin tone and freckles perfectly!
Look-a-likes? My bag matches my dog. Or the other way around! ;) I bought the hairy black bag from H&M a while a go. Also on sale, 124 SEK! Half the price!
If you liked the Sticky Chocolate Muffins, you will most likely like this chocolate mud cake as well! It’s stickier in the middle!
If you baking-guru’s out there notice something wrong with the recipe – let me know! I’m not very familiar with English cooking-terms. I do hope I got it right though!
Chocolate Mud Cake
300 gram melted butter/margarine
4 eggs
340 g sugar
36 g cacao powder
12 g vanilla sugar
150 g wheat flour
(Powdered sugar)
1. Set the oven at 347°F
2. Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave and let it cool off.
3. Whip eggs and sugar until it gets fluffy. Add the butter, cacao powder, vanilla sugar and the wheat flour. Whip til you get an even mixture.
4. Grease the cake tin. Pour in the mixture. Put it in the oven for 25 minutes.
5. Take it out and let it cool. Decorate with some powdered sugar if you want.
1. Sätt ugnen på 175 grader.
2. Smält smör i en kastrull. Ta av från plattan.
3. Vispa ägg och socker pösigt. Tillsätt sedan smör, kakao, vaniljsocker och mjöl. Vispa till en jämn smet.
4. Smöra en springform eller lägg bakplåtspapper i botten. Häll i smeten. Sätt in i ugnen i 25 minuter.
5. Ta ut och låt svalna. Pudra lite florsocker över om du vill.
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