Fashion desires

As you know I love fashion and clothes shopping but I shouldn't be buying that much clothes for a while now. I need to save up some money for other things and I have a wardrobe full of clothes. Funnily enough I never have anything to wear ;) I've promised myself to write down everything I buy this year to find out how much money I actually spend on clothes and hopefully when I see the figure at the end of the year I'll get put off as I will realise how many other things I can do/buy for that money. I think it's ok to look around though and right now the following are some of my fashion desires:

From the top left:
1) Blouse Lindex
2) Trousers Vila
3) Cardigan Lindex
4) Top Topshop
5) Top Vila
6) Top Vila
7) Shorts Topshop
8) Blouse Asos

Let's Dance tonight

TGIF! I can't wait to open a bottle of red wine and just relax in front of the TV. It's time for Let's Dance tonight again and it's extra fun to watch it since my old school buddy Maria Lindberg (who is dancing with Björn Ranelid) is one of the contestants. She has been dancing for as long as I can remember and she has always been really good. I haven't been in touch with her since we graduated school but we have some friends in common so I met her before Christmas when she and her friend Jeanette had a premiere party for their blog Damrummet at Collage.

It has been a good week but it feels like I was never off work ;) I'm so busy again and I'm struggling to meet all the deadlines of my tasks already! I think it's gonna be a fun spring though because I'm part of a new exciting project so I enjoy being busy. Today myself and Petra tried out the Functional Toning class at the gym which is a muscle toning class but a bit "softer" than bodypump and with less weights. I liked some of the movements but others were a bit difficult to follow and it was difficult to get the most out of them. We'll see if I try it again or not but now I know what it is anyway :)

Registered for Göteborgsvarvet 2011

I don't know what has gotten into me BUT the other day I decided to register for Göteborgsvarvet in May 2011 which is a 21 km run in Gothenburg - a half marathon! I've been playing with the thought a few times before but never really thought I'd actually decide to do it. It's a very popular run so you could only register for the special charity start group, but that is even better since you donate money to a charity organisation of your choice and then you get to represent them in the run. The registration fee is higher of course but I'm just glad to be able to help and I chose to donate my money to Barncancerfonden.

Picture borrowed from www.goteborgsvarvet.com

I've never ever completed a run longer than 10 km so this will be interesting. I know I will have to do a lot of running this spring to be prepared for this event and I know it's gonna be a huge challenge for me. But I'm really looking forward to it and I want to have something to focus on. My goal is just to complete the run, I don't care if I run at a slow pace at all but I want to run the whole way through. I know I'll be so proud if I succeed and I really hope that my knees will be able for it.

If anybody feel that they want to cheer me on, feel free to come down to Gothenburg on the 21st of May! ;)

Urban Deli @ Nytorget

I'm just back from a nice dinner with Maria, Louise and Malin. We went to Urban Deli at Nytorget tonight and had such a lovely evening with nice food, great service and a lot of talking ;)

Malin and Louise

My sirloin steak :)

Molly's scrapbooking challenge for January

I've just completed a layout for the January challenge for Molly's scrapbooking. I picked up the monthly kit at the weekend and looked at the lovely material for a while before I had an idea of what to create. The photo I've used is from Åre last year of me and Maria. I think it was a perfect photo considering the winter theme and also the pink ski goggles since I had decided to use pink colours in the layout. Almost all of the material that I've used for this layout is from the January kit. However, I've added a couple of flowers. I also made retro punched flowers from a pink paper that was included in the kit. The glittery letters in pink are from the December kit and the dew drops in red and green that I've used for the flowers I had ordered additionally from Molly's. I have to say that I love the Prima winter branches, those are really the icing on the cake in this layout.

I should probably say that the challenge was to use the January kit and the title had to be Hej mitt vinterland, one snowflake had to be represented on the layout and also one button. You can see the layout below:

Not much sleep

I'm extremely tired today since I only got about 4 hours sleep last night. I went to bed quite early, well about 22:30, because I wanted to get up for the early bodypump class. Fell asleep about half an hour later but then woke up at 3 o'clock this morning and couldn't fall asleep again :( I tossed and turned around for about 3 hours before it was time to get up. Since I was already awake it wasn't too bad, so I went straight to the gym. I just love bodypump, it gives you such a good workout and you work with most of the main muscle groups. We were only 4 people there but it didn't matter. Had a nice, long shower afterwards but as soon as I was in the office I could really feel how tired I was. It was really bad until lunch time, then I went out to Sundbybergs Centrum for a long lunch with Gabi before I headed back again. Had more energy this afternoon and got quite a good bit done.

After work I decided to head to Solna Centrum as I really needed a pair of flat boots that are neat enough for going out. I wanted no heels since they should be walkable in this kind of weather when it's very slippery out. Luckily enough I found the perfect pair in Scorett (I've had a look around previously in other Scorett shops but didn't see them then)!

First day in work completed

So it wasn't so bad to go into work this morning, I was worried about being really tired. I had set the alarm for 7 o'clock and snoozed for an hour before I had the energy to get out of bed ;) Got into work for 9 and joined the weekly meeting. I love the fact that we get served breakfast on Monday mornings and today I was really hungry. There was no food in sight before the meeting so we started anyway. The meeting went on for about 40-50 minutes but when it was over there was still no breakfast. Gabriella and I decided to go down to have breakfast at Espresso house then, otherwise I would have had no energy for work.

I had a lot of emails to go through so I spent most of the day trying to reduce the amount of emails in the inbox. I think it's gonna be a busy spring, I have a lot on the agenda and there is a lot of catching up to do. Things look like they normally do with an outlook calendar full of meetings for this week ;)

After work I wanted to go to the gym but it was a bad call to go down at 5pm. It was really busy down at the gym and all of the threadmills were taken when I came out. Luckily one of the guys was finished after a few minutes so I hopped on it and started running. I haven't done any running for about two and a half months (woops) so I took it easy. Ran 5 kilometres in 30 minutes and decided that it was enough for today.

I've just had a lovely pasta sallad with mango, tomatoes, red onions, baby spinach, avocado, pasta, halloumi cheese and sweet chilli sauce. I'm really full now. Now it's time to watch TV for a while, then I'm gonna jump into bed. Tomorrow it's time for bodypump again, it's gonna be an early start since it's on at 6:45 tomorrow morning ;)

Afternoon Tea

Today I've been to Louise at Beckbrännarbacken for Afternoon Tea. It was Louise's birthday earlier on in the week and she had invited a group of girls over to her this afternoon. When we got there we first got a glass of bubbly :) After that we sat down and were served all sorts of sandwiches, freshly made scones, cakes, sweets and plenty of tea :) There were a few girls there that I haven't met before and we had such a good time talking about all sorts of stuff. Louise got a lot of lovely presents and we all enjoyed ourselves. It really was a lovely afternoon!

Tomorrow it's time to go back to work again, it feels really strange since I haven't been to the office since 22nd of December. But I guess it's time to get back into the routines and in a way I'm looking forward to getting into it all again. It's a pity it's not a short week but I guess I'll just have to stick it out ;)

Earlier on my parents came by because dad wanted me to help him take up a pair of trousers. I did it straight away and I think he was happy when he walked out of here. Right now I'm just gonna chill out in the sofa and watch a film before it's time to go to bed. I've been sleeping until 10 or later every day for more than a week now so we'll see how it goes trying to get up at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Zzzzzzz..

Competition Ala Emmeli

My dear friend Emmeli has recently announced a new scrapbooking competition and it is about lifting one of the wonderful layouts that she has created. Of course I wanted to try it out so tonight I gave it a go. There are so many layouts to choose from but finally I decided to try to lift one of her top 10 layouts from 2010 called My girl. You can find it here. I haven't done any scrapbooking at all for a few weeks so I was eager to get started :) The layout you can see below is my contribution:

Earlier on today I met up with Maria and we walked to Alvik so that I could pick up the January kit from Molly's Scrapbooking. I can't wait to start with that but first I'm gonna open a bottle of wine and relax a bit, it's Saturday so I'm allowed ;)

Ski boots found

I had a mission today and that was to find a pair of ski boots that I could buy so that I'd be prepared for our trip to Duved/Åre in February. I've been thinking about buying a pair for quite a while and I got some money for Christmas so what could be better than spending them on a pair of ski boots. Jessica had promised to come with me since she's an expert in this area ;) At 12:30 I came to pick her up at her place and then we headed towards Länna Sport in Skogås. I can't remember being there before so I looked up where it was before I left home and it was actually quite easy to find.

When I got there a young guy helped me out, I told him what I was looking for, he measured my foot and then he came back with a few pairs of ski boots. Funnily enough I bought the first pair that I tried on - Rossignol White sensor 60. They were so comfortable and they fit my feet perfectly :) I tried on a few others but they just weren't as comfy as this pair so I decided to spend my money on them! While I was trying on the ski boots myself and Jessica were chatting away to the poor guys about the design of older ski boots but they just looked like question marks when we described them, it could have something to do with the fact that they were born in the 90's ;) God, I feel so old! ;)

After that we decided to head back to Fridhemsplan to have a bite to eat and a cup of coffee. I found my way out (so I thought) and we chatted away in the car. After quite a while I realised that we should have been back at Globen by then, when I looked at the signs and started to pay attention I realised that we had been driving in the wrong direction and that we were on our way to Nynäshamn! Ha ha, it's just so typical me ;) We turned around and drove back in the right direction this time! Had a lovely coffee in Thelin's café and then had a look around in MQ in Västermalmsgallerian. Jessica bought a cardigan but I stopped myself from buying anything. Good for me!

Now I'm back in the apartment and I have to get ready to head over to Maria's. We're gonna get a Chinese take away and just take it easy tonight, we'll probably watch Lets dance on TV. Have a good Friday folks!

Biggest bun ever

Compare the size of the bun with the size of my phone ;)

Today I had a date with Louise at 15, we met up at Stureplan and went to the Saturnus café off Birger Jarlsgatan. I remember going there with Ellinor when I was around 15 or so, we used to go there quite a lot. Anyway the weather was shitty today with lots of snow and wind so I was happy to get into a warm place and we found a great spot in the corner where we sat down. They served the biggest buns I've ever seen, Louise got one and I couldn't believe the size of it. I ordered a sandwich with brie cheese on it since I was quite hungry but the brie cheese wasn't the best :( I've been feeling very low in the last couple of days so it was nice to meet up with Louise and to have a heart to heart with her. She also told me about the amazing wedding she had been to in Hawaii. It makes me want to go somewhere warm right now but the plan is to go to Lanzarote with Maria in March so I do have something to look forward to ;) I just hope that the weather will be alright while we're over there, I want to be able to sunbathe!!

Svinalängorna

Yesterday afternoon I met up with my mam to go the cinema. We had decided to go and see Svinalängorna or Beyond which is the English title of this Swedish drama film that I really liked. I love Noomi Rapace in it, she's such a good actress.

Before we went to see the film we had lovely pizzas at Vapiano :)

Back from Täby

This afternoon I decided to take a trip to Täby Centrum and then I invited myself for dinner at my parents. We had lovely prawn sandwiches so I'm full now. Bought a new hat that I like, even though it's more expensive than I think it should be. Also bought a little pressie for Louise since she has invited us for Afternoon tea on Sunday, it's her birthday today and of course we want to come and celebrate her then :)

Tomorrow I'm meeting up with Louise for a coffee in town, I'm so looking forward to hearing all about her trip to Hawaii in December.

A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover

Bodypump class number 1

I wasn't exactly surprised when I woke up with a body ache today, my legs are extremely sore and I find it hard to walk properly. It's probably gonna be even worse tomorrow.. I decided to go to the gym last night for a bodypump class, the first one in a long time. I knew I hadn't been to the gym for a while when I couldn't find the plastic cards that you normally pick up in the reception for the different classes. I asked the girl in the reception and she kindly told me that they have a new system and that I had to scan the card at the new machine on the wall to be able to book the class and then I'd get a little print out instead of the plastic card. Ha ha, I felt so stupid. You'd know I hadn't been there for a looooong time ;)

Anyway, I felt great and really enjoyed the class so this is gonna make me want to go again. I'm definitely gonna keep it up this time and I'm gonna start doing some running on the threadmill as well :)

Nice walk in the snow

Today was a lovely day for a walk so I put on my warmest clothes and decided to walk around Lillsjön :)

One week off work

This week I'm off work and it feels great. I'm just gonna take it easy and re-charge the batteries so I'm fit for fight on Monday the 10th again.

Today this is probably what I'm gonna do:

- take a walk in the snow for at least an hour
- take out my sewing machine to fix a top for mam and a bed sheet for myself
- scrapbooking
- read a book (Elsas värld)
- go to the gym for a run (time to start NOW)
- perhaps watch a good film later on

New Years Eve

Romeo and Juliet

I really want to go and see Romeo and Juliet with Måns Zelmerlöv, the show got ++++ in Aftonbladet and he is supposed to be brilliant in it. I love going to see musicals and it has been a while now so I reckon booking tickets for this one is in order :) Does anybody want to join?

Oh my

What a waste of a day yesterday was, can't remember the last time I was feeling so crap. I'm glad it's over now though, today is gonna be a better day :)

First of all I have to call over to Jessica's to pick up my stuff that I left there on New Year's Eve. We also have to swap jackets as I accidentally grabbed hers on my way home and she was left with mine ;) After that I'm gonna head to Täby to have dinner with Jens and my parents. Looking forward to that!