Raindrops on Roses

The wonderful Josie over at Sleep is for the Weak has tagged me in the Happiness Meme that is doing the rounds at the moment, as did Hayley at Single Motherhood Challenges, and boy did it come at a good time! I definitely need to start focusing on the good stuff, so thank you both of you and I hope you enjoy my cheery post!

1) Cups of tea

I’m not kidding. A cup of tea works wonders, guaranteed to fix all manner of woes and cheer me up! Though I shamefully gave up the tea pot in favour of a quick cuppa in the mug, mainly due to laziness time constraints and the amount of tea I drink, I still very much enjoy my cups of tea. I also gave up caffeine which meant having to quit Yorkshire Tea and Twinings Breakfast Tea, my favourites, in favour of Red Bush, but hey, my body is a temple and all that!

2) My friends

Yea, so I’m generic, what of it?! But it’s true, my friends do make me happy. I love that each of them is fantastic for totally different reasons; some make me laugh, some are a shoulder to cry on, some tell me to put my big girl pants on and get a grip! They are all truly fantastic, both real life friends and those on twitter, and you always make me smile. Thank you.

3) Kids

There is something about children that brings a huge smile to my face. When I see them in their buggies in the street, or charging around a shop or spend time with young relatives I can’t help but feel happy and fulfilled. It’s like chicken soup for the soul!

4) Shoes

oooooooooooh yea! Shoes are gooooood! I am a shoe person, always have been and even though I am developing an appreciation for handbags they will never replace shoes! I adore them, specifically ones with sky scraper heels and platforms (stripper shoes), but I also like ballet pumps and sandals and boots, you get the idea! I love to look at them, and touch them and wear them, they’re so beautiful, they’re all like little works of art. These are my two favourite pairs!

5) My baby girl

This would be my Guinea Pig, Henrietta. As you may know, we lost Heidi at the start of February so we’ve been having lots of cuddles and kisses and I’m still hoping to get her a friend to give her someone to talk to. She’s my little baby and I  spoil her rotten, but she deserves it because, even though she eats me out of house and home, she makes me smile with all her little quirks!

6) My Blog

Yep, generic and selfish all in one post! My blog does make me happy though; it gives me somewhere to vent, and somewhere to share my good news and has opened up a whole world of fun and expression. I’m loving taking part in Josie’s Writing Workshop and reading everyone else’s incredible posts, even though they put me to shame, and Tara’s Gallery which is allowing me to explore my photo obsession, and is going to result in me having to buy a very expensive camera! I’m thinking of hosting my own blog or something so that I can edit it a bit more and make it more personal but I’m not sure if I’ve got the techy know-how to do it, especially after Chrissie at Mediocre Mum’s experience! Any advice would be greatly appreciated *awaits helpful comments from fellow geeks*. And while I’m asking for advice: How on earth do I put things on the side of my blog (i.e. Writing Workshop/Gallery/Secret Post Club badges)? Can I do it with just a basic wordpress blog? :s

7) Planning/Organising

I love it. I get great pleasure out of knowing what I’m doing every day for the next 3 years! I’m a bit of a control freak and I freak out if plans get changed, or something is sprung upon me but when everything goes to my super organised plan, I am the happiest little bunny ever! I have my entire wedding planned and it’s not until 2012, in fact I had it all planned last year! I love folders and files, post its, in fact I love…

8 ) Stationary

Oh yes, stationary is fabulous! I wander into Smith’s and am immediately drawn to the pretty pens, shiny note books, beautiful papers and the cute little rubbers. And then…last year, two of my friends introduced me to the heaven that is…PAPERCHASE! Where have I been all these years? Such a perfect store full of all my favourite things, it was love at first sight!

9) My Kink

Some people get all smiley after “being naughty”, I get all smiley after a good power exchange! I wont go into details so no need to avert your eyes!

10) My Religion

Does that make me sound like a religious nut?! Ah well, it’s true. I find great peace and happiness with a pentacle around my neck or meditating in front of my alter. Just wandering around my garden too, looking at how beautiful everything is. There is something comforting about being surrounded by nature and knowing that you are part of it.

And I am going to tag

Louise at Wee Wifie’s World who is developing a love for all things bloggy in her 3 week holiday

Samm at No One Else mainly to give her something to blog about

Debs at Dopey Dee’s Blog because I know what irritates her from all her fab rants, so now I want to know what makes her smile

My OH at Herr Flik’s Webway because, even though he doesn’t blog, I think making a list of 10 things that make him happy will cheer him up!

Sami at Wishes, Fishes and all that’s inbetween (and here too when the other one is broken!) because she’s trying to start blogging and smiles at EVERYTHING so this should be easy for her!

Tell me what makes you happy folks!

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Wow do I feel vanilla!

Well today we went to the Birmingham Bizarre Bazaar and it was incredible! We met up with 2 people from our google group who were lovely and we got to wander round the Bazaar and do some kinky shopping!

Coming from a fairly “normal” friendship group, in the sense that we like fashion and colour, etc I was pretty taken aback and over whelmed by all the black, pvc, chains, etc but it was lovely to see everyone being able to be themselves and not be judged aside from “wow thats a really hot dress/outfit/cane/etc”. It was a wonderful experience and everyone looked stunning and so content It was definitely an eye opening experience for little me, even though Stuart just felt like He had returned to the Mother-ship!

The stalls were about 90% top quality stuff and at very good prices, my favourite stall this time was “Adixxtion” that sold handmade Victorian style clothing that was sooooo beautiful I can’t even describe. They also do wedding outfits with corsets and bussels and all sorts of gorgeousness, all fitted specifically for you and made to your specifications. It is impossible to describe just how divine the clothing they do is, check out the website.
One of the highlights of my day was being strapped to a spanking bench in the middle of the bazaar and having Stuart use a borstal strap on me, that was HOT! Life is so not dull when you’re kinky!

We did some shopping too So now we have some fun things to play with and something extra special too which I will blog about when the time comes!

After the bazaar we (Stuart, Aimee and I) went for a chinese buffet and had a lovely chat about all things from relationships, to kink, to paleolithic diets, oooh my first munch! It was very nice to be able to chat about whatever we wanted and not be judged at all. We will definitely have to organise a proper munch soon.

Just thought I would fill you in on my day of trangendered, gimp masked, kinky shopping

P.S. My feet are murder after walking round in really sexy heels all day!

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Womanliness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

The internet has just reappeared so here I am! Stuart has gone back to Milan again this afternoon on the TGV I was very upset to see Him go this time, more so than usual anyway, possibly due to my raging hormones at the moment! We had a lovely weekend again though and it was wonderful to spend some time hugging Him and chatting.

My mum’s friends Bonnie and Brian were also staying with us this weekend, they have been round Europe in their camper van and popped in on us before they went back to the UK. I was looking forward to seeing them again but for some reason this time I couldn’t help but be irritated. I feel like in my old age I am getting very judgmental, especially when it comes to ignorance, mispronunciation, stupidity and excess alcohol. Fortunately Stuart shares the same opinions so we could rant quite happily to each other about how mad it made us!

Sadly after a wild, experimental and very fun Friday and Saturday night, containing some new stuff that we will not be doing again, Mother Nature decided to rain hellfire down on me in the form of hormones and pain leaving me in bed for most of Sunday. Now I’m not normally one to moan about that time of the month but I feel the need to this month because evidently someone upstairs was not happy with my behavior this month! Stuart was kind enough to look after me though

On the way home from dropping Him off at the station I listened to some of my 300 odd podcasts! One specifically called Sex is Fun (download it on itunes!) got me thinking though, the show was about lesbian sex and relationships but it was very interesting. Before listening to it I had never thought about how difficult finding someone to have a relationship with was, I personally have never had a problem, if I’ve been single I have not been looking and I have never gone out looking for a relationship and have gone through life thinking that this is normal, but now I am aware that I have been very lucky. I don’t want to ruin the podcast for you but it really got me thinking and made me realise just how lucky I am to be so happy and in a healthy relationship with the man of my dreams.

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Dirty Weekend

Having dropped Stuart back at the station and knowing He is safely back off to Milan I thought I’d fill you all in on the gory details of our saucy weekend of fun I’m kidding! I’ll just say that it was very fun and exciting and we did some things that we hadn’t done before but will definitely be doing again! I’ve never had a kinky weekend like that before, it was good!

Anyway, moving swiftly on! The whole family (me, my mum and stepdad) all went to pick Stuart up from the station on Friday. It was fabulous to see Him and He seemed very happy to see me too We popped into “Super U” on the way home to pick up some bits and pieces to keep Him going over the weekend but when we arrived home we had a relaxing evening watching tele and cuddling which was wonderful because it’s the first chance we’ve had to do that in over 2 months. On Saturday we did some sunbathing and went for a walk along the country lanes round the house and then on Sunday we went for another walk which sadly didn’t go as well as the first one. We ended up fighting our way through a Supernatural style swarm of insects that were attacking. When we finally made our way out of said insects we were both covered with them, so much so that I had to take my top off and empty my bra of tiny, midgy things. Bloody France! Aside from the insects it was a very nice weekend though, we got a lot of quality time together to chat and catch up and just cuddle which I’d been missing very much and now I can’t wait for next weekend!

Bugs

Stuart sunbathing

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