Well it's been like a month without a word, I'd better make this a long one.

I've had some much needed time away from home - house sitting for my aunt. The joy of coming home everyday to a empty, peaceful house was just the best feeling. I've been back home now for two days and already I feel stressed! What is it about living with my family that I hate so much? We live in pretty great house (if I say so myself), I have a killer bedroom with all the mod cons of modern life and I never have to wait for the bathroom cause we have three of them My two brothers can be little shits at times but who doesn't have sibling trouble? So why do I long for a different place? I think is a space thing, I LOVE my own space, some days I just wanna come home from work and chill out with no one to bug me. Is that selfish of me?

I actually have a wedding to go to this weekend, hey I couldn't tell the last time I went to a wedding they are becoming very rare these days. I have no idea what to buy for a wedding gift, they didn't have one of those 'lists' so it's gonna have to be vouchers or something. Oooh I'm so excited can't wait to get my party on.

Speaking of partying I went out last weekend to a club in central London. It was all going fine the music was good and my ever- so- low cut dress looked stunning. I spotted a guy in the crowd, he looked like a young Vin Diesel (my all time crush) lets just say by this point I was loving the night. I was with my young, trendy aunt who dashed across the dance floor to Mr. Vin jr and brought him over, I was puzzled - did she know him? Turns out she did know him and so did I, he was my older cousin! I hadn't seen him in over ten years I was mortified. The ONLY hot guy in the club was my fucking cousin what are the odds of that?

Anyway one must look to the future and I intend on keeping myself busy. Next weekend i'm seeing Stevie Wonder in concert I managed to bag good (expensive) tickets so watch this space for concert pics

xoxo

I haven't really felt like blogging for a while now. At first it was because my internet access was down but it's been back on for a week now and I still feel, well nothing. I need to get back into the swing of things I have a new fansite to build plus one to maintain (Thandie-Newton.net).

This week as been perfect the weather has kept on the sunny side and I've managed not to get depressed about my birthday. I had a really great Birthday I'm glad I took the week off work to enjoy it. Plus the weekend should bring further celebrations.

How great is the new Batman movie? I loved it! I think I could watch it over and over again The love of my life Vin Diesel is back with a new movie Babylon AD not sure what it's about, as long as Vin has his shirt off at all times that will be fine with me

The summer sales have been a bit totally crap I haven't splurged on anything really I did pick up two pairs of shoes though but nothing major. The word SALE is'nt what it used to be.

I'm starting to get the webbie buzz again Thandie-Newton.net needs a new gallery layout I better make a start on it now before I lose my mojo again

I'm having trouble deciding what to do for my 25th Birthday! It's at the end of the month and I have no idea what to do, I hate birthdays . I was thinking of jumping on the Eurostar and enjoying a day in Paris or going to see a show maybe Wicked or Les Mes? Oh I don't know everything is so expensive these days since the 'credit crunch'. I'm open to any ideas you might have?

Great it's started to rain again this is some July we are having. Maybe I should go away for my birthday I would hate for it to rain all day. My new fave programme Gok's Fashion Fix is a total must see for any fashionista! Gok is a style God plus I have new found respect for his co-host Alexa Cheug who before this programme I thought was a bit well annoying.

I'm off to get my Gossip Girl fix, I've missed like 3 weeks of it because I've been so busy (bar hopin'). I just love Blair's outfits shes a new style icon.

I've gone Tokidoki mad this week, enjoy!

Another weekend over before it's even begun I spent the weekend with family. My aunt, some friends and I went to a rave yesterday night it was brilliant! It was held in this abandoned warehouse i've never been to something like that in my whole life it was a wild but friendly gathering of people who just loved to party - super! We danced until the early hours of Sunday morning I think I got to bed about 5.30am but I wasn't even tierd or worn out, I always feel a great sense of love for life when I've had a brill night out it's like I never want the fun to stop. But I know it will soon when Monday morning rears it's ugly head and the duties at my desk come a knockin'. I thought I'd make the most of Sunday and by joining in my cousins 11th Birthday celebrations. Most of my 1st cousins are all boys so it's lovely being the only girl most of the time. It makes me feel special which doesn't happen very often. Now I think I'll veg out in front of the TV I could do with a little 'me' time as my grandmother said to me today when I asked her how she was "I just look and live", good one Gran I think that's what I'll start doing from now on.

I actually have a headache right now my one and only fan site which I have been running for over a year now has dissapeared! It was hosted at fan-sites.org until I tried to update it the other day only to find the whole site had vanished! To make matters worst fan-sites.org have not told me what has happend in fact they don't even answer any of my emails. I'm not happy the domain is good for at least a year, now I have to start all over again just thinking about the work I put in makes me sick.

Moving forward, I downloaded the new Alanis Morissette album yesterday! It's her first studio album since like 2004 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' was a long time ago Alanis sure does hiatus well. I'm loving her new album 'Flavors of Entanglement' it's a bit more up beat and a little different to her usual angst 'Torch' is my current fave track.

It's raining (again) I don't think summers ever gonna hit London this year. Most days I have no idea what to wear to fit the weather but that doesn't stop me from doing a spot of shopping! I snagged this Betsey Johnson satchel at the weekend it's totally cute with that urban feel. If you feel like shopping but can't face the crowds head over to ASOS.COM they have a promo for 20% off!

I totally have nothing to blog about day I'm still pretty wrecked from Embassy Night Club last night. I got my groove on a little too much but I have no regrets the music was rockin' and the drinks where flowing I had a great time. I did have the brain power to make some cute icons though



Enjoy!

I'm lovin' the Ting Tings right now they are simply fab. I can't get their new single 'That's not my name' outta my head. If you haven't heard of them before check out their new video:




Another one of my new found loves are the fab creations by Matt & Nat. They are one of the few designers who use vegan leather! As a veggie I totally support their brand even though the prices are a little on the high side even for me. Although I did manage to pick up a great little Matt & Nat, vegan leather purse on a recent shopping trip. I love dark brown leather especially if it has that 'worn in' look.




This weekend has been great even if it did rain for most of the day yesterday. It gave me a chance to do a spot of cooking! The thing is I hardly ever cook and being the classic Leo that I am I just had to make a big thing out of it. I gather some of my pals together and made 'Louisiana Rice & Shrimp'. It went down well, everybody seemed to enjoy it Cajun & Creole cooking is now my new hobby I think next week I'll make a Cajun desert.



I bought a lotto ticket last week and not one number came up I don't know why I bother. It's the hope of winning that makes people play the lotto but if you look at the odds of winning there’s no hope in hell you'll win. Well my numbers may not have come up on the lotto but the next best thing to winning the lottery did. My Aunt's really wealthy friend was having a closet clear out on Saturday night she's the same shoe size as I am so when my Aunt called to see if I wanted to have a look at her cast offs I went along. I didn't think I would find anything worth having but boy was I wrong. Four hours later I had snagged 16 pairs of shoes! Sandals, boots, heels I was in heaven I couldn't believe my luck. Now all need is a bigger closet to put them all in!

First of all I hope you like the layout? I was going for a spring theme but with all the rainy weather we've been getting lately I didn't have it in me. Well it feels freshing to be blogin' this domain is something I've been pondering for a while now. Since there's just not enough hours in a day I'm still putting the finishing touches to my little domain, so please bare with me.

Wow my week has flown passed I can't belive it's nearly Thursday already! I wish last weekend had gone this quickly. I know why wish the weekend away thats the best part of the week right? The bit where you're not at work is my personal fave, lol. Well not last weekend I had my cousin saying with me she lives in the north of England (Manchester). I don't get to see her that often since we live miles apart so I was really looking forward to meeting up again. Now my cousin is a lovely, slim, sweet girl who has always been a bit of a wild dresser but that was in her younger years or so I thought. Friday night was fab, we met at the train station and went for drinks then headed home. The next day I made plans for us to go shopping in the heart of London's west end. I love to shop so this was more a requirement than a plan but being the sweet heart my cousin is she didn't complain. When you going shopping in central London you're bound to be one of 300 on a crowed street so people tend to dress up, funky, trendy you know fashionable. Anyways, my cousin steps out wearing footless tights, a tight shirt and 5inch heels! Now I have no problems with any of these items of clothing but to wear footless tights without putting even a micro mini skirt on top is just awful. I didn't know wear to look, my cousin with her two skinny legs stacked upon 5 ich aids towered over me like a ballet dancer who had forgotten their tutu.

When I tried (mainly for my own shame) to suggest putting a cardigan over the 'outfit' she dissmissed it with "i don't care what people think". At the time I was muted and didn't say what was on my mind which was "well I do, you look ridiculous!". I didn't say a word and for the whole day we we're laughed at, stared at, approached by the worst type of men yet still she 'didn't care'.

Do you think I was thinking too much about what others thought? Should I have embraced my cousin's confidence? Or do you think I was right to think the way I did nobody likes to see their family laughed at, right?

Please leave you're comments, help and advice

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