.....Baggage

Most of my posts lately have been about thrifting finds I've noticed, but I just keep getting lucky!

 I found this small weekend/carry on suitcase to match my recent full sized find and I'm pretty excited about it.

I also got three rolls of fabric, each 99 cents and that was a neat find too.

.......Strawberries and cream

I had gluten free pancakes with strawberries and soy whipped cream for breakfast, YUM.

Mmm, and these were the best strawberries I've had in....Years! Maybe ever?

And how randomly out of season.
I put hazelnut and raspberry flavored agave nectar on them too :)

I have decided to take up knitting/crocheting, and to start me off the lovely Lina has supplied me with her know how and this picture of me holding my starter kit :)

Lina also gave me this little blog award, thank you Lina!

  I have to tell 7 things about myself.  Here goes:
1. I like to take vanilla (vegan) ice cream and mix, mix, mix it with peanut butter until it is completely creamed, and have done so since I was a little girl. It may look a little gross but it tastes AMAZING.
2. I have an obsession with tattoos, even though I may never get one because of the lack of nerve.
3. I love Japanese art and one of my very my favorite movies is Memoirs of a Geisha.
4. My favorite non-vegan item of food that I miss the most is smoked Gouda cheese.

5.I always secretly wished I was a mermaid.

6. This is the first time in my life I have never had any pet rodents of any kind. 

(And I very much miss my tiny companions)

7. Jelly Belly sour watermelon belts are my favorite candy.

And I tag the next five people who read/comment on this post.

.....Donuts and Ireland

So I FINALLY got my much needed 2011 calender, I like to wait for them to go on sale and boy is it hard.

But I found this neat 365 days in Ireland one and it was only 4.99$ and oh so fun, don't you think?

It has all sorts of fun pictures and tid bits in it. 

My want to go to beautiful Ireland only intensified the first time I found out I was part Irish. 

I also made some gluten free (which is always difficult) baked donuts today, and they were a success!

Cinnamon sugar and glazed. Yum :)

I found this cute little clay jar thingy at the thrift store for 1$ and I am using it to put flowers in on my desk :)

And this retro dress pattern for like 0.50$

......Swirl

I have this purple clover plant in my room and it grows tall then sadly droops. 

And while I was at work the other day an idea hit me, we sell these swirly reed diffuser sticks that would be the perfect pretty little supports I was looking for for my little clover friends.

They were.

For dinner I made my own vegan version of an indian masala, I substituted the yogurt with soy and the cream with homemade cashew cream (which is AMAZING by the way, you can use it in anything) and silken tofu cubes in place of meat or paneer (cheese).

And it turned out pretty darn tasty! If I do say so myself . :)

I am also munching on my newly-arrived-in-the-mail Seitenbacher fruit munchies.

Yum, Vampires Lunch. :)

They are shaped as little skull and cross bones and drops of blood.

.....Going backwards

To a few years ago. 

When these pictures were taken by my lovely cousin Lina with her plastic cameras.
She surprised me the other day with these photos she took of me and just now got developed. 

I love re-living old moments. 

.....Incense

While shopping the World Market christmas clearance, I came across these super neat hanging candle holders,  which I am using as incense burners.

Which is quite awesome if I do say so myself  :) 

They have the perfect little spot to put a cone incense in, and the metal parts are all carved out and lovely and perfect for the smoke to escape in all it's swirly smell goodness.

I bought this really nice rose scented incense at Hippies, the local store that I sell my dreamcatchers at. 

.....Strawberry fields forever

I found this super awesomely adorably handy little bag-in-a-strawberry today at World Market.

It's perfect for shopping! It hangs fashionably on my purse and looks so darn cute, plus it saves me from using plastic bags.

They had all types of other fruit too, even a banana! But I thought the strawberry was by far the cutest.

......Square lions

This is just me in my new shirt from my previous post.

And some munchie goodies I picked up at Whole Foods today.

I'm also sportin' my new TOMS shoes.

......Time traveling

Hello everyone who pays any attention to this little blog of mine.

How are you today?

I had a lovely day off from work in which I went to my favorite clothing exchange store, Junkee.

I bought three things, a romper with a cute nautical design, a vintage inspired green blouse, and a vintage 1960's dress with an adorable cat print. I love cats! If you didn't already know, I have 4 of them.

I also came across this amazing vintage suitcase for only 3.99$ I am super stoked about it.

This is also sort of an outfit post.... =)

And this is sort of an outtake of me trying to carry the suitcase through the slippery snow.

.....City

I went into San Fransisco this weekend to visit my cousins and family on my dads side.

It was a nice little trip and I'm always happy when I get to spend time with my favorite girls.  :-)

And this is me eating a german chocolate covered spice cookie.