Your daily dose of pretty: Water Balloons tshirt from Threadless

I love the print on this tshirt from Threadless, even if my brain is screaming "what's keeping those balloons up in the air?".

I'm going to pretend I know nothing about the laws of physics. Which actually is not entirely untrue - Physics was never my strongest subject at school. Here's a close-up of the design:

It's currently on sale on Threadless too (US$10 for the girlie tee, and US$15 for the girlie boat neck tee), so laws of physics be damned!

Your daily dose of pretty: Symphony for a Mermaid t-shirt from La Fraise

I'm still in the throes of The Cold That Ate Manhatten, so today's post is going to be short on words because my head hurts and is possibly about to explode. Plus I think I have a fever and my grip on reality may or may not be slightly tenuous. Does anybody else see the goblin in the corner?

So: t-shirt; mermaid; pretty:

The Symphony for a Mermaid t-shirt is €23 from La Fraise.

I'm going to go to sleep now, wake me if the goblin does anything suspicious, kthxbai.

Your daily dose of pretty: Hey, Mr Blue Sky tee by Threadless

I just love the whimsical illustration on this tee:

Here's a close-up look:

Of course if I was that little girl I would be revealing not a fluffy cloud laden blue sky but shoes. Lots and lots of pretty shoes. If anybody wants to make me a tshirt of that I'll be one very happy girl!

The "Hey! Mr Blue Sky" tshirt is US$18.00 from Threadless.

Your daily dose of pretty: Liberty tee from Threadless

I could spend hours (and a lot of money) on the Threadless site, they have so many great tees. In fact The Eccentric English Boyfriend and I already own a few, and this one has gone on my wishlist:

Isn't that print just dreamy? The Liberty fantasy tee is US$18.00 from Threadless.

Just had to share this

My favourite new site of the day: Sheldon Shirts, where they've collected the best shirts worn by Sheldon and Leonard on The Big Bang Theory (love, love, love that show), plus other cool stuff like Howard's belt buckles, the Period Table shower curtain, some of their favorite Sheldon quotes and lots more. The site gives links to where to buy each item, along with details of which episode it was seen in. Geek heaven much?

I want this one:


TV Color Bars tshirt, US$29.00 from dirtyword.net.

Sheldon Shirts was The Eccentric English Boyfriend's discovery, and he spent last night glued to his laptop, occcasionally yelling "I want this one!". Hmmmm, wonder what he wants for Christmas?

To put a smile on your dial, here's a Sheldon quote for you:

"Explain to me an organizational system where a tray of flatware on a couch is valid. I'm just inferring that this is a couch, because the evidence suggests the coffee table is having a tiny garage sale."

Is it weird that I find Sheldon really sexy? It is isn't it?

Your daily dose of pretty: Under the Rain tshirt

The fun part of shopping at la Fraise is that the website is all in French. Fear not my pretties, with my two years of high school French I will give you some background on la Fraise:

They sell tshirts.

What were you expecting? I did two years of French 20-odd years ago! The only thing I can remember is how to ask where the toilet is, and it's entirely possible that what I think is "where is the toilet?" is actually "your ferret is attempting to mate with my handbag".

Luckily you don't need to be multi-lingual to appreciate this tshirt:


How cute is the picture:


Awwwwww, look at the widdle doggie woggie being all cutie wootie!

AHEM.

The Under the Rain tshirt is €24.00 at la Fraise. At least I think it is, it's all in French you know!

This little kitty needs to go to the dentist

See the look on this cat's face?



That kitty obviously has wisdom teeth problems, because that's the exact same look I have on my face right now.

Yep, after 20-odd years of pretending they don't exist my wisdom teeth have finally gotten the better of me, and I'm dragging myself to the dentist tomorrow. I haven't been to the dentist since I was 16, so this is a BIG deal. Also, ouchies - which explains the paucity of posts over the last couple of days.

However, the tshirt is cute, and distracts me momentarily. £16.00 from ASOS.

An uncanny resemblance

How nice of New Look to feature me on one of their tshirts:


Whadya mean that's not me? She's short, she's cute, she loves shoes, she has big round black ears on the top of her ...

Point taken. But I still think there's an uncanny resemblance. The Minnie Shoe Sale tshirt is £10.00 from New Look. Want!

Your daily dose of pretty: Twist collection by Forever 21

The new ballet-inspired Twist collection at Forever 21 might be not at all appropriate for those pushing 40 (ie: me), but I can imagine 14 Year Old Daughter having conniptions over some of the pieces, and they're reasonably enough priced that Santa might not be averse to seeing them on her Christmas wish-list.

Beaded Mesh Pleat Skirt, US$19.80

Oval Mesh Net Skirt, US$17.80

Poised Ballerina Tunic, US$17.80

Charisma Beaded Bracelet, US$6.80

What about you my pretties? Could you wear them? Would you wear them? 14 Year Old Daughter is going through a tutu phase at the moment. There is a very short period of time during any girl's life when she can get away with wearing a tutu, so go for it while you can I say!

SQUEE! And then more squee

I am one very bouncy blogger this morning, as I won a competition. The wonderful Mary over at Body and Soul (go show her some love) ran a giveaway of the new Essie Sweet Time of the Year Collection:



Can you even begin to imagine how excited I am about getting my paws on Mint Candy Apple?

So I've been bouncing around the house this morning attempting to share my excitement with all. The Eccentric English Boyfriend was decidedly underwhelmed. The conversation went like this:

EEB (sarcastically): Yes, very nice dear.
Me: But it's three less polishes that I have to buy.
EEB: Given the breadth of polishes available out there I rather doubt that. You'll just find other polishes you want to buy. In fact I rather suspect this will just feed your addiction.
Me: But I love nail polishes! And I told you I wouldn't buy any more shoes for a while, and I haven't, have I?
EEB: That's because you haven't left the house!
Me: But that wouldn't stop me because I can buy them online ... WAIT! Does that mean that as long as I don't leave the house I can buy shoes?

At this stage EEB went a very funny colour. Bless.

Anyway just when I thought my day couldn't get any more exciting, Mr Courier Man dropped three parcels off. Ok one of them was for EEB - software or something. But the other two were for me.

First up from Mika J, a nail art instruction book, and a pack of 12 nail art pens:



Look at the Fred whiskers at the bottom!

See:



He was checking to make sure I hadn't bought any shoes.

Here's the other six colours in the nail art set:



Then a box from asos. Because they were having a sale AND they sent me a £10.00 off voucher for my birthday. So, you know, it would have been rude not to buy something!

So I got the cute tshirt that I blogged about:



They didn't have it in my size, so I bought one for 14 Year Old Daughter.

Then some Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which I've been reading rave reviews about:



I'm interested to see how this goes, because a lot of primers and eye creams make my eyes water. Not a good look.

Then this gorgeous dress, which I had to put on straight away:



It's purple! And it disguises the wobbly bits! Also - LAWKS my mirror needs a clean.

And finally these little cuties by Rocket Dog:



Aren't they adorable ... oh ... yeah ... they're shoes. But no, it's totally ok because I'm pretty sure I ordered them before the no-shoe-buy promise. Pretty sure. And anyway, sale AND £10.00 off birthday voucher. Totally justified. Totally.

Your daily dose of pretty: in which I try, really I do

*sigh* ... asos are having a sale. I try to be restrained, my pretties. Really, I do. I search high and low to bring you the prettiest of the pretty, and I fall in love with so many things. But, and this is the important bit: I. Don't. Buy. Them. Mostly.

And then asos have a sale.

*sigh*

I mean, just look at these (£52.00):



I know, I know, they have cork soles. But look at them, for the love of all that is pretty, look at them!

Or what about these elegant beauties (£54.00):



Also, purple! (£20.00):



And that's just the shoe department.

What about this (£18.00):



Or this cutie £24.50):



And oooh, what about this (£22.00):



And also, KAPOW! (£8.00):



14 Year Old Daughter is in love with this (£10.00):



So. Much. Pretty. Why? Why must this be? When will the reasonably priced prettiness end*?

* No, seriously, when will it end? It doesn't say on the website!

Your daily dose of pretty (cute)

It's been a rough couple of days for our assorted animals, we had one of our bunnies die yesterday and the day before that one of our rats. So here's a cute animal tunic tee from AsiaJam. It makes me smile.



US$18.00 from AsiaJam. Everybody say 'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww'.

I want a monkey

Seriously, I really, really want a monkey. It's not going to happen because, you know, it's illegal and all, so I'll have to make do with this:



*squee*

Cutest monkey t-shirt ever! Currently on sale for US$14.99 at dELiAs.

Your daily dose of pretty: waiter there's something in my sushi

Hmmmmmm, what have we got here? Sushi, sushi, sushi, not sushi, sushi, sushi ... wait! What?



This adorable Sushi Delight t-shirt is US$28.00 from Gama-Go, available in Charcoal and Chocolate. Want!

Your daily dose of pretty: Bubble Love t-shirt from Marmalade Ho

Look at these cute little bubble-blowing bunnies:



We've had rabbits for years and I've never seen them blow bubbles. I've seen them poo. A lot. But no bubbles.

£25.00 from Marmalade Ho.

Snorg Tees make me laugh

Snorg Tees have a great range of t-shirts guaranteed to make you giggle. Plus they have one of the best brand names EVER. Seriously, say it out loud. Go on, say it. "Snorg". See, made you smile!

Right now they have 126 of their shirts on sale, so head over there by Friday to take advantage of the savings.

This one isn't on sale, but I may have to get it anyway:



Here's a close-up:



Yep, that's me!

Best ever celebrity couple and associated merchandise

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer recently announced that they are dating and fans were, well, completely unsurprised. Seriously, talk about chemistry (and that's just from following their Tweets!). Anyway it led to the following conversation between the Eccentric English Boyfriend and me:

EEB: Did you see Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are dating?
Me: Yeah, there go my chances with Neil Gaiman ... I mean ... well ... ummmm ... you know ... not that ... ummmm
EEB: Yeah, there go my chances with Amanda Palmer too.

So in celebration of the best ever celebrity couple, here's their collaboration book Who Killed Amanda Palmer, words by Neil Gaiman and deadness by Amanda Palmer: pre-order it here.



And from Neil Gaiman's NeverWear site, this t-shirt. 10 Year Old Boy looked at me like I'd gone crazy when I said I wanted to get this for him. Fine then, I'll just get it for me!



And finally, this Amanda Fucking Palmer tshirt. I bought one of these when we saw her live recently here in Auckland, and I always get comments when I wear it. Buy it here.