that time of year

It is that time of year. When a certain feeling appears. That feeling of disappointment mixed with dread. As the days go by you know that it will show its ugly face one day or another, you can sense it.

One morning you wake up and you can hear the wind whistle outside the window. Lying under the duvet cover all cuddled up and you keep postponing getting out of bed. You sense that this is the day.

Finally you get out of bed and you pull up the window shade and there it is. It is white. It is all white.

The dreadful snow.

mistletoe kisses

Got a package the other day filled with nail polishes from China Glaze. The first lovely color decorating my nails is Mistletoe Kisses from the Christmas collection 'Tis the Season to Be Naughty and Nice'. A lovely green color with plenty of silver glitter in it.

Mistletoe Kisses

 

All the China Glaze polishes I bought at Head2Toe.

remodeling

A little bit of remodeling going on here over the night.

Finally some color.

google

This Saturday evening (slash night) I have spent watching some Friends (yes again another rerun) and answering some questions for my interview on Tuesday. Exciting Saturday night.

I have an telephone interview with Google. No further company description required.

all hallows eve

Mom and I went to the grave today as it is All Hallows Eve this weekend. We brought some plants and lit some candles as the Swedish tradition is. This time all the years are so pretty with all the new flowers, plants and candles.

more nails

Yesterday I got another Ebay package. Yeay. This time it was my L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquers in six different colors. So now I can start making some nail art. Last night I decided to try something simple over my existing manicure. Now I can start experimenting and using my creative side painting nails.

L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquers

water is back!

We lost the water two days ago. No showers, no flushing the toilet, and no water in the sink. We had to get water from the neighbor. Really lovely.

Today I was supposed to meet a friend visiting Sweden this week, but he got sick so we canceled the lunch. When I got the news I was almost a little bit happy as I otherwise would have had a hassle washing my hair. I would have had to heat water up on the stove and clean only the hair.

But now they have finally figured out what was wrong and the water is running again. Now I can go and take a shower.

husmanskost

Another dinner consisting of husmanskost: kålpudding (cabbage pudding?), a classic Swedish dish that I cannot remember when I had the last time. It consists of white cabbage and ground beef and is served with lingon berry jam and cream sauce.

When I was young I ate it but was never really a huge fan. Then the other day I saw a recipe in a blog and just felt that I wanted to have it for dinner. Today was the day.

The first time I have done it myself and it tasted really good. Together with lingon berries and cream sauce it was truly great.

metal

I kind of got caught up in an Ebay shopping frenzy last week. Of course it was all about nail polishes. As I have just discovered the endless possibilities of Ebay and as there is also so many beautiful nail polish collection for this fall it is difficult to resist.

One package came already yesterday (Tuesday) from the USA that was shipped on Wednesday last week which was a pleasant discovery when checking the mail. It was four nail polishes from the L.A. Girls Metal collection. Really nice ones!

L.A. Girls Metal - Chromium Green

L.A. Girls Metal Collection - Iron Red, Chromium Green, Deep Sea Mica, Alkaline Blue

tuxedo

Isn't this the cutest toothbrush? Of course I forgot my toothbrush in our cottage in Finland. Luckily I found all these cute designer toothbrushes in the store.

I am a sucker for all these everyday products that get a new and fun design.