Super Sale

Today was one of those perfect sales, the kind you don't even know about. I was going to Hemtex (a Swedish interior decorating store with emphasis on textiles) to get a few small things and when I arrived the store had a 40% off everything sell-out!

Happy Happy, Joy Joy; to paraphrase Ren and Stimpy!

I ended up buying a bunch of stuff I didn't even know I needed, cool tablecloths, a couple of matching (black and red) vases, the thin kind you can only stick a single rose in, some cool looking saucers and plates to make the table with, matching my new vases and tablecloths (and my new furniture).

I'll make everything look nice and cool at home and then take a picture.
899 crowns later and a happy MsTake.

I love shopping for my house, I love my house.
Hell, it's spring, and tomorrow I'm going to London - I love everything and everyone!
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Yeah yeah, catching up

Hmm , let's see.

Since I last wrote I've bought:
Assorted books, including the "Atkins for life" book that I pictured below. Also an almanac and the last book of the Valhalla series, "Saga of Valhalla" by Johanne Hildebrand. I don't know if it's been translated, but it's an EXCELLENT series.

I bought 2 plane tickets, one to Stockholm for last weekend and one to Iceland for this summer.

Some gorgeous make-up from Noeba. Some for me and some not for me.
A wonderful double-bubble as a birthday gift for a very special lady, and a single bubble of sparkling gold along with a golden eyeliner for yours truly (that would be ME!)

A gorgeous flowery series from I*Me*My consisting of a necklace, a pair of earrings and a nice big ring. Very nice, very "Pilgrimmy".

I'm sure there's been more, but as catching up goes, this will have to do. Yesterday I had a field-day at my local favourite second hand shop - but I'll cover that in a separate post.
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Food for thought

I'm not doing that much shopping right now.

Why? you ask...

Well firstly, having torn a ligament in my knee, walking around town is less fun than before and secondly, I kicked into the GI diet (also known as LowCarb) a couple of days ago so I spend much more than my usual time AND money in the food store, trying to find new ingredients that I am in fact allowed to eat.

I also spend much more time than normal in the kitchen.
YES! In the kitchen. I kid you not!


Above is my new blender, which I DID buy after a Caesar dressing mishap a few days back. Below is a bowl of vegetables that put me back 30 dollars - everything in there is ECO-food (grown traditionally without additives or poisons)


So unfortunately, I really doubt this lull in my "normal" shopping is saving me any money. Quite the contrary, as I seem to be spending around 40-50 dollars/day in the food shop. I mean really!

I was about to say that I'm spending money on no lasting value, but I don't think it would be correct - I'm investing in my health and my body, is what I'm doing. Now, if I can only start moving as well, maybe I'll even lose a few inches =)
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GI

So, back in Sweden after my tour of the alps.

What I've bought lately has, sadly enough, mainly consisted of medicine and leg-support, after tearing a ligament in my knee while skiing (DOH!)

Yesterday, other slighly boring things like leggings. Also some cute lacy underwear, as well as champagne for my good friends who took care of my cats. All in all yesterdays shopping came to about SEK 1000, but mainly for a good cause!

Today I must have done the most unnecessary purchase ever!
On my way back to the office after visiting the doctors, I realized that I didn't have any cash in my wallet to pay for my sushi. So, did I go to an ATM, about 100 hobbling meters off, in the wrong direction? Noooooo....

I instead went for the much better option (in my opinion) of going in to the nearest store and buying something, just to be able to withdraw some cash from my visa card. So now I am the proud(?) owner of the book "Våra bästa GI Recept" (the link is in Swedish).

Well, I've had to cancel my gym-card because of my knee... I'd better start changing my diet if I don't want to go elephant style!
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Boring home shopping

So, it's been quiet.

I've spent the whole weekend as well as the beginning of this week in bed, and not for nice reasons. This has, of course, prevented me from doing any shopping, or updating this blog. Although the flu still has not released me from it's ugly grip I'm back at work, and back to the shops.

Hey, what else are lunch-hours for???

Today I've been boring. I tried a lot of nice stuff on, some sales are still ongoing, but only ended up buying boring, home related things.

Coming home with me today are:

• 1 set of leather care for my rather new (2 months) and super sexy leather sofa
• 4 table tablets, red, for my equally rather new and super sexy red and dark wood dining table
• 1 pair of coockingcooking tongs. Is that what they're called?

I didn't buy any of the cool winter boots I tried on (Replay/Diesel/Lacoste), nor the super-nice Roxy gold&white beanie. Partly because I only JUST bought a ski hat, and blogged about it here, and I managed to make myself understand I didn't need another.

Hey, what do you know, the blog is working!! :)
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