For the person who has everything...
Green knickers!!
its a little company that has literally just started up making fairly traded, organic knickers! go to
this site, there are heat responsive knickers that change colour when it gets warm (fart detectors!) and there are some really funny videos about removing stains from your knickers!!
Santa baby...
well, since coca cola thinks its acceptable to advertise with santa in October + Brum council lights already twinkle (they may well tell us its eid, but I dont remember santa coming down the chimney anywhere in the muslim tradition) I feel it may be time to start my christmas wish list (Jon are you listening?)
This year, I have kind of shocked myself with my own greed. top of the list is:
Yves St Laurent Touche eclat. It covers up your dark under eye circles (much needed at present). for this, the princeley sum of £20.
I also want pretty much everything in the benefit catalogue, but especially:
Benetint (makes your cheeks look pretty) (£22.50)
The reason I am telling you all this is not to drop hints (though gifts are always welcome!) but something I realised.
Several years ago, the thought of spending more than £5 on make-up would have shocked me, but whether it is a larger income, a subscription to instyle, or hardier wrinkles that has caused it, my idea of what is reasonable to spend on products has increased (not that my disposable income has grown to match it!) I cant even fall back on the 'but it's organic/fairtrade/woven by pygmies' lines that ususally pacify my inner tightwad (and husband).
Will there come a day when I dont even blink at spending £100 on creme de la mer? and what does that mean for my soul? Is the lack of pasty flaky skin ethical justification enough?
Sexual Healing
And So I found myself on a rainy thursday evening standing on Broad street, handing out tracts. Stopping people and asking if they had just a few minutes to talk about something truly life-changing.Braving the conditions for the greater good. At the end of the evening, as we walked away, the group leader said 'perhaps we made a difference to someones night...'
Yes, thats right my friends...I indulged in...evangelism...
Before you all start rejoicing that i've found the right path again, hold your horses.
It was a syphillis campaign being filmed by Midlands today. and we'll be on a BBC 3 documentary - coming soon! There is a big syphillis outbreak in brum just now, hence why the sexual evangelism was taking place!
Just thought I'd share that little experience with you. made me laugh. specially when 'have you ever heard of Jesus?' was replaced by 'have you ever heard about syphillis?' both life changing, but in very different ways....
