Scissor Sisters Night Work GET IT!

I picked up the new Scissor Sisters album, Night Work yesterday and I can't stop playing it. It's probably the most infectious dance album of the year and I love it. Lead single Fire With Fire is a fresh slice of disco pop that will have you humming well into the summer, while the Sisters upcoming second single Any Which Way, grooves along like a Bee Gees anthem. This is the third album from Jake Shears, Ana Matronic, Babydaddy and Del Marquis and it's produced by Stuart Price, Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor. It's been four years since the sisters last blasted over the radio airwaves, four years too long. So this is a welcome and fantastic return from one of my favorite bands. Night Work is packed with gems for the after hours clubber. It's synth sleaze twisted round chunky beats and 70's lasers, it's somewhere between The Pointer Sisters, Automatic and Trans-X's, Living On Video. It's that GOOD, and well worth getting on your iPod.

Moose Without A Leg To Stand On

Don't you just love a bargain? . . . and when one comes your way, it's just fantastic. Now then, I've had this fabulous Moose, yes Moose, lamp shade. Unfortunately, I don't have a stand for it. Me and my partner had been admiring an ornate black lamp stand at B&Q. However, we only wanted the stand and not the lamp shade, a lamp stand for my Moose shade. The whole thing cost a whopping £90, a bit much seeing as we only wanted part of it. So, we just left it and kept walking past it every time we dipped into B&Q. But then . . . A MIRACLE! On a B&Q trip the other day we spotted one last black lamp, reduced to just £30, the range had now been deleted. BARGAIN! Now my Moose lamp shade has something to look fabulous on. What do you think?

Lolo's Bouncy Castle

I was up writing quite late the other day, suffering writers block, and distracted by the temptation of turning on my television. So I did, and ended up laughing my head off watching Lolo Ferrari bouncing up and down on a bouncy castle with her gargantuan boobs. Watching Lolo try and balance herself on a bouncy castle while two muscled Germans in neon thongs catapulted her into the air was nothing short of comedy genius, and damn funny. This of course is a repeat of Eurotrash, the Channel 4 cult hit in which Lolo often appeared. Sadly poor Lolo passed away in 2000 at the age of 37 from induced suffocation. Yep! Death by boobies . . . well suffocation as a result. A tragic loss, especially as I was quite fond of Lolo and her choppy French accent. Lolo Ferrari was a truly BIG star in the making even after her bouncy castle burst.

Every Boy Wants A Princess Cake

Yesterday my Boyfriend celebrated his 25th Birthday. It was a small celebration at home. Just him, me, dinner and a bottle of rose. I surprised him with some of his favorite DVD's and an assortment of Lush bath bombs, soaps and a delicious vanilla & honey massage bar, which I might snatch for myself. Thinking of the big kid within him (at heart we all are) I decided to get him a Disney birthday cake. A pretty pink princess birthday cake with Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty on it. Every grown man wants one really! Well mine did . . . and he loved it. Happy Birthday Dave xXx

The Pots I Got

In earlier posts I blogged about the work I'm doing on both the front and back garden. I mentioned that I was in desperate need of some stylish pots to put outside the front door. So this morning I was delighted to receive these magnificent pots from Stewart Garden Company. They're made from durable plastic, so they're incredibly light and easy to move. The colours are natural, warm and inviting. While the shapes and moulds are incredibly stylish. I really love these contemporary pots and can't wait to get them filled with a variety of plants. I think I'll plant herbs in the Strawberry Pot (the one with the holes) and some sort of small tree or shrub in the Liscio and Honeypots. Although, I'm a bit undecided. I'll take some more pictures of these fantastic pots when I eventually fill them with the plants I choose. If these pots catch your eye and you're interested in purchasing them and any other products from Stewart Garden Company, visit their website by clicking the link below.

www.stewartcompany.co.uk

Happy Couples Beware . . . IKEA Causes Break-Ups

Have you ever noticed couples fighting in IKEA? Me and my boyfriend are one such couple. Every time we set foot in Ikea, walking the labyrinth of flat pack furniture, we end up bickering. We never bicker in ASDA or Sainsbury's while shopping for groceries, NEVER! We always find similar tastes in other home design shops. Yet in IKEA we are driven to separation, a couple on the verge of breaking up. He wants Lack, I want Hol. He wants Hemnes, I want Malm. He wants Aneboda, I want Odda. I mean for FUCKS sake! These are names we can't even pronounce and we are fighting over them. On a recent shopping trip to Ikea it got to the point where we were about to mutilate each other in front of shoppers. Our arguments over bathroom fixtures had become that heated. SO HEATED, we had to retreat to the cafeteria to calm down. The divorce papers were practically signed if not for Swedish meatballs, the only thing we could agree on during this shopping trip. Some two hours later and we headed to the till with only a Gasgrund Series, a toilet brush and a soap dispenser. This was even more frustrating as we had set out to buy picture frames, a lamp, and bed side tables - of which we got none. On the way out we witnessed a mother and father with their two twenty-something daughters screaming over each other. They were fighting of sofa cushions. While the Mother shoved cushions at her husband proclaiming "This One", one of the daughters burst into tears, while the other daughter screamed at the Mother "You never listen to what I want". The father eventually stormed off seeking refuge in the tropical forest which is known as IKEA's plant section. Me and my boyfriend glanced at each other, smiled, and rushed out of IKEA as fast as we could run. Happy couples beware . . . SHOPPING AT IKEA is the major cause of break-ups.

The Things You Forgot You Ever Had

Isn't it wonderful, the things you find, that you forgot you ever had. The other day while unpacking some boxes I found these little Elephants. They were brought back from India for me a good fifteen years ago by a friend I have lost contact with. She gave them to me as a gift when I left Canada to move to the UK. I remember the story she told me about them. Apparently when these little Elephants are linked up by trunk and tail they will bring you good luck. I have found a wonderful little home for them on the window ledge, here they can bask in the sunlight. Thank you Cathy, wherever you are, I hope you are blessed with happiness.

The Garbage Pail Kids

Can you remember The Garbage Pail Kids? Originally released in 1985 as collectable sticker cards they were designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. I spent all my pocket money on them and eventually amassed the entire collection. I wonder if they are still packed away in boxes back at my parents house in Canada. More to the point, what value would they have if my parents had saved them . . . I wonder? What was so great about these Garbage Pail Kids? Well, each sticker card featured a Garbage Pail Kid character with some comical abnormality, portraying them suffering some terrible fate. What made them so special and down right funny to kids of my age back then was their play on names. You had - Barfin' Barbara, Acne Amy, Potty Scotty, Adam Bomb, Bony Tony, Babbling Brook, Nervous Rex and Frigid Bridgit, just to name a few. You always hoped they used your name, the closest I got to my name was Itchy Richie who was covered in little black spiders. These wacky disfigured kids even went on to star in their own movie, a live action film, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Sadly it was a massive box office bomb when it was released way back in 1987. Oh Well! I wonder if a Garbage Pail Kids revival is on the horizon?

Vuvuzela? Blow On This!

You know there's a football match on when vuvuzela horns can be heard blasting down the streets. It has become the must have accessory for any football fan, and a very loud one at that. So what's it all about? Well, the vuvuzela is a stadium horn (plastic trumpet) popular amongst South African football fans who see it as a unique part of their football culture. This noisy horn has also been causing quite a stir amongst visiting football fans who are not accustomed to its loudness. Footy fans attending this years FIFA World Cup have even reported temporary hearing loss and have complained about the vuvuzela drowning out traditional singing and match commentary. That's one powerful horn!

Haute Couture For Cats

People wear clothes, not cats! I recently came across some photos online of some furry felines in wigs and silly hats, dressed in shawls, lace and ridiculous ball gowns. Costumes created and sold by Tokyo’s Takako Iwasa are in high demand amongst the truly devoted cat lover. Yep! The nation that manufactures more cars, TV's and stereos than any other also leeds the way in Cat costumes. Only the Japanese, a nation obsessed with Hello Kitty could conceive and market such a ludicrous idea to the masses. This is cute for the deranged. Iwasa-san as she is known to her website visitors around the world, launched her cat costumes online in 2000. Her site features outrageous costumes for cats. She has built up a massive customer base through word of MEOW online. At one stage, she was actually selling her crazy cat costumes at the Parisian Printemps department store in the Tony Ginza commercial center in Tokyo . . . and, SHE SOLD OUT! As many of you already know, I'm a cat owner, of two Siamese - but never, would I ever, consider dressing them up and parading them around in the name of cute.
www.petoffice.co.jp