tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52845452745356400902024-03-05T12:53:13.742+00:00Lola Land! The re-invention of me...Hi! I'm Lola. Adventurous, single, fun-loving and a fairly new Londoner. My life's kinda 'under renovation' at the moment and these are little snippets of my life...Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-90105204985661667552012-03-03T22:52:00.000+00:002012-03-03T22:52:57.682+00:00Shameful<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I may be the worst blogger ever! I made such brilliant promises to blog regularly and all of that got thrown out of the window when I got back to what was (and still seems like) a mountain full of work. It doesn't help that I've been hitting that dating scene hard! I like to think I'm quite a good judge of character and that I'm pretty tough but I've been surprised by the amount of dickheads there are out there. And they range from the people who think that I can't see that all they want is sex to those who tell outright lies about their lives.<br />
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Still I'm optimistic! If anything it makes the hunt even more interesting and the end result (if I get it right) even more rewarding. :-) Hahaha! That's the way I choose to look at it anyway!<br />
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Work wise, it feels like I don't even live in London anymore. I've been working in so many different and random places that I've kinda lost my anchor... lol! I've spent more night in hotel rooms than in my own room. Probably more nights in a hotel rooms than a...er... lady of the night. Hehe!<br />
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Anyhoo, I just thought to say a quick hi to everyone very quickly! :-) So sorry it's taken ages to get back on here!!!</div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-86191203104599507292012-01-02T12:42:00.000+00:002012-01-02T12:42:58.010+00:00Happy New Year folks<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indeed a very Happy New Year to everyone! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year, I'm making the rules simple - I just wanna play harder, lover harder (that sounds wrong but it's not in the way you think! lol! Get your minds out of the gutter....lol!) and and work <strike>harder</strike>... nah, work did not make it into my New Year's resolution this year. Don't get me wrong, I wanna do well at work but its not like I don't already work hard so not, that is not making it to my list. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, those are my resolutions. They oughta be easy enough (and fun enough) to stick to don't you think?</span></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-159561684597767612011-12-30T19:08:00.003+00:002011-12-30T19:16:13.789+00:00Loooooooooooong time!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Hiya everyone! So sorry for not blogging in a while! Been so hectic with all the Christmas parties and then the Christmas shopping and then I just pretty much went into hibernation mode from eating so much!!! Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Okay, so quick Christmas party update! I've been left with such an ego boost! I found out that 5 guys (yes 5!!!!!) fancy me at work. Okay, we might all have been pretty drunk at the time but I'm just gonna take that one! lol! Nothing wrong with a little flattery, not matter how drunk the giver or recipient were.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">One little confession though, there was a cheeky mistletoe-related kiss with one of said 5 people! It's so weird right, before this night, we'd always flirted but never anything serious and it kinda just upped itself a notch on the night. All in all, it was a great night! Considering how much we'd all had to drink (free bar - you know the drill...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So glad I wasn't the girl who ended up being sick in the bathrooms though! I shudder to think of how awkward she felt the next time she had to go into the office. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Anyway, I've decided I have to blog more frequently! I've been really bad with blogging lately and I'm gonna try to do it more frequently. No matter how brief it is. That's my New year resolution... that and eat less cake... and exercise more... and drink less... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Later folks!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;">Finally time for the main office Christmas party! I've been running around like a headless chicken all day trying to find an outfit to wear! Is it sad that I took a day off to look for an outfit for an office Christmas party? Probably...lol! But I refuse to have a repeat of what happened last time I was invited to a formal event. For anyone who missed it, just carry on scrolling till you hit the next post. Plus, this is my first time attending this specific party so I wanna make a good impression... at least until I've had a few glasses of bubbly (or white wine... truth be told, I'm not fussed about which one I get, I just need to kick back and have fun tonight!).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This last week at work has been so stressful and busy but it’s the run up to Christmas and as you can imagine – the start of the many work (and personal) Christmas parties I’m due to attend. This time last year, I wasn’t exactly doing the most glamorous of jobs back in Wales (see <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-big-move-pt-2.html">here</a></span>) so its fair to say the Christmas party I attended last year wasn’t as much a Christmas party as it was an excuse to get drunk and give my liver a good battering. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A bit of a sidetrack here but I just remembered that I’ve not even begun Christmas shopping yet. I do tend to leave it till the last minute anyway so there’s nothing out of the ordinary there but for some reason, I’m starting to stress about it. I say stress but it’s more like I remember every three days that I’ve still not started and I try to look on Amazon/Selfridges/Play.com and eventually get distracted by the shoes or bags, which I end up never buying. It’s a vicious cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, after a stressful week, I was looking forward to one of many Christmas parties and it was going to be a laid back event with lots of friends and promised to be a good night. I showed up at the event which was pretty swanky in my old jeans, heels, and a Beatles shirt I got from a thrift shop in Camden and a nice little jacket (lazy and laid back – just how I like it! lol) and I felt like the bees knees… until I walked into the room and realised it was a black tie event! Oh the shame... *shakes head* I literally have no idea how this happened. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m not the kind of person that doesn’t take dress codes seriously and I even asked a few times this week about what the dress code for the event was! It was so cliché I just couldn’t help but laugh (not all out crazy laughter – more like an inside laughter) I already looked out of place standing at the entrance of the venue dressed like I was going to a concert or off to do my laundry - there was no way I was going to let people think I was crazy as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I looked at my invitation, which made no mention of a dress code thought it did mention a champagne reception and a nice 5 course meal. Retrospectively, the fact that it was a 5 course meal should have sent alarm bells ringing in my head but hey ho… After about a minute of laughing and trying to compose my self, I decided there was only one thing to do – go in there, have a great time and drink my faux pas away! I did get a few (okay, more than ‘a few’) strange looks but all in all, it ended up being a fantastic night!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iaClpxU_thbdQv9MITKZEiwRmg1zsxmx9FmIJ_TY2l-cmh4CT9Fma0W0ODoofX3Npw0R4RTM_5CRv_OnXxK3MnS6LqL6dbsOJiVlWgXauyi_2eg_Mz6M4CZCzuGxyHqK22LFjs7WlfPT/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iaClpxU_thbdQv9MITKZEiwRmg1zsxmx9FmIJ_TY2l-cmh4CT9Fma0W0ODoofX3Npw0R4RTM_5CRv_OnXxK3MnS6LqL6dbsOJiVlWgXauyi_2eg_Mz6M4CZCzuGxyHqK22LFjs7WlfPT/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><!--EndFragment-->Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-18592263220337529252011-11-20T23:16:00.000+00:002011-11-20T23:16:58.082+00:00These are a few of my favourite things...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 17px;">Another instalment in “These are a few of my favourite things”. So, without further ado, these are the things that are either rocking my world or that I aspire to get to rock my world. Not the most exciting or adventurous of lists but winter’s round the corner and its hibernation time! Hahaha!</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7VZAzl9E8CumCRVDadxHr9-OYnRJHR10JzH7_wI6YC_ljsnuKt2nVshpLVubgtdSoD0YoypRpK-Qq9BadRVldwKbBXYIhYN4W_ZMYnphyphenhyphenD0WfB2c3ZoJQfEPsbV89uDC6QTf5-nMBwsN/s1600/nandos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7VZAzl9E8CumCRVDadxHr9-OYnRJHR10JzH7_wI6YC_ljsnuKt2nVshpLVubgtdSoD0YoypRpK-Qq9BadRVldwKbBXYIhYN4W_ZMYnphyphenhyphenD0WfB2c3ZoJQfEPsbV89uDC6QTf5-nMBwsN/s640/nandos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 17px;">1.) Nandos – You can beat that Piri piri chicken. I swear I practically drink the sauce everytime I go. And I always go extra hot as well!!! Partly because I like it (I love spicy food!!!) but also partly to prove to my friends that I can!</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">2.) Champagne – Especially free Champagne! Haha! I like the bubbles – not so much the hangover the next day if you’re fortunate (or unfortunate – I can decide which) to get drunk on it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">8.) Chanel Watch – such a classic design! I want one! So much… So, er…. if you wanna treat me to something nice for Christmas… * hint * * hint *<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">And that’s all folks! Catch you soon! xoxo<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hey people! Happy Bonfire Night folks! Well technically, that isn’t till later in the day but hey ho….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, so last weekend, I went out for lunch with some kinda old definitely-semi-friends and we had a grand old time catching up on what we’ve all been up to. Actually, I say catching up but it was more like showing off. By the end of it, I was kinda exhausted because it felt like I had been in a strenuous competition to see who had done the most exciting stuff or achieved the most since we last saw each other. That is one lunch date I’m not gonna be rushing into again... lol!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So after the lunch date, I figured I’d indulge in some Halloween shopping. I went hunting for inspiration for my costume. I’m so last minute with these things and so I was going to go with the first thing I found. Last minute and lazy. Its Halloween for goodness sakes! Its not like you’re supposed to take it too seriously. I promise to get better with the shopping at Christmas! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, so I finally found a fancy dress shop (Ting-Ting-Ting Jackpot!!! I could get all I needed from one place instead of having to trawl through the whole of Westfield for different items). So I got some face-paint, a snow white costume and some contact lenses (I decided to go as an undead-yet-dead snow white – don’t judge, I know what a rubbish costume this seems like in theory but in my head, this would be an absolutely genius idea once all put together – after a vigorous backcombing of my hair of course!) Somewhere in between this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf-RaPcGRH4k4BfZMqtnk3gZsYN6MF_ZAqq4u9I-roJwymFJCd4jN8UAal4FUf20o439CEYOFAbO72Y5zfTFfE77OFBWIv0RfJEkGTOgX_4op4xp6XEdFo8VpCDCBSjhrPOk1sNFnEl8N/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-05+at+13.08.08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf-RaPcGRH4k4BfZMqtnk3gZsYN6MF_ZAqq4u9I-roJwymFJCd4jN8UAal4FUf20o439CEYOFAbO72Y5zfTFfE77OFBWIv0RfJEkGTOgX_4op4xp6XEdFo8VpCDCBSjhrPOk1sNFnEl8N/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-05+at+13.08.08.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5QYGNUz1YHPUFaAX7nujRFPlBvM65SLoZRoRqzKsfY3pRVGREH8e-T2a5Xl7b3lwiywUUXUe6jXxpYKEQRfQA1HaDi2yhyphenhypheneyz1WiyTB25LNerDYP1vn_pAovanWRcBxQUJEPwCP6MUtd/s1600/tumblr_ljaykiHf0c1qatkk4o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5QYGNUz1YHPUFaAX7nujRFPlBvM65SLoZRoRqzKsfY3pRVGREH8e-T2a5Xl7b3lwiywUUXUe6jXxpYKEQRfQA1HaDi2yhyphenhypheneyz1WiyTB25LNerDYP1vn_pAovanWRcBxQUJEPwCP6MUtd/s1600/tumblr_ljaykiHf0c1qatkk4o1_500.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, shopping done! Time to go home, chill out and then get ready for the party. On my way back, I noticed quite a few admiring stares from people and I was thinking, “Damn, my military wrap dress and hooker heels were really paying off” (all 6 inches of them! Okay, they’re not really hooker heels but that’s what I like to refer to them as). I pretended not to notice and yet was showing off for my admirers. I even put on my sunglasses so I could check out the people who were checking me out without them noticing that I was checking them out. (Oh please!!! LOL! Don’t judge me - I’m sure we’ve all checked out people behind our sunglasses, perfectly pleased that they couldn’t see that we were checking them out!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Needless to say, by the time I got home, I was on a high – “Damn, I’m hot!” I was thinking…. Till I caught a reflection of myself in my sunglasses as I was taking them off. Turns out I had some face-paint smudged on my face the entire time (dear goodness, I really really REALLY hope it was face-paint!)… OH THE HORROR! Oh the shame….*shakes head* Fingers crossed people may have thought that I was dressed up early for Halloween? One can only hope! Haha! *shakes head*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfotsEYyFtiNJtc8QZDnMJCcSoaV8KDmpoILa6JNFJjMPdQo70PYnzuaZoIGQhttVzjoXP9QrqJTFHP44Hk_n6zAuGwBL7xrBsvcjuA-3C7Vpb8f2ek8yu_JSP4Sttdc6Mq7loxqjEKIT/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfotsEYyFtiNJtc8QZDnMJCcSoaV8KDmpoILa6JNFJjMPdQo70PYnzuaZoIGQhttVzjoXP9QrqJTFHP44Hk_n6zAuGwBL7xrBsvcjuA-3C7Vpb8f2ek8yu_JSP4Sttdc6Mq7loxqjEKIT/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-38080254626679513182011-10-31T21:51:00.000+00:002011-10-31T21:51:56.247+00:00Monday Morning Giggles<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">This had me giggling for ages! Like I said before, I’m very easily amused… Hehehe!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9M1k0Y1xGcMtum1_URz6DXwyH3VAGOIznWUBdtFKmzAx-XDk6emO6_xxQ6wlnaox8oi7h_DZh_mKspAIBUTRb0tio6lRTMV4sXSnwZzGF-R3OpAasLx5VaqNL0779MVixjzVVqvWUI8s/s1600/tumblr_lsojapxHJ61qewacoo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9M1k0Y1xGcMtum1_URz6DXwyH3VAGOIznWUBdtFKmzAx-XDk6emO6_xxQ6wlnaox8oi7h_DZh_mKspAIBUTRb0tio6lRTMV4sXSnwZzGF-R3OpAasLx5VaqNL0779MVixjzVVqvWUI8s/s1600/tumblr_lsojapxHJ61qewacoo1_500.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfinhR9Je6HASKsrv_VhBN8UP68OvbSYWgDRfmV_mr6GLnAP2yRDIHzsN4cgACZFYCAbWLWWK3La1Py14EoQWrS4NhrLVbVq8RQxTlfxiCFhMl67JCxS6qvaSVvv7gJM7NSuhMqR5ysyx_/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfinhR9Je6HASKsrv_VhBN8UP68OvbSYWgDRfmV_mr6GLnAP2yRDIHzsN4cgACZFYCAbWLWWK3La1Py14EoQWrS4NhrLVbVq8RQxTlfxiCFhMl67JCxS6qvaSVvv7gJM7NSuhMqR5ysyx_/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-4404060876728817202011-10-17T11:11:00.000+01:002011-10-17T11:11:00.897+01:00Time to say goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Right, so I wasn’t sure about this last time I blogged but now it’s been confirmed. My <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-on-cloud-9.htmlxzaszpf3gR7k0RpARQCJ45nlAubcVGwGIvWc3EdWeiw">neighbour/sex buddy </a>(for some reason I cringe at the phrase ‘fuck buddy’ – it’s so cliché but there’s no avoiding it). Anyway, I digress – he’s moving back home due to visa issues. He might be back, he might not be – that’s all dependent on the visa.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This news kinda made me ‘re-evaluate’ our relationship as for me, there was no long term plan and hence I use the term relationship very loosely. Every day, you hear stories (or watch a movie) about some girl who had a platonic relationship which eventually becomes a romantic one. I can safely say, this is not the case here. I mean don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely a strong physical attraction there but truth be told, we’re just really good friends. We get along like a house on fire and I could spend hours and hours talking and hanging out with him but there’s no real ‘va-va-voom’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe I’m just being greedy or have unrealistic expectations but I really want excitement! The most excitement I’ve had lately is having too many cups of coffee and practically bouncing off the walls from my caffeine high. And I totally understand that the excitement might wane after several years of being together but I definitely think it makes for the start of a fantastic relationship. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Last month was fairly busy on the work front so I didn’t get to do much social stuff but I’ve got lots planned this month! I plan on going a little crazy and giving my liver a good work out! Hahaha!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, I think I have been signed up to do a charity skydive! I vaguely remember slurring out my consent at work drinks on Thursday. Funny how ideas seem so much better when you’re drunk. *shakes head* I’m terrified of heights but then again, I am looking to try new things and push my boundaries (and it is for a good cause)... I’m so conflicted!!! *sigh*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyway, back to my original point – he’s leaving! And it’s okay. I’m absolutely fine about it. We had a great time and I’ll miss hanging out with him but I’m definitely not heart- broken! All in all, it was a great summer distraction!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just got wind of some rather distressing news today which I will share with you once its been totally confirmed (see, I told you I refuse to spread gossip – hehehe!). Okay, I’m totally being a drama queen here but I guess you can decide the severity of this “news” once you get to read what it is. I promise to post it up when it gets confirmed one way or the other…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In other news, I’ve just discovered an awful habit I have which has manifested itself from my constant travelling and it is embodied in two words – DUTY FREE. And no, it’s not what you think (i.e. constantly shopping); no! It’s ignoring the word DUTY and just seeing the FREE part! I swear I just go a bit too crazy when I get to duty free. I go on in and spray almost every single perfume I can lay my hands on – all in the name of trying it out and I only realised how bad this was getting when a child walked past me the other day and asked his dad what stank. Yes! I had overdosed on the perfumes <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and smelt like a tart’s handbag! Worst thing was, until the child said that, I was going to go get more to try perfumes on! I’m so ashamed. So very ashamed…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m equally as bad with the face cream except in my own defence (and this is a weak excuse), I usually end up with my face weighing a few stones heavier (exaggeration but that’s how heavy it feels anyway – lol) and I get too uncomfortable and then I have to go and wash it all off! Which leaves me starting at Square one of a very vicious body lotion overdose cycle! Oh dear...*shakes head*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsL1HMC8B4AHxVvmKxMfTB074kGzexkpzaEVU26k7L2r_Ro_Rfv5BodAuoyzNSEHfSKG_EnFP7FGPGore4cLlEjrkUMod-NaGpD1AhrSk1wBA6ry8xlvRu7618ybKEMlJWy9V0aiA7PJD/s1600/Duty_Free_Shop_MUC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsL1HMC8B4AHxVvmKxMfTB074kGzexkpzaEVU26k7L2r_Ro_Rfv5BodAuoyzNSEHfSKG_EnFP7FGPGore4cLlEjrkUMod-NaGpD1AhrSk1wBA6ry8xlvRu7618ybKEMlJWy9V0aiA7PJD/s640/Duty_Free_Shop_MUC.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At first, I used to do it covertly (I always had a strangely irrational suspicion that the store attendants were going to tell me off if they knew what I was doing) but now I cant even be bothered to hide it! How did I get soooooooooooooooooo bad! HELP!!!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3fn5qSlHbfWjvqxG8Xl1Rt6LcvYzmfgbU28udaVhWK5LTgXCJk90JoSpws7GxOR18pErCSYDxo7SV-CQaVyTi8U1nMSi8oQN1IFxBW9gRoXDrYWIV5dT5WAGOl3QKzTnbES7sT0AMebz/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3fn5qSlHbfWjvqxG8Xl1Rt6LcvYzmfgbU28udaVhWK5LTgXCJk90JoSpws7GxOR18pErCSYDxo7SV-CQaVyTi8U1nMSi8oQN1IFxBW9gRoXDrYWIV5dT5WAGOl3QKzTnbES7sT0AMebz/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-73545213776620176702011-10-05T23:35:00.000+01:002011-10-05T23:35:26.779+01:00Catching Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh dear! I promise to be a better blogger this month! Last month was mega hectic but this month looks mega promising! Just had to do a quick blog post to share a few things I’d been having fun with this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So, I guess everyone’s heard of <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/">The Sartorialist</a>? For those who haven’t it’s a guy in New York who takes really beautiful pictures of fashionable people on the street and blogs about it. A Street Style/Street Fashion blog. Anyway, his blog is quite simple and is all about the photos (and I really like it) but I discovered something even better – <a href="http://thecatorialist.blogspot.com/">The Catorialist</a>! LMAO! It’s similar in style but it’s about cats and yeah my first thoughts were like “What?! A Blog about cats….er… No, thanks!” And then I had a look at it properly and it is hilarious!!! Loved it! It’s so funny because it’s a copycat version (pardon the pun!) of the Sartorialist.<span> </span>Confused? Just have a look at the websites and it’ll make sense. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Another thing I’ve been enjoying this week is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Heart-to-Mend-ebook/dp/B003F76CC0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317854041&sr=1-1">MyneWhitman’s – A heart to mend</a> which I downloaded via Amazon for my Kindle. Its such a lovely story and having grown up in Nigeria it holds an extra special meaning for me. Great read!!! And she’s a fellow <a href="http://www.mynewhitmanwrites.com/">blogger</a> too! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Garamond; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Right, I’m off to sleep!!! Will do another blog post very shortly – I hope! G’night!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadgNJeV5BUIYQBfAvxPuheG5c4BPpMmJp4dLDChdwZBeBl8e34e-wCyC6cihbLFzALK-v0rpTwmzlcup6dhdmIRMRuRhyphenhyphenkxm7DQhNGf-nUPDXtHZi-HbPPOr46cZxRwpc9IoevcDtNCTC/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadgNJeV5BUIYQBfAvxPuheG5c4BPpMmJp4dLDChdwZBeBl8e34e-wCyC6cihbLFzALK-v0rpTwmzlcup6dhdmIRMRuRhyphenhyphenkxm7DQhNGf-nUPDXtHZi-HbPPOr46cZxRwpc9IoevcDtNCTC/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><!--EndFragment--></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-15907258454795096572011-09-26T23:55:00.000+01:002011-09-26T23:55:04.285+01:00Mega-Super-Duper Busy/Knackered<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">OH-DEAR-GOODNESS! I am the epitome of tired! I’ve been living out of the suitcase for the last week and working crazy hours hence the lack of blogging for which I apologise… profusely! For what its worth, here’s what I have called home for the last few weeks – </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT2L3rhZGpFtctLuLTdc_anSGYfNpupeZPNoTev709HjzKMAZ1DTDEfbbTGuI6YwYmHe_DkBatjnzgBXD1tCrsm05oEKfBCrLhhJaSDfLYIXWiBdidpUWwkNeTY42Ogs0KbK7lCIrXDaz/s1600/photo+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT2L3rhZGpFtctLuLTdc_anSGYfNpupeZPNoTev709HjzKMAZ1DTDEfbbTGuI6YwYmHe_DkBatjnzgBXD1tCrsm05oEKfBCrLhhJaSDfLYIXWiBdidpUWwkNeTY42Ogs0KbK7lCIrXDaz/s640/photo+%25285%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Seemed nice at first but after a few weeks of this, I am so sick and tired of this room! I need my own bed! *sob* lol!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I did get to go home over the weekend though (yaaaaay!) and I headed straight for the new Westfield Shopping centre in Stratford (I can’t help myself! I soooooo shoulda gone to bed…)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwzf-Sg7ZE8IxUhdCdM8soznUVrD3G_vHRUk9JfyMOR8695ZGbpD7cXKobnAOmdvZjD-CbARvhJAODLUxnj8Kv5iMXSofYJm62RCEUp_lvnvLWMRPRgaU2JT4084awFY8spquvTcakzAi/s1600/photo+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwzf-Sg7ZE8IxUhdCdM8soznUVrD3G_vHRUk9JfyMOR8695ZGbpD7cXKobnAOmdvZjD-CbARvhJAODLUxnj8Kv5iMXSofYJm62RCEUp_lvnvLWMRPRgaU2JT4084awFY8spquvTcakzAi/s640/photo+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One thing’s for sure though – I NEED A DRINK!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CMiYtFWJlHyZ6XoCl1SlrBM9x4WWVP3b-mRoVVDBz0OnaQ8BTFYRqmv9yY-jwgttGKMBsmn2EB2XKFBb2V-rvS9VwE17z3HZc2pqjB-sTjBvgjzqrOSbM8BjCnnH41fRisa1cDZTKVUc/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CMiYtFWJlHyZ6XoCl1SlrBM9x4WWVP3b-mRoVVDBz0OnaQ8BTFYRqmv9yY-jwgttGKMBsmn2EB2XKFBb2V-rvS9VwE17z3HZc2pqjB-sTjBvgjzqrOSbM8BjCnnH41fRisa1cDZTKVUc/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-1334652469014491342011-09-19T21:52:00.000+01:002011-09-19T21:52:43.054+01:00Case of the ex<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi everyone… September has been so hectic you would not believe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I mentioned in my last post (see <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/09/lazy-weekend.html">here</a>) that I was gonna be meeting up with my ex who was visiting London. Thankfully I was able to get out of work on time to meet up with him and it was a strangely surreal yet insightful experience. Basically, I haven’t seen him properly since I left Wales so I was worried it would be awkward and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was very far from this. We had a good catch up over dinner and it was so nice to hang out with him. I was having such a great time with him that I actually kinda started having slight “I-miss-you pangs”. When we were together we’d had such a laugh…*sigh*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After dinner we decided to go to a bar for a few drinks and on the walk over to the bar he broke the bombshell to me. He was engaged to be married. The girl is someone I knew from home, nice girl (the sort that would make a great wife – whatever that mean… *scratches head* lol). I was pleased for him (and her too, I guess). I congratulated him and did the usual spiel you do when a friend tells you they’re engaged… Wish them well….etc…Definitely not screaming out loud “Oh Damn!!! When will it be my turn!!!”…Hehehe! Truth be told, I’m not that fascinated with getting married soon. I will eventually but right now, I’m absolutely happy with where I am because its where I wanna be (that almost sounded like I was trying to convince myself! Lol!) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, as the evening progressed, we keep on swapping war stories about our little old town and then (get this!)… he leans in to kiss me. I SOOOOOOOO DIDN’T SEE THAT ONE COMING! I dodged the kiss like a turkey would (or rather, should) dodge the farmer at Christmas time. I simply refuse to be that girl. Don’t get me wrong, whatever anyone does with someone else is their prerogative (we’re all adults here) but it’s just not for me. The only married (or almost married) man I’d ever hook up with no guilt or regret would be Brad Pitt (Yes, after all these years I still have a HUGE crush on him. In fact, I think it’s bigger than a crush – he may just be the one. Lol! He’ll always have a special place in my heart… hehehehehe!)…. Lets all take a minute to enjoy his awesomeness…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TO9tHrvkN25JQQVpalB8G4SWOwKaRTpIcnF2IIWXlao_dlpyDc3x7i1krmCUPFhgj6JR8VJ6m7JwCMl3HhWy3auVxrFoM_mU7EL1oSSkJvF4aWrwZ_PxzElB0Q16SwifqpvyPMprvym2/s1600/brad-pitt-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TO9tHrvkN25JQQVpalB8G4SWOwKaRTpIcnF2IIWXlao_dlpyDc3x7i1krmCUPFhgj6JR8VJ6m7JwCMl3HhWy3auVxrFoM_mU7EL1oSSkJvF4aWrwZ_PxzElB0Q16SwifqpvyPMprvym2/s1600/brad-pitt-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Right, so where was I? Yeah, he tried to kiss me and I swear any “I-miss-you pangs” went in that instant. He’s a great lad but come on! I didn’t know whether to be insulted or flattered (insulted because he did exactly the same thing to me when we were together, flattered because well, I’m obviously so irresistible to him – LOL! I’m kidding!!!! I don’t have an ego that inflated!) Anyway, I made it very clear where I stood and that I wished him the best but he had to get his sh*t together. He went on and on about how confused he was seeing me here and having such a great time… bla bla bla! Honestly, I tuned out after a while (I have a special talent for tuning out!). I just don’t buy stories like that. Getting with someone else is not a way to sort out ones problem – in fact, it more than likely just adds to the problem. After a few minutes I made my excuses and left. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have to admit, I did leave with a somewhat inappropriate sense of exhilaration – Good riddance, eh!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh and because this post wouldn’t be complete without a phone picture of what I had for dinner I had to add the picture below! Lol! Okay, it would have been complete but I’ve been eating healthy lately and I just had to show it off!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZWzYwAxdLTSXX6ZGYtLEXXdp3mLYwzXeFBJDznvlIVvl8Q5s5UUfFyG8xnEdLs9inHYQGI0XICQ6DtSg4mHm9MzWzNs1ZBE-usNgc38tVvWWRnCtpE2TMUDHwoijGOxj0YnZhiYr-ku1/s1600/securedownload.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZWzYwAxdLTSXX6ZGYtLEXXdp3mLYwzXeFBJDznvlIVvl8Q5s5UUfFyG8xnEdLs9inHYQGI0XICQ6DtSg4mHm9MzWzNs1ZBE-usNgc38tVvWWRnCtpE2TMUDHwoijGOxj0YnZhiYr-ku1/s640/securedownload.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-54048334228030057462011-09-12T02:12:00.000+01:002011-09-12T02:12:23.210+01:00Festival and Cocktails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So I mentioned in my previous post (see <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/09/lazy-weekend.html">here</a>), that I was going to the Thames Festival in London (Yes, I did confirm that's what its actually called - The Thames Festival). It was fantastic! I found a new place that did two for one cocktails too! (I love finding fantastic cocktails on offer!) I had an amazing Strawberry Daiquiri while sat on the embankment, watching the procession which finished off with fireworks. Great (and not to mention - cheap) evening out in London! And I took some pictures - Warning: I took these with my phone and the quality is......er...not so good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkjjp7UCda5mZbud3Mo6lSGLGrmZCnNT36d7Kt3jVdKp6yIkyG4jb9fQVUsJF9GJkxSqV2wdxKMgLC_BalWxEKlaWRhtVedtKl8HXpdR9sriridepFdGU0zsPIBgiWgaOcEFDMLr7wsgy/s640/IMG_2800.JPG" width="478" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe-rZJ0pM_5xOUSMCox2S2JaoxWXAxm3RXF-sTxc70lc2HHW7QG6yA1ryMMNW8ldOhrws-7wPC3zur8xBQESKolfqrGurWYLkrh_O1ncoczwIsjxLbXcOMhn5Fg4j8-KN78J-ARFblRPc/s1600/IMG_2803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe-rZJ0pM_5xOUSMCox2S2JaoxWXAxm3RXF-sTxc70lc2HHW7QG6yA1ryMMNW8ldOhrws-7wPC3zur8xBQESKolfqrGurWYLkrh_O1ncoczwIsjxLbXcOMhn5Fg4j8-KN78J-ARFblRPc/s640/IMG_2803.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Till next time...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefe9IvTp1HM9hnLjCa_o4eudVqyd8GIRd1BBSprI8sLM5zbzb4xYaB8_hfvWbqcFEtdyRqc8A5hNYl_xjA5IbvxlXAYGec5SYklQrQVbrortyJNFOhtGmyQgxwPQNexwf7lVllafO-qBW/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefe9IvTp1HM9hnLjCa_o4eudVqyd8GIRd1BBSprI8sLM5zbzb4xYaB8_hfvWbqcFEtdyRqc8A5hNYl_xjA5IbvxlXAYGec5SYklQrQVbrortyJNFOhtGmyQgxwPQNexwf7lVllafO-qBW/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-73454170069355420132011-09-11T17:49:00.000+01:002011-09-11T17:49:24.984+01:00Lazy weekend<style>
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</style> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh-Dear-Goodness!!! *sigh* This has been another hectic week! I was so knackered by the Thursday, I actually said ‘Thank you’ to the coffee vending machine. In all fairness to me, this was preceded by a gargantuan fight against drowsiness, which eventually saw me head-butting my computer screen. Thankfully, I got to finish early on Friday but all I just wanted to do was go to sleep by the time I was done. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In other news, it’s the Thames Festival in London this weekend… at least, I think that’s what it’s called!. Well, whatever it’s a huge street party and I plan on breaking out of my pajamas this weekend and going into town to see what’s going on. I heard the fireworks last year were amazing and I’ve arranged a meeting with friends for drinks and dinner. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Also, I got a call of my old boyfriend, Thom (see <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-big-move-pt-2.html">here</a>), turns out he’s heading to London for a couple of days next week and wants to meet up – and NO, not in the way you’re thinking, just as friends. I’m not one to hold grudges (too much effort!) though I will blame my sleep-drought this week on the fact that we’ll be meeting up for dinner when he’s in town. I’m starting to feel like a true Londoner now – showing the out-of-towners around. I’ll keep you all posted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BAaGZ6vCByU4By-L2ESbJbJEpi8RX_W-3LJiq2FqoWUFF6_UmbmkWUVQWxRDiOEPmhPNEbF2xvc6xRNB97q8DAulqMWbV9TNo2J31KF_uENEX6kzJ4mA7oUogZ4jTCQ9SEAB9cW1HGz3/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+17.32.36.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BAaGZ6vCByU4By-L2ESbJbJEpi8RX_W-3LJiq2FqoWUFF6_UmbmkWUVQWxRDiOEPmhPNEbF2xvc6xRNB97q8DAulqMWbV9TNo2J31KF_uENEX6kzJ4mA7oUogZ4jTCQ9SEAB9cW1HGz3/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+17.32.36.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And No! There’ll be none of this…lol!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XW4HFQAClFW2E_P_-3ch_aLF-usJ9KhLYmpCNIOcDZntvHZzMzprOICI14u7xN3oaW4pU7qVYaEZJL6VJZA36_nItdbKNpFY55dsd5tXuT1VNZxWhHOfmgMsKCGLLV2cF6YBuBj4WU4Z/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XW4HFQAClFW2E_P_-3ch_aLF-usJ9KhLYmpCNIOcDZntvHZzMzprOICI14u7xN3oaW4pU7qVYaEZJL6VJZA36_nItdbKNpFY55dsd5tXuT1VNZxWhHOfmgMsKCGLLV2cF6YBuBj4WU4Z/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-28212732130385969402011-09-05T00:55:00.000+01:002011-09-05T00:55:30.831+01:00Love, Life and Amsterdam<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 17px;">Guess it’s about time I finally gave you guys an update on my neighbour/love-life situation, eh? (See last post <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-on-cloud-9.html">here</a>). It’s been so hectic at work lately and I’m ashamed to say this but asides the occasional meet up for food/drinks/sex/whatever, there’s not been much on that front. Totally my fault (or rather, my choice) - I’ve been so busy with work and I’m finally getting to travel lots with my job and as a result I’ve not had as much chance to actually commit properly to anything. He’s been pretty awesome though and I have a great time with him but there’s nothing ‘major’ happening there apart from both of us having a good time together – whenever I can fit that it (Hahaha! That makes me sound like such a self-important diva! I’m not! I swear!)</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Also as you all might have noticed, I tend to be a typically happy-go-lucky kinda girl however I have just gotta gripe about a little pet hate I discovered this weekend - Overly confident <b>drunk</b> guys… lol! (keyword there being ‘drunk’!). So, I was out with work colleagues and after my experience the previous week (see post <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/08/pros-and-cons-of-thursday-office-party.html">here</a>), I figured I’d best stick to one drink and then grab some dinner. No workday hangovers for me, no sireee! So not worth the headache… literally! Anyway, seeing as there was no way one cocktail was gonna get me drunk, I was pretty sober and as a result, pretty observant that evening. Side note - my body has become so tolerant to alcohol which is pretty bad news for my purse methinks! I digress… At the first bar, there was a barmaid who was flirty with one of the guys on my team - she gave him a free pint and all. Everyone noticed and he got her number before we left –This moment was the creation of a monster! For the rest of the night he kept trying to chat up every single lady who served us (even in the restaurant) it was so unbelievably funny watching the uncomfortable waitresses squirming and trying to be polite while doing their best to get away. Worst thing was he was so drunk he didn’t seem to pick up on the fact that he was a one-hit wonder (and that one-hit had little to do with his ‘pick-up’ skills – the waitress went out of her way to get his attention). I know I’m not one to judge as I like a drink or two myself (make that ten... or twenty, hehehe!) but his oblivion to his faux pax was hilarious! This is definitely a pet-hate I can handle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">In other news though, I did get to go to Amsterdam this week. I loved every minute of it! Apparently, I get to go to other cities as well as part of the project I’m working on – can’t wait! I officially love my job!!! In usual tradition, I took a few photos…</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAuZPhiY2GLbJUcCPhhP4UY0YiroJCjhH323hKZot39eBgeFWBOZrt3V1k0qQjY4xXysAObdfevGjFi3OF17qaPLClZT_jqw1E-wMlFsFCmEZZLu9s1r53ZPEHwYUWSntoL_mPMQelsSx/s1600/P1010504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAuZPhiY2GLbJUcCPhhP4UY0YiroJCjhH323hKZot39eBgeFWBOZrt3V1k0qQjY4xXysAObdfevGjFi3OF17qaPLClZT_jqw1E-wMlFsFCmEZZLu9s1r53ZPEHwYUWSntoL_mPMQelsSx/s640/P1010504.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLBf7Rj1Y-XRDUJVd9sphA-zvfQshiGDVDKiBXpMZyBmiI6qaHejYOHjJqJmJDjb1E1SbI_SxhCOCA9zMZlQnAK3H9tF4C8D7Z2ftmbl8kvhKS1zahX49UXSEX1sWFpJP4FDCVKcDEfWm/s1600/P1010517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLBf7Rj1Y-XRDUJVd9sphA-zvfQshiGDVDKiBXpMZyBmiI6qaHejYOHjJqJmJDjb1E1SbI_SxhCOCA9zMZlQnAK3H9tF4C8D7Z2ftmbl8kvhKS1zahX49UXSEX1sWFpJP4FDCVKcDEfWm/s640/P1010517.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B4OUPXqy_ftvlclREIFdpHzPHLPTmQ3YwG5W-1rZxNxuDH05j6a_lyvMtt0ooF2I681W3ojHoxUwyhI7h184m6UllrekMXmHdDAdjQMoeEuTFWr-YSf_39aEHLlwoE4BZoPQu7iXirUN/s1600/P1010585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B4OUPXqy_ftvlclREIFdpHzPHLPTmQ3YwG5W-1rZxNxuDH05j6a_lyvMtt0ooF2I681W3ojHoxUwyhI7h184m6UllrekMXmHdDAdjQMoeEuTFWr-YSf_39aEHLlwoE4BZoPQu7iXirUN/s640/P1010585.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqh-GlQZ7WS5QXuR5LjSV_5YP54Gx-vpOGVrjsED31knN6kQOO-M6DtHOdULwdmTostvkIL6IUtaNReRX7lPpoeDDaSNr8vWmbbm_3TfoSwoVZ9h2lV8YnBCTMHt3vHBn4ZG_4fzmZ8srC/s1600/DSC01454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqh-GlQZ7WS5QXuR5LjSV_5YP54Gx-vpOGVrjsED31knN6kQOO-M6DtHOdULwdmTostvkIL6IUtaNReRX7lPpoeDDaSNr8vWmbbm_3TfoSwoVZ9h2lV8YnBCTMHt3vHBn4ZG_4fzmZ8srC/s640/DSC01454.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxy5Udppi4mg8U9TqmD4az4cQFFWF-MRQrgGwcrLrte4zivhtHdvg7MuWuOM86soHadofi4_gLBoEtuHJAIvLlprZgwQBkinkpyQPdDVl9Vzj4VTRA8i1v5IneXuXi4FU24MyprhA_KPf/s1600/DSC01459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxy5Udppi4mg8U9TqmD4az4cQFFWF-MRQrgGwcrLrte4zivhtHdvg7MuWuOM86soHadofi4_gLBoEtuHJAIvLlprZgwQBkinkpyQPdDVl9Vzj4VTRA8i1v5IneXuXi4FU24MyprhA_KPf/s640/DSC01459.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1O74dHfRFB0nxL2WdkjuQp2EY5-P0tpRLOKffVqrXOY6silSWcG6_nFE8h8rfUMdxObuHgHBIUOX1DLvzT4-RL_srXuEtCsrprYTIUYLNPl8lvZUfHk4ooas7EeAZrmaWGF9MSbfEtf2/s1600/IMG_0767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1O74dHfRFB0nxL2WdkjuQp2EY5-P0tpRLOKffVqrXOY6silSWcG6_nFE8h8rfUMdxObuHgHBIUOX1DLvzT4-RL_srXuEtCsrprYTIUYLNPl8lvZUfHk4ooas7EeAZrmaWGF9MSbfEtf2/s640/IMG_0767.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Finished it off with some fantastic sea-food! Deeeeeeee-lish!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVrxkNlapMXO3rLnXoiRv2ZFsIjDpC3tupePbeZ5ykt9Peoi3hOt9PuY0y92aW-umg5IeTq2gVbXjmvWAIk7tsHcnc5uDf85V_8LpOo6pzQhkIu678USrW8tqQZzAIUsUYitqndXjlDC4/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVrxkNlapMXO3rLnXoiRv2ZFsIjDpC3tupePbeZ5ykt9Peoi3hOt9PuY0y92aW-umg5IeTq2gVbXjmvWAIk7tsHcnc5uDf85V_8LpOo6pzQhkIu678USrW8tqQZzAIUsUYitqndXjlDC4/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div></div></span>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-10964024694698292782011-09-03T14:39:00.002+01:002011-09-05T00:36:25.118+01:00What do Adele, Sarah Jessica Parker and Lewis Hamilton have in common?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 17px;">O-M-G! I’ve been so busy this week but I had an amazing end to my week! On Thursday I got to see Adele perform live (and for free!) and also Lewis Hamilton and Sarah Jessica Parker *faints*. Adele is so amazing live and she is so crazily funny! Lewis Hamilton seems like such a gentleman and SJP is such a doll! Also got to see Jonathan Ross (British TV Presenter) so if you’re pretty clever I’m sure you can already guess how and where I got to see them all! Jonathan is so funny too! Glad he's back on TV again! For those who don’t know who these people are (how?!!!) here are pictures below…(we weren't allowed to use our own cameras at the event - sorry folks!)</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLK48QfkiAaOUpihLYXJXp5EheOr65LgNRtkjqQ8fzGBf7cp_AO8EYwT2REzI_i1nL8SkefaiqoCnTeUAeYdUIbrrn1D2iwtW00C_uVwL6J9cC8Y0hG1tkSXhpTA-7gmm0gcIoSZF-xdJD/s1600/adele_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLK48QfkiAaOUpihLYXJXp5EheOr65LgNRtkjqQ8fzGBf7cp_AO8EYwT2REzI_i1nL8SkefaiqoCnTeUAeYdUIbrrn1D2iwtW00C_uVwL6J9cC8Y0hG1tkSXhpTA-7gmm0gcIoSZF-xdJD/s640/adele_1.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Adele</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7vMjUiQ9IYQekzsTVZj00DvrCcGRd7Irs1w2ePgN2M4Ek8-UDrIK5IrB9VqVuHwHExygwNMF7ZS0LXnPSEN8J6y6BHN9bNCoqluLsQsM_GZdPC3XnJLStQZeYM9GprfGty7e3qvOrhFl/s1600/Lewis_Hamilton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7vMjUiQ9IYQekzsTVZj00DvrCcGRd7Irs1w2ePgN2M4Ek8-UDrIK5IrB9VqVuHwHExygwNMF7ZS0LXnPSEN8J6y6BHN9bNCoqluLsQsM_GZdPC3XnJLStQZeYM9GprfGty7e3qvOrhFl/s640/Lewis_Hamilton.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Lewis Hamilton</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56EAPljgRNAYfr0zsJUcUqMZTOv_D6TKFLkjZUNb8CfwpXi4AneoDeKIyqPMLxZ4yxdGg31GlRgHqqYDOfyKrEoEScdgNS45SDZpSXf_-xuGKNhG5_ifC-Q_uBFgO7u1kA8HO3DK8cTQk/s1600/sarah_jessica_parker_check_top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56EAPljgRNAYfr0zsJUcUqMZTOv_D6TKFLkjZUNb8CfwpXi4AneoDeKIyqPMLxZ4yxdGg31GlRgHqqYDOfyKrEoEScdgNS45SDZpSXf_-xuGKNhG5_ifC-Q_uBFgO7u1kA8HO3DK8cTQk/s640/sarah_jessica_parker_check_top.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Sarah Jessica Parker</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p7NZGonJ1cRjw06X_w-gceQ1eQMBrrEFpzRSPqQYbN4l5L0jnr0QxeA2j0p2kssYT_BWYzbmhanIbK80cWON4JFIQIlhjRzHX0zSqY7KZ-omL4oaIQeu0Y1v1BjaxSwJOgHVdpCClnGA/s1600/Jonathan+Ross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p7NZGonJ1cRjw06X_w-gceQ1eQMBrrEFpzRSPqQYbN4l5L0jnr0QxeA2j0p2kssYT_BWYzbmhanIbK80cWON4JFIQIlhjRzHX0zSqY7KZ-omL4oaIQeu0Y1v1BjaxSwJOgHVdpCClnGA/s640/Jonathan+Ross.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Jonathan Ross</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">After this I figured I’d pop into McDonalds for a quick snack…yes, my non-existent diet has totally gone out of the window. I’m more of a KFC girl myself to be honest but McD’s was a lot closer so went for the lazy option. (Lazy and greasy, help me! Lol!) Sometimes, I’m not sure if I have the best friends ever or just the worst (I love them all the same!). They’re so supportive and encouraging with everything I do – which you would think is a good thing but when you’re not sure if you should get three ice-creams, go large with your meal and get an extra portion of chips, encouragement is the last thing you need. I ended the night feeling sick from eating too much ice cream, okay maybe the extra chips and the large meal added to that too but I definitely think it was the ice cream that tipped the edge.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Still, it was a great evening! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Adele!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsCb3Rfw7wjvxVaV2ogyGsRfhVIlLljtWJR3vobYzTewKkSM6V0YU6G8ce6x8x84JUChkamU2-XSdafq3hCuUbhTHZ7ZMpi8UvSPhyQvRA9LqWPbeXzqzbzNCwNL7hh47jAl6BOu4HdgO/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsCb3Rfw7wjvxVaV2ogyGsRfhVIlLljtWJR3vobYzTewKkSM6V0YU6G8ce6x8x84JUChkamU2-XSdafq3hCuUbhTHZ7ZMpi8UvSPhyQvRA9LqWPbeXzqzbzNCwNL7hh47jAl6BOu4HdgO/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-57266647781406694542011-08-29T01:27:00.002+01:002011-08-29T01:35:12.626+01:00These are a few of my favourite things... Another installment!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 17px;">This has been a truly indulgent weekend! I’ve been making the most of the bank holidays by being really lazy and so I figured I’d put together a list of the things I’m currently obsessing over. Okay, maybe obsessing is a tad too serious but you get the general idea…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsYi1XQLit919L4HOqa0_CvR7Cz4iaCCRle9XYwYPiDtOspHNIXZh1LJzHFR3hgEy85SaMxkT2PaYy0u35NfpVSUArd6COGzV9JI_O49kONpYGIEODpcDQEe7hVAqKDZy4fAb_3lD3zK9/s1600/imac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsYi1XQLit919L4HOqa0_CvR7Cz4iaCCRle9XYwYPiDtOspHNIXZh1LJzHFR3hgEy85SaMxkT2PaYy0u35NfpVSUArd6COGzV9JI_O49kONpYGIEODpcDQEe7hVAqKDZy4fAb_3lD3zK9/s640/imac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">1.) iMac – I’m an ‘Apple-head’. I’m pretty happy with my MacBook Pro but since using one of these at my friend’s the other day, I’ve been crazy about it! I’d have to get the largest one ever and rationalise this purchase by claiming that its both a computer (a powerful one at that) and a TV. See, I’m thinking ahead! Okay, that is some poor rationalisation but I think I deserve this. I now have to spend some time thinking of reasons why I deserve this... *scratches head*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7yRxMRhow1z9B23vdbDHUlaDSm4W1Ky5Dbh82ZojzPO5ThrRr0XzqCIjhrBEc-hIyUSOgFmp5U2cReb360H9px1TSL_weeuZeAdQwPAoeOiLqTYGwCkotKhpaCaWHqQTAA-31uhTKRUs/s1600/White_Hanging_chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7yRxMRhow1z9B23vdbDHUlaDSm4W1Ky5Dbh82ZojzPO5ThrRr0XzqCIjhrBEc-hIyUSOgFmp5U2cReb360H9px1TSL_weeuZeAdQwPAoeOiLqTYGwCkotKhpaCaWHqQTAA-31uhTKRUs/s640/White_Hanging_chair.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LwaqZDX1vbp3HYoop1xHu5475RAu5UF7GZHwsnWwDHyZ7odgNICrdrSQKWOT60lb4cEL_9T7xtdRQAHkKo-lomIYhpI_txYI8p46Q1TrCv3iD3NFEWKeFRrOYzXsX2ozVf9BuzPwnHdb/s1600/Hanging_SKfabio_chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LwaqZDX1vbp3HYoop1xHu5475RAu5UF7GZHwsnWwDHyZ7odgNICrdrSQKWOT60lb4cEL_9T7xtdRQAHkKo-lomIYhpI_txYI8p46Q1TrCv3iD3NFEWKeFRrOYzXsX2ozVf9BuzPwnHdb/s640/Hanging_SKfabio_chair.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">2.) Hanging Chairs – I mean look at them! I could so see my bum permanently glued to them… Someone please buy me one! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAu8GZhnRYZJ1YLSqoVq1mxHRv-n69aF3D_XazXRgf4CI53AywKEh-760IlFWEqLFoS99qFwPLF4-DM97Wn4VJh39OzMZBs3t8jOXyTuFnKBgMDPlnMm7HJ5ysXRNNefMW4ZOkaQ4K4CL/s1600/Lovetub+Love+Tub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAu8GZhnRYZJ1YLSqoVq1mxHRv-n69aF3D_XazXRgf4CI53AywKEh-760IlFWEqLFoS99qFwPLF4-DM97Wn4VJh39OzMZBs3t8jOXyTuFnKBgMDPlnMm7HJ5ysXRNNefMW4ZOkaQ4K4CL/s640/Lovetub+Love+Tub.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">3.) Love tub – Discovered these at Waitrose recently. One word – AMAZING! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuEYLISldkHFkiDpf5wVuQaGBoaUZOxBlqY_dbag7tG49tbygXtABD8TfPGurrxJ3zHoamR8TQtSWQ96fnLstjsKbNMooaR-s5xbLk-O4qaE434G_6toY31n4PV1uF8h1qF5cUvwdm6NT/s1600/Christian-Louboutin-Big-Dorcet-120-suede-pumps-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuEYLISldkHFkiDpf5wVuQaGBoaUZOxBlqY_dbag7tG49tbygXtABD8TfPGurrxJ3zHoamR8TQtSWQ96fnLstjsKbNMooaR-s5xbLk-O4qaE434G_6toY31n4PV1uF8h1qF5cUvwdm6NT/s640/Christian-Louboutin-Big-Dorcet-120-suede-pumps-3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnpwuusw1-cIA0VUm1kms6jjolC2nqzLmBNatNJrzCnPPHy48wD4hcsbfZmzyfeDwwSZJZ3C14NC8SUA9NP1BqhhBnG3Gr5PxVc0Pbt8kbpocFZVcJmopAVs7jEEyNUd6dRNAqFeSYsOM/s1600/Big-Dorset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnpwuusw1-cIA0VUm1kms6jjolC2nqzLmBNatNJrzCnPPHy48wD4hcsbfZmzyfeDwwSZJZ3C14NC8SUA9NP1BqhhBnG3Gr5PxVc0Pbt8kbpocFZVcJmopAVs7jEEyNUd6dRNAqFeSYsOM/s640/Big-Dorset.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">4.) Big Dorset Louboutins – like I was really gonna do a favourite things posts without shoes! lol! (Apologies, I’ve been going through a Louboutin phase for the last couple of months)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmFy4lnicZKHK_eTIwlrymVYSvEJsP9HBKkdEQHN2i4gHbaT3GE55LTOlGc2IIEvdaaEX9W-5IO-Gtj-8nEMvZGWzTlMzWZwbZ5yvjcdCq9apDIC0HPm6UP_o8S5Zi8IYOGWXJ6DiLb83/s1600/Easy_A+Emma+Stone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmFy4lnicZKHK_eTIwlrymVYSvEJsP9HBKkdEQHN2i4gHbaT3GE55LTOlGc2IIEvdaaEX9W-5IO-Gtj-8nEMvZGWzTlMzWZwbZ5yvjcdCq9apDIC0HPm6UP_o8S5Zi8IYOGWXJ6DiLb83/s640/Easy_A+Emma+Stone.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">5.) Easy A – I love this movie. Emma Stone is amazingly funny in it! Just got the DVD and I’ve spent the best part of a week LOL-ing at it. *sings* “I’ve got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine…”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNQaxN-rnMaE8Jv5RLQSWEpvQYKsdhGlVkXH2cXfVSixPNouN4Au5qew4ZHtnaitlGcLQktAkMmjc57m8d7vyAz0Z1IcEPrLH-c1rFdPcQueAc5rni83H7PAVc7ip89mi-Koxh32y6kKP/s1600/wonka-nerds-rainbow-2421-p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNQaxN-rnMaE8Jv5RLQSWEpvQYKsdhGlVkXH2cXfVSixPNouN4Au5qew4ZHtnaitlGcLQktAkMmjc57m8d7vyAz0Z1IcEPrLH-c1rFdPcQueAc5rni83H7PAVc7ip89mi-Koxh32y6kKP/s640/wonka-nerds-rainbow-2421-p.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">6.) Nerds – Just in case I never mentioned it before – I’ve got a major sweet tooth! And with the rainbow of colours…er… SOLD! This is how my love of colour manifests itself – not, in creative interior decoration or fashion (or something useful!), Oh no, just in my sweet tooth indulgence! *shakes head*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqldE00bFNggVBLniygDvkZYuWf-3C0WZQ_bLv4hLAo4tzeNUbI_tUUHK7_tGwqJy5PbAHym8lweDbSkEoiH1sBvVJAdQQGhCZSjh91QennTsiqYzR29P1nHeTYFpvSPDBYIr3lgBPrGs/s1600/joe-manganiello-61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqldE00bFNggVBLniygDvkZYuWf-3C0WZQ_bLv4hLAo4tzeNUbI_tUUHK7_tGwqJy5PbAHym8lweDbSkEoiH1sBvVJAdQQGhCZSjh91QennTsiqYzR29P1nHeTYFpvSPDBYIr3lgBPrGs/s640/joe-manganiello-61.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK0jOCbiwfTjIGipRtar-hRccl9afctvqnf16eNySMfpBovKC0c9ejHQ9AM2Wt6nnpSxb4SikT1x5dERtuXgnYUQrYEYfM8r7EUt0TLcLJ33wwkCksITf5Y3Y6TzZG6RHQmtZzF_37oN6/s1600/joe-manganiello-2010-mtv-video-music-awards-09122010-01-430x613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK0jOCbiwfTjIGipRtar-hRccl9afctvqnf16eNySMfpBovKC0c9ejHQ9AM2Wt6nnpSxb4SikT1x5dERtuXgnYUQrYEYfM8r7EUt0TLcLJ33wwkCksITf5Y3Y6TzZG6RHQmtZzF_37oN6/s640/joe-manganiello-2010-mtv-video-music-awards-09122010-01-430x613.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">7.) Joe Manganiello a.k.a Alcide Herveaux from True Blood – D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! Is Sookie blind or something?! LOL! Okay, the other two are great in their own way but Joe is my 100% beefcake! Yum!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOc47RZBrrJeAYasSfulvHipWC3DN8Q3UX0AkX8mPeDjNNKv_GJ8lOD2KCMrqt0WFNJaGZ9jo2rTiSRgI8f6jk6a0qXhhJFDw7kI2HAVk0vlEFl-qknNUBzOYvkQXKJjCsYQz4q7zvkOG/s1600/Cut+off+denim+jeans+shorts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOc47RZBrrJeAYasSfulvHipWC3DN8Q3UX0AkX8mPeDjNNKv_GJ8lOD2KCMrqt0WFNJaGZ9jo2rTiSRgI8f6jk6a0qXhhJFDw7kI2HAVk0vlEFl-qknNUBzOYvkQXKJjCsYQz4q7zvkOG/s640/Cut+off+denim+jeans+shorts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">8.) Denim short shorts – This is probably my way of refusing to acknowledge that summer will over soon. I don’t want it to end. *sobs* I’m never letting go! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YkpuzjlsK79WjSFaWLi8EYOfkBiKgnS_Jzc3P8ZGrfT24yk_nw5qB6aVdmKwc0jHtnfjhGEp73685KWqCOD0hc_74h1QGC-UQJopmWHWrExo5DzyN63k25Po_UUwf5qoHeMSZHPhFPu2/s1600/shunt+lighter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YkpuzjlsK79WjSFaWLi8EYOfkBiKgnS_Jzc3P8ZGrfT24yk_nw5qB6aVdmKwc0jHtnfjhGEp73685KWqCOD0hc_74h1QGC-UQJopmWHWrExo5DzyN63k25Po_UUwf5qoHeMSZHPhFPu2/s640/shunt+lighter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhd-ZRZj2A5z-KrwElSB4MxkPDT3nFElFczmB7KxauZ_AoIN-zujwGjkfuP0N0mwnyzJ0xuodYwerZMoAwIplUN6B_FibyR8uLLtCnaiXRQzrT64aafGv6DDiIAbkm77aqV49XAvB7Apm/s1600/Shunt+London+bridge+tunnel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhd-ZRZj2A5z-KrwElSB4MxkPDT3nFElFczmB7KxauZ_AoIN-zujwGjkfuP0N0mwnyzJ0xuodYwerZMoAwIplUN6B_FibyR8uLLtCnaiXRQzrT64aafGv6DDiIAbkm77aqV49XAvB7Apm/s640/Shunt+London+bridge+tunnel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHN4Xml3cuGpIhzery0iYC4ZOABzaXhiQEMknuMKeHVjG-sGkmcqvY2ZgKnffIceKNwRBIeFxiaU-BmhR1mCT7K4izzCjGdrGg9RcxxqOvTzskQmRQbKBr5D6JVQUccj4N5JfhJFNmx8P/s1600/Shunt+London+Bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHN4Xml3cuGpIhzery0iYC4ZOABzaXhiQEMknuMKeHVjG-sGkmcqvY2ZgKnffIceKNwRBIeFxiaU-BmhR1mCT7K4izzCjGdrGg9RcxxqOvTzskQmRQbKBr5D6JVQUccj4N5JfhJFNmx8P/s640/Shunt+London+Bridge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">9.) Shunt – I’ve been obsessing about this because I miss it! When I used to go it was in this amazing hidden location smack in the centre of London – a dis-used underground station near London Bridge. They had everything there - airplane seats, a Wii room, art installation rooms, salsa room, empty rooms, light pianos, live bands. So many tiny little nooks and crannies everywhere. Such an arty and amazing night out. Loved it. BRING IT BACK! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjOPMhOzUWQ1Xc5vT30Rh8nTBnmABojPBr00lJmsBFZsRSYja0BUiGpvIRk0gx-_w7XQirLJ89ukJ93MAGfMbiyPqo7OQAPmuKhYfxn8b5zIELhDlAiLj-v8DKB6KMjOSqOTIU3SfntPx/s1600/Borough_Market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjOPMhOzUWQ1Xc5vT30Rh8nTBnmABojPBr00lJmsBFZsRSYja0BUiGpvIRk0gx-_w7XQirLJ89ukJ93MAGfMbiyPqo7OQAPmuKhYfxn8b5zIELhDlAiLj-v8DKB6KMjOSqOTIU3SfntPx/s640/Borough_Market.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOgvQ8YvTBVGv2IqU3T2sGHVvGmMaSDpptvJs3jYEfdwk7M11IZ_V9qlG9XwuDsdHjKMfhPT_fswWvYJ8_y6kiKVjNNINGnQGfycZY-2yuAhnquAVJtJFYBxXqH6Ktd12O_bYZfOnNUZ1/s1600/Borough_Market_cake_stall%252C_London%252C_England_-_Oct_2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOgvQ8YvTBVGv2IqU3T2sGHVvGmMaSDpptvJs3jYEfdwk7M11IZ_V9qlG9XwuDsdHjKMfhPT_fswWvYJ8_y6kiKVjNNINGnQGfycZY-2yuAhnquAVJtJFYBxXqH6Ktd12O_bYZfOnNUZ1/s640/Borough_Market_cake_stall%252C_London%252C_England_-_Oct_2008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">10.) Borough Market – You can get almost anything here. I love that about it. I love browsing at Borough market – most times because browsing usually ends up leading to unexpected purchases!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">That’s it! I’ve got so much to tell you guys by the way, which I fully intend on doing very soon! So much has happened and I can’t wait to share it!!! Till next time...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr8knD5aap83XF62ApG1tZNxpTCrk-i_3cJL8NJJ9i87SmiIN3irxUo9FxOHMmyAC8IX8C-F2q_evVM8wzEwdpvZS90jadEO9-E00fx7dItwcMMx1BPu6otWfwT8HcFkEqlQX-d17y238/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr8knD5aap83XF62ApG1tZNxpTCrk-i_3cJL8NJJ9i87SmiIN3irxUo9FxOHMmyAC8IX8C-F2q_evVM8wzEwdpvZS90jadEO9-E00fx7dItwcMMx1BPu6otWfwT8HcFkEqlQX-d17y238/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-43822516835592017712011-08-26T20:57:00.002+01:002011-08-26T21:06:42.129+01:00Music Moment: Leona Lewis - Collide<div class="p1"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt;">The video I've been waiting for has finally been released!!!! Happy Friday indeed!!! Leona looks so amazing in it too!!! This song takes me to a happy place (hehehe!) and it’s so beautifully sung. I have been obsessed with this song for weeks now so without further ado – here’s the music video for Collide….(*excited scream*)<o:p></o:p></span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/E4a82LRNdlQ" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-27328491443977192432011-08-21T16:10:00.002+01:002011-08-21T23:10:55.312+01:00Pros and cons of the “Thursday office party"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pros:-</span></span><br />
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Whatever the excuse is leaving work early is always a big plus!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">- </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Free bar – need I say more?!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">…Okay, past the above two points, I’m kinda struggling here.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: large;">Cons<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">- </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Friday morning hangovers...*bleurgh!* Hangovers should be spent in bed, not at your desk in front of your computer pretending to work and doing anything to get rid of that gnawing feeling in your head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">- </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Ridiculous end of the week meetings. I’ve somehow developed the ability to nod and smile while tuning out everything that’s being said to me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">- </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Too sick to drink coffee and too tired to stay awake. There’s no winning with this situation.- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Other people who were out with you and seemed as drunk as you were but are somehow absolutely fine on Friday – and they insist on showing this off!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: large;">Unlike the above, I actually went back to work still drunk (the hangover slowly and surely in a few hours) and once I found myself almost going to kiss my director (at 8.30am!) I figured it was probably time to go to the loo and have a little sober-up-nap else I was pretty sure I’d be jobless by the end of the day. 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Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-67662205825861717322011-08-15T00:40:00.001+01:002011-08-15T00:42:22.324+01:00Tequila Surprise<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">I just had a look on my phone and realised I’d taken some photos from my 'Tequila-soaked' Friday evening</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;">. I met up with my friends for drinks in Canary Wharf and we stumbled on some Jazz Festival . It looked pretty nice and outdoorsy so I assume that’s why I took a photo of it? (I can’t remember – I was pretty “merry” (i.e. drunk) at this point)</span></span><br />
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</span></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-66197066522754866852011-08-14T00:42:00.002+01:002011-08-15T00:44:16.826+01:00Blog Love!<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hi people!!! I’m so excited! After blogging for 2 months, I reached just over 100 blogger followers! I’d been counting down to this for a few days and I’m so chuffed!!! Over, 11000 page views, 650+ twitter followers, 29 Facebook page likes and 4 networked blogs followers (okay, that last one needs a bit of work…lol). Thank you everyone!!!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And that’s not all!!! On Friday I got two Liebster blog awards from two different blogs! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOAFpqhuKJVRmUklak6G7cI0SN0dzqOEiWDxJDXKequBOtO7BepN-yy2Gjk2R7ilcBk7Fh-sHijdkUdepCvx8QL_pUyggOOatBptnp53lNSLoT9qzQ785iLcDd279tXhRMUR_3U3h_Mop/s1600/Leibster+Blog+Award.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOAFpqhuKJVRmUklak6G7cI0SN0dzqOEiWDxJDXKequBOtO7BepN-yy2Gjk2R7ilcBk7Fh-sHijdkUdepCvx8QL_pUyggOOatBptnp53lNSLoT9qzQ785iLcDd279tXhRMUR_3U3h_Mop/s1600/Leibster+Blog+Award.png" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These mean so much to me and I’m still beaming from the Liebster awards!!! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Check them out on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cameo Ranae’s Blog - <a href="http://cameorenae.blogspot.com/">http://cameorenae.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jennifer Young’s Blog - <a href="http://jennyleeyoung.blogspot.com/">http://jennyleeyoung.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks girls!</span></span><br />
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</span></div>Lola Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119026965576969019noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284545274535640090.post-88445688528498814872011-08-11T00:12:00.002+01:002011-08-11T00:13:54.361+01:00Sweet like chocolate<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So remember when I said in this post <a href="http://lola-x.blogspot.com/2011/07/meet-my-colleagues.html">here</a> that there was some juicy office Christmas gossip where some intern slept with her manager? This happened long before I joined the company, by the way and I finally found out who the intern was today (albeit inadvertently). I think I have one of those kinda faces that people just feeling like opening up to regardless of whether I wanna hear it or not. Or maybe it’s my natural ‘gossip allure’ that draws them in… Who knows? Hehehe!</span></span><br />
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My ears pricked and I suddenly perked up! (Oh did I mention how much I love gossip? Not to spread, just to listen to). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyxhLbSzM2ln6_Tcsms4S5GsGaK4qDx3vUgus8vwhPztxHESIaWI0-xcHHFD4vJDq1I2qeXX42CmlWFsLkh3DuH6hAyCYDzNpzYkcQj1-mJbkpiTjHb3cXC7_0zx9UpYLjXOGCsqt2FXm/s1600/gossip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyxhLbSzM2ln6_Tcsms4S5GsGaK4qDx3vUgus8vwhPztxHESIaWI0-xcHHFD4vJDq1I2qeXX42CmlWFsLkh3DuH6hAyCYDzNpzYkcQj1-mJbkpiTjHb3cXC7_0zx9UpYLjXOGCsqt2FXm/s640/gossip.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">So it turns out the manager was single back then, they’d fancied each other and they did sleep with each other that night of the Christmas party and many nights after that (“Oooohhh juicy” I thought). They were in a relationship but things were kinda strained between them and they were ‘on/off’……bla bla bla... At this</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond;"> point I was thinking probably the exact same thing you are now.“Dear goodness! This is boring!!! Does this even qualify as gossip? Is this what I’d been waiting ages to hear about?” </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN4hD5rJQDPdBTlDD4evti2Wy1q9AbQBcHnHBbLQKL_XHjoZbqBCrPw5rXePtVncI-rhKCqhyphenhyphenx_rDMV0GS2ISXtjVn_6fOx2zApNsviSGuYbXIv-OykQNY6Sk7Rwa38u9y4Pecoo3rxN7/s1600/Yawn+Puppy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN4hD5rJQDPdBTlDD4evti2Wy1q9AbQBcHnHBbLQKL_XHjoZbqBCrPw5rXePtVncI-rhKCqhyphenhyphenx_rDMV0GS2ISXtjVn_6fOx2zApNsviSGuYbXIv-OykQNY6Sk7Rwa38u9y4Pecoo3rxN7/s640/Yawn+Puppy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: large;">Of course I didn’t say this out loud to her! Even I am not that stupid…lol! Talk about over-promising and under-delivering!!! Okay, they were in a relationship and had relationship problems – nothing unusual/exciting there. I wanted ‘Basic Instinct’ shenanigans not ‘Coronation Street’/’Days Of Our Lives’ storylines. *sigh* Back to work I go… I paid for my chocolates and headed back to my desk. Figured I’d treat myself to two chocolate bars instead of one to make up for the disappointing story – actually, who am I kidding? Lol! 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