Currently watching/reading/listening to...

Currently watching: New medical drama "Monroe" starring lovely James Nesbitt.

Currently reading: Ghost story "Her fearful symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger.

Currently listening to: Charlie Parker on vinyl records.

Red velvet whoopie pie from Starbucks

photos © Russian Doll

Got the Starbucks newsletter earlier this week and found out that they are now selling small cakes including WHOOPIE PIES. I love whoopie pies. Just the name is adorable!
I tried the Red Velvet Whoopie Pie yesterday. This cake was delicious! Fresh and soft and sweet.
I did suffer from a migraine for about 5 hours after eating it but it might not be related. Or it could be. They do use a lot of colourings for red velvet things. It was worth it though.

New bath products

photos © Russian Doll

I bought these babies yesterday.
The flavours ... scents I mean ... are HOT BUTTER FUDGE (the best!), GINGERBREAD LATTE, CHOCOLATE ORANGE and ANGEL CAKE.

When I'm staying at my mum's house I bathe twice a day at least. Especially now in the winter to warm up. These will be great for all my soaks!

Geek.

I finally own a Starbucks cup! I'm a geek... What made me finally buy one is the fact that they are changing the logo! I like this logo a lot better so I had to buy a cup before the logos changed on them too!

photos © Russian Doll

Stockholm Spring

Just some random google photos of my home town. I'll be visiting soon to spend some time with friends and family.

Love LOVE

from here. absolutely beautiful.

Today's wishlist

I'd like to look like this today please. Those shoes are awesome!!

BadAss KellyCutrone/

Just checking out Kell On Earth. Always though Kelly Cutrone was entertaining,

3 of each. 3 beauty products I can't live without.

If I could only choose three beauty products that I can't live without it would definately be HAND CREAM, LIP BALM and NAIL POLISH. I can't stand dry lips or hands and I've hated having polish free nails for as long as I can remember.
My favourite lip balms are:

• Body Shop's Lip Butter. Grapefruit at the moment. My fiancé hates it though
  
• Classio Carmex
• Swedish classic Försvarets Hudsalva. Absolutely the best!

The best hand creams are:

• Nivea Age Defying Q10 Plus
• Soap & Glory Endless Glove
• Atrix - another Swedish classic! Great for working hands.

When it comes to nail polish I just buy whatever colour I like the best and am not too fussed about what brand it is.

What products can't you live without?

Peace Love and Milkshakes/

Guess my favourite colour?

Candy Nails/Feels like spring

Pics borrowed from here and here.
I love this combination of sweet pastel colours. Anything that looks like candy is good, of course. :P

Månadens Matutmaning: Februari - hemmagjord pizza/pasta/matpaj

Tävling hos Kalasgott.
Vi gjorde hemmagjord pasta. Ravioli med getost, färska tomater och färsk basilika, serverad med tomatsås, ost och mer färsk basilika.
Ett enkelt recept med mycket frihet att ändra på fyllning, såser och tillbehör.

Recept per person:
100g pasta mjöl
1 ägg
en nypa salt

Blanda ihop ingredienserna till en smidig deg och använd lasagne-funktionen i din pastamaskin för att skapa långa tunna bitar pasta som du kan skära till önskad storlek. Fyll med t.ex. getost-tomat-basilika. Gör små paket och knip ihop kanterna. Se till att få ut all luft! Koka i saltat vatten i ca 2 minuter.

Tomatsåsen gör du enkelt genom att steka en lök och ett par klyftor vitlök i lite olja. Krydda med italienska örter, peppar, lite chili och häll på krossade tomater, en buljongtärning och ett par matskedar tomatpuré. Koka upp och mixa till en slät sås. Låt gärna puttra en stund.

Servera pastan med rikliga mängder rived eller hyvlad ost, Parmesan passar bäst men andra ostar som t.ex. cheddar passar också utmärkt!

Enjoy!


photos © Russian Doll

Cookies and Stripes please.

This is what I want to look like today plus some stuff I want. Mm peanut butter cups! Love 'em!

Happy Valentine's Day

Red Hot Stuff

Today I fancy all things red. I've painted my nails bright red and would love to get myself some red tees and of course a red velvet CUPCAKE.

Office Snapshots Friday

Just all the stuff collecting on my desk...

photos © Russian Doll

New Books Jan 2011

Baking book BAKED
Haruki Murakami's South of the border, west of the sun (currently reading it and loving it!)
And a school book about animation.

photos © Russian Doll

Cosy Friday

Basic Speckle Sweat topshop.com $50
Monrow Asymmetrical Heather Grey Slouch Sweater bunnyhug.co.uk $53
Casey Scoop-Neck Henley Tee delias.com $20
Sweat pants with zip youheshe.com $155
Cosabella Soire Low-rise boyleg panties journelle.com $24
Socks toast.co.uk $20
Starbucks Hot Chocolate
Hello Kitty Sanrio Lip balm hottopic.com

FirstAid.//

I had some bad pains today and suffered all day until about 2 pm when I gave in and had some painkillers. Strong ones with codeine and for the first time ever I had some weird reaction to them. It was very scary. So I will not be having them anymore. It ruined my afternoon completey. Just ibuprofen and paracetamol from now on...

Cutie Pants.

Panties should be cute and comfy like these. OK the first picture is not actually pants, but purses that look like pants. If they were pants they would be really cute ones though.. :)

Colourful Nerd

Lots of work on the PC today. My head is pounding and my eyes are stinging... Time for a break? I haven't got the time. We'll break for some veggie puff pastry pie for dinner, then we need to run some errands and then do some more work. Busy bee.

Look alike

I just watched an episode of an old series of ANTM - the one with all the short girls that I've not seen before - and realized that Sundai from Top Model is very much an Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies) look alike! They just have different colours but very simular features and hair.
My own look alike is Cate Blanchett accordning to a lot of people. Last time I heard it was in a pub last week when some drunk man said loudly about me "She's like something out of Robin Hood!" I was a bit confused to what that was supposed to mean but then I found out that Cate Blanchett is the leading female in the newest version of Robin Hood...

Currently reading...

This book in Swedish by H. Nesser. The first book that has felt right in quite a while. I have about 8 books that I've started lying on my bedside table at the moment... that I need to finish at some point. A book needs to feel right at the time you are reading it though, don't you think?

Retro Living

I'm a bit fan of anything retro. Especially when it comes to interior design. Plastic, round shapes, orange...

feeling ill + update

Time flies by... I don't know what I've been doing. Not much I guess. I've been having time off with my man. First to go see my family and friends in Sweden and then over Christmas and New Year here at home.
I've got some school work to do this week. At the moment I'm waiting for the mail man to come. He or she has a book that I need to finish one of my courses.
My throat is hurting today. Not what I need right before the weekend. Sipping ginger-lemon tea at the moment trying to fix it.
photo © Russian Doll

Just telling you ...

Just telling you about my third blog on this account. I'm still keeping this one and my baking blog of course, but just wanted to do this little thing aswell. Check it out here.

Winter.

It's so cold here! I'm bathing 3 times per day just to stay warm!
Other than that, I'm hanging out with my family, watching Season 3 of Nip/Tuck on DVD (Just finished the last episode!), meeting friends, doing some school work... Stuff like that.

More random nails

from here.

Birthday Girl//

It's my birthday today. I'm now 23 years old. Weii.

So far, I've had breakfast made in my birthday very pretty toaster and had a coffee whilst opening some of my presents.

Wooden Shades

Awesome wooden sunglasses from here.