thanks for the weekend!

BIGGEST warmest loveliest thanks to ms marmite lover for the fun weekend at her underground farmer's market. Juicy Lucy and I spend an entire weekend in bed together wrapped up warm while the rest of the market had to battle with the elements. And that we had a bar set up on the ironing board was just a bonus. And on Sunday with had the lovely Jo and Amelie from Rubyshoes Rocks Bunting on the bed with us learning to crochet...so basically my usual weekend just with more interesting alcohol and more hookers!

Here's a link to a video of the weekend.

A London Plinth write up.

Oh! and PIE, not just any PIE, but the bestest american PIE, by Miss American Pie...who has pie crust to die for and makes something called a 'thing' that just drips with eagle brand milk and coconut.  This on top of Paul A Young continually plying me with brownies in hopes I'll make more brown and purple bunting for his shops - definitely means that I went over my usual calorie count for the day...but can I say that thanks to all the reprogramming I've done to my brain with the Beck CBT method I was still fully in control and enjoying every last morsel.

Still will be interesting to see my weight at fat rehab this Thursday night!

Oh, and as this weekend was such fun it has inspired me to do more of the crafty markety thingies, and maybe to organize my own as well...so watch this space!

AND ONE MORE THING

I'm doing crocheted mustaches for movember...they are a minimum £10 each or 6 for £50 and all the money will go to charity - so please buy buy buy! Email me to place an order, thanks.

don't forget! underground food rave this weekend!

yes, my poor little blog has been sooo neglected! and i'm so so sorry to the few of you that still pay me any mind...but i've been busy hooking things to sell to your good selves that are attending ms marmite lover's underground food rave this weekend.

i am also putting together some learning materials for those lucky enough to join me and juicy lucy in bed to learn to crochet! but for those of you intent on coming, i need to remind you of the RULES...same same as any other awesome underground rave...you GOTTA BUY YOUR TIX IN ADVANCE to get the address...and i swear on my bag of antique hooks that it's not in some field off the M25 (shhh...kilburn)

so to make it easy for my little lovelies click the date to reserve your space now!
Friday starts at 18:00
Saturday starts at midday

well that's my service announcement
its going to be such an awesome event that you'll be a smelly dogshit covered fool to miss it!

enough. from. me.
i've had really bad stomach flu so i better get my ass offline and back to blocking out some crocheted skulls to tempt all ya'll to part with some big fat british pounds...but make sure you bring extra! because my friends  paul a young will be there with their chocolates too!

come join me and juicy lucy in the bedroom

so this evening i was supposed to do a hilal bellydance workshop, but am blowing it out for my friend lucy's birthday for a couple reasons...
1. there is nothing sexy at all about hilal bellydance!
2. i need to focus on my tribal drills for shows in december.
3. it's juicy lucy's birthday!!! and i gotta take care of her as she is going to be my personal bitch at THIS

yes, i shall be teaching granny square crochet and selling my buntings and scarves at the underground farmer's market over bonfire weekend.  if you have never been to an underground supper club even then you must come along and experience the food rave that is the house of ms marmite lover.  she is truly a visionary of the new DIY age.  she's turned her uber-top secret beautiful house location into the funnest restaurant experience i have been to in a long time - and what she is doing with her indoor house market is amazing and inspiring!

in fact, i just had to fill out a survey on some women in biz website and when it came to role models - the only person that came into my head was ms marmite lover kerstin herself!  if you know me in real life you know that this isn't something i would say lightly - as no one is as old or as experienced as moi in most things, lol!

please do come along.
hang out with me and juicy lucy in the underground bedroom market and enjoy!!!

brunch

well, these short bank holiday weeks are great - til you realise you have less days to do everything! i'm really really looking forward to this saturday...and having fun planning every detail - what to take with me, what to wear, and what to do on the day!

so what am i taking?
ima' gonna take lots of balls of colourful DK weight yarn and some 4mm crochet hooks and teach people to crochet, or lead beginners into the way of the granny square, or get experienced hookers making bunting for international yarn bomb day on june 11th.

i think i'm going to wear...
one of my big lacy petticoat skirts depending what still fits me as i have now managed to lose more than two whole stone in as many months!!! (thank little baby jesus for safety pins)

and what am i going to do on the day??
I AM GOING TO HAVE FUN. loads and loads and loads of it!

i'm looking forward to spending time with the amazing ms marmitelover - because last time i saw her i was hopped up on painkillers as i'd just broken my nose falling off a pair of stripper shoes...yes, i think i'll be wearing much less perilous footwear this saturday...and if the weather holds i can't think of anywhere better to spend a sunny june day than in the big beautiful marmitey back garden!

and if you want to book - because hey, why wouldn't you want to brunch with a hooker, and have a drinkie with an astrologer?
just clickety click below.

Time: June 4, 2011 all day Location: Kilburn, London Organized By: msmarmitelover Event Description: Spend the day at The Underground Restaurant learning how to make things.Learn to make your own candles in vintage tea cups with Me_old_Chinaor bring your own containers. http://meoldchina.blogspot.com/We will learn to crochet granny squares and bunting with moi, and tea included. All drinks included.Plus astrologer/life coach Annie Lionnet will be on hand to sort your life out: http://benjamoon.com/annielionnet/ Book here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/112535 All workshops, materials, food and drink included for £85

saturday nights alright for fightin'

so despite me being a confirmed hooker, i seem to be part of a lovely little gang o' ladies who have named themselves knit1 eat1. i think that they came to this decision while i was passed out cold at the dinner table of ms marmite lover's underground restaraunt, because i'd never have agreed to such a thing!

but as i learned the other week when i let my hairdresser cut my hair while i napped...if i'm going to siesta then i'm going to have to live with it. and gosh darn i really can't wait for my hair to grow - think i am needing a falso pony tail for belly dancing definitely.

anyway, let's recap why i was a asleep at the table and NOT crocheting at the underground restaraunt. for this we have to back track to thursday night where it all started... so here's a timeline:

thursday night

7:00 arrive for sushi and sake with thayer prime

9:30 go to she says women in digital birthday party which sucked so drank brambles

10:00 head over to the cellar door and consume dirty gin martinis and lots of free champagne as i am still celebrating my birthday as it is still april and i was born on the first.

friday day

lunch drinks with my accountant at the crown clerkenwell green

then beers in the studio at my desk

straight home because i'm dead tired

saturday day

11:00 training really darn hard with my trainer ivo

13:00 double vodka at the ship in soho

15:00 another at the intrepid fox

17:00 sundowner on my roof 'the bloomsbury skyline club'

saturday night

11:00 head to the cock tavern to watch my daughter ravenisis perform

midnight drinking 'dudes' at the el camino in soho with the swingin' film crowd

...this is where it ALL goes wrong!

01:oo am decide to head home as feeling tipsey, but unfortunately have to go passed the crobar to get home, where i firstly fall off my stripper heels straight on my ass then stand up and go straight over on my nose. go home to clean myself up and go to sleep.

which would have been okay but...

06:00 am my door buzzer is going and my daughter is locked out.

so i decide it's a good time for a disco nap.

then stay up the rest of the morning cuddling my blondeboy and drinking bloody mary's

sunday day proper

11:00am finally fall asleep

high noon wake up with an ice pick in my eye socket and take loads of painkillers and slather arnica on my face and then get stuck on the tube at baker street for ages.

14:15 finally make it to ms marmite lover's and have a glass of cava, then more bubbles, then a glass of the nicest red i have ever let between my lips.

went straight home

did not pass go

missed my daughter's sunday night show at the cellar door.

i am a bad mother

a horrid guest

and a pretty crap crocheter lately!