Christmas gifts :)

yes and now I will boast ;) I love all my gifts and I was given what I wanted :) To start with:

Lolita Lempicki's Forbidden Flower :) One of my favourite scents apart from CK Euphoria. I'm a real perfume lover, so a bottle of wonderful smelling fragrance is always a strike-home-gift :)

Givenchy's Mister Light Corrective Pen - I had a sample of it and so far it's the best corrective pen I've ever had. It lightens and covers what you want, and gives you that fresh look :) In my opinion it's better than famous YSL's Touche Eclat.

This lovely pot is not an actual christmas gift. We bought it long time ago at some junk shop. It's from Bavaria Mitterteich china factory. The handmade pad under it is a Christmas present from my boyfriend's grandma.

Nigella's book ! I was whining about it for a long time :D and now I;ve got it :) So far I\ve tracked some great cake recipies there!

Ta-dah ! My own Dala horse :)I wrote about it in one of previous posts as a craving...And now I've got it in my hands :) It's so lovely !

It's not everything ;> I've got something to show you, but first I have to use it :) so please wait :)

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The spirit of home :)

As the time goes by, my flat feels more and more like home. To make it easier, I took advantage of upcoming Christmas and made our first baking-and-decorating-gingerbread-cookies session. A wonderful scent of spice has filled our flat. Our cookies may not look clasically beauty though... ;) But we tried ! Here you've got some pics !

As you can see we had a lot of fun !

We really had... :P

A cookie may tell you a lot :P yeah, that was a wise one

Decorating is a tough task at times  ;)

And voila !

According to creating domestic hearth, I cooked today my first (and by the way delicious...) pierogies. These are some kind of my childhood symbol, cause my nana is a real pierogi mistress. When I was a little girl, I would cook a lot with her :) And now my prince charming asked me to cook it, so I couldn't refuse :)

 

Z tygodnia na tydzień moje mieszkanie staje się bardziej moim domem, niż jakimś tam zbiorem pomieszczeń. Aby troche ułatwić mu sprawę zoorganizowalam pierwszą sesję pieczenno-zdobieniową pierników. Jak widać na powyższych zdjeciach nieżle się przy tym bawiliśmy ;) Może nie sa jakieś najpiekniejsze, no ale są nasze ;p

Z burzliwego życia pani domu mogę również wspomnieć o pierwszych własnoręcznie lepionych pierogach z mięsem. których to zażyczył sobie mój szanowny towarzysz życiowy i które to dostał w postaci pożywnej strawy w sobotnie popołudnie ;P Pierogi robiłam wg przepisu mojej babci, która jest w tej dziedzinie niezaprzeczalną mistrzynią. Jeszcze trochę i mogę konkurować ;)

specjalnie dla glupiego tomka: xo.xo gossip girl ;p

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ta dah ! first pics of my flat :)

This weekend I've spent at my flat first time ever :) so there was a first night, a first cooked dinner, a first shower and unfortunately a couple of first device failures, so there were also first damns and so on ;p but all in all we spent a nice and calm weekend ;) I took some photos of rooms, but recently my camera hasn't been working properly so they are not pretty ones...

I've got a lot to do these days, especially psychological studies stuff. We have to read a lot and when the term is over I literally hate books and reading. What is more, we need to translate ten-page-article in English to Polish (yes on psychology...not on linguistic studies), which is full of some statistic terms and psychological theories ;/ I like translating, but I guess this is too much. Considering there's a lot of people in my group who have never been taught English...

Ten weekend spędziłam po raz pierwszy na mieszkaniu :) Wszystko było takie pierwsze i pachniało nowością. Niestety nie obyło się bez drobnych awarii ... Mimo wszystko jednak, weekend minął miło i spokojnie. Na górze parę fot z mieszkania. Coś niedobrego dzieje się z moim aparatem, więc nie są tak ładne jakbym tego chciała. W roli głównej kuchnia - moje ulubione miejsce :)

Mimo, że zrezygnowałam z drugiego kierunku nadal mam ostatnio dużo do roboty. Na każde zajęcia muszę być przygotowana z danego tekstu ;/ Czytania jest tyle, że na koniec semestru nie będę umiała nawet patrzeć na książki a na samą myśl czytania zrobi mi się niedobrze...Ostatnio dostaliśmy też dziwne zadanie. Pani doktor zażyczyła sobie od nas przetłumaczenia 10 stronnicowego artykułu w języku angielskim (pisanym maczkiem ;/) pełnego jakiś dziwnych statystycznych wyrażeń, których nie rozumiem nawet po polsku i zawiłych psychologicznych teorii, które okazują się powtarzaniem w kółko tego samego innymi słowami ;p i to jest u niej podstawa do zaliczenia...wszystko ok, ja lubię tłumaczyć, ale jest mnóstwo ludzi u nas w grupie, którzy nigdy nie uczyli się angielskiego, tylko np. niemieckiego. i oni mają przysłowiowego klopsa ;p no !

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About my hobby ;)

For about 3 years photography has been my favourite spare time activity. Now I wish I had a better camera and lenses, but maybe in the future... ;) I hope my career life would involve photographing and I would be able to make money doing something I love. I'm on the right track to this, cause recently I've earned my first money by selling licence to my photos ;D I was so proud ;)

Here you have some of my favourite works ;)

 

 

 

 

  I'm glad I have such nice and pretty best-friends ;>

Od dzisiaj będę pisała notki w 2 językach :) Od trzech lat amatorsko fotografuje :) To na górze to taka selekcja moich ulubionych prac. Mam nadzieję, że moje prawdziwe dorosłe życie (znaczy po studiach z pracą itd ;P) będzie jakoś związane z fotografią ;> bo jest taki plan bliżej nieokreślony :) Póki co niedawno zarobiłam pierwsze pieniądze za sprzedaż licencji do moich zdjęć ;) duma mnie rozpiera ! Na górze na zdjęciach moje koleżanki :D jakież mam szczęście, że są takie pięknoty i zawsze chętne do pozowania :))

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no trouble found(ation) !

I was looking for a foundation that would fit my skin perfectly. I always have a lot of troubles with finding the right colour as my complexion is really really pale. This time I would do whatever it takes to find the right one (so that I won't have to think out how to make it brighter later). Today I was shopping in Sephora and I had that impulse to look through some less popular brands that Sephora offered. And I found Mr. Perfect :) It is T by Terry Light Expert Foundation in a lovely Pale Rose colour (1). It recovers the skin so it looks so healthy and star-like ;) The brush applicator is great and put as much the foundation as you want and where you want. So far it's 10/10 ;) And it was in a great discount ;>

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They are GIFTED !

I couldn't believe that two of my favourite artists made a song together ! But they did and it's as good as I expected. They collaboreted under the NASA music project (more http://www.myspace.com/nasa) for its new album "The Spirit of Apollo". I'm glad to present Mr West and Miss Lykke Li :)

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Mini Cinnamon Muffins ;)

I've baked them today ;) Cinnamon is the taste that pops up in my mind as soon as think of autumn ;) Yummy !

Recipe (for a happiness:)

1 glassful of flour

1/2 glassful of sugar

2 tsp of bakin' powder

pinch of salt

2 tsp of cinnamon

1 egg

1/2 glassful of milk

5 tbsp of melted butter

1 big diced apple

Heat up the oven to 200. Blend the flour, sugar, bakin' powder, salt and cinnamon together. In the other bowl blend the milk, butter and egg. Now add the "wet ingredients" to the "dry ingredients". Blend the together with a spoon. Add diced apple. Stir once more. Put the dough into the griddle. Bake for 30 minutes.

That's it :)

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I'm gonna have something to lay on my lap. At the top of my lap, actually

If you solved that little riddle in the topic of the post (:P), you should know that I bought a laptop! I won't say that it's beautiful, fantastic and good-looking, because it's not...It's just a regular laptop :) I'm not a great enthusiast of computer devices. My laptop is just a thing I work on, I don't care what's inside or how this machinery works. But my bf says it's awesome and that's what I stick to. So here it is - my brand new Lenovo lappy.

 

 LENOVO G550

I also bought Xerox printer to complete my future workspace.

XEROX PHASER 3117

I know that it's not as nice as some HP's printers, but it's supposed to be a lot cheapier in maintanence and that was the main goal for me.



[pics from auctions Enterprise and olo2001]

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Pure fantasy

I find this song so eerie and autumn-like. I had a fantastic opportunity to hear it live last year at Heineken Music Festival, and it was a magical musical feeling ! I recommend the whole "Felt Mountain" album to listen during cold and glum fall evenings. It was my boyfriend who infected me with Goldfrapp, and I'm glad he did ;) I hope you'll get infected too !

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Another perfect handbag has been found ! :)

I call it 'another', cause as you remember I swore blind that if i was going to buy a handbag, it would have to have studs...This one is studless, but I fell in love with it as I saw it at Zara store. My new purchase handles easily my loads of copies from studies and seems to be well-made. According to indulging oneself, I also bought a pair of jeans on a special price offer. Next goal - a good foundation !

Recetly, I've seen District 9 movie. I'm not a great admirer of science-fiction movies, but this one was quite good and worth-seeing. I recommend it !

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Oh Marc !

Today it's gonna be about fashion! Some time ago I encountered some beautiful jewellery watches designed by Marc Jacobs. Since then I've been thinking about buying one, but of course the price is a bit high, but still reasonable as for a designer product. I find these watches so feminine, simple and smart. Perversely I dare to say they are timeless! Maybe if my flat decorating was finished, I would allow myself to have one of these watches and live in clover at least with one hand or merely with a wrist ;p Oh Marc dear Marc...Why is your stuff so nice and why can't I afford it ? Yes, life is unfair somtimes ;)

 

 

The last one is my favourite. I love its chain and this little cute padlock.

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Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.

That is the quote from Bo Derek. And after yesterday I completely agree with it. I was supposed to have bought only a sleeping couch, but unexpectedly (yeah, totally...) I ended up with the aforementioned coach, a dresser, a desk and a big bookcase. That is what I call 'shopping' ;)  I spent a lot of money on that, but I was blissfully happy. Now I need to buy some decorative stuff and the bedroom will be finished! As the furniture are still in the boxes, I'll show you pics from IKEA site. Next week I'm going to unpack them and put them together.

Leksvik Desk from IKEA

Edland chest of drawers from IKEA

 

Billy bookcase from IKEA

I also bought Beddinge coach from previous post. 

All pics from www.ikea.pl I adore ;)

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I'm going to have my own sleep space!

My Ikea voucher has finally arrived, so now I can plan my shopping. Maybe this weekend my dreams will come true and I'll buy my own sleep space. According to my bed, it should be comfortable and spacious. We found a perfect one at Ikea (it's not taking long to figure out that it's my favourite store:). It's relatively cheap and got a fantastic moderately firm foam matterace. At first I had thought about buying Beddinge in fuchsia, but I realized that it would have been too much of pink in one room (my walls are pink too...). Now I'm decided to buy a dark grey one.

Ikea Beddinge Murbo (pic from ikea.pl)

Now I can't wait for the weekend to begin. Not only because I may go shopping, but mainly because I'm very tired. I'm spending 10 or 12 hours a day at my university studing two faculties. That is so exhausting, since you have to be at the peak of  your abilities all the time. I hope I'll manage.

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A souvenir from Prague

Last month I visited Prague with my parents and my boyfriend. We found a shop called Manufaktura with traditional Czech crafts and toys. What a fantastic shop! We spent a lot of time there admiring wooden traditional toys and ceramics. We were delighted. I couldn't have left this shop empty-handed. I bought this lovely mug with Krtek - one of the most recognizable Czech cartoon characters.

Here you can visit Manufaktura and shop online ! http://www.manufaktura.cz/

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The tune of my summer

This song reminds me a lot of my holidays in Spain. The video is also perfect - got this chilling summer vibe...ohhh I 've got a lot of warm recollections connected with that.

I can't wait to get my voucher from IKEA I won in the contest. I want to to splash out my cash :D I've never thought  there will be a day I'm gonna spend my money so eagerly on something that I can't wear and isn't labeled as clothes, shoes etc. Now if I have to choose between a new lamp to my bedroom and a new pair of shoes, I choose the first option without any doubt. That's strange ! I guess I'm ill. ;)

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All good things come to an end...

Today is 1st October. For me this is the end of carefree holiday freedom. I'm back at univeristy and that really sucks.I have to reorganize myself to the dilligent student mode since my whole body and mind suprisingly fast accustomed to the sweet vacation reality. I notice strange pattern between how long my holidays are and what I think when they're finished. They could last 10 days or 3 months or even 1 year, I always have the same conclusion 'I wish they were longer'. I just can't get enough ! This year I've got a lot of new chores as I'm starting my new specialization. Apart from Psychology, I'm also this year freshman at English in Business studies. It would be hard I guess and I feel a bit at sea about it, but I hope I'll be able to manage it !

As to the things I'm dying for, I would love to have a Dala Horse figure. As far as Scandinavian folklore is concerned, it really tickles my fancy ! I've got to e-bay my Dala horse :)

 

 Found at http://ingebretsens.com/

I would kill for a fabric like that !

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The unexpected gift that made my day

I have been a little bit low in spirits these days, but fortunately I've got my private super hero who saves me from yapping and pressing the panic button. I received those two lovely cushions with matryohska dolls. That was totally unexpected and really made my day ! Here they are:

I love being surprised !

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My heart is broken, when my holidays are ending

Yes, i feel heartbroken. My beloved holidays - the time of lollygaging and sweet undisturbed boredom - are about to end. Now i'm going to toil at 2 majors, bleh !

But let's go back to somewhat more pleasant subjects. As I promised, these are my new Modern Vintage frames.

Frames bought at FLO store

I found my perfect handbag neither at Zara nor at Mango. So I'm still looking for it. They were either too small or just not perfect.

Here you've got something to listen to ! For cold autumn evenings :)

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My long-lasting craving is going to be quenched

Today I'm going to buy this lovely black chandelier. I've been yearning to buy it for a long time, and finally i'm going to get it with 15-percent-discount. Yay ! It will go well with my patterned wallpaper.

Gipsy Black Lamp Chandelier (can be bought at Flo stores)

And here is the aforementioned wall paper.

This photo is from the Ikea contest I won :D 

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What do you say after you say hello ?

Firstly I want to say hello. And what is next ? Well, this blog will be a story of furnishing and decorating my first own flat. As a lover of beauty, I want to show you all these pretty things I adore. By 'things' I mean not only furniture and decorative stuff, but also videos, music, photos. Everything that I consider to be beautiful.

I hope this blog would last longer than my previous ones.

Wish me luck !

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