Little Blue Dog

The sweetest little blue dog I've ever seen

Do you like Ikea?

Until I moved to Edinburgh, I had never been to one of their shops. Now, though, I really do enjoy wandering around through the expansive showrooms, getting inspired by items that are not too far out of reach: the affordableness of Ikea is definitely one of the best qualities for me. We've only bought one flatpack item so far (a bookcase) but it was such a good price and so easy to assemble.

 

We went today on our day off together: my boyfriend had never been there before, so we strolled around imagining our future home, and finished off the trip with Swedish meatballs (because you have to really, don't you?!).

I also stocked up on scented candles. They are so cheap and smell wonderful: not too artificial. And as our window is as good as boarded up (it is so old that the wind pretty much just blows straight through all the gaping holes) our stuffy room definitely benefits from the regular lighting of scented candles!
 

Such a pretty water glass: and only 50 pence!

Fruity, berry candles: They make our room smell wonderful. The glass pots are recycled from Gu desserts we've had!

Caramel laces and sour cream and onion crisps

Cosy Autumn Treats

I've been reading so many blogs recently with posts about autumn, my favourite season of all. When I read this post about fall from Girls Love Fried Pickles, I realised that I too needed a lovely cosy smelling candle for the coming months. So I decided to visit the Yankee Candle area on one of my local department stores, and when I smelled Honey and Spice I knew it was perfect: sweet and spicy at the same time.

I also desperately needed a new pair of slippers. I wear slippers all the time when I'm at home, and when I moved to Edinburgh in February I bought a pair in Sainsbury's for £3. They have lasted pretty well, but they were cream and now they are more...grey. And they don't smell as fresh as daisies anymore either. So when I found a pair in Primark today with a big pom pom on each toe, I was sold. And they were only £3! Full disclosure though: the pom poms are not staying on very well! But a bit of sewing should fix that, and I think they are still pretty good value!