December 2013

Winter is one of my favorite times of year. I celebrate Yule with my family. My big wolf dog loves the colder months. She runs around in the wind and enjoys more walks during this time. I love all the delicious winter and holiday brews they have at my favorite beer and wine stores. It is indeed fun to spend holiday time with my family and friends and I have so much to be thankful for. My mom has been sick lately so I like to visit her in the hospital and she comes home soon. I am very excited about this and hope she can feel better soon.

December they come out with some of my favorite teas and I enjoy to make beet stew with my husband and eat a lot of rye during these months. Beer and rye keeps me warm. I have a naturally low body temperature but I did suffer a bit of hypothermia a few weeks ago which was not fun. This reminded me to bundle up before I go out. It was colder here in the Bay then it was when I was in England! I didn't expect that but we also needed some rain so I am happy for this. I enjoy all of the holly, Christmas trees and pine cones with fallen leaves everywhere. Happy Holidays and hold your loved ones close.

Melancholy Beauty

I love England so much. One of my favorite things are parks that are juxtaposed with old gravestones, ivy, moss and other nature. I wish to go back on holiday when I can. Everything was so surreal, like a dream that you wanted to keep dreaming. I will forever be in love. We stumbled upon this beautiful place in St. John's Wood. I took many pictures before we headed over to Primrose Hill.

Cool jewelry deals

I got this for about a dollar or so at Joanne's Fabrics and the other was from Hot Topic during one of their sales. I love all the deals I find. I am excited to wear my little Frankenstein necklace. It's super cute and a great deal. The Brainscan trickster necklace I made myself. I happened upon an amazing garage sale with a really cool guy and he had a vintage Brainscan button. (One of my favorite older thriller movies with Edward Furlong) I got some neat comic books and the Trickster button and took it home to make a necklace out of it. I love the amazing treasures you find accidentally while out on a walk.

My treasures!! :D Batman garland. How cool is that?

New Lovesick tights

I stayed home the other day and tried a new beer from Jane's Beer Store, one of my fav. shops. It was delicious. I got some new tights. I love them. They keep me nice and warm in this beautiful cool weather. Well, that and the beer keeps me warm heh heh.

Sheer cross tights, LOVEsick. 

Boots, Pennangalan. 

Sheer purple top, ebay. 

Dress, Lip Service. 

Baphomet necklace, Dahlia Deranged on etsy. 

Romeo and Juliet

While we were in London we went to see the Romeo and Juliet ballet at the Royal Opera House. It was one of the most beautiful ballets I have ever seen. To me, the Romeo and Juliet story is very macabre and lovely. I have always loved this story and although it has a sad ending it is still one of my all time favorites. One of my favorite movies is the old school one with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. I remember seeing that film as a kid and falling head over heels for Leonard Whiting. I also really dig the Baz Luhrmann version of the film from the 90's. I use to want to be Claire Danes and have cool angel wings like hers in the film. It was a dream come true to be able to see the ballet with my husband. We had a nice dinner with complete with champagne. It was one of most amazing venues I have ever been at. To me it will always be such a timeless, perfect, tragic tale.