Life is a Whirl

It is incredible to think that 5 days ago I was in my own little world plodding on wondering if Jigsaw would have a mid season sale on shortly - hey ho. Now I have an appointment with my "graphic designer" on Thursday at 1.00 - my "IT chap" is on the case for my website (http://www.pixiechics.co.uk/) and my "Stationer" has just picked up the design for my business cards - OH MY GOD. Of course true to form I am now re-organising, re-designing my whole wardrobe and embarking on a life changing diet as TV makes you two sizes bigger - not that I think the Media people will go that far, I mean its only an empty unit for heavens sake and I am only in for 7 weeks and 1 day.

What I haven't mentioned, and what I have kept quiet about for ages is that I was watching an interview with Noel Edmonds (you remember I had an addiction to Deal or No Deal over Christmas) - apparently he sent a Cosmic Wish List - I've done one!!!!!!! Did it 18 months ago - and for once I am saying nothing x

A more positive Pixie who is still craving a KitKat

Am I on my way???

My life has been turned on its head. I work in "town" have done the same job for 20 years - 5 years ago I met Mr P at the Airport after a 12 week trip. It started with a kiss and ended in an argument. He handed me a present and said "pet this is something you have always wanted"... it turned out to be a Sony Mavica 1mp Digital Camera. Well I immediately thought he had bought it for himself (as men can sometimes do). I didn't know anything about cameras let alone of the digital variety.

Out of pure bloody mindedness I took it and literally ran with the idea, the technology and the concept. To cut a very long story very short I now have a Canon 5D and my lenses are all Canon L's and I consider myself very lucky to be passionate about something.

Before Christmas I did a photoshoot for a family. The family enjoyed the experience and out of this I received a call last week asking if I would stage an Exhibition in an empty shop in a main mall of a major shopping centre for 7 weeks.

What did Pixie do ...........panicked and said no.

Apparently no is not the answer. I can only equate it to being like an animal in a Zoo for 20 years suddenly the cage door has been opened as the animal thinks sod this for a game of soldiers its a lot nicer in my cage than out there because I know it.

My cage door is open and my toe is being gently dipped..... still scared though, still wobbling but sometimes in life you just have take a leap of faith in your own ability.

Oh dear what a serious Pixie - and on a Monday too.

I've been tagged??????

1: Name three things about yourself you would like to improve:

a) Within 1 Year

My negativity - oh boy do I have a problem with that sometimes

b) Within 5 Years

I would like to work on the positive new me and make the most of what I have

c) Within 10 years

Oh 10 years is way to far ahead x

2. Name Something you would like to achieve In:-

(a) Within 1 year

My own business up and running

(b) Within 5 years

Be earning enough money to work 3 days and shop 2 days a week


(c) Within 10 years

No money worries and no job

3: Name something you would like to help achieve for somebody else:

I would like to make Mr P feel secure

4: Name one place you haven’t been, but you’d like to go:

New York

5: Name one person you haven’t met, but would like to meet:

Twiggy

6: Name three material things you would like:

The Maxmara coat that looks like it is pretending to be a teddy bear its gorgeous and expensive.

A Canon 1DS Mark lll

Red mini cooper with a Pixie on the side

Addiction

Still trying to cope with the lack of chocolate and hand on heart there hasn't been a piece of fruit and nut or turkish delight past my lips in what is it 14 and 1/2 days ! I seem, however, to be making up for the lack of the cocoa bean in my life by drinking copious amounts of Frascati followed by frenzied shopping sprees. So far I have netted an aboslutely fab retro leopard skin coat - oh was I not a happy pixie when the weather turned this week and I have never had "the cat" off my back -

Then we had the trawl of Fenwicks which produced two dresses from Karen Millen although Mr P insists that one of the delicious frocks makes me look like the Mexican flag but what does he know - the sound of areeba areeba every time I wear it is a bit off putting though.

The yesterday I discovered a 1920's piano shawl that I just have to have. Gorgeous white little number with a huge fringe and handsewn delicate little flowers, obviously this has been well loved and well cared for - I must make a note not to wear it when going for a curry.

Oh and I weighed myself this morning and I have put on 2 lbs - now how is that possible??????

Fat, sick and addicted Pixie x

Sick Me Like!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I travel in on the Metro - this morning was not that bad but tonight - well tonight we are going to have to fight throug the throngs of skinny woman holding the most disgustingly huge bunch of red roses, not to mention the balloons - and of course there is the odd teddy bear to contend with.

Am I bitter and twisted - yes. Am I pissed off - yes

What did Mr P bring up this morning along with the Weetabix, Optivita and coffee - only the biggest box of Thorntons Chocolates you have ever seen!

Not one to be ungrateful - mmmmmmm.

Needless to say they are in the bottom of the wardrobe and with any luck Tilly or Stella (my two Jack Russells) will hunt them out like truffles and eat the lot. CHOCOLATES!!!!!!!

I'm FURIOUS!!!!!!!!!! His excuse was - oh I forgot about Lent - FORGOT ABOUT LENT.

HYSTERICAL PIXIE SCREAMING VERY LOUDLY!!!!!!!!

How to look good naked -

Tell you what Gok should be more explicit - e.g. when he tells you to have sexy underwear for the bedroom and heavy duty stuff to make you look stunningly gorgeous and to die for - what he forgets to add in is how the hell do you manage to do the swap over.

My dilemma on Saturday night therefore was ............I had this fine knit thing on from All Saints, you know the kind of off the wall things you get from there - anyway this "creation" could loosely go under the term of "frock" - I digress. Under this "frock" I had a pair of Trinny and Suzanna "magic knee length knickers" (although with my thighs the knee length kind of crept up and formed a band on the top of my leg) - I digress again. On top of the magic knickers I had a petticoat from Spanx - which took me an hour to get into.

The night went well, the drinks were flowing, Mr P was jubliant as his big engine was nearing completion...I digress again and thats going to be another blog........his hand hovering on my knee, creeping further up my leg until he came to the Magic Knee Length knicker bit which by this time had moved a further 2 inches up my leg and was in danger of cutting the circulation off ...he turned to me, smiled, had a knowing look and gave me a wink - bloody hell he only thought I had stockings and suspenders on ..........now girls how do you get out of that one?????????

Oh and its day 6 I think still no chocolate but the wine consumption has risen x

6 Weeks of Pure Hell

Chocolate
Thorntons Fudge (I have an addiction)
Sugar
Crisps
Nuts of the salted kind
Ice cream
Biscuits
Cake

The above is what I have given up.

I do this every year and every year I crave for a Chocolate Torte - not any chocolate torte but a Marks and Spencer chocolate torte dripping with specially whipped M & S cream drizzled with champagne - or the essence of.

You will of course by now have realised that it is the start of Lent - I am not Catholic so I must be a Saddist. Every year I dream of the pounds peeling off and like a moth this little Pixie will imerge in Spring sylph like and thin - oh dream on Pix x

I want a Kitkat x

Poorly Pixie and whats wrong with bees?

Too much rich food I think - blame Mr P, anyway am back and full of hell as per usual.

It has been suggested that we change our large rug in the living room as it was not one of our best ideas (it has cashmere in it - not a lot - but enough) to continually shed all over the place. So with that in mind I thought why not go the whole hog change the colour and redecorate at the same time.

Well I am not one for convention and I got really really excited when I discovered a paper with cool gold bees on it - just for one wall mind but I thought it would be a feature. When the swatches arrived on Friday night I could not contain myself - Mr P "if you think we are having f*****g cochroaches on the wall you can ****** think again. They're not cochroaches was my feable reply but I have to say I think he had a point. So my bubble has burst and this little Pixie will not be having bees/cochraoches on her wall, although he did make the mistake of saying that I could have anything else - he'll regret it x