Earlier today I received a Twitter @Mention alerting me to the fact that I had been tagged by Carole King from Dear Designer’s Blog. Thanks Carole! In her blog post she had listed her 5 daily essentials and had then named 5 people who she would then like to reveal their 5 daily essentials. And to my surprise and delight Carole named lil ole me.
At first I thought this would be really easy to do. But I got carried away and after a while I realised that everything I had put on my list was less an essential and more a luxury. After all, I suppose I can live without cheese and red wine…just about…if I really had no choice.
So I started over and here is what I came up with:
Firstly, I don’t think I actually could live without fresh bread. There is nothing better than the smell of fresh bread, except for perhaps the taste. I love all kinds of bread and could eat it for three meals a day if I had to. And sometimes I do!
My second essential is my car, a gorgeous Citroen C3 Pluriel convertible in kiwi green, which I have affectionately named Zaba (which means frog in Polish). Now this is obviously an essential because I need it for scooting around Bristol and for the occassional trip back down to Devon to catch up with friends and family.
Third on my list is my Sony Ereader. I’m not big on gadgets and usually I find that they tend to complicate my life rather than simplify it. When I first discovered that such a thing as an electronic book existed I knew I had to have one. I was suitably delighted when DJaert bought me one for Christmas 3 or 4 years ago. Now I find it hard to imagine my life without my Ebook reader. I take it absolutely everywhere with me and love the fact that at any given time I can have over 200 books in my bag and when the need arises I can download a new book instantly without leaving the comfort of my home.
My fourth choice was one that needed no consideration at all. I sinply don’t know where I would be without my laptop. And look how pretty it is! It’s aHP notebook designed by fashion designer Vivienne Tam and I fell in love with it the minute I saw it. It’s great for surfing the net, doing research for the articles I write and of course for updating my blog. I also love the fact that it came in a gorgeous little red silk bag.
And fifth and finally I would have to say notebooks. In fact, I have to admit here that I’m actually a bit of a closet stationery geek, with an obsession for notebooks. I tend to buy notebooks in bulk and if I’m honest, most of them end up laying around my house unused. I simply love brand new notebooks with their fresh, crisp, clean, untouched pages, brimming with the potential of being filled with something extraordinarily interesting. It almost seems a shame to write in them.
And there you have it. My 5 daily essentials. And now for the tagging bit. I am hereby passing this on to Fiona of Flame Interiors, Hannah of Dream Wall Style Blog, Ann & Melissa from Ideas to Steal, Torie of Torie Jayne and Kia of Kia Designs
Such a stylish laptop Stacey! And my best friend has the same car in the same colour. She loves it too. I love these posts!! xx
1, a cuddle from my daughter 2, a cup of tea 3, ipad, 4, iphone, 5, sleep
A cuddle from my daughter is like heaven always makes my day even when its a bad day, cup of tea, well like fiona cant live without it, ipad work, iphone communicate, sleep as it restores all the stresses of the day x
1) Tea 2) Cake 3) My duvet 4) Random pieces of paper on which to right copious amount of lists and 5) My Apple PowerBook, so I can do my work, talk nonsense to people on Twitter and write blog posts that I hope make people simultaneously laugh and fall in love with interior design. i didn’t give an explanation for the first three, I think they are all self evident :)