Jade to Black: Diary of a Fall girl

Mood: I absolutely love that this Prisma effect makes me look like Frida K.  How amazing she was. I have to admit though, I don't have an actual unibrow but feel I could totally pull it off, were I ever moved to start the trend :p Soooo, I woke up today feeling not so great (as displayed by my sombre expression above). Yeah, most of us despise the Monday morning back to work feels, but we eventually drag ourselves out of bed and get on with it, feeling (hopefully) better as the day progresses. Today was not one of those days. I'd been unable to sleep much during the night because this specific day would have been the due date of the baby girl I lost to miscarriage on 1 August 2016. Marc and I named her Elle. I was 14 weeks pregnant, so just past the first trimester mark and into the second, when the chance of pregnancy complications decrease tremendously. So it all came as very unexpected when the fateful moment arrived.  I won't go into too much det...

Shoes, man??  Such a lovely, shiny word that conjures up fuzzy, fluffy, warm, happy feelings inside us all☺ I think the thing about it (besides there being hundreds of styles to suit every possible need and desire), is that no matter how much weight one may pick up, your shoe size will remain more or less the same. Unlike with clothing, you won't have to face the dreaded fitting-room (kill me please) with the unforgiving mirrors and fluorescent lighting that no dimple can escape- silently mocking you for having to take one or two sizes up this time. Because McDonalds. Shoes are everything though❤ And although we love them, men and women alike, shoe shopping is definitely more of a woman's thing. Most guys I know would order their desired pair online for the rest of their lives if possible and many even prefer their partners to do the shopping for them ( Ohey Marc ☺). Women can spend hours at a mall just fitting and flitting along from store to store, not even necessaril...

I don't need to go into detail about the endless woe females face, to tame the mane. It's something most of us (males included) are aware can be a...complicated, sensitive affair.  Billions are made annually to provide women with hair care products and services to cater to their every hair desire, be it styling, colour, texture, extensions etc. Now anybody can have literally any hairstyle they want, given they have the cash to pay for it, of course. Ain't nothing for free, especially not when it comes to women's hair and beauty. It's like, the opposite of free. (i.e. It's KAK expensive.) I've had a long, arduous journey with the harriets the good Lord above blessed me with. And I don't mean to sound ungrateful for what I have...but DANG NAMMIT... has it been tough to manage at times. See, I have naturally curly hair-  masses of it- which grows at the frikkin' speed of light. People have complimented me on my hair for as long as my memory goes back ...

Please look at this specimen of a rainbow cake above. This makes me well and truly happy. Only thing is, I've been contemplating getting back into the healthy eating vibe since the Festive season has ended. (Note 'contemplating' and not very much actual healthy eating has occurred) I have been drinking lots of water though...that's something right? :p  Anyhow, back to the cake. I work for Ackermans which is one of the biggest value retailers in SA. It's been a pretty awesome learning experience for me since joining back in 2015, as I had never worked in a retail environment, and had no idea how 'on it' one had to be in this industry. And here I thought online marketing, events and publishing was cutthroat and deadline driven. Lol. Anyhow, the department I work in is the Ladieswear buying division and we recently reached the milestone of '1 million ladies t-shirts sold'. This is quite an achievement as you can imagine, and the Buying Dire...

Good Lord, I love them so much 🙁 Yes, I decided to watch TFA when I got home from work. The day Harrison Ford is called to the Great Millenium Falcon in the sky will be a sad day indeed. 2016 already had the gall to claim Peter Mayhew. Lets not even get started on Carrie Fisher. Can they just speed up R&D on cryogenic stasis technology??

' Having taken her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rey continues her epic journey with Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the saga.'- www.imdb.com As a Star Wars nut, I am absolutely LOVING the offerings we've been given since Dec 2015 with The Force Awakens and then ❤Rogue One❤ in Dec 2016 (Absolute LOVE).  After the desert period of Episodes I-III, it's been a delightful journey seeing the franchise come close (not entirely returned) to it's glory days of Episodes IV-VI...the iconic space opera that just, you know, shaped 3 generations of people existing on Earth right now. So in 11 months, we can look forward to the next episode in the franchise (EXCITTTEDDDD). The title already has people buzzing and theories being flung around. The plot description itself (the opener of this post) doesn't really give much away, being a very summarised version. I myself have had some chats this morning with my bu...