Today was C's birthday. After some gift giving and parent visiting we went to our friends Isis and Damien's lovely cafe & workshop Milkbar to play some games. They shut on Sundays but invited a few friends to the shop to have a board game afternoon. C and I have a tradition of doing fun/funny things on his birthday that we probably wouldn't do otherwise. In 2010 we went bowling and last year we played Crazy Golf and this year's offering fit the bill. We played a bunch of games and drank cider and had a lovely time. I pretty much lost every game but I don't care.

The list above is some games I used to play when I was a kid/at school.
Do you have any favourite games you remember? I've been reading through The List Operators' Tumblr lately, full of very creative, funny lists.

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+ background: animus
+ fonts: carton, little lord fontleroy, impact label, stiletto skinny.

This is what May looked like.


I bought a pretty new pair of shoes.



I rearranged some home decor.


I drank about ten litres of Milo.


I began and finished the Hunger Games trilogy (the last two books in two days) and felt totally miserable when it was all over!




I painted my nails a couple of dozen colours.



I made collages and paper-cut silhouettes.









My cats were very photogenic.


I spotted this house with a dalek and gargoyle.


I admired the Autumn scenery.



I spotted spotty mushrooms.


My pal Sara bought me a second hand Colorburst 250.


I bought this dress at the opshop despite it being much too small. It was too good to pass up.


I bought girly new flannelette sheets.


I considered becoming a nun for a day.


I spotted this lady's jumper at the opshop.




I went bowling with C and some friends from work. My boyfriend has a very luscious beard.

I watched: Game of Thrones, Lily Allen's Riches to Rags, Dark Shadows, Win Win, The Guard, The Avengers.
I read: The Hunger Games trilogy, A Song of Ice and Fire, lots of uni readings.
I listened to: My Brightest Diamond, Andy Bull, Menomena, Best Coast, Beach House.
I consumed: so many soups, hot drinks and baked desserts.
I visited: the optometrist, the markets, two different types of doctors, uni, bowling, the cinema, Milkbar, a masseuse, Sara's.
I loved: staying up late making things and watching shows, reaching the end of assignments.
I wore: gloves, scarves, tights, wooly socks.

How was your May?

+ Bianca Green

Some new-to-me blogs I've started following lately:
+ House of Humble
+ That Lumpy Blue Sweater
+ The Twigs
+ The Velvettes
+ Bec Winnel
+ Hei Marlou
+ Livy Love

I work part time at a supermarket. I work in service, but most of the time I man the self-service area and help people when they have problems with the machines. This job requires a lot of standing around and very little talking or activity, which to some might sound like an easy way to earn money, but to me, I am usually bored out of my mind. I like to be busy and I like having conversations with customers. One way I pass the time is to try to find shopping lists. I started collecting them to illustrate them. One of the door men at work collects them for me when I'm not there. Lists are often left in baskets or amongst groceries on the shelves. This is my small collection. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with them in the end, but I can't stop picking them up.








I love the variety of handwriting styles and papers, and the aggressive crossing out marks.
If you have some old shopping lists you feel like sending to me I'll send you back an appreciative handmade postcard :)

Ps. I hope I didn't sound like I was whinging about my job - I don't hate it and I know I'm lucky to have one!