What's in My Bag - All Stars Post by The Snarling Post

Hello my lovelies, so today I have another Whats In My Bag post for the All Stars Blogger Tour! It is from the LOVELY Snarling!!!!! Her blog is The SNARLing Post! I will be doing a guest post on hers about my Roller Skating Antics soon! :-) Hope you all enjoy seeing What is in her bag!!! (What a cute picture)

mbmj preppy nylon sasha in chianti

autum = new crossbody. yay! i've decided that i'm not allowed to buy anymore black handbags unless it's a at a riduculous-can't-pass-up-price and anyway, after reading this post i've also purged some of my contents. (you can see previous contents here)

here's all that i need for now:

wimb 17*sept*11

I put my foot down and refuse to allow my kid's stuff to monopolize my handbag contents. he is now only allowed to carry 1 toy when we go out. sometimes i do carry his waterbottle and my contigo coffee but i leave them in the car when we get out. i also retired my il bisonte wallet (the most perfect wallet for me that i have ever found) and have moved into an orange mini finsbury. it's working pretty well for me so far - brings out my inner mini sunshine ; }

wimb 17*sept*11 inside

So that is what the lovely Snarling carrys in her bag :-) As you can tell I am too NOSEY!!! Which is why i asked people to do whats in my bag posts for me!

Thank you Snarling for visiting my post with a lovely Guest post for All Stars!!!

A Filofax Fairytale - All Stars Guest Post by Paper Lovestory

Today i have a little different guest post for you its by Angela from Paper Lovestory! She is one of my newer Philofaxy friends and has the most amazing writing! She is lovely and has an AMAZING blog which the link is above, she has done a little story for you today rather than a What's in my bag post! Which i am very excited about! I hope you enjoy it!

Once upon a time, there was a fair maiden called Angela. She fell in love with a beautiful Filofax that was the Vintage Rose Finchley (style and substance) and due to its colour, she decided to call it Rosie. Angela didn't believe in love at first sight until this encounter and needless to say, a relationship blossomed and what a relationship it was. Rosie relied on Angela to cart it around everywhere and Angela relied on Rosie to keep her time well managed but also to keep her schedule looking good, and of course, it did.

Meet Rosie - 50% style and 50% substance

But, one day, disaster struck. On an impromptu trip into town, Angela came across an enabler called Paperchase. Within the grounds of Paperchase, Moleskine day per page diaries were on offer for half their RRP!

'Wow, how attractive!' Angela thought, swooning at the thought of a day per page Moleskine. Picking it up in both hands to contemplate the idea, Angela kept the zip of her bag closed so that Rosie couldn't see what sort of emotions were running through Angela's face. Stroking the Moleskine, Angela put it back where it had been before. After all, she was quite content with Rosie and their relationship was a stable one - and neither of them wanted to jeopardize it... Or did they?

Unable to resist the lure of the Moleskine (all looks and no substance), Angela picked it up again and headed to the till. All this time, Rosie had no idea what was going on and was happily bashed about in the bag, safe in the knowledge that her position as Angela's 'other half' was safe. Little did she know what sort of events were about to unfold!

Instead of venturing into her other favourite high street stores, Angela headed straight home in order to crack open the Moleskine with lust shining in her eyes. Her bag lay zipped up as she ripped the cellophane off and smelt the smell of the Moleskine with a deep breath. Delicately stroking each page, she turned the pages in order to closely examine this creature. It introduced itself as Mark and thus, a new, illicit relationship was born. It seems Angela thought that Mark was worth risking her relationship with Rosie for.

Meet  Mark, all style and no substance!

As soon as her conscience disappeared, Angela unzipped her bag and withdrew Rosie. To Rosie's horror, Mark was already set up and ready to go - ready to replace her more like. Rosie, being quite a reserved and mellow character, refused to show her true emotions at the situation in hand and merely shrugged her shoulders and retreated but inside, she was broken and hurt by this gross betrayal.

For five and a half months, the journey of life was blissful for both Mark and Angela. Mark had plenty of space for Angela to put her clutter (read: write in her schedule) and size was clearly not an issue (pun intended hehe). However, for Angela, there was still something missing. The hard cover of Mark was too much for her - she wanted someone who showed their feelings from time to time and Mark was certainly not someone who did that so after a few months of experimentation, Angela broke off the relationship and tried to rekindle her relationship with Rosie.

Alas, Rosie had never gotten over Angela's betrayal and had wanted, all along, to be the only one. Even though she felt this way, she still wanted Angela to beg and beg she did. New inserts were bought, a new layout was sought and even a new pen is in use! The word 'pampered' would be putting it lightly! Eventually, Rosie did give in; Angela was forgiven and they lived happily ever after.

NB: This story is not designed to be taken seriously as it is all meant in jest! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it :-) 

I just want to first of all STATE two things, this story was AMAZING and number 2 I WANT A FINCHLEY ROSE PERSONAL! I love that colour so much!!! To sample Angela cheating on her Filofax with the Moleskine have a look HERE at the posts. But also look HERE to see how she found the perfect nail varnish to match her Finchley (which i bought not long after)!

Now to find a Rose Finchley in Personal.......p.s. I love my new Filofax friends

What's in My Bag - All Stars Post by Cat's Corner!

Hello all another lovely All Stars Guest post! But today from the Beautiful Cat’s Corner! She also has a Mulberry Alexa and was lucky enough to get it in the sale in the ultra Sexy print, she has taken some amazing detailed pictures to show all the details of this bag, so yes it shall be picture heavy! Thank you Cathryn for taking such amazing close ups for me! I love them!!!

When I first discovered Imy’s blog, I was excited to see that she not only loves Filofax, but handbags too!  So when the Philofaxy All Stars project came up, I knew I had to get involved and write a ‘What’s in my bag’ post for Imysworld!

Like Imy, I recently got a Mulberry Alexa handbag for my birthday – I chose the Alexa Hobo in ‘Trippy Tiger’ raffia.  This gorgeous bag is wonderfully light compared to a leather bag, and it’s really strong too.  I chose the ‘hobo’ style because it has a short shoulder strap, as well as a longer one to wear across the body (perfect for days out!). 

There’s also a fantastic front pocket for my Slimline Amazona Filofax!

Since getting this bag, I’ve made a conscious effort to slim down my everyday contents, so that I can keep it nice and light.  The main section of the bag is HUGE and I only ever fill it if I’m carrying a lunch bag, cardigan, etc.

In the main section, every day, I carry:

·         A black Mulberry purse, which hubby gave me for Christmas several years ago – it’s the heaviest thing in the bag, but it’s great, full of pockets!  It has sections for individual cards, notes, receipts and a hidden pocket on the front, where I keep photos of hubby and I at our engagement party, wedding and honeymoon!

·         I also use a vintage Mulberry make-up bag (eBay bargain!) to carry essentials like lip balm (Blistex Intensive Moisturiser), face powder (No7), allergy pills, hand gel, etc. 

·         My mobile phone, a HTC Desire, which I love, but I simply couldn’t use as an organiser – I need my Filofax for that!

·         A pack of tissues and a reusable shopping bag that folds out of a small pocket!

In the inside zipped pocket I hold my keys and work phone during the week, and my Filofax goes in the front pocket, along with a lippy and a funky four-colour biro!

And that’s it, unless I’m planning on sketching or reading, in which case I’ll also carry a Moleskine and watercolour kit or my Kindle! 

I hope you’ve enjoyed a peek in my bag!  Read more about the things I love on my blog, www.cathryncook.co.uk

Thanks Imy for the opportunity to share with your readers, Cat x

Thank you again for coming and posting I have loved your bag and would love to have pics of them meeting one day hehe ;-)

REGRETS!

I know everyone has regrets but I have one HUGE regret, one that affects my every day life, one that makes me feel so crap, tired and awful that I wish I could turn back time!

I wish I had never had my Gonads removed, you can read more about it here!

When i was originally told about it they made it sounds as if I don't have the operation I will get cancer, which now i know that it is as much of a risk as getting breast cancer, so when am i having my whole breasts removed? Or shall i just kill myself now to reduce the risk of cancer, they might as well just said that. (Don't worry I'm not suicidal). 

They just scared a 16 year old in to believing she should have them removed, and EVERY day i regret it.

Before the operation they don't say, if you have this operation you will always feel tired, you will need the HRT otherwise you will feel crap, but the HRT doesn't make you feel the same, it does not give you energy or make you feel like a normal person like REAL hormones do!

They just don't want people walking around with the wrong sex organs and that is the truth! THEY DO NOT LIKE IT! 

I feel so annoyed at myself that I even had the operation as it really has just made every day awful, I don't have the same energy as a normal 21 year old, I can't do the things i could before, I just do not have the same ENERGY! I know I am older now but I'm not old enough to worry about things like this! 

If you didn't notice I'm a little annoyed with the whole thing.

Please give me a rewind button just to not have the operation and these scars on my stomach then let me come back to the present day!

And all my tiredness is all to do with the hormones, they can try until their blue in the face to get the balance right but its never going to make me feel the better!

So what is YOUR biggest regret?!

Have a nice weekend!!!! 

A5 Finsbury Pink