Not Going To See The Queen

On last night's local news they said the Queen would be visiting Nottingham this morning.... I asked the 13 year-old if he wanted me to spring him out of school for the day so we could go and watch her *doing some waving* on the town hall balcony, and, like, see her in the flesh. He didn't. It felt odd to imagine myself going, sans children, so I didn't either.

And, on the subject of the recent Jubilee, ignoring the Gary Barlow-Paul McCartney fiasco, this is what we did. Yes, we had some cakes! And I *might have watched the odd bit of tv coverage too*.....

Note, they are NOT cup-cakes!

And I am going to frame this fabulous retro, jubilee-edition cereal packaging.

Because I LOVES  the typography and colours.

And the boys both think it's an excellent idea too.... win-win :)

All I Want For Christmas Is - part 2

...items 3 & 4 on the Christmas list (after Keef's book and the non-purchasable vintage rock'n'roll dolls) are these!


... a yummy, yummy typography book to drool over


and..............






...Molly Parkin's autobiography - because she's been there, done it all, and good god, she's still here!


And this week, the household hysteria has mainly ensued from Strictly's Frock Reveals - pleather ???? - and from us all staying up Quite Late And Being A Bit Cultured last night to watch BBC2's Review Show... all was going very well, until it ended with a cellist. Seems it is not enough to just use the fingers, the face has to work Very Hard Too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vmxz2/The_Review_Show_29_10_2010/
Watch this from 40:30, and do try not to fall off your chair.