Queen and Latifa

 A few weeks back, someone linked this youtube video to my facebook profile (please note that there are non-family friendly words in this video):

As you do when someone sends you a link that they think you'll find funny, you click on it. I did, ...

Yesterday was Secret Santa day at work. Look what I got:

The Diva Kitty ON A MUG!!!!

I love it! Love it! Love it! Love it!

Best... Secret... Santa... EVER!

Thanks 'Santa'! Yay!

M x

Remember the festive collar from yesterday?

How DARE you?!

Look at how much 'Tifa loves her new collar! I don't think! I love her look of utter hatred with a smattering of shame and horror!

Despite her disdain, I think she looks fabulous! And fes...

I found this amusing item in a £ shop yesterday:

I love £ shops - the nutty stuff that one can get for a £ is just wonderful. I am currently wearing a pair of bright orange polka dot socks that I acquired (in a two pack with a pair of red polka dot ones...

I did it again...

After making the decision not to decorate my flat for Christmas this year (and causing something of a controversy on Facebook by letting people know this - I should have known better), I saw this. It's a Hello Kitty item involving chocolate: what's not to like?! A world without hypocrisy would be a ...

Seasons’ Greetings to all my friends and blog readers!

As I established on my previous blog (remember, it isn’t family friendly like Q&L), I’m not sending out paper greeting cards for a couple of significant reasons (beyond the fact that I would find writing out cards phenomenally dull!). Without wishing to sound like too much of a save the planet recycling loon, it is clearly better for the env...

Welcome to the third Q&L guest post. I'm really pleased about this post because, as an enthusiastic supporter of my local RSPCA branch, I want to be able to do everything that I possibly can to help them out. I can rarely afford to give them actual money, but I can give them my time by doing visits for them, give them spare clothes for their charity shop, and shamelessly plug them on my website!

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I am prone to whimsy, but this has to be considered one of my most impulsive moments ever...

I am yet to buy any of the presents I need to buy this year. I am aware of this, and the impending sense of dread for the horror of Christmas Eve shopping is an ever closer Sword of Damacles.

So, when I was in Sainsbury's the other day, what in the world possessed me to purchase this:

I have been somewhat perplexed recently as to why it might be that it takes me so long to get ready for a night out these days. It seems that since I adopted 'Tifa, I take nearly twice as long to get ready as I did before and I can't think of any reason why. So I've decided to come up with two lists detailing what I did to get ready before 'Tifa and what I do now to see if this can shed any light. So, here goes...

Before Kitty

I went to a conference last weekend, and left 'Tifa alone in the flat for the longest period of time that I ever have. I felt so incredibly guilty leaving her on Friday morning knowing that she'd have no contact with anyone for two nights.

I spoil my girl anyway, but leaving her on the Friday evening, I left her her favourite cat food, some cat milk, and a mixed bowl of all the flavours of Dreamies that you can get. She also got more dry food than she could possibly ma...