Jan
11
Navy turtle neck
by Sofia - in Shopping
I have been on a lookout for a good navy knit. Especially a turtle neck. I was browsing online as I had not seen anything in the shops. And then I saw this one. What did I love about it? Dark shade, properly high neck and extra long sleeves that can be worn cuffed or long. It’s just as good in real life. I have not used it for long so I don’t know how it will hold in long term. But shape & shade get good reviews from me. The brand I had not heard of and to be honest their own website did not speak to me in any special way but the knit itself is a great addition to my wardrobe.
I actually like this knit so much that if it stays nice in use & after being washed I could definitely add the light blue & white ones on my wishlist. But obviously I don’t need it all at once! Some shades were actually on sale now.
Have a great day!
Lattemamma
Jan
5
Is it weird that by day three ( when I’m writing this) of 2022 I already have something on my wish list. It’s not things I necessarily need or will acquire. But I do like putting things out there in the universe. Besides we can all just need a little daydreaming and a little cuteness in our lives. And pink. I had to add something pink to one of the first posts of the year. So as I am spending my first Monday of the year in bed having an extra day off and in my pj´s past noon, why not, I do want to share these wish list items for lovely lounge mornings at home.
I feel like a French press is my next coffee thing. I love this Le Creuset stoneware one either in this ombre pink or in white. I do have an old Bodum one that does work just fine but this is very pretty and would look lovely in my kitchen. Besides I can always bring the other one to the island. Summerhouse also needs French press.
This Lenora robe looks so cozy and I obviously love the scalloped detail in the collar and the fact you can get it monogrammed. But I think these are only available in the US so perhaps in the future.
My bedside table could use this for rubbing on my hands and feet before bedtime. As I love to smell like roses.
I did a flip though of the Cordelia de Castellane book on my instagram. Mine was a lovely Christmas gift from a friend which I really like a lot. Recommended for inspiration. Except if you are a minimalist then skip this.
I hope you all have a lovely day! I am back at work but look longingly and savor in my mind all those lovely long mornings that turned in to day before I got out of my robe and got dressed. But there are always weekends for us who are not the Dowager Countess who had no clue what it meant.
Best wishes,
Lattemamma
Jan
3
Happy 2022
by Sofia - in Random
Toivon sinulle erinomaista uutta vuotta! Tänä vuonna tekniikka tuntuu toimivan paremmin. Sain joulupukilta uuden läppärin ja oi onni ja autuus kun kaikki toimii sujuvasti ja sutjakasti. Blogimerkintöjen tekeminen helpottui ja nopeutui juuri huomattavasti. Joten toivottavasti näemme todella täällä taas enemmän tänä vuonna.
En taaskaan tehnyt mitään tiukkoja lupauksia uudelle vuodelle, mutta ajattelin antaa sellaiselle ajatukselle tilaa elämässäni, että annan asioden soljua pakottamatta paikoilleen. Katsotaan josko näin elämän huolettomuus ja ilo korostuisivat ja itselleni luomat välillä ehkä turhatkin rajat voisivat kaatua. Olkoot tämä kohtuuden vuosi, mutta myös sallivuuden vuosi. Alla englanniksi vähän tilinpäätöstä edelliseltä vuodelta ja lisää soljuvuuden aiheesta. Vuosi sisälsi ihan hirveän paljon hyviä ja ihania asiota. Hyviä ihmisiä ja hetkiä roppakaupalla. Mutta samalla myös vähän vastoinkäymisiä ja oppimisen hetkiä. Taas vähän vanhempana, viisaampana ja ehkä myös rauhallisempana uutta kohti. Tilaa on annettu nyt ilolle, onnelle, kasvulle, menestykselle ja ihanille ihmisille. Niitä mahtuu! Vastoinkäymisiäkin mahtuu, kohdataan ne hieman hellemmällä otteella ja paremmilla yöunilla. Enää en anna kenenkään muun huolien valvottaa minua liikaa ja omanikin yritän selvittää rauhassa. Minulla kun on ollut tapana mennä vähän tolaltani jo pienemmästäkin vastoinkäymisestä. Ehkä nyt on aika höllätä hieman. En ole kenellekään mitään velkaa, varsinkaan omaa mielenrauhaani. Se ei tarkoita sitä, ettenkö hoitaisi työ- ja ihmissuhde asioitani yhtälaisella kunnianhimolla ja innolla kuin tähänkin saakka.
Happy happy New Year! And thank you Santa for bringing me a new laptop which means a new opportunity for blogging. I hope this year it’s all smooth sailing with my technical issues and blogging can return to something efficient and fun instead of technical hurdles for each post.
I wonder if you made some new years resolutions? I, as you may know, am not big on life changing resolutions. But I did decide to make 2022 the year of going with the flow in many ways. Listening to my body, mind and soul. I love joy in my life but last year brought a time period that I took hard, probably a lot harder than I should have, and I feel like I was sort of robbed out of my joy for a while. I will not let myself be drawn there anymore. I felt mistreated by a person who was going through a rough patch in their lives but still I felt I did not deserve to be treated so badly. If I were a person who did not take things so in to heart or let something crawl under my skin so easily I probably would not even have had to care. But I do and I did. Now I will not give that kind of thing a momentum this year. Although I must say I can’t really see why people always say things like ” you shouldn’t take it personally” or ” it’s not about you, it’s about them” or ” you shouldn’t be so kind and let people treat you like that”. No, I say, enough. It should be ” they should not act like that” or “it’s not ok to mistreat peoples kindness or sensitivity”. And absolutely I understand if someone is having a hard time and they do have my sympathy and support. And obviously from their point of view it really is about them and not me. It does not take away from the fact that I got bruised along the way. Don’t get me wrong, I do forgive as I do understand, I have a lot of empathy. But some things are not so easy to forget. So it’s up to me to not give space to such things in my life anymore. More joy and more people who bring joy is what 2022 has in store for me.
