princessdeia

June 27th 2012
Filed under General, Project Day Zero

As a belated birthday treat for my sister yesterday I organised a non-shopping Fashionista Day!

For those of you following my on Twitter/Instagram you will know this started with a trip to the Design Museum to see the Louboutin Exhibition, this is a must for any shoe lover (which my sister is). Much like the Grace Kelly exhibition at the the V&A a few years ago, for me this is a must for anyone in London that loves fashion.

You can’t take photos inside the exhibition but these shoes suspended in hoops in the stairwell show the mix of shows and fun that the exhibit is. As you will expect they celebrate the designers life and designs, but the addition of his work with David Lynch and the carousel shows the showmanship of the designer. Oh and if you go make sure you catch the Dita Von Teese show.

So where in London do you go for a non shopping Fashionista afternoon? Why the Pret-a-Portea at The Berkeley of course. Readers of this blog will know I am obsessed with Afternoon Tea, what they might not know is my sister actually started that addiction, so it seemed like the perfect little treat for her.

The Pret-a-Portea takes it’s inspiration from the current catwalk shows, each dessert is themed around something for on of the big fashion houses, be it a bag, shoe or dress like this white chocolate crème de menthe and raspberry mousse which was inspired by a Mulberry Summer Dress.

So what does one do in the evening after walking around museums all morning and then eating your weight in desserts, why she comes home watches a girly film (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and knits her Afternoon Tea shawl.

May 30th 2012
Filed under 101 Things, Project Day Zero

Over the last few years I have been working away at my Project Day Zero, things I hoped to achieve with the 1001 days. I have talked before about how some of the items on my list where life changing like trying for a baby, but others were smaller tasks, like finishing knitting the Clapotis, that had been in my WIP for over two years.

After two years, my list is about a third complete (with another 10% that I am working on), with just over a year  left, I am not sure I am going to finish the list on time. That is not to say I am admitting defeat, I am just being realistic. Having spoken to Jason about it, he said it was a shame I didn’t restart the list 1001 days before my 40th Birthday.

My 40th birthday is actually, two years and five months or 883 days away (a little scary I know), and I have decided to restart  my list to end on that date. As I am working in a smaller time frame than the traditional Project Day Zero, I am opting for 75 items.

Having looked at the old list, I am not willing to abandon a lot of the items on there. I would still love to learn how to drive or to have tea at the Ritz. Other items I know I should stick to aiming to run 5k or blogging twice a week. Then there are items I completed (or am attempting) that I would love to do again, reading 100 books or completing Randon Acts of Kindness.

So my new list is going to import some of the old list and add to it, you can see the new list here (although it is unfinished at the moment).