Birthdays aren't all that bad after all...

Today I was treated to something I haven't done in a long time... shopping! I had forgotten what pleasure was to be found in going and finding something just fabulous in a shop and buying it, especially when it isn't you paying for it... There is something to be said for birthdays!!!!

Work remains kind of crazy, but that is OK, as I don't really care, I am even more focussed on just showing up and doing my job than I was before, as now I also have another form of income, or at least I hope it becomes a form of income, I have been doing it for a while and until now I have only really succeeded in losing money... I speak, as some of you will have guessed, of the Foreign Exchange, or Currency market, one of the most risky, and therefore, most profitable, if you are profitable, markets that there is... And this week I have been profitable, in fact I have earnt the same in the last few days on the markets as I would at work, or more... I just have to hope that it continues, then, I can go and do some more shopping and I won't have to wait for my birthday!

Recently on facebook someone asked me to include some stuff on fashion, and let's face it, it was bound to come up sometime... So, A, just for you I have some recent observations on Parisian fashion, and I am not talking about Dior or Chanel, but rather the things that you see on the street, and more specifically the very Parisian particularity of boho chic (see section on French bobos in particular) which is rampant in our quartier of the 19th arrondissement. This variant on style is all about looking very bohemian, rebellious, vaguely artistic, and like you haven't really made much of an effort; the paradox being that to do it properly takes more effort than just dressing up in a classic way... It is dressing down, but doing so with panache and style... So, to put it simply, I do not agree with it at all... For those of you that know me will know that I am all about effort, class and elegance... But back to the point, as for many of you this may be a look to which you aspire... So, if that be the case, take the basics of any boho outfit, a flowy patterned top, or skirt, or dress, but this season add glitter. That is right, glittery boho chic seems to be the new thing.

I looked for a picture of this phenomen, but they were all boring as f***, so, no pictures this time round, and

until next time dahlings, that was me...