Cheerful Flowers

I had a bit of a naff start to the week. Marlene, my oldest guinea pig, died at the weekend. She was pretty old - seven is quite an age for a cavy. So I made these cheer-myself-up beads. I think that these funky flowers would make great earrings.

I did have a nice weekend, though. Chris and I went to the cinema to see Mamma Mia! which I was looking forward to. Hmmm - I wouldn't say it's a bad film but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. It contains a large amount of girly squealing and lots of odd let's-just-sing-this-totally-irrelevant-Abba-tune moments. It was a bright, happy movie but I left the cinema thinking 'What was all that about?!'. I also felt embarrassed for Colin Firth when he burst into song. There was something not-quite-right about Mr Darcy crooning an Abba song in a slightly wimpy manner!

Chris gave me a beautiful gift. I think he must have read my post about Boodles because on Friday night he presented me with this :

Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that this earring is a piece of cheap plastic tat that came free on the front of Disney's Princess magazine and was carelessly dropped in the street by a four year old girl. But no. Oh no, no, no. Chris assures me that it is genuine platinum encrusted with fancy cut diamonds and a priceless pink sapphire heart. Plus it's a clip-on - I mean it has to be because all those carats would be quite weighty for the average pierced ear, wouldn't they?! And I know there's only one but as you can see it's so expensive that Chris could only afford a single earring at this moment in time. I'm sure he's going to save up for the other one for me.

Aren't I a lucky, lucky girl?! ;o)