Knilly Frickers

Although I'm into all things quirky, when it comes to my hair and I'm fairy low maintenance.  I do get my hair dyed in quirky colours from time to time but for the most part I let it grow out until I can be bothered getting my roots done.  I'm not great at styling so I straighten it now and again for a treat.  For my 30th birthday a few months ago, my friend Nicole decided to take me to a Vintage salon she'd visited as part of a Hen Day as she thought I'd love it.  She was right, we arrived at the beautiful Pin Ups Salon in Glasgow on a Saturday afternoon and I was transformed into a different area as the stylist began taking me from Rachel to Marilyn.  I'd chosen a 50s style as it aligns quite well with my shape and my taste in clothes.  I'm not really into make up do I didn't bother with that but I was so happy with my hair and received loads of compliments.  I'd thoroughly recommend the experience to anyone else. I'm so grateful my friend sugg...

The first time I typed the title of this blog I typed Summer 2017, I'm off to a great start! I love Autumn. Nature starts charging it's batteries and takes a bit of time out to rejuvinate before bursting to life again in Spring. That's a really healthy reminder sometimes, to take some time to recharge and not to burn out. I'm probably rubbish as favourites posts, I think I've made two lacklustre attempts but I thought I'd give it another go, maybe seasonally. Which would work well, as I'm also terrible at having an upload schedule. Here's some of my quirky faves this Autumn. I'm not sponsored by any companies, authors or locations I have mentioned below. Books    Yes, I am a 29 year old woman and yes there are two unicorn books in this section. I've said it before, I'll say it again, I dig unicorns. This Summer/Autumn some of my favourite reads have been Be More Unicorn: How to Find Your Inner Sparkle by Joanna Gray When The Curtain Falls by ...

*This is not a sponsored post, I just really enjoyed the tea and wanted to write about it* I've always been a bit picky when it comes to hot drinks although I've recently discovered that I'm quite into quirky tea! I was doing a bit of shopping on my way to meet a friend on a freezing cold day - to give her a two month late birthday present, I digress - and wandered into T2 .  I'd been in before about year or so before, bought some fruity tea that didn't really float my boat and never really ventured back in, but on this freezing cold day I wandered in and the friendly staff member encouraged me to have a small cuppa while I browsed - I poured myself some Green Rose and began to look around, I knew there were a lot of flavours but I'd never realised just how many! I spotted the explorer flasks and after a chat with another friendly member of staff I decided to go for one - I've since bought a teamaker too and both are amazing. I bought a few flavours to go wi...

*Clubbercise is not suitable for those with photosensitive epilepsy * When I was a kid I used to love dancing, around the house, in the garden, in the playground, anywhere really. I took classes in Disco, Tap, Ballet and Modern, I have a few certificates under my bed from my dance exams and even have a few medals, although I pretty sure they were for participating!  When biology took over my body in my early teens I sort of gave up dancing, with the exception of the occasional shimmy  at a friend's birthday, a night out or a wedding....or in my car.  It's probably been about 14 years since I've been anywhere near a dance class, so naturally when my sister in law suggested I join her at clubbercise I was a little reluctant but after she'd been and told me how fun it was I decided to give it a go.  If you've never been to or heard of clubbercise it's easy to follow dance moves to 90s club classics with glow sticks and disco lights!  At first I felt really out of p...

If you've been on my blog before, you'll know that I have a penchant for all things shoe related, but I've never introduced you to the two who make all the shoe interaction happen, the ones who do all the shoe related work....Hector and Roland.  I decided it was time I rectified this and allowed the real stars of my shoe experiences to shine.  Meet Hector and Roland Yes, I'm a 27 year old woman with a minion duvet, we'll discuss that another time. Hector, on the left already has something of a presence among my closest friends, I've spoken before of his desire to succeed in politics...standing for the important issues, as that is what feet do, they stand. He's partial to a quirky design and is willing to be adventurous in his shoe choices and enjoys being outgoing. Fast Facts About Hector Name: Hector McFoot Age: 27 Occupation: Full time foot Ambition: Politician Interests: Current Affairs, Networking, Origami. Shoe Size: UK 5/5.5 - US 7/7.5 - Euro 38 Fave S...

Crafty Monday    I've been lucky with my new job that I joined a few weeks before Easter and got two mandatory holidays as a result....I've also been lucky that I get both of the May bank holidays as well. Today was the first of those May bank holiday in Scotland today and I had the day off work. I didn't want to waste the day being lazy but didn't fancy navigating my way around tons of other people spending their day off in busy places either. Instead, James and I headed to a pottery and ceramics workshop a little bit out of the way and spent the afternoon painting. As you can see from the pictures, James is far more artistically gifted than I - his wizard is amazing. I have literally zero artistic flair or talent for anything remotely crafty - give me a post-it note and I can fold it into a swan, crane, bat or cat but anything beyond that and I'm hopeless so I'm really happy that my humpty dumpty turned out alright! There was something really therapeutic about...