I don’t know about you, but being given the third degree, by your own brain no less? I find that to be pretty exhausting. So I turned into oatmeal, got a headache, skipped the gym and bought potato chips. Not exactly grabbing the challenge by the balls, but for tonight, it works.

Here are some photos I took on Monday. Some pretty to counter-weigh the gloom.. :)

I don’t know if you’ve every wondered about where I blog and/or kick back, but here it is – the corner of the sofa, the best sofa in the world, with it’s perfect laptop friendly arm rest. Notice how I propped up the Harry Potter book for the occasion? I started re-reading it today, as I realized sometime yesterday that there’s a new movie coming out in November and that I have to brush up on my Potter knowledge. I can’t wait for the last two movies, and at the same time I don’t want them to come out, ever, because that will mean that it’s all over and I will surely cry like a little girl for the full duration of both movies. Ugh.

When did this morph into a Harry Potter whine post? Huh, didn’t see that one coming!

I guess I better end it here, then, before I start ranting uncontrollably about wands and house elves and Dumbledore. Marius just bought be a teeny weeny chocolate and mentioned something about Stephen Fry on the TV, and I can’t miss and opportunity to watch Stephen Fry. I hope everyone had a good weekend :)

Because I refuse to write about the iPad on Apple Day™. The boyfriend is glued to Engadget, so I’m having a girly day. Nail painting and mustache waxing!

(Do you know any GUYS who wax mustaches? Hm?)

I made the best cupcakes the other day, by the way ;)

and:

and:

While today, today, I don’t even -

I’m going to let the phone speak for me on this one.. :)

Dear Bergen. I’ve given up on you. May is one week away, and this is what you’ve got to offer?

You see, the first part of my Wednesday was awful. I won’t get into details as it’s work related, but I will say that in my line of work, I encounter people every day who are less than happy with something. It’s part of the job and it’s really no problem, because most of the time both parts are able to keep it at a reasonable and polite level. I really don’t mind angry people. What I do mind is people who are unreasonable and rude, and yesterday I got them by the bucket load. I was yelled at and called names, one costumer after the next. A few once in a while I can brush off, no problem, but when you get a good handful in a day, it wears you down quite a bit. By the time I got home, I was ready to slip into my sweats and take a nap.

I look like poo today, so you get a photo of my sister and the dog instead ;)

BUT! I noticed that I had received an invitation to the re-opening of a Lindex store nearby, and decided to grab Maren and check it out. There were promises of pretty clothes to look at and a musician to listen to, so I figured, why not? When I got there, it turned out to be a much fancier event than expected – first of all, there was a guest list. And it turned out, I was not on it. It turned out to not be much of a problem, someone was asked and I was let in. I later remembered that I received the invitation through my blog’s email address, and that my last name can’t be found anywhere my blog. I can’t blame them for not putting down “Maja the Piranha” on the list ;)

Anyway, the event was nice – there were nice clothes and music by Magnet, little canapés to nibble on and free champagne. I felt a little confused  as to why I was invited, but hey, no complaints here. Big thanks to Mammadamen who invited me! Oh and when we left, we each got a little goodie bag containing sunglasses, a scarf, moisturizer, makeup remover and some product samples. Maren and I went to look at bikinis afterward – I highly recommend doing this after three glasses of champagne, by the way, it makes the who thing a lot more pleasant!

Today I feel much better, thank goodness. Work has been back to it’s usual level of pleasantness, and I’m on my way to check out Maren’s wedding dress! I wish I could promise you photos of it, but I’m not allowed to post any photos until after the wedding day in October ;)

First of all, I don’t know what it’s like around your parts, but around here, it’s still winter. But hey, don’t just take my word for it, I’ve got proof!

This is what the city looked like when I walked to work yesterday. I wore wool tights and a scarf and a beanie for crying out loud, and it’s nearly May! But I felt good and proud for dressing so sensible, that is, until…

I had to walk home again. Oh look at that, all of a sudden it’s April! Yup, these photos are taken 8-9 hours apart, and my 30 minute walk home was spent being a sweaty mess. No worries though, I guess the giant ash cloud from the erupting Icelandic Volcano will make sure we’ll never ever see then sun again.

In other news, I have now found out that Maren can add things to my Google calendar and thus have things secretly put into the calendar on my phone. Up until yesterday I thought I had Thursday night free, until I saw that she had entered “Dress viewing” into my calendar. So now I’m going dress viewing! Not that I’m complaining, because 1) The dress in question is her wedding dress, and 2) I really need to have social activities forced upon me anyway, or else I’d just sit on my sofa and write things to people on the Internet all day.

OK, that’s it for today’s nonsense, time for a teeny weeny living room workout and a shower :)

I know, I know, I should have been prepared for this, I’ve been taking care of myself since I was 18 after all, but it really hit me full force today. And of course the fact that my teeny weeny kid sister just turned 17 might also have something to do with it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the perks of being a grown-up. I make money, I can eat junk food, I can stay up as long as I want, and spend my money however I please (Except of course for the fact that I know that if I eat junk I get fat, if I stay up late I will have a terrible day at work, and if I don’t pay my bills they’ll just grow in size and eat me. True fact!).

Speaking of the blog, I’m so happy that you like the little makeover! I’m really pleased with it, I think it stands out a little bit more now. I plan to put a little more work into it from now on – my latest outfit photo bonanza feels a bit like a cop out, and I plan to make amends. It is spring after all, and that alone makes me feel motivated. Sunshine is a wonderful thing, don’t you think?

This is what I wore today. Marius told me I look like someone out of a Tim  Burton movie, which is pretty much the greatest compliment this girl can get. I think it’s the stripes :)

The surgery itself went much better than anticipated – it was over in about thirty minutes, and the most painful thing was the shots of anesthetic that they gave me. They basically removed my tooth and – grossness warning! – removed, quote, “a lot of infected tissue” before they stitched me back up. Then they sent me on my merry (drowsy) way with a bag full of mouth wash, gauze and pain killers. Thank goodness for pain killers. I went to sleep as soon as I could, and lived off of pain killers and cold soup for the rest of the day. I couldn’t speak much, so I mimed things like “Get off the sofa, that’s my spot! I’m in pain, so I’ve got dibs!” and “Chocolate ice cream??” and Marius was a really good sport about it all. I can talk a little bit today, but am still living off soup, and have taken the day off work because of the remaining ouch.

In other news, the tease post didn’t get much attention (POUT!) so I’m posting a few more photos of the apartment.

Sofa corner…

Dining corner :)

Image linked to source

While in reality.. Oh god, I can’t believe I’m showing you this:

Now, I can explain the burned bits. It’s the first time I’m using the oven in this apartment, and it seems to get a bit over-excited. I used to correct temperature, darn it! The wonky shape, however.. That one I can’t explain. One minute they looked fine, the next there had been formed some kind of batter-volcano in each muffin, resulting in wonky growths. Which again explains the uneven frosting-application.

I am going to be the laughingstock of big burly men tomorrow.