Under This Moon....

I know it's crap quality picture, but I really wanted to share this
And note: I was not asked to do this, I'm doing it because I think it's a beautiful concept

Before the New Year I was browsing Etsy (it's a not-so-guilty-pleasure) and for around 5-6 years I've had an obsession with the moon. So when I saw this, I knew I needed to get it.

The lovely seller is called Lorena and she's based in Holland. She's really nice at answering questions and the jewellery is absolutely stunning. 

The necklace is called "Under This Moon"  and is a personalised piece of jewellery. You give her a date and place and she'll make the moon into the phase it was in at the given date. My date is "17-04-10" which is the night I told Sean I loved him for the first time (and the 17th April is also my grandfather's birthday).

The moon is sterling silver and you can get different variations of the pieces. You can get a bracelet with a silk "chain", a necklace with either silk or a sterling silver chain. I've seen earrings and cufflinks too. 

The pieces are a bit more expensive. But they are hand crafted. The date you ask for her to make a moon from is engraved on the back of the moon. And the little details on the actual moon are stunning. I'm in love with this piece. And since it is hand crafted it will take a bit of time before it arrives. Mine took around 2-2½ weeks, but it is worth the wait. AND, shipping is not even that bad for once.

I think Sean is getting me a moon with the date for when we first met in real life *winks loudly - YES YOU CAN WINK LOUDLY* because I really want one with that date because it was the day that changed our relationship completely and I got to hug one of the only people I trust fully and come on, he's fecking cute ;-)

I am a big fan of personalised jewellery. It's a bit more special, and you cannot beat the quality of hand made things. So if you know someone who likes the moon and is into silver jewellery, this would be a PERFECT gift.

Seventy Days

Every 10 days I will update on the process of getting Sean back here to Denmark to spend a few days with me. More for a personal "We can look back on this when we're 80" than anything else.

And the fact that there's still 70 days to go bothers me and seems like an eternity. When you've reached the point of having to "get used to" waiting 8 months to see someone you love because life gets in the way so much, you're pretty done with dealing with this shit. But I have to put on a brave face because everyone is like "But you'll see him soon!" and it should be legal to hit people like that with a sofa, right in the face preferably.

As you may be able to read, my mood is basically as dark as a Disney villain's. Yes I'm happy that I'll see him soon, but these past months have been shit. And it's because everything I'm trying to do is going wrong, and sometimes a relationship just has a rough patch and it needs working on. It needs to be polished back to what it used to be. And you have to be two people to be able to do that. And along with having shit go wrong, a relationship I wasn't sure I could be in and the thought of there being months before I could see him again, you start to doubt if it's ever worth it.

BUT IT IS! Because that's why I'm doing this. To document that relationships are more like relationshit at some points. And if you never fight or disagree, don't think it'll never happen, because it will. But it's so much harder when there's an ocean between us because it's things that can easily be fixed with a hug or an angry game of zombie shooting - where he'll have to let me win because he pissed me off in the first place. But when you're 500 miles apart, I can't get a hug. Or beat his arse in Zombies.

But back to what has been going on.

- Tickets haven't been booked yet. We're still waiting for his job interview answers (I'm doubting I'll ever shop at Coop again because it's been 2 weeks today and they said they would call him 2 weeks ago) to make sure he can get that time off, if he gets the job.

- We've been planning what we're doing for our anniversary, which is exciting. We spend our first anniversary together, and then haven't been able to for the 2nd and 3rd. But this year we will! We're most likely staying at home really. But we'll try and be good cooks and bakers! And play video games. Maybe go for a nice long walk. And of course, present giving. I have many ideas for presents.

- Did I mention I bought him socks so he doesn't have to worry about that? Waiting for those to arrive. As the weirdo I am. And they funnily enough came today! So they are being washed now. 

I think that's it really. I'm sorry for the amount of swear words in this. Okay, I'm not sorry, it's my blog, I kind of expect if you read this you're old enough to handle words like "shit".

Ten nail polish picks // Spring 2014

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For the spring I love pastels and pink, despite not being a pink kind of girl. Soft colours to gently lure in the summer. I also really enjoy putting on a plain white nail polish, it just looks nice and clean!

Names of the polishes shown:

Barry M - Mint Green
Barry M - Lemon Ice Cream
Barry M - Peach Melba
Essie - Off the Shoulder
Essie - Mint Candy Apple
Essie - Bikini So Teeny
OPI - Nothin' Mousie 'Bout It
OPI - Alpine Snow
Revlon - Charming
Revlon - Popular

What I want to buy // February

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I'm constantly changing up my room, but I feel like I'm finally soon able to say I'm 100% satisfied. I'm going to Ikea during February so I have to snatch up these things!

The Day by Birger et Mikkelsen is so overdone in the Danish Youtube community I think, but I haven't found any other big simple make up bag I like to store my skin care in.

What is on your February wishlist?