You Asked For It!!!

Well not aallll of you asked for it, but you know who you are Aky!!!

Here's one baldy pic and 2 wiggy pics and(you have been warned!!)

Don't mess with me I is WELL 'ARD.......

Halloween anyone?? Think this one is best with a hat, check out those streaks!

This is my sensible, "let's not frighten the neighbours one", blondes have more fun...................

Wanna know something reaaaaaally spooky? When I bought the "Halloween" wig the other night at a place which is a charity, I wrote my name on a list so they can claim the tax wotsit back. The name of the lady on the list above me was the same name as one of my Mum's bridesmaids, and it's not a common name..................how weird is that?

Brittany

Well I've shaved my head, I was beginning to look very odd and picking the hair out of my head was making me feel like some distressed monkey ha ha!!!

So I got the electric clippers out this morning and I now look like GI Jane - don't mess with me. I'll have to video myself singing "nothing compares to U" a la Sinead O'Connor and post it on You Tube.

Feels a bit weird but I kinda like it, was sick of trailing about the house moulting anyway.

Yesterday morning I was driving into Edinburgh to drop Alex off at school and I was waiting at the traffic lights next to a big church on Princes Street and a group of nuns walked past, dressed like Mother Theresa, they were looking around them at the castle and it made me smile to see them all. I looked one of the nuns straight in the eye and smiled and she beamed back at me, it made my day!!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow....

I know, it's a terrible pun but it's true, my hair is falling out, by the weekend I reckon I'll have a head like a billiard ball.

Hey ho, I knew it would happen and I've been a wig shopping! OMG what fun! I have been to two places and I have practically wet myself laughing both times.

I suppose I should have more decorum really, but my take (not everyones I confess) is to have fun with this. Although I think I may feel a little sad when I finally have like NO HAIR!!! I've always wondered what shape head I have, knowing me, I'll have all sorts of lumps and bumps like a football that a dog has chewed.

I have 2 wigs so far, a long brown one, which has a slight "oh is she dressed up for halloween?" feel about it, and a perky blonde mid length one. They are probably less "wiggy" when worn with a hat, so good job it's winter.

So I am literally "pulling my hair out" - I am pretty gruesome and I have been making a pile on my desk which is size wise mid way between a merkin (look it up) and a guinea pig. Oh I am awful..............

I promise to post pics in me in my wigs soon - we might as well have a laugh eh??

Stampin Up! AND a Giveaway

I have made a couple of Christmas cards so I thought I would share them with you. The first one was inspired by a card sketch challenge from Beate.

And this one is a bit of a rip off from the current idea catalogue

Both of these cards use the "Season of Joy" Stampin Up! set which I love. Plus I have used the big Polka Dot background stamp for the brown embossed circle on the card above.

There are a few things going on with Stampin' Up! right now that I thought I would share with you.

NOVEMBER PROMO

Firstly we have a great promo on Rubons and Textured Card from now until the end of November - spend £20 on goods and get 20% off rubons and textured card . The textured card is lovely, very like Bazzill and new this catalogue in all the colour families.

WISH LIST

Also I am setting up a wish list service, if you would like friends or family to buy SU! products as your Christmas present I can organise this for you. Send me your wish list and I will make contact with your loved ones! I have a handy gift list in PDF format which I can email out too which lists gifts under £50 and gifts under £25 from the catalogue. Let me know if you are interested and I will send one via email.

FREE CATALOGUES!!!!!!!!!!!

As a little thank you to all my blog readers I will send out a free catalogue PLUS a colour chart to the first 5 people who email me using the link on the right hand side of the screen. No need to answer any question or tell me in 50 words or less why you deserve one LOL!!! Just email me and I will post em out.

Wooohhhhhh.............

OK someone has been slipping alcohol into my tea, I feel a teeny bit weird at the moment, kinda woozy. Apparently this is normal and it does feel kind of fun..........

It's a lovely day here in Edinburgh so we are off to the pub for luncheon.

People Are So Kind

I have to admit that I am simply blown away and humbled by the kindness I have been shown in the last month or so. Thanks to all of you who stop by and read my daily drivel and for all of your lovely comments, it makes my day, I do know some of you but others I have never met have also taken the time to write the kindest things. Thank you doesn't seem enough really........

So, the good news is, I still feel fine...................long may it continue, feel slightly "wool headed" but apparently that is normal and I am still working.

This weekend I think I need to start my wig hunt, that should be fun! I think my hair will probably make an exit over the next 2 weeks - c'est la vie, I shall see if I can get a couple, different lengths and colours just to confuse people hee heee heeeee!!!!!!

So Far So Good

OK , phew, so far no horrid side effects. The puke fairy has stayed away. I am takings my tablets religously, wearing seasickness accupressure bands on my wrists and drinking gallons of ginger ale BUUUUUUUUUURP!!!

My wee was the colour of blush wine right after the chemo was in, I had to show Alan, he said "OH MY GOD" ha ha ha!! Didn't take a pic you'll be relieved to know.

So I felt a bit woolly headed for a while yesterday but not too bad, taking it easy on the food front, no vindaloos for me for a while (ick!!). Today I am in front of my PC intending to carry on as normal with work....................let's hope it stays that way. It's a gorgeous sunny day here and I can see the see from my office window so life feels pretty cool right now.

That Pea Ain't Gonna Rule Me

Saturday, I felt pretty darn low. I lay on the sofa under a blue blanket, weeping big silent tears, convinced that this darned "C" is gonna come back and get me.

But then I thought ........it was the size of a pea, it's out, and gone and now I am about to do the chemo thang to blast any "floaters" (ewwwwww-sorry toilet humour) out of my system. I have tied myself up in knots reading about statistics and all that depressing stuff, but last Friday I visited the Maggies centre at the Western General Hospital. I spoke (through lots of tears) to a lovely lady who said "statistics don't really mean a lot, they act as a guide, everyone is different and you can't compare yourself to others"

So OK I am still wishing I hadn't got this "thing", I am terrified of the consequences, but I just gotta get on with it now.

10:30 this morning I get my first dose of the chemo, apparently my wee will be red this time (yay!) There's a photo opp ha ha ha!!

In the meantime I have been cheering myself up with the latest India Knight book called "The Thrift Book", very interesting, lots of ideas and I love her writing style, she is very clever and very funny with it too. It's half price in Waterstones at the moment and I can't recommend it highly enough.

Great Night Out

Lordy my head feels a bit sore. Alan and I hit the town last night, and crikey I think I had a few too many glasses of vino. Firstly we went off to a "do" at my friends furniture shop BeSeated in Edinburgh, he makes all his own very groovy furniture (he actually says his job is mending chairs - nutter!

Anyway we had a great time, met loads of great people and we got the chance to chat again with Craig Hill (super funny comedian) he had me in stitches -god love him. Hark at me name dropping. We also chatted to the lady who is running the Jean Muir exhibition at the museum in town. So our plan was to leave there at 8pm and go for din-dins, we staggered out at 11pm and skipped din-dins. We wombled to our neighbours house who was hosting his "lad's poker night", I was officially dubbed "geezer bird" by one of the guys, promised to keep my mush shut. Well I ended up dueting with another neighbour to "Endless Love"....................blimey what a lush I was.............we arrived home at 3am..........hic!!!

Quiet night tonight zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mrs Potato Head

In anticipation of losing my hair when I start Chemo next week, I have had my hair cropped, not very keen to be honest but what can I do? The oncologist said not only will I lost my hair but I will be on steroids and will get the menopause early so I may put weight on............great, bald AND fat, I am gonna look like Humpty bloody Dumpty. Currently I think I look like a spud with hair (most attractive eh?)
I am trying to be a big brave girl about all this, but I have to admit to feeling rather low at the moment. At the moment I am "cancer free" which I am of course utterly grateful for, however I am under a black cloud of "what happens if it comes back". I want to see my little boy grow up................I just can't even go there.

So fingers , toes and eyes crossed that I will be one of the long term survivors, I don't care if I don't make it to 85 but another 20 years would be such a gift.

Enough of the pity party eh?