You forget how much you enjoy the simple things in life until you spend a long cold winter without them. Thank goodness for that "Spring has sprung" feeling!!
Last week was a tough one by all accounts and it was only yesterday afternoon whilst sorting out my little greenhouse and watering the potted plants that life seemed normal again. There was nothing else to do but simply get out the blanket, sunglasses and a suitable book, then lay back and let the sunshine work it's magic on my body and more importantly my soul.
Here's wishing everyone a sunny soul week ahead! (P.S Yes I know it's supposed to rain this coming Wednesday but shhh don't spoil the moment ok :) )
Dita von Teese recently appeared in an episode of CSI and once again I was transfixed by her beauty and it's more than that it's the way she carries herself. Grace and poise, that sense of confidence which only comes from knowing that you are adored.
Frankly I'm not a girly-girl so friends that may have known me all my life, would never suspect my secret obsession with 1940's Pin-up Models! But there is just something about them that I find alluring. I don't claim to follow fashion, I am happy in a pair of jeans and t-shirt, so I don't believe it is the 1940's fashion that catches my eye but it is that grace and poise that I spoke of earlier. Admittedly after having tried on my first laced up corset in 2009, you will definitely see me walking around Black Rose and Darkside in Camden admiring them.
Ah <I can hear the penny drop> so that is why your blog is called "If I was Betty".
Indeed, Betty Paige is one of the most recognised faces of pin-up albeit for some of her more outrageous and 'way before her time' genre of photographs. But no matter if it's a coy bikini clad image to one showing her bound and gagged, there is always an air of confidence! .....And confidence is key!
Right the self-pity moment is well and truly over, thanks to an international phonecall from my "arrangement" guy.
There was no need to tell him about the rough week that I was having because all those feelings disappeared at the sound of his laughter. Clearly my excitement/eagerness when answering the phone and almost falling off the couch, was audible in my "Hello you!"
So after 48mins of laughing about ...stuff... on the phone, all my cares and worries had evaporated!
Again I am reminded of the power that a friend can have in your life. Even if they don't know that you need cheering up, the most basic of human contacts can lift your spirit out of those murky depths.
