For Crying Out Loud

Huivi

One of the few remaining pictures that I have left.

Last Friday, the worst thing imaginable happened to me. I knew my luck was running out, that I had to go to someone else for my needs but I kind of had hoped that I’d still have few months of time to get things fixed. But no. Last Friday, I was in the middle of chatting, uploading new selling pictures, listening to music and browsing Netflix when I got it.

Some sparks and then…

The blue screen of death.

My Anders is dead.

Gone.

Goner.

For good.

I still had hope, you know. For two days I managed to tell myself that this is something that I can fix. Or at least I could get someone else to fix. But this morning I received the dreaded message over the phone: “Your hard drive is fried”.

First there was desperation and disbelief which was quickly replaced by hollow feeling in one’s stomach before moving on to accepting that this, in fact, has happened. TO ME!!!

How can I ever get past this? We were together for so long! Since 2006! True, I had to buy more RAM and upgrade the operating system but I could get past all that! I still liked you! You were there when times got tough and you were there when I wanted to blast “Born This Way” as loud as possible and make the neighbours crazy! You are the one who knows all my secrets and internet things!

YOU HAVE MY PHOTOGRAPHS!

How could you do this to me, Anders? How could you? I thought we had a good thing going on! You betrayed me like no one has ever betrayed me before. You knew it and you still went ahead with this! You disgust me.

I’m now going to take your empty hull and replace you with someone else and no, I’m not going to ask them to recover your data. You brought this upon yourself.

Best,

Thrifty Finn or as you know, the Saddo Internet Single.

 

 

 

 

Pinteresting

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Have I been pinning or have I been pinning? Seems that every moment for the last week that hasn’t been spent on doing my re-selling thing, has been about Pinterest. I really do have some excellent pins there, even if I say so myself. You really should follow me. Anyhoo, some of my favourites this week were…

helvetica poster, nordic design collective, typography, art

Girl, you know it’s true. By Nordic Design Collective.

floral shift dress, orange flowers on navy background Summer is almost here and I’m craving for floral prints. Granted, I’d look like a sofa if I wore this but I like to think that I’d be a pretty sofa. And what you feel inside is what really counts.

cucumber and avocado sandwich Maybe I’d look less like a cushioned seating and more like a hot single girl about town if I ate  like this. I have pinned lots of interesting foods, cakes and snacks but I’ve never made anything. But honestly, who has? Have you? You’re lying.

quilted reversible jacket

Speaking of making…I pinned this on my Sewing-board. It’s a quilted, reversible jacket by french label Isabel Marant Étoile. The price tag of €290 gives a hefty saving if you make one yourself. Technically, this jacket doesn’t seem too tricky plus you can leave the pockets out. Only difficult thing I can see happening is that if you use too much batting, the armhole might get too tight and/or bulky. And last but not least…

 Now that’s the man I want and need.

Thrifty Finn- born to pin.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern, The Rainbow Edition

 

My second entry in Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern. Other interpretations can be found HERE.WPCRed3

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WPCGreen2

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ROYGBIV. Mix of new and vintage prints from my fabric stash. Which one is your favourite?

 

Currently On The Selling List…

I got home yesterday from a flea market where I took my items to, all mad because I hadn’t been selling as much as I thought I would. Not to dwell on the loss, today I photographed some things to sell online. (Sidenote: I might want to stop fingerprinting my camera lense. Might take better photos then.)

This one is my favourite:

Jojo, vintage, green

Thrifty Finn- feeling a sense of calm after getting things done.