My Perfume Haul

I've never thought I would use the words ''perfume'' and ''haul'' together but... here I am. Yesterday, I was passing by the Limoni cosmetics shop and they had a 40% discount if you buy two products. I've been dying for a new perfume for months now. I had like 15 spritzes of my Burberry left and only 5 of my beloved Givenchy's Organza:( My perfume bottles were literally dying!

I was really surprised when I entered the Limoni, because I thought with the Recession and everything, people won't be buying much, but there were quite a few ladies who were bulk buying perfumes and cosmetics products! And of course, I scurried to the Chloe perfume stand and realized that the Chloe perfume with the beige ribbon was long gone:S

But luckily, they still had one last Chloe Love perfume left. Yay! (Note to the reader: I will always prefer the eau de perfume to eau de toilette, simply because it lasts longer). And of course I had to pick another product to get the 40% percent discount, and after much consideration (it was more like, one spritz, really) I was hooked to Gucci's Guilty.

And that was it. Two really great perfumes for basically the price of one. I couldn't have been more pleased with my purchase. These are my new babies:

But there is something that's been lying heavy on my heart... my absolute favorite perfume has always been Jean Paul Gaultier's Fragile, which apparently is not available in stores anymore. This is one of those fragrances that you just know it's the one. And I've actually been using this perfume for ten years, (!), because I just loved it so much. And now? I can't seem to get it anywhere! It's so frustrating! I actually had this poster of the perfume hanging on my wall as a teenager, mainly because I thought that the guy with dreadlocks on the right was smoking hot:

  Yes, yes, please!

I also fell in love with the design of the perfume bottle. I still have it and I hope that someday, Jean Paul Gaultier's Fragile will make a comeback. That's when I will be bulk buying perfumes!

Take care you guys,

Teja xoxox

The Object of My Desire: the Givenchy Antigona Bag

After seeing this bag in the latest InStyle Magazine, I googled it immediately, mostly to check whether the InStyle team made a mistake and added one zero too many to the price. Sadly, the price was correctly noted and here I am, sitting behind my computer and enlarging the photo of this absolutely stunning bag and drooling. I am talking of course about the Givenchy ANTIGONA bag in black smooth calfskin leather with gold metal corners, the Spring/Summer 2013 Collection.

And I WANT it!!!

So, here it goes, my little request:

Dear Santa,

I realize that it's May and you deliver presents only in December, but I have this one request. I really want this Givenchy ANTIGONA black bag in smooth calfskin leather with gold metal corners. Because we're in the middle of the Recession and I am only 28, at the beginning of my career, and there's no way in hell I would have enough money to buy this bag at its original price. Way to many zeros. Do you think you could get it for me? Now-ish? Okay, fine, I can wait 'till December, I am sure that until then your little elves will be able to purchase the bag on sale so that your Santa account won't be too emptied out and there would be enough money left for all the lepers in Calcutta and the orphans in Somalia. Pretty please? I've been really good this year. Well, so far. I blog a lot. Well, I try to. Kinda hard to blog a lot and work at a regular job at the same time...

Oh, by the way, would it help if I said that I had read the Sophocles' Antigone when I was a freshman in High School? Not bad, right?:) I'm not saying that I particularly enjoyed it... or understood it for that matter, I'm just saying that I read it.

So remember that when you send your elves to go shopping on net-a-porter.

Thanks, Santa,

you're the best,

Teja xoxo

Goriška Brda

is a must-see for anybody visiting Slovenia. It's so beautiful, sunny (well, it was partly sunny, then cloudy, with an occasional shower, but for the record, let's just say it was sunny) and green with lush vineyards, old houses made of big chunks of grey stone with orange rooftops upon which even bigger chunks of grey stones are placed to prevent the roof from being literally blown off by the strong Bora Wind (Slo: burja). The soil is deep rich terracotta red, the air smells of lavender, the wine is excellent and the people are always friendly and loud.

And since Goriška Brda are not too far away from the Italian border, why not go over it to Gorizia and have a leisurely day, doing a bit of shopping, and having a delicious delicacy and a real Italian cappuccino afterwards? I chose this nougatty-chocolatey dessert. Best cookie I have ever tasted.

Teja xoxo

DIY: Pimp Up my Boring Brown Paper Bag

I haven't done any DIY posts in a while, so I think now is the perfect opportunity because there are a lot o birthdays in May and this way, you will be able to give something completely unique and awesome and your friend is going to treasure your brown paper bag forever!

First, you'll need an ordinary brown paper bag:

Sketch the image of your choice on the brown paper bag with a No2 pencil:

Then trace the lines with a permanent marker, I used Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent Marker:

Erase the traces of the No2 pencil with an eraser aka rubber and start coloring them. I used Caran d'Ache ARTIST Supracolor Soft coloring pencils. They are high-quality water-soluble coloring pencils and they're awesome, I'd really recommend them!
For an edgy look, don't color the image perfectly, actually try do to an imperfect job, it makes it look even more interesting;)

 

And it's done!

''Vse najboljše'' means ''Happy Birthday'' in Slovene:)

Hope you like this post, let me know!

Tejaxoxox

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Soul Fishing is on Bloggers.com!

Hello, all you Soul Fishing readers out there,

from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Ljubljana, Slovenia, from the USA to Taiwan, I have a message for you: now, my blog is even more accessible, easier to read and easier to share with your friends.

I joined www.bloggers.com in order to have an even closer relationship with my dear readers, 'cause I love you guys so much, you rock my world!

Check out my Bloggers profile here,  hope you like it;)

It's almost Summer, you guys!:D

Love,

Teja xoxox