kovan onnen takki

Olen ollut viimesen viikon enemmän ja/tai vähemmän kipeenä. Tänään aamulla mittasin huimat ennätyslukemat 37,3, mutta ajattelin että ei kai se haittaa jos vähän ulkona käy pyörähtämässä. Päätin että kävelen ainoastaan siellä, missä aurinko paistaa, mutta huomasin onnistuneen alun jälkeen, että se on kaupungissa täysin mahdotonta.

Tää takki on varsinainen kovan onnen takki. Sen saamisyritykset tänne Pietariin sai jo melkein surkuhupaisia piirteitä ja siinä matkan varrella huomasin että sitä olis saanut puoleen hintaan H&M:n nettikaupasta ja että niitä myytiinkin myös täällä kaupoissa. Ainakin oli suuret odotukset, mutta nyt suhtaudun siihen vaan "ihan kiva" -takkina. Tollasen ruljanssin jälkeen pitäis kai hihkua onnesta joka kerta kun sen lykkää ylleen. Kiittämätön paskiainen (takki, en minä).

Sisäpihat. Niistä tykkään eniten Pietarin keskustassa. Harvoin täällä pääsee pakoon autojen ääntä ja muita ihmisiä niin hyvin kuin livahtamalla jostain porttikongista sisään. Melkein täysi hiljaisuus ja täysin uudet näkymät eikä ikinä tiedä mihin päätyy ja mistä tupsahtaa ulos.

Translation: Went for a Sunday walk today, it was sunny yet crispy, a couple of minus degrees. I've been ill for a almost a week now, so this cheered up my day!

Die Bitch

I have became very fond of that jacket. I bought it over a year ago but it always felt somewhat not me. Maybe it's the fake fur that I added to it or some kind of a change in me, don't know, but I'm happy I didn't throw it away or sell it.

Weekend was really nice , yet too short as usual. Didn't get to go skating as planned, because it was snowing but instead we went to this Horror St. Petersburg "exhibition" (couldn't find a web site sadly). It was kind of a show in which the partisipants well, participated and it was scary at times. Although, the thing that scared me the most was the thought that some of the actors would say something to me during the show and I wouldn't understand anything :) I tried to hide behind other people most of the time... hard being a foreigner sometimes.

I made tomate soup yesterday and it turned out the best soup I've ever cooked. God I love cooking!

PS. In case anyone was wondering about the headline, it is translated from a "slogan" that's written on the first picture.

Three random things at home

I had to buy this because it's so ugly! really, that works really well here in Russia: if you don't find something that you like, just buy the most awful one. That doesn't of course count when it comes to clothes or shoes...

With those guys I spend most of my freetime.

Kitchen's tab is broken, so for the past couple of days I've been washing dishes in the bath tub. I am too lazy to call the landlord. Or no, actually I just don't have a clue how to explain my problem to her since she doesn't speak any English...

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So our trip to Egypt was cancelled. Now we have to think of some alternative places or times. I don't care about the resort, as long as it's very warm there. I in fact gave my sister free hands and said I might actually want it to be a surprise :)

Maissi stole my contacts

Today was the first day I didn't have any fever, so I decided to go to work instead of calling the doctor, although I didn't feel so good yet. Besides, we only had like 2 hours of work, after which there would've been a party (I worked in an evening shift this week, not that we'd start partying in the morning here!). I didn't feel much like drinking nor socializing, but I wanted to something at least a bit fun after staying inside for three whole days. So we went for a sushi and also dropped by this 2nd hand but I didn't find anything there, as usual.

This morning my contact lenses were missing. They just weren't there in the liquid anymore and I swore I put them in it on Monday when I last wore them... Strange. Happens to be they were my last couple, so I have to wear glasses until I get new ones. But anyway it's a nice change to use glasses every now and then.

cat on my front door

I guess it's obvious that I've never really liked winter. In fact, I have always hated it. So it has been a big surprise that this winter I've actually enjoyed myself and it has made life so much better when going out of the house doesn't cause a massive anxiety attack. Or a total freezing.

Yes, I blame this change of opinion on my nice winter clothing, which I've never in my adult life paid a lot of attention for. This winter, however, I've bought two really nice, warm winter jackets and a pair of Dr. Martens (which aren't the most ideal winter boots, but the only ones I can think of). I had to turn 30 to realize that half of the year can be enjoyable, as well, and you can live pretty much normal life during winters too :) If you're well-clothed, that is.

During the weekend, I...

Went to this newish bar, which has some pretty wall art. I have no idea why there's a sign in Finnish there? Alex & his friends were DJing.

Had night guests on Friday, Maissi was waiting for them.

Both on Saturday&Sunday went to 2nd hands, made some nice finds.

Cooked. And ate.

Got a scooter ride from Alex. I swore I'd never hop on to the passanger's seat, but I did. It was fun.

Borscht, I assume

Before moving to the new flat I decided I'd start a habit of cooking again. It was pretty much a forgotten thing in my household, I used to eat mostly cold food (you know, just chopping tofu and veggies to a plate and that's it). I love cooking, it gives more quality to life, but I guess everyone was already aware of that.

So, lately I've been cooking soups, since you can eat them for a couple of days in a row and they get better by the day. And soup is also a very Russian dish (I want to become a perfect wife material by learning to cook in traditional Russian way haha). Today I cooked cabbage soup/borscht (don't know exactly which one it is cos I never cook according to recipes).

I've become a huge fan of beetroot here, I could stick it everywhere (foodwise, I mean...).

Boiling the soy in spicy water/frying the onions, carlig, carrots and beetroot. Later I added the sauerkraut plus other important ingredients, but forgot to take a picture.

Then some smetana/sour cream on top and that's it. The soup tastes more delicious than it looks like, though. Now I'm already thinking what to cook next, any good ideas?

You can't go out cause your roots are showing

Today I'm wearing:

Top: 2nd hand H&M
Skirt: 2nd hand
Heels: 2nd hand
Roots: yes, showing

I've been on a sick leave yesterday & today, having a slight fever, which I guess is stress-related... The past weeks I've felt like time's slipping out of my hands and I cannot concentrate on anything 100% and I've also felt very bad about myself. But now that I've spend two days watching Desperate Housewifes on dvd, cooking, going to the 2nd hands & sleeping enough I feel like me again. I get so much joy of doing everyday, normal things, but when I'm under a stress, I don't get anything. I just feel like I'm giving and giving, not getting anything back. Well, enough about that, I don't want to whine about my life here :)

This coming weekend is (again) so full of events that I'll probably just skip all of them again haha. The Spb tattoo convention is the only event I wouldn't want to miss, although I've never really understood what's the point of them (cos I've never been to one so far)?? Just hang out, drink beer and watch other people get tattooed? Well it doesn't sound so bad after all :)

moving houses

I can't believe it's already June. My birthday month. I'm going to turn 30 at the 30th. Don't know what to think about it, so just in case I'll have a nervous breakdown, I'm having a holiday during the date (and actually the whole week). I'm planning to go on a holiday some place warm and sunny, but everything's still very open whether it'll be Ukraine, South-Russia or Greece. Or if none of the plans will work out, I guess Alexey's dacha'll have to do :)

Today I'm moving to the new flat. It might be that I need to move my stuff with a taxi, but luckily I don't have that much to move, since most of my things are in Finland. These last two weeks have been quite stressful, I've been working 12 days in a row and feel like I haven't had a chance to rest completely, so I'll be a very happy girl when the moving is over and I can just relax.

Have a nice weekend you all!

The Day of Victory

Last Sunday was a big celebration day here, the day of Victory. Went for a walk in a nearby park, but the walk was really short as the storm surprised us and we had to run home (or was it already on Saturday, can't remember )).

This is what I was wearing.

Shoes and bag: Fred Perry

Other stuff: H&M I guess

(Me: looking too sporty for my taste)

Tomorrow we are going to the dacha of Alexey's family, I've never been to a dacha before so I'm quite excited!

Goth.

I went for an evening walk the other day to test drive my new heels I haven't yet worn. It was also the first day I got to wear my jeans jacket! I'm thinking of challenging myself to wear heels every day for one week, because I too often go for comfortable Converse or some other flats.


Bread. (and I look like a pale goth ))




Now I'm wishing you all a happy 1st of May and leave work to have dinner at Idiot. I love the place even though it is a bit too touristic to my taste. But they do serve very good vegetarian dishes and offer free vodka with meals :)

hiding behind the curtains

I was enjoying the afternoon sun a few days back, it was lovely.

1st of May is coming but I have no plans whatsoever. A friend of mine is coming from Finland and on Saturday there'd be an opening of the scooter season, in which my boyfriend is maybe DJ'ing. Unfortunately I don't own a scooter, so I don't know if I'll attend the event or not. But I think us non-scooterists can figure out something else, too :) My life has been so balanced and good the past three weeks that I really wouldn't want to spoil it by traditional Finnish 1st of May/Vappu celebrations (oh, but I'm in Russia, I don't have to, yay! That said, I guess you all realize I'm not a big fan of national drinking holidays...)

trailer trashing

Last weekend I spent in Finland near the border at our summer cottage. It had been hectic two weeks of working so traveling to countryside helped a bit (although I had to do some outdoor working there, as usual...). Anyways, there's a lot of interesting old stuff there, I wish I had a home I could take some of the things to.

We had some sparkling wine in the trailer (yes, our actual cottage is under construction, so we have to live in a trailer there...). Trailer and sparkling wine don't really match in my opinion :)

And just because this is supposed to be a style blog of some kind, I'll introduce a part of my lovely outfit of the weekend. Isn't it just relaxing when you don't really have to think about the way you look every now and then?

2 months vol. 2

We kind of continued our 2-month anniversary yesterday. He gave me a rose and as a Finnish girl I'm not really used to being treated like that. What a pity, to be honest. Every girl in the world should be treated with flowers every once in a while.

After all that we had a bubble bath and after that I was so ready for bed. To SLEEP, you pervs, my life is just about work these two weeks, so it's all I'm up to :)

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