What's hot right now: ICE watches at Edgars and Lamas...

This is my first entry for the month and as there is lots of excitement for the reason that summer finally arrived in Jo'burg, I always share my list of favorite things at this time ... so here is what's on my so-hot-right-now list for October:

ICE watches in so much of colour at Edgars

The first exciting news is that I purchased a new watch, and it is an ICE watch with Swarovski elements and a white silicone strap. It comes in the most gorgeous packaging and it is pink and white, just the right colours for summer. As Edgars has the brand exclusively at their stores, I got my watch from The Glen but there are other Edgars carrying it including Sandton, Eatgate, and Alberton City. Edgars The Glen is looking amazing after the revamp and I actually want to shop there now, I used to avoid it but not anymore. I'm sure there will be more stores getting the brand. The watches are priced from R1000 - R2000.

ICE watches at Edgars The Glen

My pink and white ICE watch - loves loves!

I have also had a first encounter with a real life lama, and it is on top of my list of favorite animals. I love lamas like I love pandas and pugs ... they are so cute with fluffy soft wool and the lama I met was named Snowflake! So cute my head is going to explode ... and it is actually on a company's premises that I do business with, they have this farm with lamas, ducks, peacocks, geese and bunnies! White little furry bunnies! For real, I have pics :)

I loves lamas

I was petting the lama for real real

This is Snowflake, she is so cute

This is where the company is situated, I love their offices! Look at the lamas grazing...

I thought all lamas looked like Tina, thank goodness there are cute ones like Snowflake

Look at this bird looking so hot right now in coral, all natural for summer!

Its a peacock in the middle of the road...ZOMG so awesome

As the days are getting hotter and hotter, the drinks need to get cooler and more refreshing. And nothing beats Ice green tea from Tsuyu (the Japanese owned by Taiwanese restaurant in Fourways that I told you about last time). Super refreshing and sweetened by all natural honey. I can't pronounce the name or in actual fact I can't read it but here is a pic of it below. Then there  is also frozen yogurt that hits the spot, from the self serve place called Yogoorus, it is like Wakaberry but situated in Melrose Arch with different flavours like peanut butter or plain with stevia sweetener but essentially based on the same concept.

Frozen yogurt at Yogoorus

My favorite ICE green tea right now, I can't read the label :)

Oh and I enjoy reading all the latest in my Barbie magazine with my one good eye :) It is fun goofin' around but only sometimes at work! We do have so much of fun!

Just catching up on some Barbie gossip...giirrrl what are you wearing? 

I also think that Casio old school manly fatique watches are so hot right now, am going to get one for my baby ... And bunny paper clips at Typo, well, basically all Typo's cool stationary is great but the bunny paperclips are so cute! I got them from  my new fav stationary shop, Typo at Sandton City. Oh and I am cooking a lot with prawns, with added spicyness and for some odd reason combining this with minneolas juice. Minneolas is a fruit that is orange in colour, easy to peel and well something between a naartjie and an orange. The combo does actually taste nice!

Fatique old school Casio watch

Typo my new fav stationary shop that has bunny paperclips!

Prawns with minneolas juice, it's nice!

Okay back to my Sunday eve blues, as I feel Monday stalking  me like a nasty ol' grizzly... gotta beat that b#tch of bear down tomoz!

It's that beast Monday behind me?

Have a Happy Monday
Bouf
xx

Loong weekends

So this past weekend, was a long weekend as I took Monday off along with today's public holiday and turned it into a super loong 4 day weekend spent with my Sweetheart and friends!

No nasty-ass Monday for me this week, yyeesss! Laters Monday!

It started on Friday, where my Sweetheart and me just chilled at home and caught up on some much needed sleep... Saturday turned out to be a ton of fun as we met up with our friends and their little girl at the The Shed on route 59. It is a little farmers market along the R59 it's about 20 min drive from Mulbarton, with a nursery, a craft beer stall and a waffle shed. We enjoyed some giant sized waffles in the sun and it was ages since I last had an ice cold Brauhaus'ie. It is a very cute venue decorated with rustic watering cans, farm tools and old gum boots that after their worn serve as pot plants ... we will definitely be going to the night market this week.

Love the pot plant boots decor

The Waffle Shed's giant waffles are awesome :)

You can spot the shed's green sign from the R59 highway 

On Sunday the sushi craving hit us and it hit us hard so we headed up to Fourways, and discovered this authentic Japanese restaurant, called Tsuyu. It is situated at the Pineslopes shopping centre and it has a relaxing, and calm atmosphere. We tried soft shell crab, that was amazing, a unique large tuna crunch roll, the freshest sashimi (for an inland restaurant that's not situated in a coastal city it's impressive) and I tried cold soba noodles for the first time and it rocked my world! Alas, I was enjoying the food too much that I forgot to take photo's to share. We also enjoyed some Thailand beer and we ended the evening off with green tea ice cream and deep fried vanilla ice cream. So much of deliciousness! Yes, from now on this shall be our regular sushi spot in Jozi.

Thai beer (Singha)

Tsuyu restaurant, we sat in the corner by the painting :)

On Monday, it was time to braai, although today was National Braai Day, we decided to invite our friend, Selby, over for some pizza's on the Weber and a few wines and beers...and then afterwards we went to hangout with the cool kids at Wakaberry and got ourselves some frozen yogurt. But all this eating! I know you are judging but we did go to spinning in the morning and I shall have to go to a few more classes in these coming weeks to shake the winter treats off my rear :)

Today has been a pajama day as tomorrow will be back to work Wednesday and I spent the day catching up on the latest news with my friends in Cape Town, sharing funny pics, gossip and stories of bad traffic, the weather, food, chocolate and birthday parties.

Heavy raining and hale in C Town!

My friend indulging in a serious chunk of chocolate

My friend Queenie's B day with all my C Town buddies, missing them!

I also made some new friends and tried to return to my former rockin' rollin' youth by going to a local rock concert, Joburg Day. South African musicians were playing crunchy tunes and I made some new friends!

Rockin' rollin' at Joburg Day

Hanging out with friends

My friend, Sam and me

Enough sharing, hope you had a fabulous weekend and wishing you an exciting week ahead!

Bouf
xx

A new season is here - Spring in the South!

Spring is here!

You know it is the start of the new season, when the sun rises a little earlier and sets a little later. The bite in the air on those dark mornings starts to disappear with all the layers and layers of heavy knits, stockings and Eskimo jackets... So to celebrate the new season I got my new team at work to dress in some brights and go out for after work sun downers.

Embracing the new season with bright sunnies :)

Spring means sun downers after work...

There was a birthday in the department that we celebrated fashionably, off course :)

As there is more sun to soak up, it means we can have more fun outside, where my sweetheart enjoys practicing his swing at the driving range and I can have frozen yogurt at the Wakaberry. Wakaberry is the place to be at, on a Saturday afternoon. It's a self-serve ice cream joint that plays loud music, where all the youngsters hang out and somehow looks like a night club when you drive past it.

Spring = a tub of Wakaberry...

...and a game of golf

Spring means early coffees

and early breakfasts

I hope you had a fabulous first week of Spring, and have a lazy relaxed weekend!

Bouf
x

Back in the saddle...

So it has been quite some time since I last made an entry, so many exciting things have happened: I got a new position as a watch buyer, moved to Jo'burg, discovered new places, got a new set of wheels for this urban jungle and a dishwasher ... it might seem lame but the dishwasher is sort of the best part of it! As I hate washing dishes, and the idea that I don't ever have to wash another cappuccino cup makes me the happiest puppy in the world!

Our view from our bed in our new home

Just to illustrate to you how time has passed since our last chat, have a look at how our friends' puppies have grown in just a few months' time, they are huge animals now!

Here they are just a few weeks old

And look now... the size of little lions!

I am loving watches, and my new job even though challenging... I especially like this new Guess floral watch. I would not have ever thought that I would love a Guess watch but I do and I want it at once for Summer! Summer please come already, so tired of winter now and some colour in my life.

So hot right now!

I must say staying in Mulbarton, I don't miss the dirty air of Sasolburg. I have an actual view now of greenery, hills and me and my Sweetheart are living happily in our new place. With many a braai being enjoyed at sunset braai on our big stoep. 

Our new stoepie

And lots of steak

with some delicious ribs

We have discovered a few places here such as our new favourite place to shop, Melrose Arch. It feels like V&A Waterfront and ZOMG, they have a Häagen-Dazs and a Vida e Caffe! Yay, a Vida, finally! 

Haagen-Dasz at Melrose Arch ... so much of yumbo

I always share my favourite things and lately these are kiwi's, ClemenGold mandarins from the juice to the actual fruit, Cayenne pepper, giant jalapeno's and a Spencer bear every once and a while!
We are spoilt with a fresh fruit and flower shop that is just around the corner and a cheese shop with an Italian deli...Deliciously and dangerously close by, I love cheese too much, way too much!

Kiwi's with slicer tool for free, love free stuff

Giant jalapeno's

A Spencer bear

Cayenne pepper in cute bags with scoop

ClemenGold mandarins

All my friends are sending me their baby pics and they've all become new mommies. But I will stick to havin' my puppies one day :)

Baby pics

Cute baby pics

Baby and mommy pics

Some more baby and mommy pics

I just want a baby panda

If it comes in panda then maybe this one :)

But for now I am just running from one meeting/deadline to the next, doing the best I can, learning a lot and building a strong team...and looking forward to the weekend where I can spend lazy days in the arms of my Sweetheart and make up for the time apart during the week. 

My weekends

Me on a Thursday...

Me after doing Monday figures and analyzing sales...

Until next time, have a great weekend and if in doubt, just ask yourself a simple question: "But does it come in panda?" If it does, then you know it is the right decision and you must have it at once!

x Bouf x