Story Corner

I have a story to tell you.

One weekend Bub and Beau went off to London.
They went to a birthday party for his cousin
his cool, successful cousin,
who he adores and gets on with like a house on fire.

I was naturally terrified.
In a pub we stood and chatted with directors and Elle girls
the girls were nowhere near as scary as I thought.

Then we went back to a little old flat
south of the river
sat on a sofa and watched the in-laws get merry.

An Irishman going by the name of Rory
came to talk to us
asked as all the normal questions:

What're you doing with your lives?
Where are you going to university? etc...

But then a question came out of the blue

How'd you guys meet? You gonna stay together? You gotta stay together.

And Rory explained that despite certain first night antics with his girlfriend
(context: Bub doesn't remember when we met)
they've been together 9 years
and are still going strong.

As a result I've kinda got hope.

It feels rather lovely.

Not to mention Rory then had to dash off
to perform the fiddle - it was as awesome as it sounds.


With Love, Beau xx

Visage

Oh why oh why

can I not make a normal face in a picture?
Poor Bubs!

Do you guys choose normal faces or weird ones?

With Love, Beau xx

Crazy Little Thing

I'm only happy when the people around me are happy

it's like mood-based SAD,
therefore at the moment I am very happy.
Why? Because all my very best friends are all loved up.

B found her opposite B.
They're slowly admitting what their relationship actually is,
how they feel,
and how much they really rather like each other.
They truly have that sickeningly sweet first love thing going on.

(I didn't realise how awesome this picture was till B requested I put it in. They match in their oddball-ness - it's just all cute)

Then there's Campbell and Gooch,
both people I adore,
both people who are perfect for each other,
and they make each other very very happy smiley.
They're learning to cushion the bumps of lil arguments
that I'd forgotten were ever an issue.

(stolen from B - don't they have eerily similar expressions?!)

Finally, CB found the only guy
that has yet made her consider marriage and babies.
Trust me that's a revelation,
and Mr Greg has turned into her obsession.

But Bub and I are still the original and the best
at least to my thinking ;)

Don't you guys just love a bit of love?

With Love (too many uses of that word I know!), Beau xx

Christmas

4 gifts to do with sleeping

(hint much)
a new pair of my favourite sneakers
ashamedly twilight themed gifts - legacy of twinny and big sis
and lots and lots of books.

I realised it was the last Christmas where I wouldn't be a visitor
and that felt good.

With Love, Beau xx

p.s. we learnt that Albie and Benny struggle to keep secrets...
on them it's just cute.

White Wedding

On the 19th December of the year 2009

my fabulous momma
got married
to graz. or pops. or hammy bear. (he's adored by kids and step-kids alike as you can see)

It really was
the happiest place on Earth.
Plus it was a white wedding = perfection.

my sister suprised my mom with flowers

the 'Brigby' family

With Love, Beau xx

Clear Out

So I figured it was time
to stop drawing out the inevitable
that I would have to stop posting about
France
and make many many more memories.

These are the pretty little pictures
taken at pretty little moments
throughout our trip
to bubs homeland.

Pas-de-Calais we love you.

With Love, Beau xx

Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

A walk along the coast

Boats, cafes and coffee
Hand in hand
sun and smiles

Picture Perfect really.

With Love, Beau xx

"Oh mother I thank you, for all that you've done and still do"

My siblings and I committed the ultimate sin:

we forgot my mother's birthday

it has to be small because I'm so ashamed.
My defence is at least I knew the date (my sibs didn't).

So, anyways to make it up we had to do something beautiful
and the meal pictured below was the result of that.
Candlelight can right even the worst of wrongs.

Menu:
Leek and Potato Soup
Salmon En Croute
Wimbledon Cake

(I made the kitsch little cake. isn't it adorable?!)

With Love, Beau xx

Paris-a-la-plage

Le Touquet

Sun, Sea, Shopping
My Memories
'It will feel like you've been before'
'It feels like ghosts walk the streets'

oh and you'll never have felt more in love

(those little silvery bits? they're fish!)

These memories are the most precious of things.
More Soon.

With Love, Beau xx

French Kiss

Guess what?

we leave for Paris By The Sea (or some such)
in 5 days
and no one's ever been as excited
to play house with someone
as I am.

With Love, Beau xx

3, 2, 1

These pictures make me very happy

But they took a long time.
We tried taking them ourselves.
Then Ali took them.
'Oops I blinked' became the phrase of the day.
We ended up resorting to America's next top model techniques.
But because of all those things,
these pictures ended up far more special,
than they ever could have been otherwise.

With Love, Beau xx

"Take the chapstick, put it on your lips"

Bub

helps me make
infinite moments
like this

(Millymoo and B helped too of course)

With Love, Beau xx

C'est la folie

Nights like these.
These songs.
These looks.
These moments.
Are why I want to make my life with you.

And these people.
Like your Uncle T.
Make me want to make that life in Paris.
C'est la vie. C'est la folie.

With Love, Beau xx

PS - c'est la folie because it is true madness that two misfits like us got to meet now.