Coco Before Chanel

So chic! Even the nuns and the dormitory in the convent looked so stylish! Will kill for the white Chanel Camellia Brooch! Will do anything for the black one too!

Roma

Moonlighting

This place is like a dream come through for me. The setting, the location, the size, the list goes on... well accept that it's not mine. For now, I can only sit at my desk everyday looking forward to every weekend coming. This made me more determine than ever. One step at a time... I'll get there!

Knight Rider 2010

Passed my theory test a month ago. Had never been so anxious for a while. It was like receiving my uni exam results.

Been driving on the road for the last 6 weeks. Agonising to start but I'm much more confident now. Driving on London roads doesn't help at all and still have those butterflies in my stomach before every lessons. I remember coming back home to D from my first couple of lessons and was screaming and shouting "I'm not going back and you can't make me!" "You will go back and I can make you!" "And if you pass your test the first time, there will be a reward." "Really? Ok... what reward though?!"

Now I'm half way through my lessons (well I hope), and yesterday Tony my instructor said to me "You can sure drive but you need to learn to drive and THINK like a driver now."

WTF?! Can someone please tell me what co#k is Tony talking about?!

Property Snakes And Ladders

I had always thought house hunting is fun. All those evenings spent watching all the home shows on telly... there are definitely ups and downs in those series but surely it's not that difficult?!

We started our search about 3 weeks ago. Have so far seen 14 places, had fell in love with 3 (Lost them because we refuse to pay premium for more than their worth) and currently working on getting a mortgage for a self build unit (really cool! It's in a warehouse / commercial building conversion close to London Bridge at the end of Bermondsey Street. Really cool area with loads of funky cafes, bars, restaurants and shops. It's an empty shell and basically you design the whole place yourself). Fingers Crossed!

I've never thought there were so many different clauses for financing a property purchase (well I supposed in this current climate they have to). Whether it's a new build, old period property, with chain or chain free, ready made apartments or empty shell? The list goes on...

And I've not even come to dealing with real estate agents yet! They are like foxes! You almost have to double guess each time they say something. Are they telling you the truth or it's a bluff?!

I have to say we are getting better as we go along. We're constantly learning something new each day with the property market. At least we know the area we want to be and the style & size of the place we like. Already there were a few flare ups but all in good nature. We're still smiling but please let us find our dream home soon!