Last weekend Tom and I went on a very surreal trip to Portobello Beach. The town is very stuck in the past, but it was still bustling with gamblers, sun bathers and sightseers none the less.

First up we found an amazing sweet shop that sold all kind of sweet by the quarter and had lots of old candy from way back, they even had penny sweet pic n' mixes. So, we got a quarter of toasted tea cakes and jelly buttons and then headed down to the beach.

We gambled away our money in fun pArk and won big on the 2p machines. I won on my first shot and then proceeded to win about 20p and then lose all but 2p of it. I left no worse off but had lots of fun though. Afterwards we went to buy some Portobello rock, but left the shop only to discover it was Holiday Rock with a sticker saying Portobello Beach on the packaging, we got scammed. I did manage to buy a mini water pistol to fill with vodka!

Later on we headed back to Edinburgh and to the Cameo where we bumped in to Justin from design duo, Colin & Justin in the bar. Afterwards we went to see Son Of Rambo and met up with Calum (zootm on CO&K) for drinks - Happy Birthday, Mr Leslie! I really want to go back to Portobello beach now.

My how-to for Bottle Cap Stampers is in Issue 4 of Pack Rat Magazine, check it out!

Making envelopes is my new addiction. I just can't help myself, I think I've made about 30 in the past week, including a really cool converse one. I cut out a converse ad from a magazine, lined it with converse tissue paper from an old shoe box and then punched two mini eyelets in to the bottom.

I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow in a fancy salon, so I can't wait to see how it turns out. My aim for this week was to find the perfect haircut and get it *fingers crossed*.

This week has been loads of fun. The weather's been gorgeous over the past couple of days and it really feels like summer is on it's way, so we've been going out loads. Almost the entire Pout cosmetic range arrived for me in the post the other day. Pout are / were my dream make-up company, so I was sad to find out that they had went out of business. So glad I got it all.

Hurrah! We've reached 5000 members here on CO+K, not bad for just over 4 months.

Last night Tom and I celebrated with a bottle of Pink Champagne. We also watched Hallam Foe, which is an awesome movie set on the rooftops of Edinburgh - I miss that place :*(

My organization week went really well. It's maybe not a very good resolution to say 'I will be organized', because I think it's impossible to always stay organized, but I did pretty well at staying organized for the week at least. I feel it's good to recognize your behavior and then create little rules for yourself.

For example, I always have a full inbox when I get out of bed in the morning and because I'm still sleepy, I sift through them without really reading them and then forget to answer them later. So to fix that, I've set myself a little rule of no-reading email (unless it looks urgent) until around lunchtime, when I'll be able to take everything in fully and reply to everyone.

I made a couple of purchases to help myself stay more organized in the future. The first is a book called The Organized Life by Stephanie Denton. From what I have read, it seems like a really good book and it has loads of useful tips. I have a bad habit of starting a book and never getting to the end, so it's my top to-do for the week. The second purchase was the second series of Perfect Housewife by Anthea Turner. There's something about seeing how terribly messy other people's homes are that makes me feel fantastic and finish tidying my own!

I shall tell you about this weeks New Me Resolution tomorrow...

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you're all munching on adequate amounts of chocolate eggs. For the past few years I've requested craft supplies rather than chocolate, it's healthier and more helpful. This year I got an awesome heat-gun!

My sleep correction week has went very well, I get sleepy at bed time now and I'm always up in the morning. I shall hopefully continue this pattern for the coming week. I think my New-Me-Resolution
(I've picked that up from Cassie in Skins) this week shall be to keep the flat neat and tidy up after myself. We have a flat inspection at some point this week so it works in well. I'm so happy it's a bank holiday tomorrow, so I can get super tidy!

Highlights of last week included Miq's craft party, where I needle-felted a cutesy brooch, taking photos of the Rifles (lowlights of that evening included two drinks costing £10 and being surrounded by annoying gig-kids) and going back to Fife for a couple of days.

Yay, Day 1 was successful. I went to bed before midnight last night and I was up at 8.30 this morning, without feeling awful!

Yesterday I went to the Chinese supermarket to buy a cute and colourful can to make a Soda Can Ashtray (to hold my jewelry, I don't smoke), but they'd replaced all the awesome imported drinks with boring old Coca Cola and Sprite :(. I did buy a pack of pocky sticks though and Tom and I munched them in the cinema while pretending to be Pucca and Garu.

The film we went to see was My Blueberry Nights. It was Norah Jones' first film role and she wasn't that bad considering she was the lead. It was a bit of an odd film though - like an America production shot to feel low-budget European, but I think it may have been a Chinese funded film?! I'm not entirely sure.

I spent today listening to crafty podcasts and working on the site, it was very relaxing. It's St. Patrick's Day today and I want to make a vegetarian friendly Irish Stew for dinner, so Tom's went on the hunt for beef-style quorn pieces. Either way, we'll be making lots of odd Irish cocktails to celebrate. Have a very happy drunken day wherever you are!

My how-to for Rosy Lip Tint is in Issue 9 of Who's Jack Zine.

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Using the past as an example, I've always been a lot more pro-active and adventurous when I had to blog everyday, so I really really really will try to blog more. It probably wont be every day, but even if it's only once a week, then that's better than nothing.

I'm usually so terrible at making changes in my life and then sticking to them, but for the whole of 2008, I've been vegetarian. I started to realize how much I loved animals late last year and I'd always wanted to go vegetarian again (I use to be when I was younger), so I made it my New Year's resolution not to eat meat and I'm so proud that I've actually stuck to it!

My second resolution for this year is to have a regular go-to-bed-and-then-get-up-at time. It was World Sleep Day on the 14th, so it's quite fitting. I'm thinking up by 10.30 am at the latest and bed before 2 am (except on special occasions) - does anyone else have strict rules like this? I've always had huge problems with sleep, I can't fall asleep at bedtime and then I'm so weak and tired in the morning. Any tips that people could give me would be highly appreciated this week. I'm going to start my new bedtime tonight, but I'm kind of cheating by having not slept last night and then staying up all today so that I'll be super tired at bed time (we'll just keep that a secret).

Bye bye for now! *yawn*

I have some episodes of the new L Word series to watch, a box of sushi and a huge selection of drinks to pick from. Yay!

I'm going to blog more. If anyone else wants a blog, just ask me.