Fun Pix Fridays #31

So, um… Hi

This is a post about beautiful men.  Because I did promise one.  Apologies to any male readers (though who am I kidding?)

Let’s get all girly.

Here are some of the things that I find very attractive:  a sense of humour;  excessive facial hair;  the whitest teeth;  tattoos;  accents; old-fashioned gentlemanly gestures; working-man’s hands (forearms are very attractive to me too- is that weird?);  men reading in public places (something other than The Daily Mail);  sleepy/ squinty eyes;  three-piece suits, worn well; tennis-players;  the ability to get along with my parents;  back muscles;  men who can cook;  furrowed brows;  good taste in music;  dreadlocks,  decisive-types;  sustained eye contact;  white starched shirts;  musicians;  impeccable manners;  gravelly voices;  moustaches…

Please don’t ask me to explain the things that contradict each other.

What do you look for in a man?

The Evolution of Cheerleaders

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All images via Retronaut

The Bigger Picture

It’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day stuff.  In the middle of all the little things today (‘Did I pay that bill?’, ‘Can I wear socks with this?’, ‘Is there milk in the fridge’, ‘I must remember to send that email’...), I paused and read this:

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Animal butt magnets

The Corkcicle white wine chiller

Faucet fountain

Clever book-ends

Cheeky ice-cream safe

Icon stationery for hand-written letters

Ivy bike-lock

Light switch and wristwatch post-its

Spoonachos (for easy salsa-scooping)

Tissue box cover

P.s. More ingenious stuff here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (and on pinterest).

Best of… August 12

I should just entitle these posts Best of Sincerely Jules…the obsession continues…

via Sincerely Jules

…but then I wouldn’t be able to tell you about awesome new blog finds like We Wore What (Thank you Marta for the tip!)…

via We Wore What

…or old favourites like Fashion Toast!  And I reeeeally wanted to tell you about this handkerchief skirt Rumi is wearing by Balmain and how my life would be more complete if this skirt were in it.  

via Fashion Toast, Express-o and Cocogroove

Skull pendants, leather and lace call my name.

via Modern Hepburn

So do redheads wearing red.  Red shoes, red nails, red lips.  Do it- if you’re a redhead, wear red.  It works. 

(Sort of) related: Last weekend, we watched one of my all-time favourite movies, Chocolat.  The main character, Vianne (played by Juliette Binoche) wears red shoes throughout.  When her daughter, Anouk, is struggling to fit in and make friends in a very conservative French village, she demands Why can’t you wear black shoes like the other mothers? I love that!

via Hanelli and Because I’m Addicted

Sexy backs and midriffs for the last little bit of Summer. 

No handsome men this time I’m afraid- sorry to disappoint- but I’ll do a post all about handsome men soon to make up for it (that’s my own form of teaser-advertising).

(More on pinterest)

Reading Material

I’m so glad to be finished with 50 Shades of Grey.  Honestly, the worst-written book I have ever read! You did warn me!

I should have just listened to a recording of it, Gilbert Gottfried style:

I’m still laughing at this!