Scottish Word of the Week #5

Boak/boke

n. a retch/vomiting fit

v. to retch or vomit

Origins of usage:

[Middle English bolken; related to belch, German bölken to roar]

"I cannae look any longer. Yer givin' me the boak."

"I'm gonna boak if I drink any more."

Scottish Word of the Week #4

(for last week)

Messages

n. slang- groceries, shopping, bits and pieces

Origins of usage:

[Old Scottish term for your shopping list, now used for your bags or a grocery shop.]

"Aye, I'm just away down to Scotmid for me messages."

Week Twenty-Five

More Hipstamatic. I assure you I do use my proper camera, it's just not with me very often these days, and a daily shot is so much easier with the iPhone.

More outfit shots coming soon, too. I've been taking them, but haven't put them on the laptop quite yet.

Sunday

Bunny! Hard to see but it's there, centre frame.

Monday

Hot. Bought ice lollies. 'Nuff said.

Tuesday

I love this scrap yard sign.

Wednesday

Walking home.

Thursday

Up over the canal.

Friday

Waiting for a lift to go out for drinks.

Saturday

A nice street in Marchmont: on my way home from a Bar Mitzvah service.

and...

Waiting outside on Friday night. I love this soft blazer, but it's hard to keep the lapels down properly.

Week Twenty-Four

Um, oops. Here they are. I suck. And they're all Hipstamatic this week. Live with it.

Sunday

Dinner at Ann's.

Monday

Paperwork for Payroll. Blech.

Tuesday

Nearly home (far corner).

Wednesday

Work work work.

Thursday

My screensaver is the win.

Friday

Girls night at Sarah's: tomato plants in front of the window.

Saturday

Jack sulks under the table.

and...

French braid girl. I look so much like my 9-year-old niece here, it's scary.

June 7th-10th

Carrying on my catch-up so I can go back to posting daily.

June 7th was a little cooler.

Top: Valley girl!, New Zealand, 2007.

Skirt: Uni Qlo, London, 2009.

Boots: Canada sales store, Victoria BC, 2009.

June 8th and 9th I was sick in bed with maybestrep which turned out to be sorethroatthing. I didn't really get changed for 2 days, which is gross I know, but hey, sickness.

Football top: Wellington Phoenix (Dave's).

June 10th (today) I was back to work and made no effort at all.

Top: Pagani, New Zealand, 2007.

Trousers: H&M, Edinburgh, 2009.

Heels: NEXT, Edinburgh, 2009.

June 3rd-6th: What I'm Wearing

June 3rd was what I call my "FCUK catalogue outfit".

Dress and jacket: FCUK, David Jones Australia 2010.

Boots: Canada sales store, Victoria BC, 2009.

June 4th was another sunny day.

Dress: Urban Outfitters, New York, 2006.

Jacket: FCUK, David Jones Australia, 2010.

Heels: NEXT, Edinburgh, 2009.

June 5th I went to meet a photographer in Bruntsfield. This photo is a cheat one, taken on a later date when the clothes and myself had dried completely after my drenching on the day.

Sparkly strap singlet: Lippy, New Zealand, 2008.

Skinny jeans: Just Jeans, New Zealand, 2009.

Jacket: FCUK, David Jones Australia, 2010. (hmm a pattern here..)

June 6th was a lazy Sunday.

Jeans: Lucky, San Francisco, 2008.

Hoodie: Target, Australia, 2010.

Scottish Word of the Week #3

I'm putting these two terms in one post, as they are so commonly used together...

Ken

v. slang, to know/recognise/have knowledge of, "know what I mean?"

Origins of usage:

[Old English cennan; related to Old Norse kenna to perceive, Old High German kennen to make known]

Hen

n. woman/girl

Origins of usage:

[Hen as slang for "woman" dates from 1620s; hence hen party "gathering of women,"

first recorded 1887].

Examples:

"I dinnae ken what yer sayin', hen!"

"Need a bag, hen?"

"It's no' my problem, but I help anyway, ken?"

Week Twenty-Three

Lots of pictures of me this week, but I didn't even realise until now.

Sunday

Lunch at the greasy spoon to curb our hangovers.

Monday

Mmmmm haggis in a can. Sounds like fun.

Tuesday

Paul sets up for Acoustic Edinburgh.

Wednesday

On my way to look at a prospective new home for us.

Thursday

Chillin.

Friday

Hello, sunshine. It's been pretty nice weather lately. Apart from...

Saturday

Absolutely soaked through (to my underwear) after a freak rainstorm.

and...

Having my first gig in Edinburgh made me feel just a little bit like a rockstar.

Scottish Word of the Week #2

Close

adjective

- humid, stifling, muggy, 'a close room'

Origins of usage: possibly from 'being close to having no air', no other explanation can be found!

"Bloody hell it's close, I'm sweatin' me baws off."

♥

Kat

June 2nd - What I'm Wearing

Man, I don't feel great today. Exhaustion is a bitch.

Top: Uni Qlo, London, 2009.

Jeans: Lucky, San Francisco, 2006.

Dress: Product, purchased at Lippy, New Zealand, 2008.

Orange dress suited well for work, but after I just wanted to chill/grocery shop in my tee and jeans. The photo is awfully Calvin Klein model (and blurry!), which was not actually intentional, but hey. Whatevs.

Dinner then sleep tonight!

Summer 2010 - What I'm Wearing.

Today was the first day of Summer 2010 - What I'm Wearing.

Top: Uni Qlo, London, 2009.

'Star' dress: H&M, London, 2008.

Leggings: Uni Qlo, London, 2009.

For the season, I'll be posting my outfit choices for work/play. Unfortunately, summer hasn't quite arrived here in Edinburgh just yet. I wore this outfit for my first UK live performance at Acoustic Edinburgh.

Week Twenty-Two

Sunday

Chillin in the Princes St. Gardens. Note that all of these people (including ourselves) are within a large area that is cordoned off with signs: "Keep off the grass". On a 24 degree day in Edinburgh? Yeah right.

Monday

My journal is improved with sticker photos from my new Polaroid Pogo photo printer.

Tuesday

Dave made us an amazing salad for dinner with some garlic/herb bread.. (don't worry, I followed it up with Haagen-Dazs).

Wednesday

Reading a Lost recap on my lunch break (trying to figure out what the fuss is about). Television Without Pity = often more fun than watching the show itself.

Thursday

Glasgow BNL tickets arrived! Now it's time to get excited about it.

Friday

My FCUK dress. Along with the jacket it's leading me to a new label obsession.

Saturday

Waiting for the bus to go in for Paul's birthday drinks. Note: this was nearly 10pm. By the time I got into the club, then into another bar, the sun was only just setting. This is how summer here can be awesome and yet very bizarre.

and...

Any colour I had in Australia is loooooong gone.