Shopping and wandering

I wandered up to Camden yesterday, which is one of my favourite places to go shopping, but does lack a proper Lolita shop, which always frustrates me - there's so much there which is *almost* the right thing, but not quite. V. annoying. Still, it's nice to wander about, soak up the atmosphere, browse the very nice corsets, dresses and skirts which are still lovely. A nice relaxing place. Online shopping/browsing isn't quite the same, though I recently discovered fanplusfriend.com, to add to my list of nice Lolita shopping sites - must compose a Christmas list :)

CazaDolly

So Still, So Mad

Second Life is a wonderful place, and so odd, what it makes you do - I'm sitting, locked in a box, unable to move, speak, IM, see names or change clothes, but happy, just to sit and wait for my Master to appear, if indeed he will. He is my Master, ruler over me, has absolute control over my body and mind in SL, and over my RL mind where that is projected into SL, like now. My blog is an extension of that - it is now his command which causes me to write it everyday... well, OK, I've missed a few. And his which causes me to sit still on my sofa, watching, waiting for him to appear, having the limited interaction with other that I can, but still thoroughly enjoying myself.

Very odd, that such enjoyment could come from such little action, but the mind is a wonderful thing...

Oh, and really working on being brainwashed by the hypnosis in my box... that is my reading while I'm on, and not being distracted. But that also goes into my RL mind, gets under my skin, feeds my dreams of being a doll, displayed, used...

CazaDolly

Home at at last

I'm home - tired, sad, but glad I went - lot of family there... like everyone says, must get to meet them more outside funerals and weddings, but good to see them anyways.

The service itself was quite emotional - sometimes these things don't hit you until the actual day, but it really did - though my Uncle and I weren't particularly close, seeing my cousins and my Mum trying to speak about him...

Makes you want to grasp life with both hands and make the most of it!


xoxo

CazaDolly

Travelling...

OK, so I tried to get everything I needed into a small case, but it didn't work - but then I needed to take a sleeping bag, towel, shoes etc. I flew to NYC over the summer with less luggage than this! Still, it wasn't a major problem - just a bigger case.

The train was quite relaxing really - first one wasn't completely full, the second was only an hour's journey so it didn't really matter too much being squished into a window seat. And then I arrived, met by an aunt who I've not seem for ages, onto to see my Mum and cousins and more Aunts and Uncles and second cousins and other family friends.

Cold house, until we worked out the heating, Italian food, which was gorgeous, and now sittng, writing a lil bit, thinking bed might be good soon - early night tonight - need to be refreshed for tomorrow.

CazaDolly

Yesterday...

Now I'm a lil bit more awake, I should write some more about what we did yesterday, since I was quite terse in my last post.

The weather looked good, and we had a 2 for 1 voucher, so GF and I headed for Kew Gardens. I love to wander around places like that, looking for hidden unexplored corners and interesting places. It was the first time I was at Kew (which is the Royal Botanical Gardens, for those who don't know, West London, just next to the Thames).

The highlight was probably the tree top platform they have installed which takes you up to the very highest part of the trees and lets you wander round, gazing out as if you were a bird, perched in the high branches. A fascinating point of view to have:

Another highlight was Queen Charlotte's summer house, which was tucked away in a corner of the gardens - although it was closed: I guess it was closed for the winter, or only open sometimes, just seeing it there, and imagining the Queen and her ladies, dressed in their finest gowns, entertaining at a garden party, or some other occasion. It would have been quite a sight.

Coffee, cake and a gift shop later, and we headed for Westfield for a wander and bite to eat, then home, exhausted, probably from too much fresh air.

Today I don't have the bike, so a nice and early corseted waist - 6:30am start, nice posture on the train, need Starbucks!

Day Out!

Today, I took a day off work, and went, with my GF, to Kew Gardens, which is West London.

Its the first time I've been there, and it was wonderful! amazing - great weather, and such lovely gardens, full of weird and wonderful things

But exhausted, so this will be short and sweet ;)

xoxo

CazaDolly

Missing...

Well, I have to apologise to my readers, as I've not blogged for the past few days when I said I'd be commited to write every day. I have no real excuse - I could make one up about being tired, but really I should be honest, and know that I should have written something at least.

So, I'm back on the train for another wet and dismal Monday morning - the clocks changed over the weekend, so it is a lil bit lighter in the morning, but not by much: it was still dark when my alarm dragged me into consciousness this morning, and I wasn't up quite early enough to catch the early train. Stood on cold platform for 15 mins waiting for the next one.

And now I think I'll do some actual fiction writing - I've started a couple of thing