Grrrrrr and YAYYYYYYYYYYY!

Simultaneously feeling both grrr and yay today... It's annoying me that I am still without internet, because I find it very difficult to open up and write candidly when I'm sitting in a busy cafe with my laptop on my.. well.. lap. It's been a busy week that feels like a month. A week of settling in, unpacking and trying to find myself here in Bristol. It's the first time that I really find myself in a city not a student, and as I live in a largely university area chockablock full of students, I can't help but feeling jealous and feeling a tug on my heartstrings, missing school and being an academic. Milo's been busy at his music uni pretty much everyday with homework on the weekend, so I've been left to my own devices. I spent a few days wallowing in uncharacteristic self-pity thinking that Bristol has nothing here for me and wondering what I am actually doing here. But I'm happy to report that's all in the past, I've moved on and am now starting with a self confidence of "if you want something done, you have to do it yourself"... I'm stressed because I'm such a social person and I don't actually have any friends here, so I put an add up on gumtree here and here, in the hopes of meeting a few nice girls to spend some time with, drink tea and maybe share some creativity. I'm not sure where to start exactly with this update, since I have so much to talk about, especially my thoughts on Bristol after my first week here. So far I'm loving Bristol and all it has to offer, it's a young and vibrant city, distilling the best that London has to offer with a more manageable scale. I'm finding the people to be friendly and open and the city itself is stylistically interesting and beautiful. Bristol is a maze of hills and valleys and affords some really spectacular views, particularly in the area (Clifton) where I'm living. Over the weekend Milo and I walked to Clifton Village, which is about a 10minute walk, where there are cute little boutique-y shops, antique stores, listed buildings and a suspension bridge that over looks an amazing gorge and a green landscape beyond. On Sunday, we took advantage of amazing weather and went to the seaside (only a 25 minute drive away!)

I'm still planning on updating my etsy and folksy shops this weekend, with lots of new goodies that I've been working on and am hoping to do a freebie giveaway contest on Monday :o) I've been feeling so inspired here in Bristol, from the shapes, sounds, wall murals and art, fashion, and the bustling busyness of it all... and finally having a large desk certainly helps!

I'll give a few previews of what I've been working on and what will be available this weekend.

xo Nikki