Twinsies!

We all have someone we identify with. For most of the girls my age/generation it's Jess from New Girl or Hannah from Girls. For me, it's Minday Kaling or Mindy Lahiri from The Mindy Project. I've already expressed my love for the show over here. But now it's become something else.

This isn't just someone I identify with. She is someone who I think actually stole my eprsonality, issues and occasional dress sense.

I present my case below.

1. Weight

I am not skinny. I will never be skinny. I have accepted my body weight and shape. I am curvy and you know what some boys like it. Also when I diet, it's to lose weight and make sure my heart is healthy and I don't die and not because I want to be skin and bones. Although I would kill for an inner-thigh gap.

2. Why I'm Going To Hell

Caring about the environment is the worse. I really want to but am super lazy. So I try in my own ways like always using a material shopping bag and recycling when I remember. I want to care but it's so hard. Gossip. I'm not even going to explain why it rocks. It just does!

3.  My Thoughts On Self-Discovery

I'm all about the eating and loving bits. The other stuff just sounds like too much work.

4. My Love Life

Everyone is coupling up and I get dirty texts from weirdos late at night and hang out with gay guys. I am basically the best friend in every romcom and am there for advice (which I am good for) and laughs (which I am super good for. Urggghhhh!

5. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL

I'm not saying they *stole* my life but the evidence is pretty self-explantory.

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Images from here, and here.

My Life in Gifs Part Cinq

The day after I exercised for the first time in months 

Why I haven’t gone out clubbing in a while 

When I’ve had a bad day and car guards/construction workers/the homeless guy near my complex hits on me

 

When I get a text message after 22h00 asking if I “wanna hang” 

The most serious relationship I have ever had  

Watching The Help when I have PMS 

How I act when my crush messages me

How I really am when my crush messages me

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Images from here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Dear Future Boyfriend Part Thirteen

There are some things I’m not willing to compromise on. These things include lying, cheating, murdering, listening to Simply Red and stealing. I wish this was where my dealbreakers end. Sadly we all know I have some issues so it’s a long list. These are separated into various categories. Some I will deny their very existence (like sport shirts on any day other than match day) while others will lead me to try and not lose my cool but slowly make me resent you and the life we lead together. Sexy isn’t it. But I suppose if you are the one and all that nonsense I will live with these quirks as long as you don’t do any of the serious ones above and also can deal with me side-eying you for all eternity. Love ya!

In no particular order these are things/qualities/attributes I would rather you not possess. Do your best and play along:

Be mean to wait staff

Pick your nose in public (I wish I could say ever but baby steps)

Throw a cigarette butt out the window

Be a vegan (Vegetarian I can handle, vegans are so smug)

Not like sports

Make fun of my singing (I know I am tone deaf, I know I cannot hold a tune, I know I sound terrible but I love it)

Take off your shoes in a public place (by public I mean shopping centres, movie theatres, restaurants. Beaches, parks and most outdoors places are okay)

Sign off your mails with “Ciao”. Even worse spell it “Chow”

Try and pronounce quesadillas in a Mexican accent

Preferring the American version of The Office over the British version

  

Give away TV, book and movie spoilers

Need to hold my hand all the time

Not have a favourite Beatles song

Have no kissing skills

Do not celebrate Christmas

Not eat bacon

Say you don’t cook/clean because that’s woman’s work

Be a coffee snob

Not be prepared to do a karaoke duet of A Whole New World

Keep correcting me when I pronounce quinoa as “keenwa”. I know what I’m saying mofo

Understand if Henry Cavil ever comes a-knocking it’s gonna happen. And by it I mean lots of adult stuff

Not drink (you *will* judge me)

Be weird around gay guys (trust me they’re not into you)

Not give me shit about not liking avocados (they are weird and have no taste)

Don’t watch series and/or movies about superheroes or medieval times as you prefer “real stories”. Bitch please

Doesn’t read this blog ;)

Now come on and date me!

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Bean There

Here’s the honest truth: I want to be a good girl but I’m too lazy. Let me explain.

I want to help people and make a difference even if it’s a small one. But I don’t like to work too hard. This is my same philosophy when it comes to the gym and losing weight. Which explains a lot about my current waist circumference. So I do want to do things but the actual “doing them” is the problem like the time I volunteered for a soup kitchen and hated every minute of it. I’d much prefer to give money and buy The Big Issue which is what I do these days.

  

 

So in keeping with that attitude I thought our next Coffee Club visit should be at Bean There. If you don’t know what they do, they are a Fairtrade company and coffee shop. All the sourced coffee beans are certified Fairtrade which means all the actual peeps involved with the planting, growing and producing of the beans are paid what they rightly deserve. So you feel like doing a mini-airpunch when you get your latte and shouting “We are the 99%” nonsense.

Back to the coffee shop, the interior is bright and lovely. There are several places to sit from the cosy couches, corner nooks and proper tables and chairs. There is one of giant coffee grinder machines and you can see which beans are being used. As a coffee addict I wanted to dive in to those beans. They looks so good. On the other side of the shop is a massive wall full of coffee products and merchandise you can buy.

 

Now we use Bean There’s coffee at work for our machines so I’ve always known it was tasty and delicious. Having a latte there is a whole other experience. It had just the right amount of foam, was smooth and tasty and I think I finished it in one gulp. It was that good. I think it was my second best latte of my life. The first spot being held by that one time at Yours Truly. The staff were also very friendly and nice and have some super coffee art skills. Apparently there are some snacks like muffins and cupcakes available but we didn’t get a chance to try them.

 If you’re looking for a little spot to just take a break and relax – while doing something good – this is the place for you.

Bean There

58 Wale Street

Cape Town

07h30 – 16h00

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Field Office

When it's a cold and wet Friday and staying in bed is not an option, going out for a coffee and a pastry is the next best thing.

After a long break, coffee-club is back and we visited The Field Office in the Fringe District.

You know those scenes in TV shows where the quirky single gal with a huge appetite and petite thighs spends her days tapping away at her Macbook and sipping a coffee while pondering the existence of any good men? While if those shows ever needed a perfect backdrop - and were filmed in Cape Town - this is it.

The Field Office as the name gives it away was created as an inspiring meeting point, a office without all the usual dramas, a quiet place to work or just a comfy place to be.

It's certainly that as you can either work as I saw some peeps doing, you can meet friends or you can just sip your coffee and watch the city. It's in the Fringe District so you just know it's bursting with creativity and cool people.

The other side of the cafe is a kind of showroom for Pedersen + Lennard furniture. The kind of pretty stuff I could never afford or never buy because I just know I'll mess it up.

The coffees were amazing and the pastries even more so. It's a large space so you can really just do your thang and not worry about anyone else. Also they have free WiFi. So if you wanna browse Facebook, er work really hard, you can.

If you're in the hood, check it out.

Field Office
37 Barrack Street
07h00 - 16h00

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