I am so tired. Woke up this morning in the dark to the alarming sound of pacing, which is a bad bad sign. Daisy on the floor, pacing, which she will only do when she’s upset or in pain. She was wincing, pacing and her eyes were totally dilated and stare-ey with that ‘help me please i don’t know why i hurt’ look. Most of today was spent trying to figure out what could have caused this, she went on her midnight walk last night full of energy and in good shape, alert and on the hunt for bunnies, came in and went to bed as normal. I have no idea why she’d wake up in pain. We took her to the vet and he did a blood test for pancreatitis, which came back negative. His other ‘option’ for what might be wrong is that she could have a problem with her spine, as apparently small breeds like hers are prone to such problems. She was given an anti-inflammation injection which seemed to do the trick, after a few hours she ate all her food and drank a bunch of water (well, I squirted about 6 syringes full of water into her mouth and she swallowed reluctantly). So if she gets worse tomorrow or over the weekend we’re going to have to have x-rays done to find out about the spine thing. This is why I can’t have children.

So this is the bag I bought in Japan, I don’t think I’ve ever bought anything that I love as much! It’s made of super soft leather with a very light antique-y gold/coppery shimmer, with cutout leather shapes riveted to the bag. On the handle was swinging a little white leather bird, which can be slipped inside the cage. Inside it’s lined in beige satin with little stars all over. The shop I found it in was the tiniest, sweetest place. The shopowner could only accept Japanese credit cards (and did not speak any english, so it took  awhile to figure out how much it cost!) so Stuart and I walked ages to find an atm that would work with our cards, and by the time we walked back she had somehow managed to translate into english a little handwritten card that said something like ‘ Thank you so much for purchasing my friend’s bag, this is the first she has sold here and we are so happy to meet you.’ I am so dying to go back to Japan.

What happened to March?! Seriously, I don’t know where the month went, I am really just catching up from my holiday which ended at the beginning of the month. I caught a lovely post-holiday cold, spent ages organising my office/studio, and started work on new bridal pieces… and now it’s April. And I turned 29 last week. Not entirely sure how I feel about that.  I cannot even fathom how I went from 19 to 29 in the blink of an eye. Stuart took me out to dinner at our favorite chinese restaurant (Kweilan- this is seriously the best restaurant period in town), I ate HALF A DUCK, by myself. I wore seriously awesome 4 inch wedge heels and could barely walk, so we went home and had ice cream and cake. I wish I’d posted about our holiday earlier, because in my goldfish brain I’ve already sort of forgotten most of what went on. Highlights- Japan, we went to Osaka & Hiroshima. This was my first visit to Japan, despite being one hundred percent Japanese, it was great. I bought a fabulous leather bag and a soft cuddly bear. That was all I bought pretty much the whole time, aside from a few small things at the outdoor markets. Seoul & Busan were insanely cold, as in much colder even than Scotland. In China we went to Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai & Hong Kong. I’m really not used to the hecticness of the places we went to, but it was really interesting and I had a great time. We walked up to the Great Wall, and did all the touristy things in Beijing, saw an AMAZING acrobatic show in Shanghai… here are a few pics from the trip-