08.09.13 | ALMOST 34

1. I love a good coffee (although I'm more obsessed with tea, green with raspberry if you're making) and what better way to make it than in one of these Pantone Espresso Makers. Coming to the UK soon, hurrah!

2. I am in desperate need of some new cons. I worked out that the ones i wear day in, day out were actually bought 11 years ago when we were in L.A - 11 years!

3. I really really really want a Kanken Mini in Uncle Blue. I'm a bag girl (shoes? Yawn) and these are just too cute. I love, no scrap that, I NEED this bag. Of course I do.

4. Flowers. I love peonies, and every birthday needs flowers. Simple.

5. My kitchen is crying out for a new radio. I love the radio and it is on permanently. My listening schedule goes like this: 6:30 - Radio Two for Chris Evans then over to Six Music for Lauren Laverne followed by Radcliff & Maconie after which I listen to a little Steve Lamacq before switching back to R2 for some Simon Mayo action followed by the evening spent with Jo Whiley. 

Oh yes, it's all serious high brow stuff y'know. My favourite radio day though is Saturday, and woe betide anyone who gets in the way of my favourite Liza Tarbuck. She is hands down my favourite lady of all time! I'm cool & you know it.

6. This book. Jeeeeeez, how many times do i need to bang on about this book before it lands on my lap?! C'mon people, get with the programme.

So, this is what soon to be 34 year old Lia looks like, thank you for humouring my spoilt brattish 6 year old self. Want? Need? Rude!

This is not a sponsored post, i genuinely want all this stuff.

FOOD: TURKEY BOLOGNESE

When I stopped eating red meat back in 2011 I knew that as a mum of three, i was going to need some sort of spag bol substitute at some stage. I gave soya mince (in a few different recipes) a whirl but if i'm brutally honest it was never that great. I needed, or rather my kiddos demanded, a spaghetti bolognese that tasted like spaghetti bolognese (tsk, the cheek of it) and thankfully the one I found in my trusty bashed up old copy of Leon Book Two did just that! Boom!
This spag bol is perfect, it's much MUCH lower in fat than the traditional beef version, it's super rich and there are never any leftovers when I serve it up. It also freezes well, and it's a recipe every meat eating mama needs. I promise you that you that if you love spag bol, you will love this. It's simple, honest family grub at its best...

LIFE: IF I WERE A...

If I were a gemstone, I'd be turquoise
If I were a scent, I'd be fresh linen
If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be a pair of battered old cons
If I were the weather, I'd be a crisp autumn morning
If I were a facial expression, I'd be a smile

If I were a car, I'd be a VW split screen camper van
If I were a time of day, I'd be 8pm
If I were a month, I'd be December
If I were a place, I'd be Big Sur
If I were a liquid, I'd be a sparkling water
If I were a taste, I'd be something vinegary

If I were a sea animal, I'd be a pink coral
If I were a food, I'd be a taco
If I were a colour, I'd be yellow
If I were a musical instrument, I'd be an acoustic guitar
If I were a flower, I'd be an orchid
If I were a song, I'd be 'One day like this' by Elbow or 'Everybody' by Ingrid Michaelson

If I were a planet, I'd be venus
If I were an object, I'd be a radio
If I were a fruit, I'd be a star fruit
If I were a sound, I'd be the sea
If I were a day of the week, I'd be a Sunday.

I found this tag via charlottes web. Go on, enjoy a little light hearted fun yourself, just leave your link if you carry it on...

Happy Monday x