Christmas tea anticipation

It's still November and I am officially sick of Christamas. Too much anticipation, too much pressure to buy fantastic gifts, and far too much need to comprise a list of 'proper presents' for family to buy from. Yes, I have THAT kind of Christmas. A Christmas that, despite being most definitely an adult, I must draw up a list of reasonably priced items for others to buy me.

I hate this for a number of reasons, firstly I don't see the 'christmas spirit' in treating your friends and family like personal shoppers. Secondly, I can buy these things myself. If I haven't it's usually for a good reason. So I will either have to wait an extra couple of months for something I really want, or receive something that I kind of wanted, but not enough to actually buy it.

But absolutely the worst part of all this, is that it makes me go out into the world and seek out things that I didn't even know I wanted. Then I have to sit and wait for them, hopefully, like the child I used to be. Grrrr.

So, why don't I share a little of that pain with you good folk? Oh yes, a great deal of the gifts were of the teatastic variety, don't you worry about that.

Let's have a look:

First up, the most excellent-looking Tovolo loose tea infuser for those busy peeps like me to use on the move:

Doesn't it look wonderful? It's like a teabag without the potential quality sacrifice. What luck! I hope it's not stupidly fiddly and messy to use, because bags are oh-so convenient. This needs to be brilliant or it will become one of may famous Dust Gatherers.

Next up the ridiculously delicious sounding Chocolatea

Oh yes, I said delicious, because this isn't some common or garden tea stuck to some dairy milk, which would be disgusting. Oh no, no stomach churning sickly cloying here. Or at least there'd better not be. This is Japanese Sencha and cacao nibs. Oh so sophisticated and only 2 calories! (I lied about the calories)

I also want all of the gorgeous tea-sets that are on the market at the moment. Every last one of them. But they are not on my list, because I am a grown up and I have realised that I have no space! :( Oh Santa, won't you bring me a lovely big house in my stocking this year? I've been ever so good.

Not a Proper Tea Blog

Hello again

This is one of those annoying blogs that apologising for not blogging for ages. Except only implicitly. I hope you guys are cool enough to catch it.

This post isn't really about tea either, so that's a double fail for Tilly. I'll try and make it about tea a bit. This post is actually about me getting a cold. It might even be FLU! Zoinks!

Yeah, so I have a cold. :( Poor me. It is very annoying. Maybe you're one of the vast majority who has had a cold of your own. Maybe you've had something 'worse' like a heart attack. Well, we're not talking about you are we? What's the point of having a blog if you can't be a vapid nobody whining about your non-issues?

My head feels funny.

So I tried tea, but it turns out despite all its claimed health benefits it does NOT cure the common cold. Disgraceful. Tea people, hear my call! I need a curing tea, not a soothing tea, or a reviving tea. I don't want symptomatic relief, I want MAGIC.

I don't have any magic tea. I tried some teabags because I'M SICK and loose tea is really great but it definitely requires your brain to function and for you to have pretty good co-ordination. I am therefore unqualified.

It didn't work.

Whining helps a bit...

The Sugar Bowl Debacle

Yesterday I wasn't feeling very well, so I had a little stroll in the early evening to cheer myself up. I wandered into Zara Home looking for picture frames. Somehow, against all the odds I fund myself buying this sugar bowl. 50% glass, 50% brass.

It's lovely isn't it? So delicate. So stylish, so absolutely me (?) The lovely lady at the counter wrapped it thoroughly in bubble wrap to keep it safe. I was so pleased.

When I got back to Tilly Towers I was very keen to get some sugar in it. Call me sad if you like, I can't hear you. 

Then - disaster!

Bubble wrap is plastic and plastic is slippery. My slightly slow, tired and vacant fingers didn't grasp properly and the bowl, still bubble-wrapped, landed on the edge of my granite table mat.

Yes. Yes, it smashed.

The silver lining? There was no mess. It was all perfectly contained in the bubble wrap. This didn't hearten me. I still had the 50% brass portion though, the lid and the spoon. And really that is the best bit. That's really the only important bit isn't it? The glass bowl could be anything couldn't it? Couldn't it?

Yes it could! Let's be positive here.

So today I rummaged a bit in my cupboards until I found some potential replacements.

Drum roll please:

Don't be alarmed, I don't live in the 20's, the sepia just makes everything look a little nicer.

You can see that there's a bit of variety in there. I've got some wine glasses, a champagne flute, a glass tumbler and some espresso cups. Obviously none of this has anything to do with tea. They're useless. By rights they shouldn't even be IN my cupboards. Honestly, cluttering the place up and not doing anything tea-y at all! It's about time they started pulling their weight and contributed to this tea thing. As if I drink wine! I don't know how they got there...

So I do have options after all, I think I may be able to breathe a big sigh of relief and use my sugar bowl after all :)