Everything including the Kitchen Sink!

Once in a while a friend makes a bet with you about something so random, it slips to the back of your mind and you never think about it again... Well I've been subjected to this sort of torture, yesterday as I was chatting with my friend, sometime Hell replacement and stalker - Miss "Suki" Steampunk of TwoWords... HotMess, a fab blog by some awesome bloggers full of fashion and the events of SL - she took it upon herself to remind me of a bet we'd made in the distant past... How could I say no? I'm not gonna back down and let her be victorious...
I met Suki when I was working for Seraphim, she adored me and my ladypants LOL, and was perfectly happy in declaring her love for me... Something along the lines of "you are like the chocolate on my strawberries and the wind beneath my sails" - our love could be something out of a cheesy Mills & Boon Novel. 
What was the bet and how did it happen? I hear you wondering, I can read minds don't ya know... Well... Basically a long way back in time she was talking to me about making photos of people, about how girls take longer than guys to get dressed. I know I take a lot longer than my male friends seem to lol... My theory is that we have too much choice sometimes - don't get me wrong I LOVE my hoard and will bite the hands of anyone that tries to touch it - but it can take me hours to get dressed.  The challenge was to follow...

I told her I was amazed about how much accessorizing some people seem to do... I love me some accessories but sometimes you see people with something - or possibly multiple somethings - on every single attachment point, which led me to saying something along the lines of they wear everything except the kitchen sink. So I'm sure by now you you can guess where this is going? She challenged me to wear a Kitchen Sink, she even found me a sink on Marketplace... I had no idea where to go with this look... I thought the best plan of action would be to wear EVERYTHING including the sink - I know I cheated but it really looks like my inventory burped on me... If I had put on everything in my inventory, SL might implode! 
Hope you appreciate this Suki! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: bc322 - Ricca in LBPink
Skin: Ploom - Maia in Smoke Honey
Make-up: [VIRTUAL/INSANITY] - MAKE ME UP Eyeshadows in PaintBrush 8 AND Punk in Roses, AND, [mock] - Tainted Tears of Love w/ Dark Knight
Mustache: RAW HOUSE - Power Stache in Ginger
Piercing: Cute Poison - Beauty Destroyed
Necklace: PIDIDDLE - Necklature in Pink Sequin
Shoulder pet: Ohmai Emporium - Pygmy Puff
Tops: (Under) Strayer - Octopussy, AND, [F]uchOn - Sponge Bob (Currently available at The Forgotten Closet)
Glove: Intrigue Co. - Shark Gloves
Belt: Melancholia - Belt Quilted (No Longer Available!)
Ring: Mandala - Motsumame in Black/Silver
Skirt: Amerie - LoC Skirt in Black
Tights: Riddle - I Heart You Tights in black/yellow
Boots: (RIGHT FOOT) Little Britain Designs - New Rock Gothic Boots in Red, AND, (LEFT FOOT) Kookie - Pomski Boots (No Longer Available!)
Sink: Gift from Suki LOL!
Wardrobe: GLITTERATI - The Shopaholic Closet
Pose: No Longer Available!

52WOCC2 - Week 48

Colour Challenge day... Something a little different from my colour creation of last week, but then again I have never been one for doing something similar week after week! Its a bit like being on swing in my mind, sometimes I'm dark and depraved and others I'm sweetness and light... This week I seemed to be in the pretty part of my brain. That makes me sound like I have a split personality or something, but I don't, I just happen to love blood and gore as well as sparkles and rainbows - what's the problem with that? LOL...
Though trying to write the post has been more than a little difficult, some days I could write masses and talk about nothing much for hours on end, as I am writing this post though I'm thinking "what the heck do I say?" So, have the picture without to much rambling from me... 

Week 48 - Tangelo

Week 48: Let's Go Fly A Kite...

What is she wearing; 
Clouds: Pink Fuel - Happy Clouds 
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Up In The Hair 
Glasses: LiNe - Geeky Glasses 
Necklace: Schadenfreude - Rainy Clouds Necklace 
Dress: Diavolicious - Sun Top 
Top: RezIpsa Loc - Extra Long Sleeve Top in Cloudy Skies 
Pants: SAKIDE - Acidulous Leather Pants in blue 
Boots: No Longer Available
Pose: aDORKable Poses - Kites, Kite 3

The sky is a little orange, I was thinking of a hot Indian summer - ya know where its randomly hot and sunny when it shouldn't be in England at least - yet I ended up with something more along the lines of a weird Mary Poppins style Rudh on a trip to a fantasy land where the sky is orange!
Next Week - Cotton Candy

A Horror Haute Nightmare in the Kitchen

Drama... When it hits you it sucks. You do your best to avoid it - I for example spend a fair of time by myself, and talk to the most important people in IM with the occasional trip into the outside SL world if I'm feeling brave or have to shop LOL... No matter what we do or say however, drama will from time to time raise it's ugly head to smack you around like a cheap plaything. Yesterday was just one of those days, though what started out with me getting a bit of a nasty shock turned into something much more, and without going into details, all my angry feelings were forgiven and replaced by feelings of worrying for my friend. 
During the time I was able to think in the afternoon I set about working on my second look for Horror Haute November - looking at the outcome maybe the worry and drama was playing on my mind - but I think the situation might have influenced my imagination, although the apron was definitely a major factor in that too!

This apron is the offering from Deathrocker Bettie Crocker for Horror Haute, and it just has this retro rockabilly feel about it. I still haven't been to check out the store, but it is somewhere that really looks appealing when you take a peek at the items they've created for Horror Haute. When I teamed it with the Screaming Girl Tea Dress from Candy Mountain and these gorgeous booties from Bax, I scrabbled around trying to find some cute hair to match. I think the retro Wasabi Pills Veronica style fitted the bill perfectly. 
I'd cleaned up most of the blood already but we've got heart for dinner today... I can see the look on Hell's face right now - it would be one of sheer horror and disgust! Not that I'd ever wanna eat heart myself *pulls a face* - yet somehow the inner demon in me thinks it would taste nice!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Veronica in Cinnamon
Skin: [PXL] - Kate in Demon
Choker: Livid - Vanitas Crux Collar (HORROR HAUTE NOVEMBER)
Dress: Candy Mountain - Tea Dress in Screaming Girl
Apron: Deathrocker Bettie Crocker - Killer Cook Apron (HORROR HAUTE NOVEMBER)
Shoes: Bax - Appaloosa Booties
Knife Prop: Yellow Jester - A Tainted Heart Impaled on a Bloody Knife
Head in a Jar Prop: Yellow Jester - Head in a Jar
Kitchen: Concrete Flowers - Country Kitchen (No Longer Available!)
Pose: Juxtapose - High Voltage 2

Playing in a Graveyard for HORROR HAUTE!

YAY my favourite time of the month is upon us, HORROR HAUTE NOVEMBER is finally here... I always get excited around the end of the month knowing full well that when Horror Haute arrives there will be an assortment of all things gothic, and in some cases a little macabre, thus making me a very happy Rudh!
This month after my massive failure to provide more than one photo last time around - I was in England I blame that hehe - I decided that I was going to give it a massive effort to create photos that would not only please me but also provide a good enough 'Thank you' to all of the participating designers and organisers of my favourite monthly event!
I think my first photo for this round has to be one of my favourite pictures I've created yet, it's right up there for me with the mermaid look I created for the colour challenge and it makes me feel a little pride in myself for the learning that I have done in order to create photos like this! I am by no means one of the best photographers that SL has to offer but I really love the level I can achieve now!!! LOL OK, moment of gushiness over... I went to play in a graveyard in SL for this week's Horror Haute!

I seem to spend a lot of my time around either dead things or sparkly rainbow things in SL, lol you can never tell where I will be at any point in time, but this time I managed to even creep myself out a little. The graveyard location is the Silversmith Haunted Graveyard, and I am not sure if it will be a permanent feature or something just for the Autumn season, but it's very creepy and there are lots of good things to see and places to pose hehe...
The dress is such a pretty one, it is of the old school style, and so mesh isn't a part of it but yet it is still something I would wear regularly. The skirt moves well and it feels like a real party dress - something I used to wear when I was little - the kind that you want to twirl around in because it looks pretty when you do so. Mesh doesn't have that kind of movement yet, so dresses like this really still have an important place for me... who doesn't love skipping around in a floaty dress sometimes? It's available from The Little Bat for Horror Haute November. I also fell in love with the pretty Crux Choker from Livid, from a distance it seems to disappear but up close it's a gorgeous set of pearls, with a pearled bone cross! 
Just to show it off a little clearer, I had to take a close up! 

What is she wearing; 
Hair: DeLa - Sophie in Black 1 
Skin: Tacky Star - Taxidermia 
Eye Make-Up: Hysteria - Latex Rain 
Piercing: Cute Poison - Beauty Destroyed 
Choker: Livid - Vanitas Crux Collar (HORROR HAUTE NOVEMBER) 
Dress: The Little Bat - Sophia Dress in Inner Goth (HORROR HAUTE NOVEMBER) 
Tights: RONSEM - Ripped Leggings in black 
Boots: J's - Studded Long Boots 
Pose: Baffle! - I flutter by (No Longer Available!)

Back to School in SL!

School Uniform was never really my ideal choice of clothing in SL, I spent WAY too long wearing one all the way through school, as it's still the rule in the UK! Yet this one from Lamp*Light was rather different from my old school uniform - we had to wear a blazer and a proper tie, was never very comfortable! - it's a little more Japanese School Uniform than the icky one I had to wear! 

I love the cute look to this, and for some reason I found myself needing to have my big fat kitten from Mui Runo as my ultimate accessory. For some reason he blows bubbles, I think the naughty kitty has gotten into my awesome cupcake scented bubble bath - I wondered where it had all gone!
One thing that I will say, and please don't get offended if I say something wrong here, but trying to find a school in SL that isn't for group only RP or a sex place is kinda hard! I crawled around a few, dodging people in some of the sex places and eventually found a place with a set of lockers that were hidden away enough I could stand and mind my own business while I grabbed a photo, or so I thought! You really do meet some interesting people in these places, besides the seemingly stereotypical noobies with their prim bits sticking out on show, and if you wanna get into that whole RP environment then maybe check out this particular school, it is the Soji School for the Sexually Delinquent. 
My outfit though is something I will be wearing whenever I have to go to school... At least with some of the family that I have in SL green is the right colour for my uniform hehe! 

What is she wearing; 
Hair: Exile - Quiet Dream in Sunset 
Skin: Ploom - Maia in Smoke Honey 
Glasses: Epic - Mesh Checkered Nerd Glasses 
Piercing: Cute Poison - Beauty Destroyed 
Uniform: Lamp*Light - Yamaku Uniform 
Kitty: *M* by Mui Runo - HUG amesho cat 
Tights: RONSEM - Ripped Leggings in black 
Boots: J's - Studded Long Boots 
Pose: Focus Poses - Model Set 50

From Ruth To Fab!

The sky this morning is pink, not just the sky, the light outside in general seems to have a very pink hue to it... What was the old saying "Red sky at night, Shepherd's Delight. Red Sky of morning, Shepherd's Warning!" My mum always used to say it to me when I was little, it was always seen as a sign we needed to take our raincoats when we went out, and although the sky looks pretty right now I'm kinda hoping that it doesn't spell trouble ahead... Gee Rudh, superstitious much?!
Anyway, I'm sitting here drinking a cup of tea - procrastinating when I should be working, but everyone deserves a break right? - I don't feel all that great today, I'm having one of those days - well couple of days actually - but I'll feel better soon. Yet I was sorting through the photos that I took last night whilst logged in, and stumbled across a picture that made me giggle. Maybe it's me, maybe I am just bonkers, but it was a laugh that was most definitely needed this morning I'm telling you!

There was I thinking "oh I look really cute in this outfit", something really simple being that it's mostly just a big baggy turtleneck sweater from RibboN, some tights and my favourite boots, but the look on my pussycat Jiffy's face tells a different story. He looks very unamused LOL! 
Jiffy is one of my oldest pets in SL and my first from Zooby's, he was a present for my 2nd Rezday from Suzari - one of my oldest SL and now RL friends - who being a pretty black kitty furry coughed a hairball into my hand saying I could trade it in with her later for a black Zooby kitten!
The pose warranted a cartoon style photo though, the Blogger Bubble pose set from aDORKable is something that I had buried in my hoard, but I have to admit it might come out again later hehe... There are a selection of different slogans in the bubble and five different poses, for some fun cartoony blogging fun LOL! Sounds just like some of the crazy stuff I post that statement right there LOL!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Exile - Betty Lou (Past Group Gift)
Skin: Ploom - Maia in Smoke Honey
Glasses: Epic - Mesh Checkered Nerd Glasses
Piercing: Cute Poison - Beauty Destroyed
Top: RibboN - NukuNuku in Black Check
Cat: Zooby - Ultimate Black Cat
Pose & Speech Bubble: aDORKable Poses - Blogger Bubble 2

Strawberry Panties!

Who doesn't love some nice panties, and after the post I did for this week's colour challenge I felt I should put up something a little prettier and not quite so sad or depraved! 
I turned again to Lamp*Light and remembered these uber-cute mesh panties, that come with two different sorts of tops - the set includes a mesh bra version and a sculpted bra version which was really lucky for me as I have nungas of the exceptionally large variety, though I'm sure everyone knows about my rants on that by now. Still, these yet to be released panties made my butt look so good I had to dance around in them for a while, to overcome the macabre that was brought on by the dead photo I had been working on. 
I wanted light and fun and outdoors, and the outfit called for the beach so I hopped around looking for somewhere fun to explore. 
There are so many beaches in SL, its so hard to choose a beach location to play on, this time I just opened search and closed my eyes heading to the one that I pointed at... I ended up at Bamboo Beach Furniture Store, set in tropical islands with lots to see and shop for. There was some pretty awesome stuff up for grabs, but we don't have a beach at our homeland so I had to just save the place... Yet if you like Beach stuff, you should definitely check out the store! 
I will warn you though, they have a bit of a shark problem LOL... 

What is she wearing; 
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Lola Summer 
Skin: Ploom - Maia in Smoke Honey 
Lipstick: KOSH - Wet Lips in rose 
Choker: Rebel Xtravaganza - Strawberry Necklace (No Longer Available!)
Necklace: No Longer Available!
Bikini: Lamp*Light - Pretty Sweets Set in Strawberry (Soon to be released!) 
Pose: STaTUS - Page 9