Moleskine Monday returns! Please don’t mind my nails, they need a rendezvous with my nail file. Miss Huge Hair down on the bottom right is my favorite, although sassy Miss Cigarette up on the upper left as at a good second place. Her boobs are lopsided and she doesn’t give a shit. I’m having so much fun with my Moleskine, I highly recommend getting one!

What the what, two instagram posts in a row? I know, I know! I have a good – no, great – reason, though! You see, I have run into a bit of a kerfuffle. If you dig through my archives, you will notice something about my old blog posts, the ones posted before January 2012 to be exact. They have no images. All gone! So, while I patiently re-add images to all of my old blog posts, things will be a little quiet around here. Why did I ever decide to run an image-based blog, again? Should have looked into writing haikus instead!

1. A picture taken in Bergen during a late-night walk around town. Cities often look better in the dark, don’t you think?

2. Cottage cheese are fresh berries after a workout. It is the best thing ever! Well, for weekdays anyway. On Fridays, chocolate and potato chips is the best thing ever.

3. The first day of May was so nice and warm that we carried our picnic-basket up into a nearby park and had a little barbecue. I even took a nap in the sunshine. I am so happy we did this, because it has rained and snowed (!!) every day since.

4. Another go at the whole bold lip thing. This is my favorite red!

5. Speaking of May 1st – these coins went out of circulation as of May 1st, but you can still donate them to charity, so that’s what I did.

6. My friend Maren went and borrowed another poodle, so now she has two. Look at them! My life is severely lacking in poodles compared to hers.

7. eBay sent me more kohl liners. Yes, sent me, I swear I didn’t buy them! Ok, fine, I’m lying. No more kohl liners.

8. I finished reading the introvert book (read it, it is terrific) and started reading “Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman. Have I mentioned how much I love my Kindle?

9. I am addicted to berries these days – I just finished a pack of raspberries, and there’s still one pack of raspberries and four packs of blueberries in our fridge. I am allergic to nearly all fruits, so anything healthy that isn’t salad is welcomed with open arms. Three cheers for berry season!

It is Sunday and it is time for another Week in Instagrams! It seems like to weather gods and been listening to my incessant whining, because we’ve finally got real, proper spring here in Bergen. Bumblebees have been observed, green leaves are everywhere, and my lung capacity has decreased to that of an 80 year-old. Oh pollen, you always seem to take me by surprise. This of course means that jogging season is over until the end of summer, but there’s always treadmills! …And I’m derailing. This is a picture post, after all.

1. This is the Complex Geometries dress that I showed you in the post right below this one. I couldn’t help but wear it three times this week. It’s that good!

2. My tea stash. I need a wide variety of teas throughout the work day.

3. My new bag and I, getting ready to go to a Sony event on Wednesday.

4. On Friday evening Marius and I went to see The Avengers, and I decided to leave my kohl-eyed comfort zone in favor of – gasp – lip stick. I can tell that it looks cool, but it is just so impractical to me. I eat and drink all the time, which means that the color stays on for no time at all!

5. I love my tote bag.

6. On Saturday I visited Maren and her toy poodle Fie. Fie didn’t like getting her hair done, but a poodle’s gotta do what a poodle’s gotta do.

7. Maren travels quite a bit through her job and she bought me this giant, magical, duty-free megapack of Smash. I feel like I’ve become some sort of weird, unofficial Smash spokeswoman – I swear, I don’t eat it as often as it must seem through my blog!

8. Lovely Sunday weather. We didn’t even need jackets, and went for a long walk that ended with some quality Kindle-time on a park bench.

9. …But then pollen got the best of me and I had to hide inside. I am currently reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and being a huge introvert I am just nodding my head through the whole thing. I love it!

If you have been following my blog for a little while then you will probably know that I don’t shop very frequently. I save up for a while only to go a bit bananas – and then repeat the saving process all over again. I also plan quite a bit, meaning I have a list where I make note of things that I feel are lacking from my wardrobe. Seeing as I only do this a few times a year I get the advantage of thinking things through pretty well, and I often cross things off of my list before I get as far as buying them because I have changed my mind. This might not be the right strategy for everyone, but it works for me :)

1. Sam Edelman beaded sandals. I’ve known since last summer that I was in desperate need of new sandals, and have been waiting to stumble upon the perfect pair ever since. I thought I wanted a really simple, almost minimalistic pair, but then these babies popped up on Asos and I was sold. Love at first sight.

2. Complex Geometries Brick tank. A completely unplanned and spontaneous purchase, and to be fair this one hasn’t arrived yet, but I have a feeling we’ll be the best of friends.

3. Oasis Smile jumper. Another unplanned purchase, but it fills a huge gap in my wardrobe between wool sweaters and summery tops and t-shirts.

4. Michael Kors watch. I have been hankering for a proper watch for a while now, but I am so picky, there has always been something that hasn’t been quite right. This one, however, is perfect. Masculine, but not too big. A bit chunky, and not too heavily decorated – I can’t stand overly gem-encrusted watches. I smile every time I look at it!

5. Gina Tricot evening bag. I abandoned my strict “no plastic on handbags” rule for this one. It was too McQueen-y to leave behind.

6. Monki breton top – I got two of this one, one short sleeved and one 3/4 sleeved. What can I say, you can’t have too many of these.

7. Complex Geometried Junction Dress. This one arrived in the mail two days ago, and boy do we get along splendidly. I haven’t figured out all the possible ways to wear it yet, because honestly, this thing should come with a manual. It can be flopped and flipped and there’s even a racerback option hidden in there somewhere. I have to say this though – it is very hard to wear this dress without holding the back out like a cape while shouting “swooooosh!”.

8. Leopard scarf – not actually a purchase because it was a gift from my mom, but I wanted to show it off. I have never owned anything leopard before!

And that was it! I shall now keep my grabby paws to myself, probably until the summer holidays. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to cross a few things off my list..