friends with benefits

As a special treat after my exam I watched the most who-larious movie. Friends With Kids. Watch it. Seriously. It is amaze balls. I may be a little biased though because I do have a bit of a thing for Chris O'Dowd.
Read on though and maybe you'll be convinced beyond the whole Chris O'Dowd thing.

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Also after Bridesmaids who can resist the Kirsten Wiig-Chris O'Dowd-Maya Rudolph-John Hamm combination?
I have to say that the constant banter between the main characters (the above foursome plus Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott) is probably the best banter ever written. Also the best awkward sex-scene I have ever scene. You actually want to yell at them to shut the f**k up and have sex already! It is like a really really hilarious friends with benefits situation.

And then... on top of everything  it is written and directed by a girl. And a pretty girl at that. Now I am probably the last person on the planet who is in any way at all feminist inclined. I'm all for working mums and "sisters are doing it for themselves" and all that, but a bra-burner I am not. However when Bridesmaids came out last year everyone was like 'Uh can a girl actually be funny?' And personally I think they can. I know tons of girls who are genuinely funny and I don't mean haha-funny, palling about with friends funny, I mean could-be-on-the-stage funny. And this women completely backs up that point.

So who, I hear you ask, is the fantabulous woman?

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Jennifer Westfeldt. I think she and Kirsten Wiig are really making 2011 about the funny woman. Keep a lookout for her.

Megan Fox is in it too and as per usual she is in the kind of role that any actress could have played. I shall not give away anything more though because you have to watch it.

Also Emily from Gilmore Girls played by Kelly Bishop who I think is just fantastic is in it very briefly which is also great.

Just make sure you watch it. Friends With Kids is so great.

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Cheers for reading,

Jane

Also the very handsome man that is Edward Burns features in it. What a beaut.

magazines

elle uk on the left

richard avedon's woman in the mirror

vogue uk on the right

blue hand-painted umbrella from rome, multi-coloured umbrella from a little shop in sligo

boys noise

So about two months ago my little brother, who is fifteen, asked me "how do you start a trend?" He has taken a bit of an interest in fashion in the past year and the little shit is tall and slim and can wearing horizontal stripes! Now that Christmas is fast approaching I have been doing some browsing online for clothes that I think would suit him (not that I actually have the money to buy him anything at the moment) but for Christmas I want to get him something nice.

Here are some of my personal favourites.

topman grey cotton trousers

asos striped crew neck jumper

topman elbow patch jumper (front) 

(back)

"that's what she said" junk food t-shirt 

For his birthday back in July I got him a navy Junk Food t-shirt with a faded Mickey Mouse head on it. I found it in TK Maxx for a nice little price so I may have a look in there again some time soon to see if I can find another one for him. If not I will mooch around Topman because they have some really nice stuff on the website. If anyone has any suggestions I am very open to them.

Cheers for reading,

Jane