This is the chocolate and peanut butter monstrosity L and Sherlock made for Jo and Lisa's Eurovision party tonight. Sherlock said I should help, so I stood nearby and ate bits of it when they weren't looking. I think that counts. (It's delicious.) The marshmallow coating is Sherlock's doing. He was sad we only had two colours.
And we went suit shopping. With Sherlock. I always semi-expect him to be bored by clothes, but no. He has opinions and he wants to share them. I tried on many terrifying shirts today and bought one that I will probably never wear. It's not bad, really; it's just much brighter than I'm used to. I also got a couple that I will wear and a grey suit.
Learned about this place from someone in the shop, which custom makes suits (and shirts) online. You send them your measurements, and they send you clothes that fit. Sounds like a brilliant idea to me. Except, of course, then I wouldn't be buying them with L, which is certainly a better experience than I've ever had buying them on my own.
And soon we'll have cake to eat and Eurovision to mock. Hope you're all having a good day too.
68 comments:
That cake looks delicious, I am so jealous but I hope you all enjoy it :-)
I'm glad you had fun suit shopping and I hope you have a lovely time with Jo and Lisa this evening.
Thanks! We need to get going.
He looks completely stunning in his suit.
And I come over here, and look! Cake! Now I really want some! How did you make the peanut butter squishes look like stars and things?
Clothes shopping is always better with someone else along who isn't shy about telling you what works and doesn't. I'm not sure I'd buy fitted clothes from online, though. Even with really good measurements a final fitting can make a huge difference in how comfortable the results are. (This, I am told by my friends who sew, is because everyone is lopsided in different ways.)
I want that butterfly!
(I don't know whym, but Eurovision have started with a caterpiller that turned into a magical rainbow sparkly butterfly...
...because of his shoes??
(anyone else watching with the sing-a-long subtitles? It is brilliant. Comedy gold.)
thanks for the tip, just found them
(that gets taller - not that's on fire.)
They're setting the singers on fire?!?!
how do you sing for two?
She's come dressed in a bedsheet, just in case!
every dance so far seems to involve the singer growing lots of arms at some point.
maybe multiarmedness is this years theme ;-)
Jeremy from I.T.... that's....well.
This Maltese guy looks embarrassed and a little bit apologetic to be taking up our time...
I really liked that Malta song (and, god help me, his arms)
Who's with me in aiming to stop the alarms?
Anyone else Glo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh?
has Sherlock pulled out the ear plugs yet?
he's singing along! And air guitaring. And eating pizza. All at once.
brilliant :-D
Birds falling down the rooftops, out of the sky like raindrops....right.
its the poison they've been putting in their feed ;-)
he's nicked that girl's white dress and dyed it black...
and...now I'm speechless.
Sherlock has stopped singing and is staring at the screen.
GO ROMANIA! This is so biazare I cannot not like it....
Oh, here we go, Bonnie!
Lisa is singing along...
that is one bouncy guitar player.
I love the drummers
You have no idea how very much pictures would be of interest right now. And maybe a soundtrack...
Last year there was a livestream... you could search? Eurovision, or Eurovision 2013.
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv
i'm not sure keeping a man in a box is legal...
I need more alcohol if it's free.
Come on Italy :)
Sing in Italian Greg!
(I didn't)
John's suddenly taken an interest now the Irish dancers are on stage...
Sherlock is celebrating being up past his bedtime with... more cake.
A fine way to celebrate. Although when he does crash I'm not sure either of us is up to carrying him home.
We'll borrow a wheelbarrow...or something.
Could leave him here - good practice for Jo and Lisa, and we'd get a glorious lie-in.
Shortlist in this house:
Malta and Jeremy who works in I.T., Hungary, Iceland the viking, Lithuania because he sang about shoes, Azerbaijan because they had a man in a box, Greece because they're trying so hard not to win...
Very good point. He'd have had cake for breakfast before they were even awake...
Can I have cake for breakfast??
There won't be cake left! But no, anyway.
Until we're in Italy, where it's basically compulsory.
YES! Can we pretend we're in Italy even when we aren't? Jo let me taste gin and tonic it was HORRIBLE.
nope, we can't.
Come and sit with me an calm down and decide who's going to get nil points.
...the voting is so long and boring that SHerlock is falling asleep on me...
Come on Malta!
This came through on my Twitter feed:
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy
#Eurovision always reminds me of the 30 yrs war: everyone was involved, no one can remember why, nothing changed & civilians bore the brunt
Ha! Yeah, sounds about right...
Sherlock now completely asleep.
Please take him home - there isn't any cake left and I don't know what he'd do if you left him here and he didn't get any food or warm milk in the morning!
Hah, we will. He'd probably gnaw your leg off or something.
We all had a great time - even the sleepy one - thanks for inviting us.
Stink bombs, maybe... No, in reality, he'd probably just make sad faces at you until you produced what he wanted. We'll take him home.
And yeah, thanks! It was great. :)
Between the two of us, he's now in his own bed, wearing pyjama bottoms, but he wouldn't uncurl enough for us to get his top on. Sure he'll survive.
Can't believe Jeremy from IT didn't get more votes. Or the man who blamed his shoes for everything...
My wee sister is a diehard Eurovision fan so obviously that was what was on the telly this evening(!)
It's not really my cup of tea but I was pushing for Greece. Or Ireland. (I may not have been judging on musical ability alone)
Anyhoo, I'm glad you guys had a good night and I look forward to seeing your new bike, L :-)
I have no idea what Eurovision is, but this live-blogging or whatever it is that just happened here makes me think I need to look into it...
I was at work, and while the building was closed, I had to be at a computer with a filter in order to finish up, so alas, I couldn't take advantage of the webstream. Maybe next year. I keep reading descriptions and I always have a feeling it is something that has to be seen unfolding live to be believed.
Sorry I missed it, it sounds like a glorious thing. Made better with truly amazing cake.
You can see all the acts online! We watched Jeremy from IT and the one with the shoes again this morning while making breakfast :)
Hey guys, it was really lovely to have you over last night. We enjoyed ourselves (and the cake!).
Greg, did you really write 'Love' and 'Spain' on your shoes?
John, we definitely want you to write a song about Greg from the Yard next year, to go with the Doctor singing about Jeremy from I.T. and his risk assessments from this year.
Sherlock, we would LOVE to come to the park for a picnic with you, and see your bubble gun - maybe in the summer, when Mycroft is home too? Then we can go with the dogs - I'm sure that would be great fun.
Ha. I'm afraid I'm not the one you want for song writing...
His name is Greg Lestrade,
always working at the Yard,
Paper cuts and coffee cups
Have filled up his dance card...
See what I mean?
We had a great time, too, thanks. :) And yeah...dogs + Sherlock + bubble gun should be pretty entertaining!
And you think that's worse than Finland's entry??
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ding dong!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ding dong!
I know where the future’s heading
I can see my perfect wedding
Isn’t that just bracing?
I don’t think there are no ladies
Who will give you cuter babies
Isn’t that amazing?"
It was an entire song though, which is more than I'll manage. Still, see your point... I might fit right in! ;) I'll write it, you and Sherlock can perform it, and Mycroft...will probably disown us all.
He was a Detective Inspector,
Catching the likes of Hannibal Lecter,
Riding bikes, catching tykes,
And going out with a sexy doctor....
(Look, in Eurovisionland, that would all rhyme. It's a special land, where normal rules don't apply.)
I think Mycroft had a lucky escape last night :)
...Oooh, that cake looks almost too good!
And Eurovision sounds like the king of all so-bad-it's-awesome entertainments. :) (Isn't that the thing that got ABBA famous? It has a lot to answer for.)
RSF - sorry, you asked about the peanut butter icing patterns - you just pipe the icing on, with a piping bag and a nozzle that produces that shape.
RR - Yeah, I've posted some highlights on my blog. And yes, ABBA won Eurovision with 'Waterloo'. Very few people who ever win Eurovision are ever heard from again.
Very few people who ever win Eurovision are ever heard from again.
Oh, just like American Idol, then! ;D *heading over to L's blog*
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