this baby is finally paying off

I love vintage Fisher Price toys. The Chatter Telephone, the little people: classic, adorable design. Sometimes I get lost in an eBay hole looking them up, but they can get really expensive. When Grug emailed me to let me know that Fisher Price have rereleased some of their classic toys from the 1960s and 70s, my first thought was, "I'm so glad I have a baby right now so I can pretend I'm buying these for him!"

The record player and the TV are adorable, but I restricted myself to the two that I think will get the most play, not the ones that would look best on my shelves. I cannot live without this milk wagon, and I think the sorting and removing and replacing will be fun for Peanut:

AND IT HAS CHOCOLATE MILK. AND ORANGE JUICE. And I cannot resist the idea of Peanut banging away on this piano like Schroeder:

We're going to give them for him for Christmas, which seems fitting as neither the toys nor the holiday are really for him at this age, they're all about us pretending they're for him.

My mum also found him an old Chatter Telephone which he likes, although he would have absolutely no idea what it is. I love the idea of babies playing with toy versions of completely obsolete technology. Someone less lazy should write an essay about it.

i love packages!

A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Kit Cosmetics telling me I'd won two products from the Perricone Super range by entering a review on their site. They arrived today!

I got the Sweet Clean Face and Eye Cleanser and the Hyper Hydrator Daily Moisturiser. I have tried both (they were used on me during my 'quickie facial') and they are both lovely products which smell AMAZING (berries and coconut respectively). I would never have bought these ($45 and $63!) but I sure do like getting them as a gift. They both come in lovely frosted glass bottles and they feel expensive.

Also in the post today: magnetised freedom palettes for pressed eyeshadow! I'll post more about these when I get all the rest of the stuff I need and start pressing colours, but I am really happy with these. They're lovely! I bought them from here on Dempeaux's suggestion. The top two are mine and the bottom one is Suzanne's!