Scones and boots.

[jedishampoo]

Hi! Sorry I haven't replied to all my good flist wishes from the last post. But I'm bringing two silly pictures to make up for it.



First are the awesometastic boots I bought at Von Maur in Indianapolis. They aren't as slouchy as they look in the picture, and I'm not showing my top half because I'm wearing a giant pink sweatshirt and wet hair. But here are the boots:

From the side!



From the front!



What I need to go with them is a military-style jacket. So I can be sekritly geeky and yet fashionable.

And today, I baked scones! So they're a little flat; maybe I suck at using a rolling pin. But I made us a proper American tea-time (complete with PG Tips tea and marmalade). And, why, yes, that is a dorktastic tin tray with "England" emblazoned across it; what of it? Blame sharpeslass-- she bought it. >_>



In good news: I convinced my parents to get high-speed internet! I wasn't able to use it much because it was installed the day I left. Though in true technologically deficient form, by that evening I received desperate calls from my parents because (a) they'd managed to screw up the digital connection and had no cable TV, and (b) they could not figure out how to move their bookmarks over from AOL. Like a good daughter I said (a) hide the new remote from Dad and (b) copy and paste, you lazy things. Why yes, I am a bossy daughter.

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. :)

Comments

[rroselavy.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Lovely boots! *___* And the scones look yum-tastic!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

They were flat and rather crunchy, but extremely tasty. I made eight of them three hours ago and there's only one left. :)

Thank you! ::hugs::

[whymzycal.livejournal.com]

I approve of those boots. I approve hard. They're totally hot, and I bet you wear the friggin' hell out of them.

And the scones look delicious. Nom nom nom...

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Yay! I thought they were super-smokin'. Well, compared to the rest of my boots which are in the "Doc Marten" style. ;)

The scones were YUMMY! :)

[helliongoddess.livejournal.com]

Love the boots!! I am jealous of your ability to wear high heels - I don't have the strength in my ankles to do it anymore - too wobbly, and the last thing I need is to break my leg again. I do love high boots though - I got a steal on eBay last year on two pairs (one black, one brown) of the big-girls-wide-calf ones in riding boot style- not easy to find in my size, and real leather - and jumped on it. I loves 'em.

And the scones look yummers - were they plain, as in just flour ones? I want a good recipe for oat ones, because I love anything with oats in it, but I can see how if it wasn't a good recipe they would come out like round doorstops (shades of the Reload episode with the killer meatbuns. *lol*) And don't feel bad, I am a fellow Anglo-geek. The first place we went on our honeymoon was the Folger Shakespeare Library. ^____^

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Hee, despite the fact that I am nearly 6', I wear heels all the time. Except in boots; these are my first hotcha-mama boots. :)

You definitely don't want to break your leg!

The scones were definitely plain, flour, not too sweet-- I don't care for the raisins in most of 'em. And they were super-tasty! No oats, though. :)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I love scones! And your boots!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

The scones were NUMMY! And thank you. :)

[nouvellebrielle.livejournal.com]

The boots are gorgeous. I is wanting a pair BADLY. *.* -envies-

And is that clotted cream? XD I'm a sucker for scones, except for the ones with sultana raisins in them.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And the boots were on sale! Fwee! :)

No raisins in these-- I don't care for those myself.

[athena8.livejournal.com]

BOOOTS! SCONES!! I love them both!! ♥

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

YAY BOOTS! Finally I have some with a heel. :) And a little buckle.

::hugs::

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

Love the scones! Boots: I can't wear heels, so I'm afraid I can't appreciate them properly.

And I LOL'd at your advice to your parents. Bossy daughter indeed.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Well, I was very bossy but I did scrub their bathroom and put all their Christmas decorations in the mini-barn and attic, so I feel I deserved to tell them how to keep their lives in order when I wasn't there. :)

[samsarapine.livejournal.com]

If those boots go missing one night... well, I'll deny everything. So gorgeous!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you! I love having boots with a heel. :)

[slyvermont.livejournal.com]

Love those boots!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thankya! :) Like I need 'em here in the desert, right?

[seshats-prodigy.livejournal.com]

OMG awesome boots! I'm so jealous - my feet are for crap, and I can't wear high heels **le sigh** -_- So I shall enjoy them vicariously through you!!

And yum, scones ftw! I made scones last week - but mine had cherry in them. ^_^

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Cherry scones actually sound pretty good. You'll have to send me your recipe!

[spazzkat.livejournal.com]

Rockin' boots!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thankya! :)

[lexsara.livejournal.com]

Those boots rock! (As do you in them). And I can so sympathize with getting the parents 'high speed' ready. It was pretty much the same situation at our house when we set them up...then left!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Eeek, my parents are da crazy, you know. But we love 'em anyway.

::hugs::

[minidrag33.livejournal.com]

Boots! Cute boots! :)
Food / yummmm.... Can I have the last one?

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I just ate it! I snuck it out of the house and took it to work, so that it wouldn't tempt poor sharpeslass. ::whistles innocently::

:)

[dm-lunsford.livejournal.com]

Much approval on both the boots and the scones! I really like the little buckle on the ankle. The boots look comfy too, which is a plus.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

OH, they are comfy, and I am glad. :) Thank you!

[caeseria.livejournal.com]

Awesome boots! ♥ Dude, now we can all totally have boot!smexing and wind Des up totally! ;)

Is it wrong at me to totally laugh my ass off at the England tray? Probably because I'm English... *guffaws with laughter*

[despina-moon.livejournal.com]

That what I was thinking!! Great minds, bebe!

[despina-moon.livejournal.com]

Teh boots totally rule, my friend, I want to lick them. *snort*

As for scones, true scones hot and fresh from the oven make me giddy with joy. Hey! I want to lick those, too.

*giant hugs*

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I was licking me som truffles, too. Nom.

Thank you! I love the boots, they're so... girly. Well, for me.

[moshesque.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the boots are sexy! I love the buckle detail, too. *is a buckle whore* :D

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I squeed at the buckle!! They're plainish, but they're all mine and they fit. ::snort::

♥♥

[dr-zook.livejournal.com]

*licks boots* Why, yes. Plus some military jacket... Rrrrawr!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Gotta find the jacket, now... heh. Goodbye, tax refund check!

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Fab boots - and I like the tray, but, well, I would!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love the tray. I just laugh at its loud proclaiming of its origin. ;) It's OK, though... I send people things that say "LAS VEGAS!!!!" all over them. :)

Thank you!

[sonowakaremichi.livejournal.com]

BEST TRAY EVER. i'm like, in love with the union jack

Those boots are awesome. The fact that you're wearing folded blue jeans reminds me of South Italy so much! :D Okay, he doesn't wear jeans, but his outfit is blue!

Also, what are scones like? I've never had one before.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! You totally understand why sharpeslass bought that tray, right? And LOL, I totally felt South Italy in those boots!

The scones are sort of bready, dense-ish, and not too sweet. They're excellent with butter and marmalade or jam (though I guess they dump cream all over them in the UK).

[theskywasblue.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm scones...and boots!

Also I lol'd at your advice "Hide the new remote from dad" - so true!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

My mother had to physically hide it... in another room, even. So they didn't have to call the cable repairman out again for user-error. ;)

::hugs::

[raykel.livejournal.com]

VERY cool boots!!!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Like we need lots of boots in the desert, right? ;) 'Course I hear there's lots of flooding around AZ...

[ditch-gospel.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, boots. Mmm, tea-time.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I want boots and scones every day. :)

[wookiee99.livejournal.com]

Lovely boots! And the scones look very tasty!

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The scones were much tastier than they looked, IMHO. :)