AUNTIE RIVA'S SHOP

Today, Daddy took me to Auntie Riva's shop, cuz Mommy and Daddy are both so busy at the minute, that it's really no fun for me to hang with them... Unlike Auntie Riva's toy shop, which is THE MOST FUN EVER!!!

I had only ever been once before with Daddy, just after it first opened last year; Auntie Riva is always sooo nice, letting me play with all the toys, which are just the right size for little me... Auntie Riva's shop is called R.S. Currie & Co (which was the name of Auntie Riva's boyfriend Tom's Grandpa), who used to sell cars there, a long, long time ago... Now, R.S. Currie & Co sells toys and candy (Mommy says they have The Best wine gums)- but no Chihuahuas...

Auntie Riva pretty much lets me do whatever I like, so I spent a lot of time napping in my new surroundings, namely in the store window on the doll's sofa, and on the counter next to the till, between sniffing out the Benjamins.... Everyone kept coming in to see me, asking if I was for sale, wanting to pet me, waking me from my beauty sleep: being a star isn't too far from being a cheap hussy!!!

And, I got to meet another Chihuahua today too! He came into the shop with his Mommy and I wasn't too sure about him at first, and he was all, 'Is it cuz I is black???' but then we became really good friends, and his Mommy let him stay for over an hour!!! I really hope he stops in the next time I'm there- Auntie Riva says I can come back whenever I want...

http://www.rscurrie.com/

IS THIS WHAT I LOOK LIKE???

Mommy was in Kokon To Zai today, picking up some Marjan Pejoski for her photoshoot with the Loubie-Lou ladies on Tuesday- naturally, she brought me along... The KTZ shop on Goldborne Rd is always packed full of amazing thing like hand-carved wood hangers and taxidermied butterflies... There are big glass cases filled with bird skulls and antique charms, one-of-a-kind jewelry and treasures from the Porte de Clignancourt flea market in Paris, making it exactly how you'd imagine Tim Burton's sweet shop, if he had one...

Anyhoo, while they were packing up Mommy's selection, out of the corner of my eye I spied THIS!!! I stared for a very long time, thinking, wondering- Is this what I think it is??? I know fur hides a multitude of sins, but is THIS what I look like under my beautiful coat??!

http://www.kokontozai.co.uk/

NAILS FOR MY BITCHES

Whenever Mommy gets a chance, she does her nails really pretty, with stripes and sparkles and rhinestones sometimes... She often gets asked where she gets her nails done, but since Mommy and Daddy are poor, she has to do them herself... If Mommy could ever afford to go get a REAL manicure again, she would definitely get something like THIS...

But since we live in London, not Tokyo, she may go to Wah Nails (like Auntie Danni) and get something closer to THIS, though Mommy normally doesn't do Dalston...

http://www.wah-nails.com/

Mommy even found this OPI Pawlish for me, but Daddy said

'No Way!'

Even after we showed him this photo of a model from a magazine...