just my ... 3 cents...

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Just a little story from Melanies private life...

 I've been on a little shopping trip today with my boyfriends cousins. As we drove home with my car, I had to stop at a petrol station. I got out of the car, took that dispenser and wanted to get some petrol into my car but instead of doing that it flew everywhere else. So I figured out that the tube was broken. I went  into the shop to tell the service person about that, but she was just looking at me with a stupid face and said: "There are 3 cents to pay"

What the ... ?

"Yes," I said "but the dispenser is somehow broken, you should take a look at it. The petrol is flowing out."

Stupid face again then she shouted: "Christian, go out and have a look!"

I turned around and saw three man standing at the end of the shop drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. They all had that strange smile on their face... that smile that says "oh stupid little woman can't refuel her car"

So I said. "Who of you is Christian? Who is getting out with me and looking at the problem."

Then the supposed person Christian stood slowly up and went outside with me. Who was I to disturb him? While walking he said: 

"What did you say is the problem?" 

"The petrol is flowing out, the dispenser isn't working."

"(laughing) That can't be."

"Oh you will see...stupid idiot!" Okay, I did not speak the last two words out loud.

So as we stood there, he saw the problem and just said: "Oh.. it really is broken"

OH HELL NO!! REALLY? man, you are fast!

He only said then "You have to try another dispenser."

I got into the car, used another dispenser to fill up the car and went inside the shop again to pay. And after I did that and sat again in my car, I saw that this stupid shop lady also billed me the 3 cents from the other broken dispenser!!!! 

Oh yeah, in these days you have to pay for every drop.

(sorry for any english-language mistakes, I tried my best)

Sweet little houshold things

First entry, in this new blog-layout. Do you like it?
I love it. It really fits what my blog is supposed to be about and I hope I can soon upload my new website. So, first, let me introduce you to this "new" blog.
I'm gonna post here about all the cute little things I find. I like to buy special things like books, cds, decoration stuff, household things... whatever. I love to go out shopping for these things but I also like to spend my hours on browsing through webshops.
What ever I think is inspiring - you'll gonna find it here.
I haven't written anything special in a while, so I'm gonna introduce myself shortly.
My name is Melanie, I'm from austria and I live with my long time boyfriend in a house on a hill... I thought about calling this blog "the girl from the house on the hill" ... hmm I still like that idea ;-) My 'child' is my cat "Emily"... but she likes more to be called "Baby". She really listens to that name. I'm a bohemian, nature, vintage-loving, country girl. I love my job as a photographer, which was my first step into living my creative and free soul. But there is much more in life to come, I'm sure. I also love the scandinavian lifestyle, my big dream these days is to visit Danmark, Sweden, and England.
So, although I'm austrian, I'm writing in english. I love the language, but I like to be international. I read so many other beautiful blogs, if they would not write in english - how could I enjoy them? That's my reason for not writing in german. But I may post once in a while in that language... we'll see.

Enough about me, here are the really interesting things...:

I received these beautiful towls a few days ago. Here they are in green, but they're also available in blue. They come in a package of three and their size is 50 cm x 70 cm which are about 19x27 inch I think.
They are by Livia and I ordered them via the beautiful online shop at "Nostalgie im Kinderzimmer".

Click here to order directly.
(C) Picture by Melanie Eichenauer, 2010.
No use without written permisson!

A close up of the fabric.
(C) Picture by Melanie Eichenauer, 2010.
No use without written permisson!

And I also ordered these funky cleaning towls by Rice. This package is available in purple&orange or in pink&turquoise and contains three of each colour. Size is 36 cm x 36 cm which is about 14 x 14 inches. With only 3,90 Euros, they are really cheap and look great in the kitchen or whereever you need it.

Click here to order them directly.
(C) Picture by Melanie Eichenauer, 2010.
No use without written permisson!

Wishing you a great weekend. I'm enjoying my cup of coffee and will have look at other beautfiul blogs now, to relax a bit. It's my day off today because it's my Daddys birthday (hip hip hooray!!) and we always celebrate it together. So I'll be at my parents home later.

Lots of love and inspiration,

Melanie