Xmas Day

Hello all !

I know I am really far behind. I am in Paris now and left on Boxing Day morning so i have lots of blog catch up to do. I have 30 mins before dinner so I thought i'd do a quick post about xmas day.

It feels like age ago i can hardly remember it.

I tried to set the table nicely. It was the first time i had done it. I had to google how to do it. HA!

Xmas Day snacks!! and YES THAT IS REAL HOLLY. I still have the scratches all over my hands to prove it. Never dealing with holly + roses ever again. ahhh so painful. That shiz is sharp!

How cute is my white chocolate santa? my neighbour made it for me!! which i just realised now i forgot to thank him for. dammit. xmas day went so fast and then we left at 7am the next day and i'm so far behind with everything. its like as soon as i came back from W.A i had 2 bdays then xmas then left and im behind on everything gah!!

After lunch we all pretty much felt like this...

Little Nobu. My mum seems to like dressing her. I think she hates it. But i guess she is sleeping so maybe not too much.

Behold the tree in all its glory.

I decorated it by myself this year because D was away with work. Ass. Ha just kidding baby. xo

After lunch we all watched Will Farrels "Elf". um Best xmas movie ever!!!

SO FUNNY. the scene when he gets on the escalator. gold.

YAY

Joyeux Noel !!!

P.S I got the best gifts from everyone this year! Everyone was so thoughtful and I loved them all so much! I have the best friends and family ever!

Merry Xmas Everyone!!

Last time i was up in K town i took this photo. So when i went back this time and saw it had an xmas make over i HAD to take a photo. I had a bit of an toe issue ( still cant walk on it 9 days later!!!) so i had to do a one legged kangaroo jump.

Hope everyone has a lovely xmas/ holiday season !!

I have eaten so much food over the last 2 days and had way too much alcohol.

xmas is the season of dark spirits. dry manhattans are the only way to go.

best cocktail ever!

straight liquor makes me happy.

tomorrow i have another xmas party, and then xmas day.

i will be a good 5kg fatter by the end of the week.

YAY

expect a double chin in my next post.

xoxo

Tonka Truck

On the way back from Cossack we drove through Wickham and i had to take a photo with this huge dumper.

Thats me "pushing" it. Ha. Funny. D thought it was really unfunny. Every party has a pooper.

Cossack

D and I like to take photos of us jumping and compare who got the most air. I think we have photos from all our holidays of us doing this. Cheap thrills.

We took a drive down to Cossack on Sunday. It's now a ghost town but was established in 1871 to house all the pearl divers that came down hoping to strike it rich.

Up above I am jumping in front of a shop that was built in 1890. Most of the town has been destroyed by age and cyclones but there are still a few buildings around. But I wont post photos of them all. Snoozey. Plus it's more of a suprise if you ever go there yourself.

Down below is the view from a lookout point in Cossack.

I'm pretty sure this was low tide. It was about 5pm

Here is what I wore... I look like a "blogger" here don't I? HA! D took a photo of me getting shitty at the flies and storming back into the car.

hahahha

But it totally looks like I'm trying to "werk" it.

I made him take a close up photo of my vest. I like all the beading. It's really heavy though.

The vest is by a brand called Kachel. I thought I was really stepping out of the box here with this vest. But then two people have already asked me if it's Sass&Bide. So clearly I'm not. I thought I was doing great but not buying something S&B for once. GAH!

Although, I just realised the t-shirt and shorts are. shit.

I spotted two cute gallahs on a power line and made D get out in the blistering heat and take a photo for me. He is a LADIEZZZZ man. swoon.

I've given up on sandals in the 42 degree heat. My feet get too dirty. Sandy. Grimey. Annoying.

Next time I come up I'm bringing more closed toe shoes.

Orange iron ore feet isn't pretty.

I'm getting a nice iron ore tan though.

Pity it comes off in the shower each night.

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I really enjoy when I hear middle aged women with top 40 ringtones. I'm next to a lady who has Katy Perry as her ringtone. She has children. She'd be in her late 30s. But rock on with the Kate Perry ringtone. It's especially funny when they can't find they phone in their handbags that carry the kitchen sink and it goes on for ages and they get flustered.

This is so my mum. If she could figure out ringtones. Or how to answer a mobile phone.

As for me, I always have my phone on silent. I like missing all my calls.

Sitting on a palm tree. like i always do.

It's pretty hot up here but i still refuse to wear shorts and t-shirt. I'm just not kind of girl.

I have been seen wearing long pants and long sleeves when it hits 42. i dunno.

im just not into skin. its like wasted space that could be used on clothes.

im suprised im not wearing a cardigan in this shot. ha! in my defense it was really hot. like sweaty hot. eww.

these photos turned out pretty average because D was covered in (no joke) about 25 flies at any given time and he was getting frustrated. and i was too because i was hungry.

Remember how I posted ages ago about the kirrily johnston maxi skirt?

well i finally got around to taking a photo of it.

YAY. its hell comfy. Wish it was more flared at the bottom but then i'd run the risk of looking like a hippy. ok maybe not.

How cool is this palm tree?

I thought it would snap when i sat on it but D assured me it wouldn't. ha.

Here is a close up of my belt. Yay for cheap finds.

T-shirt - sass and bide. I love these ! i have three now. sssshhh.

Skirt - Kirrily Johnston

Thonnngsss - thats how we do up in the pilbara ok.

Belt - Forever New . I bought this when i bought that blush jacket ages ago.

I know it seems silly to spend so much on basics, such as plain white cotton tee and plain black cotton skirt but i wear basics A LOT so i want ones that look decent after washing them. and feel nice to wear. the fit always seems better as well.

Fleetwood Mac

Here is my room up here in K-town. The flowers where from D. How sweet.

T-shirt - Fleetwood Mac tour tshirt

Nails - OPI My Chihuahua Bites

Lipstick on mirror - Housemates girlfriend

AND PLEASE NOTE HOW SMART I AM TO INVERT THIS PHOTO (TAKEN IN THE MIRROR) SO THAT YOU CAN READ THE WRITING. yes. cheers all around please.

I went to Fleetwood Mac last week and it was SOOO amazing. I don't usually do band tshirts but I can't say no to a penguin in a top hat. Can anyone?

BTW, this was an EXTRA LARGE.

The people who make concert tees are gross perves. Why are womens tshirts always "baby doll"???

I hate that shiz so bad. So off.

Anyway, the concert was seriously so good. I was pretty far back but the sound was really good. They played for about 2.5 hours. Crazzyyyyy. I wish people got up and danced though. I was holding back. I heard on the radio it wasn't allowed. Ha!

Highlight of the night was TUSK. Soooo good. Crazy good. I got so drunk though. Didn't have time for dinner. I looked a mess. Eww. My hair was all greasy from the hot day. Off. So no photos from that night.

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So I arrived safely in K-Town last night. My second flight wasn't as bad as the first. Quite smooth actually. Snooty male flight attendant but whatever.

I went to a local restaurant for dinner and the owner remembered me. YAY. She said in January she is starting a new menu which will have vegetarian options. Double YAY. Usually they have to make something up.

Oh and a MASSIVE gecko ran in front of me before. On his HIND legs. HAHAH so cute.

How funny are they? I need to get some footage of this. It's just so funny.

My mission for the week : Make one with the flies. About 237 have tried to befriend me since I've been here but I'm just not ready for it yet.... Maybe later.

WARNING : massive crazy rant ahead.

Watching "Up" while eating my povo lunch. seriously qantas. step yo game up. I'm a vegetarian. not a second class citizen. why are you giving me a childrens meal fruit cup for dessert? it's an insult. and you will be hearing from me.

this is why im switching to singapore. and virgin for domestic.

AHHHHHHHHSDLKFJNLSDKJFLSDKJFLSKDFJSLDKFJSLDKFJSDLKFJSDFLKJSDFG

IM GOING TO HAVE A MENTAL ATTACK.

I JUST WROTE THIS LONG WINDED POST ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE QANTAS AND YET AGAIN THEY SCREW ME.

im sitting in the lounge. where one TRIES to do work. but for some STUPID reason. their internet never works on my MAC. and i wrote a massive post and the internet timed out as i hit PUBLISH post and i lost it all.

SO MAD

i hate qantas more than any other company. they have taken over telstra in my hate ranks.

half way through "Up" the video system fucked up and i couldn't watch the end.

typical qantas.

cant get anything right.

anyway, to clarify, im not leaving qantas because of a fruit cup.

its because of the fact that they always screw me over. i wrote a long list of things they have done over the past but it got lost now. HOW CONVENIENT QANTAS?!!

its the fact that everyone else gets a nice normal dessert of ice-cream and wavers or cheese and fruit platters and i get a fruit cup. " oh ill see if there is anything left over that you can have. your dessert was the fruit cup"

UM WHY? im not a vegan, i didnt request a vegan meal, and im not a child. and i paid the same amount as everyone else. this is bullshit.

all i want is to be treated equally. and not like some big hassle.

on my last international flight my meal was steamed rice with green beans. NO SEASONING. imagine that for 12 hours. hellz yeah! TASSTYYYYY qantas. THANKS! everyone else gets neil perry designed menu and i get that shit steamed carbs and green beans. that'll tide me over nicely. YUM. (sarcasm off)

EMBRACE THE VEGETARIANS QANTAS.

ITS almost 2010 YO!!!!!!

yes yes, this post makes me sound crazy. but whatever. big companies love to screw the little guy. like how they treated that blind lady !!! wthheell. i heard on the news this morning. so typical of qantas.

they're an embarrassment of a national airline.

dancey time

On Saturday night I went for a bit of a dance with my girlfriends. It was the worst weather!! Just pouring down allll dayyyy. Almost like winter...

Anyways, the place we went to doesn't have a cloak room ( annoying) so I cant really wear a jacket...

I remembered I bought this jacket at the "Salvos" about 6 months ago and decided to give it a try. It's my first time wearing something second-hand or vintage. I like everyone else in vintage but it scares me thinking about the previous owner..... I should google the tag on this jacket because it was definitely from the 80s. Think black tag with gold writing. ha.

Oh and it had real shoulder pads!! So funny. I was going to rip them out but I thought they added funniness so I kept them in....

We popped a bottle of champagne before we left and I took a photo a la Porcelain Blonde. Sans ice bucket. Love her blog!

Yay my crazy zebras made it in the picture, and so did some random xmas decorations I'm sorting out.

Anyways, girls nights are always such a blast and I had an awesome time. It MAY of been because I finished the night with Lord of the Fries in Canadian gravy!! WOOOOOO!!!

Ohhhhhh and I'll just forget about the 1.5 hour cab line.... ahhhh.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!!

Oh! And I was on Channel 10 tonight in the audience of the Dave Hughes special.

Woot!! I wanted to vomit at the start because it was all up in my face but now I'm over it.

Edit - Okay looking at this picture I can almost see my britney. I pulled my skirt down before leaving the house I promise.

Ben, Jerry and John

Right now I'm eating Ben&Jerry's and watching John Safran's Race Relations... i love him!!

First off, I want to smash John's friend who said he wouldn't turn up to his wedding if he married a non-jewish girl. that makes me so mad. what an idiot. he's not really johns friend.

now back to the good stuff.

how good is ben and jerrys? OOOMGGEEEEE

im NOT an ice-cream person. i like the occasional almond magnum mini but thats it.

but for some weird reason i bought these the other day to see what all the family guy references are about.

and daannng

they're sooo good!

lets start with strawberry cheesecake. it actually has the cookie goodness in it!!!

and the chunky monkey has big walnuts and chocolate chucks in banana ice-cream

and its so chunky. usually ice-cream has like 97% ice-cream 3% suprises. but this is like atleast 30% goodness. every bite has fun in it. and its gooooood. yayayayayay

i heard there is a peanut butter flavour. im going to go in search of it.

yayayya

ADD 5kgs BEFORE XMAS! comon everyone! you can do it!! hahahhaha

actually i need to lose 5kg. but i have been on it! i promise

now im going to put the ice-cream away.

see blogging is good!! it made me back away from the tub.

FYI i was eating them out of the tub with a spoon. ahhaah and they are about 60grams of fat per tub. FOUL!

p.s

i love john safran <3>

CCraazyyyyyy!!!

Skull money box

When i went to chadstone the other day for the opening of the new boutiques, i went with the intention of buying the new melbourne chanel exclusive flap or a red flap but seeing them in real life, made me think meh. so i opted out.

i walked past smiggle and saw this money box skull and was way more excited.

ha

so i snapped it up straight away!

my skull collection is getting large! ill have to take a photo of them all one day!

and now it sits here with some peonies i picked up today... in a country road vase..

i like country road vases because they are nice and heavy...

the photos are a bit lousey.....couldn't get any natural light in the room..the sky is so gloomy now the cold change has come through....it was 38.4 degrees this morning! and now itslike 20 degrees!! crazy!!

oh and interesting fact for the day.

i came home at about 3.30 today to find the house reeking of gas. like REEKING. from the front door i was like wtf. i thought at first i was being silly, and then i went to see if i had forgotten to take the trash out... and then i saw the stove and realised i had left the gas on from 7pm the night before!! WTF insane!!!

after i cooked dinner i went for a walk for an hour and then to bed and i closed my bedroom door. when i got ready this morning i went straight from my bedroom outside so i never went near the kitchen to smell the gas. holey moley!! that was nearly 24 of gas on. its so bad.

ive had the doors open for over an hour now to try and air it out.

what if i lit a candle or some shiz? ( which i do ALL THE TIME)

im such an idiot.

ahhahahahha

woopsy

atleast i will be more careful from now on.

i have no idea how i did it. i feel stupid.

im not quite sure what im doing

I made a pasta from scratch. is it still scratch when u use a tin of tomatos instead of fresh tomatoes?
i dunno
probs not. HA!
anyways. it tasted like ass so im not putting the recipe/photos up. hahah
lesson learnt.
just use jar sauce.
heeheheheeeeeeeeee

i forgot to mention i went to Ladyhawke the other night. I love the forum. such a good venue.
she sounded really good live minus the first two songs. but man she has zero stage presence.
such a snoozefest to watch. she literally did not move the whole time. just stood there. and it sounded too much like the cd. very very very little improv. i wanted them to rock out. rockk ouuuttt. and such a downer crowd. everyone just stood there dead like. come on peeps, bop your head atleast.
then we went to the afterparty where she was supposed to dj. waited till 2am then left cuz my friend had to work the next day. i wonder what her dj set was like?
i like ding dong but i hate the stairs. stairs and drinking dont mix well.

I got my nails did in a new colour this week. ive had black and red almost exclusively for the past few years. but i like this new shade.
skin colour goodness
yayayyayay

i wish i could remember its name. its OPI if that helps. ive let you all down. ohhh.

can i just make up a witty name that sounds OPI-ish?

yes. its called nude-a-loo.

HA

HAHahahha

ok that wasnt funny. but none of the OPI names are funny so it works right?

I went to the "new" chadstone today. it was so shit. massive let down. i cant believe we waited so long for like 6 new shops. the other "new" shops are just the old shops that have moved to a new shop fit out in a different part. so crap. doncaster looks a lot nicer.

chadstone you reek!!!

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Outfit details :

an ode to no one dress

sass and bide cardigan ( yes i know. im boring)

crazy face by me.

Oh that reminds me i got my hair done yesterday. it took 4.5 hours. and i didnt get a blow wave or cut. sooo long. they tried to fix all the fuck ups from past hairdressers.

so in my next photo hopefully my hair looks different slightly! less orange and more of a clean blonde.

YAY

i need to stop talking but one more thing.

im so over xmas already. OVER IT. its turning me into a crazy. i get real mad and annoyed when shops are busy and people step infront of me or have no rack manners. if you come and look at something you say excuse me. you pyschos. dont just shove in and grab clothes from my hands. ( not literally)
i feel so bad for shop assistants at this time of the year. it must be hell for them.

i will make an effort to be extra friendly to them this xmas season.

yay

ok

im finished with my long speech now.

have a great day everyone!

I got a blog award!!

Yay!

how exciting.

Thank you to Fashion Westie!!!

http://fashionwestie.blogspot.com/

everyone check out her blog. she is much more dedicated than me and uploads lots of stylish outfit pics. she has her own style which makes her blog really interesting to read !

Plus she is from New Ze ! Beautiful Country!

Anyways I'm supposed to reveal 7 interesting facts about myself.

I cant even come up with 1.

I suck at this type of thing. I asked Kate and she came up with nothing and Ds were really NOT interesting.

you guys both suck! actually, its me that sucks. im clearly not interesting!

I will try and think of stuff.

AHHH

1. I am crazy about my baby girl Taco !!! She means so much to me and i miss her so much. Im currently renting so she lives with my parents but i drive 45 minutes away to see her several times a week. Love her to bits!! Life isnt the same without her and i constantly miss her.

She has about 20 names.

Taco, Taco Bell, Nini, Nini bee, Squiddle, Widgey, Skimmy, Nacho, Corn Chip, Buzzy Buzz Bee, Widget, Nindi, Skimmy Bee omg. and these are the ones on high rotation. there are more.

I talk like an idiot when with her eg " whoooss myyy babbyyy guuurrllll?? NINIIII beee isss!!!" etc but i dont care!! YAY NINDIIIII

2. I was in the Herald Sun when i was young. on page 3 ! hahah it was a half page story about how i used to be a dancer that also rode dirt bikes. HAHAH how boring. slow news day or what? but it was so odd. i have no idea why they did it. ( i was pretty young. primary school age. im guessing 9yo?) and he took photos of me riding and then came to my dance classes and took photos etc. i really dont know what the point was. maybe ill find it and read it one day. i cant really remember it. i remember they called me a "dancing daredevil" HA! i hated it and cringed. even at that age.

3. My bf and i spend more time apart than together. its sucky but we deal with the situation. its why i started this blog! we thought it would be a fun way to stay in contact. he has been the laziest shittest blogger though. and then some people started reading our blogs and the rest is history! anyways, we live on opposites sides of the country but we still see each other every 2 weeks despite the 12 hour distance.

4. Once i won $8000 at crown on pontoon. i was 18. i thought it was the biggest amount of money ever. like ill buy a house with that shiz. god i was stupid at 18. HAHAHA

i think i spent it on clothes. and went to japan. and bought a LV handbag. hellz yeah.

5. are you all bored yet? this is a lot of typing for me. i told you all im not interesting.

can this be included as a point? hahahah ok ok think THINK!! ughhh. OK I GOT ONE

i can kinda speak japanese. well i learnt japanese for 8 years and i did it for a bit at uni. but uni was 7 years ago ( AHHH IM OLD) and now im forgetting it. ive been to japan 4 times and last year a bit came back to me. i think i can understand a lot but to speak stuff im starting to forget quickly. but can still have a basic conversation easily. and i can still read it !!

This photo below is of me in japan last year wearing the yukata in the hotel room. is it weird that i put it on and took a photo? i think so. look at my hair colour!

maybe ill dye it back again this winter. it was fun.

6. My bf is a full stalker. ok not really. but after we went out for a while we realised his first cousin was my bff from dancing in primary school and he used to come to all my dancing concerts. hahah. it was quite possible we met at the young age of 6.

i like to say he was this creepy child who stalked me from age 6. HA. HAHAHHAHhaha

its quite weird considering none of us lived near each other. and never went to the same schools or social scenes. i ended up meeting him through a friend i also met randomly through another friend at a club who wanted me to do his hair for a concert. and im not a hairdresser. all hard to explain

7. still ready ?? wow! umz okay

im full on scared of flying. is that interesting? im prescribed valium for flight anxiety and the last time i didnt take it i got thrown of my flight to japan in cairns. i dont really remember much but i was sick on the plane and i woke up in the emergency room at cairns hospital.

hahaha

whatevs, i still went to japan 24 hours later. doped up.

but i fly a lot with work/holidays so its quite odd.

i just hate it and think im going to die.

it kills me. i cant eat for like a week before i fly.

i MAY wake up screaming if i fall asleep on flights...well once or twice...maybe. hahaha

people get scared. i sometimes pray when landing. i sit there and count to 2000 when landing as well. that sometimes helps. hahahhaha

im that girl

ok YAY

thank you for reading if you did!

EVERYONE must reply!! Let me know if you do?

This took me ages, and i think it was about an hour. I suck.

ahh

im so tired

bed time

zzzzz