Hibernation Haiku

Mattress

Firm, Soft, Back Support.

How did I sleep before you?

Life is now complete.

As much as a Twilight New Moon Puzzleboard

Yes ladies and gentlemen, that is how much weight I lost this week. As much as as this:

This apparently weighs 500g. If it does not, lets just say it does.

In other news, this girl really rubs me up the wrong way, but that's another story for another day. For now I would just like to point out that her people need to teach her some manners and perhaps some coping mechanisms. I hope this is not another incident which gives Australia a bad rep in the US.

I am two minds tonight. I am wondering where the day went but also lamenting how it is only Monday. In my life Mondays are renowned for being bad. Today was probably about a 7/10 on the Monday scale so I guess not too bad.

This is what I wore this Monday. Excuse the crappy quality photos again. I may be a little too into my new phone.

Portmans Dress

Target Top - 100% wool and only $23. I love Target for cheap basics.

Mystery Tights from by tight box

Sojo Shoes - love these. I had them in red first but I wore the sole down until I could see and feel the ground through it. I found them in the bottom of my wardrobe the other day. I sat cradling them for a long while. It was a beautiful moment. I had to put them back though so I wouldn't get too sad. These replacements are almost as good.

And some other random photos from today.

Hehe

View from my desk. Nice huh

PS. This little cutie also weighs 500 grams. All together now, awww.

Pics courtesy of Fifi, babylonpuzzles.com, Daily Mail UK and ninemsn

Fight for five-hundred Faux Fuschia followers

I have not cleaned my room. It is still a mess. I have migraine hangover and am chilling in bed with what appears to be half of my wardrobe.

What should I do?

"Run not walk" over the Faux Fushia's blog for inspiration. FF is the queen of decluttering and she will sure have some tips to whip this whippersnapper into shape.

Faux Fuschia (the blog not the person) is about to turn six months old and to celebrate she is hoping to reach 500 followers. Her blog is fun, yummy, witty, visually stimulating and best of all very pink.

If you have not visited her before, I highly recommend popping over for a read and I am sure she would love it if you would follow her and help her reach her goal. You will sure be hooked as I am.

I am off to action some cleaning.

Irrationality is Irritating

I am a stresspot. Always have been, always will be. I usually stress for a reason though. Work, my weight, my relationships, my lack of relationships, always running late, not having nice hair/make-up on each day. If there is a deadline coming up, I will get very anxious. When it is passed (and I have met it), I will feel better.

However, occasionally I get anxious for no apparent reason at all. And this in turn stresses me out. I know it is completely irrational but I can’t help it. This is how I have been feeling this weekend.

In this mood, I do not think clearly. This morning I woke from a dream that two horrid people had made nasty comments on my blog about my waist size and my dinner from Friday night. My resolution in this mindset was to give it all in, delete my blog and hide from the world. Now, I know I will get nasty comments eventually. Thankfully all my comments so far have been lovely and I thank you all for spending the time to read my little blog and getting to know me a litte. When this god forbid happens, it will hurt, but ultimately I really won't care too much in the scheme of things. People can be arse faces and although it is taking me some time to deal with this, it is reality and I must try and get on with my life regardless.

Another example is that yesterday when I uploaded my outfit posts, I thought I looked like a giant ugly heffalump and was refusing to post them (even though sans having seen photos, I like this outfit and feel good in it). I thought.. “ You can't let the world see you like this Fi. You look fat, and frumpy and not blog-fashion-post-ready at all”.

But then I gave myself a stern talking too about how I didn't want my blog to be anything but me having a bit of fun and for it to be a hobby (I believe having hobbies are VERY important). And (I know you shouldn't start sentences with "and" but I thought those reading aloud might want a breather) if I feel like cataloguing my wardrobe and the different outfits I style and letting others know about great brands and bargains I found, then I will.

So irrational anxiety caused blog deleting and post hiding averted.

And anyway, heffalumps are cute. See.

Although, as they don't really exist, I am not sure how I managed to find a photo of one. Yes I am talking to you, Estate of A.A Milne (coz I know you are reading).

Anyway, if you care, this is what I wore. If you don't, go away or close your eyes while you scroll down the page. What ver.

I was trying to capsule the ruffle. Instead I captured my absurdity 

Here is the ruffle

Deats:

Country Road Ruffle Dress. Ebay. Bargain.

Target leggings. $20. Decent enough. Soft, wash well but a little thin (ie. can see my thigh if I were to wear them as pants)

Dotti Bodysuit. Don't really see the point of bodysuits. They are not that comfortable and make going to the toilet difficult. Alas I persevered as all my other tops were dirty.

Belt. No bloody idea.

RMK shoes. Ebay. Bargain. Ebay readers Ebay. If you don't know how, stayed tuned over the next few days as I will be giving a tutorial - including a section on "getting over those virgin fears and trepidations" - on how to successfully buy shit on the bay that is E. I may be preaching to to choir, but believe me, most everyday none internet forum/blog frequenters, just don't get ebay. So I don't know why I am going to post a blog entry on it (as they won't read it) but anywho, I will. In case you are interested.

What, do I have to do today? Tackle this....

Why-o-why Fi?

Also have to go to work, feed Nixon (the feline ruler of my parents life), clean the flat and go for a swim. And it's nearly 12pm. Argh. Will need to have a serious talking to myself ... Maybe my anxiety is not irrational after all.

"Fi, get out of this funk and get moving woman!!" Feeling better already.

Pictures courtesy of me and Disney

What we wear while waiting Wagamama

I am at work. It's 6.22pm on a Friday night. PARTY animal am I huh. Anywho, at 5.47pm, knowing how I am always running late for EVERYTHING, I ordered my Wagamama dinner (yes lots of peeps clicked BUY so the voucher is activated and it was very exciting for me to order my dinner online - far too exciting now that I think of it - $26 worth for $13 - BARGAIN) for pick up at 6.47pm. It only takes about 5mins to get there from here so not such good thinking after all as I have lost the plot and despite having LOTS of work to do (I know what my weekend will entail; had to get my editor to check that one as I am a shocking speller) I can not concentrate any longer and really just want to go home.

So while my dinner cooks, I thought I'd take some office chic photos of what I am wearing today - haha.

The full body shot (with a smile)

The with jacket (that maybe doesn't fit as well as I thought although I haven't been able to do it up for years so YAY) against the funky pink wall shot

The looks like I am doing a weird pose but I just actually lost my footing and nearly stacked it back shot

Anyway. Deats - Dress is Lisa Ho which I got off Ebay in about November last year. It was this dress versus a Marc my MJ dress (the red and brown one Lily wore on HIMYM in I think season 4). I lost the MJ but won this. Problem was that is was too tight and I could not breathe while wearing it. One of the best things about losing weight is that this dress fits. I F'n love it to death. Top and Tights are Target. Love Target for basics. Shoes are surprise surprise Nude Footwear (can't do white letters dammit). Half my shoes collection is Nude. I love their shoes as they are stylish and comfortable. They also fit my fat, wide, bunion riddled "hobbit" feet (my boss actually told me I had hobbit feet once - thanks Bossco). I feel really great in this outfit. It probably needs an iron though (another fun weekend job).

Fate also passed my way today. I was walking into the coffee shop and it hit me that I NEEDED a skirt with a bicycle pattern. That is lots of pictures of bikes all over it. I think I was subconsciously reviewing Blonde Salad’s recent blog from the other day about matching skirts. Yes I have checked, and that is where I was getting it from.  MY skirt however will be navy with white large (CD sized) bikes (isn’t bike such an ugly word compared to bicycle) and either a-line or pencil shaped (my imagination had not got that far). Then I decided that I didn’t just need a bicycle skirt, but I needed a whole wardrobe full of clothing covered in large animal/object-orientated patterns (hello Miu Miu influence).

Well, I had not been back in the office but two minutes when secy came to talk about electric blankets and reminded me that I had not checked my online sale stores yet. So, what did I do next, I went to Ozsale and discovered this Amelio dress in all its glory for $359 OFF!! Face Dress + Belt + Tights = Fabbo. You may not believe me now but trust me, the dress will win you over. Ugly is the new ... not ugly.

Now I have never heard of Amelio, and I could not locate any information about the brand online but it is 100% silk and it has bloody (not bloody bloody Looloo, you don’t have to look away) large colourful faces on it. So once again, I HAD to have it.

I also HAD to have this peacock one. I am not 100% sold on the neckline but I figure I can hack it up and make it look better, or convince mother it was her idea to offer that she fix it for me :-)

I nearly HAD to have this butterfly one but I decided the shape was not me.

Oh, shit, it’s now 6.35 – need to go get dinner. BWB.

Ok so I am back. It's 9.12. Best friend slash housemate and I just spent about an hour sitting on the couch next to each other with our computers on our laps and ABC 3 "WE'RE BACK TOMMORROW FROM 6.00AM" screen muted on the tv while we blogged (ok I blogged, she was reading blogs). We are a little odd sometimes. Once and a while, we will sit within touching distance and have lengthy discussions (or slagging each other off sessions) on facebook. Makes sense huh.

Dinner was yum btw. The guy at Wagamama obviously thought I had ordered too much food as he said "You'll want two sets of chopsticks right?". I said no. Maybe he just thought I was just so stunningly beautiful and stylish that I just must be taking dinner home to my boyfriend/fiancé/husband/significant other. He would be wrong there though. This gal generally only eats for one :-( In reality I just ordered two entrees, rice and miso. And anyway, I can't use chopsticks. I eat too quickly to take the slow torture of picking and eating tiny pieces of food bit at a time. And the crappy Wagamama ones give me the heebie-jeebies, like nail files or newspaper. Not that I am picky.

On an end note, apparently that is a hat, not a tree.

Sarah J, why do you let them do this you? You are such a classic classy candid girl. You are Sarah J. The character you play, Carrie, wears things like trees on her head, not you. If you give them a chance, people might be able to catch on there is a difference. I know it is probably just written in your contract but you are SJP, get out of it.

Ok, so I must be written in your contract....

That is all

Pictures courtesy of moi, ozsale.com.au and The Fashion Spot

What am I wearing today? This little Charlie Brown number is what I got on. T'was an Ebay buy. As were the RMK heels. I converted the black version of these babies for a long time but couldn’t bring myself to pay the $180 price tag. Then one day, I stumbled across these olive ones for $10. BARGAIN. They are actually very comfortable now I have lost some weight so they have had a few outings in the last few weeks.

These thick tights are a little shiny.

I also had a little surprise waiting for me when I got home last night. This High Society Dress by Ladakh from Freez. I only ordered it on Monday so YAY for fast shipping and great service. It’s a little transparent but nothing a good girdle and nude bra wouldn’t solve. Not sure how black tights will go under it (which is how I plan to style it mainly) but I should be able to counteract with a black slip.

I was not going to buy it. I loved it but I was going to wait and see If I was still thinking about it in a few days time (like every girl should). Then I befriended Freez on facebook (I thought there would be discount codes but alas). Then a girl I don’t know posted on Freez’s wall how she had bought the dress. Then I looked at it again and noticed they only had 3 left in stock. Then I knew, I HAD to have it. Now I see there are at least 9 in stock (go me).

It’s an okay dress I guess.

This is how I am going to style it. This all depends on me actually have a social life and having somewhere to go to wear it like this. I have a SATC fundraiser next weekend so maybe then. It will probably just sit in my closet looking pretty like most of my casual dresses that I can’t wear to work and that get pushed aside in my early morning weekend (I am talking like 10am here!) stumble out of bed grab some jeans and that tee that I don’t think is too smelly to wear out yet dressing rituals.

Lucette Cherry Kiss Cape and Tony Bianco Nemesis Boots

Photos courtesy of my newly "sourced" camera....

Ok, I cunningly manipulated my parents into giving me their old one

We were awesome

 Sissy, Granny and Fi rocking into the late eighties

Inspired by Faux Fuschia who was inspired by My Parents Were Awesome I have decided to share some of my family's awesomeness with you.

Ok I was actually inspired after sitting in my room, not sleeping (What, me not sleep? It could not be) and staring at my string peg art (which you may remember from my This Morning post). The following photos are contained herein.

This is my dad's mother Enid. She looks so serene and elegant in this picture. I wish I knew this woman. Age has unfortunately not been kind to her.

This is my mum's mother Bunty. Ok so her real name is Kath (and she is the one wearing the funky shorts above), but when this photo was taken, I doubt anyone would have callled her that. Now genes are a wondrous thing because despite my dad's side of the family producing me little two cousins (from dad's half siblings) that look like they are my offspring, I also look so very much like my mum, who in turn looks like Bunty here.

You may not see the resemblence in this photo though. Look at that hair mum.

And because I can't resist, here is me. Aged about six months I assume, seeing this was taken at the farm my cousins (not the ones that look like me, the tall-thin-blonde ones) lived at. And six months from my birth would make it about Christmas, which seems about a good enough reasons for us city folks to be there. Anywho. This is me. I haven't really changed much.

This expression probably explains my premature brow wrinkles

The reason, why I am making this face? I will give you a hint. Look in the bottom left hand corner of the photo. What is that you ask? That is this fellow below, retreating after completely freaking out the baby. My cousin, who is only 6 months my senior, her 3 and a half year brother and my 3 and 9 month year old sister, were probably elated by the presence of this dear thing and jumping about outside the car asking to ride it. I alas was the timid child. It did not bide me well in childhood. There were many scrapes and brakes and a near fatal accident (but this clever child wore her bike helmet like the new law said, regardless of whether or not she was on a motor bike so no brain damage for me - YAY) caused by my timidness. The older children were never injured. I still feel the weather changing in my 20 year old chipped ankle bone from when the nasty older girl knocked me into the a 10 foot well to get to the Easter egg I was closing in on.

That is all.

WARNING - May be dangerous to your credit card balance

As an avid online discount store shopper, I subscribe to every shop under the sun (I will share these with you later but now I am on lunch so trying to get this out to the world STAT).

So Brands Exclusive  (where are my RMK ballet flats?) just emailed me about this new shop:

clickity click - you will need to change away from Perthtown if you don't live in Perthtown. To do this click "Today's Deals" in the top left hand corner and chose your city on the right hand side.

It took me a while to figure out how it works but here are some cheat notes:

1. There is a new deal each day for each city (ie. Discounts on food, activities, days spas)

2. There is a target number of people who have to BUY a deal for it to be activated

3. To BUY the deal, you enter your billing and cc details and increase the number of BUYS

4. If the target number of people BUY, then you “win” the deal and your credit card gets charged

5. If the target is not reached then you don’t “win” (although your cc is not charged so maybe you really do ;-)

Today’s deal for me (an apparantly every other state - edit: not Adelaide, Hobart or Darwin - they have surfing deals) is $20 worth of Wagamama’s for $7 voucher (valid for 12 months). BARGAIN!! So I therefore clicked “BUY”. 25/40 people have clicked BUY so we are nearly there.

Enjoy!!

images courtesy of spreets.com.au

Bring a little Glee into your life

Or not :-(

I recently lost this in an ebay auction with tears in my eyes. Doesn't that just suck?

Doesn't it just scream Rachel Berry?

Is not it funny how Rachel Berry and Lea Michele look so different?

Don't I just love asking rhetorical questions?