one for the ladies

http://www.manrepeller.com/

this. is. awesome.

we've all known for a long time that chicks dig chicks (clothing). 90% of the time if we're out we're oogling over some fabulous pair of heels, dress, clutch, necklace, you name it - before we are checking out dudes.

sorry fellas.

from haircuts, to the 'nappy pants' as the boys like to call them... this blog posts all the fashions that WE know are amazing, no matter what they say.


I mean... when we do ask them "does this look ok", we are usually answered by well-reheared LOOKS GREAT BABE! now.. back to the footy.

so if  they dont rrrreaaallly care what we wear (as long as we dont leave the house naked) i think we should leave the judging to the professionals

xxx

aaaat laaaaaaast... my love has come along..

and its name is sunshine.

after such a poor performance over the last few months i didnt think you had it in you...but... i'm so proud!!

Balmy top of 25 today.. in September.. thats not too shabby!

Now we know what spring means in melbourne.. NO. not football. the only thing exciting about grand final are the party pies.

SPRING RACING CARNIVAAAAL!!

hot on the heels of last weeks MSFW... its time for us fillies to find a freaking fabulous frock. but from where?? This is my dilemma. too many gorgeous things to choose from this season! One thing i do know, is i will need some lovely wedges to go with it. (not the food... thats for on the way home from the races..)

saw some AMAZING ones at gorman.... too tall? didnt think so either..

ok so they're not technically a wedge... but... you could get away with it.

NOT risking it with an asos purchase.. been a little, shall we say... disenchanted recently. lets put the fun back into TRYING THINGS ON.

ok better get back to daydreaming out the window

xx

thats a wrap

for my lovely sister's birthday this year, i unfortunately wont be there on the day, so i'm sending her a lil' package of fun! i love using plain recycled paper, string, a bit of colour and there you have it... shabby chic.

happy birthday Emsy!
xx

i love lamp

Right so... I've decided i want a driftwood lamp. How one decides they need a driftwood lamp i'm not sure.. spending too much time flicking through those home style mags where you cant even afford the placemats...not depressing in the slightest.

so after doing lots of online scouting i have decided

1) they are way too bloody expensive
2)....for something you could probably make yourself!

Its literally 3 things you need: lamp. wood. wire.

easy as.

will let you know how i go... xx

UPDATE..

well, i did it... lucky for the shade blocking my awful attemp of wiring this thing together.. but nonetheless.. i'm going to quietly toot my own horn a little bit..

plonking

spent an afternoon in the yarra valley wine region...

what horrible views..

Sticks 

St Hubert's

Punt Road

Yarra Valley Dairy Farm

Those darn clothes shrinking fairies..

You know the ones, they sneak into your wardrobe at night and make your clothes small….. if I ever catch them, I’ll put down my bowl of wedges/glass of wine/block of chocolate  and send them back to never never land. Why is it they seem to be more active in winter??

I don’t really see the benefit to winter, and not just because of the extra kg’s acquired.  Apart from those lucky animals who get to snooze through most of it.. oh to be a bear.. anyway. Who benefits? What good is the world when it is cold, dark, and dreary? Yes we have winter coats. And boots. Thank god. But other than that.. its pointless.

oh sorry.. i forgot football.. how silly of me (insert sarcasm here) 

I think I’m a little jaded due to living in Melbourne. It gets frigging freezing but no snow. Ever. I could cope with the city becoming arctic wind tunnels if we had a bit of a winter wonderland happening.. but alas, we do not.

And do you know who else I blame? Master chef. Yes, its getting into the depths of winter and the only thing to watch on tv is master chef, which inspires me to make chocolate fondant, pork belly and maybe a 7 layer white chocolate creation .. you know, all that healthy stuff. Wonderful.

My last post about getting out there, I take it back! I went out there alright, ran along the beach and the wind nearly gave me frostbite. Inside exercises here we come. Maybe a spot of coffee table arm crunches? Or what’s that saying? You got a door? You got a gym. I might look into that.  

doggleganger

yes. DOGgleganger.. ever wanted to know what you'd look like if you were a dawwg? I sure have. But anyway, thats not actually what this site is really about.

its a really clever campain by Pedigree NZ to find homes for lost little doggies. Basically you whack in a photo of yourself and they'll find a dog that 'matches' you... very cute. and apparently i look like Elliot, a Staffordshire Bull Terrior. awesome :)

i think this should be global

http://www.doggelganger.co.nz/

ruff.

s(t)ick as..

got a set of drawers last weekend but lets be honest.. the drawer pulls were pretty minging.. so, just for something different.. i thought lets spruce this up a smidge!
and looky looky what i found..

branches to get to your britches.. baaahaha ....well at least i make myself laugh.

cars shmars

Tell you what…

I am sick of driving. I will tell you why for a few reasons:

1)      poor little tina sparkle (that’s her name) got broken into a few months ago and the oh so kind fellows decided to ruin all the locks so now I cant actually unlock my drivers seat. Yes, I have to go around to the passenger seat to unlock the car, its like I have an imaginary friend who I’m opening a door for, its much better when I have someone else with me, looks like I’m being all chivalrous and shiz..

2)      people need to stop being so god dam aggressive when they drive. Excuse me sir, forgive me, if I haven’t rammed the foot on the accelerator as soon as the light goes green. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for putting my pedal to the metal on but give me at least half a second before you give the ol’ horn a toot toot

3)      taxi drivers. Yes, your fab when you take me home after a long night on the d floor, and are sometimes so kind as to take us through the maccas drive thru – and yes I’ll always offer them some chips – but you gotta learn to give way. Or at least give the friendly wave when peeps let you in

4)      Hook turns, I just don’t like them, feel like I’m going to get T Barred by oncoming traffic and no right turn between 7am and whatevs.. augh.

5)      Parking. Why is it you lose all parking abilities when you have a crowd watching you? Its like your P plate test all over again..

I thought beyond 2000 said we’d all be in hover cars by now?? I WANT MY HOVER CAR!!!

that's a bit spesh..

Urban outfitters. how do i love thee? let me count the ways

Numero 1) vintage door knob hooks..the perfect amount of tizzle.

yes tizzle is a word. tizz plus sparkle.

 i want i want i want i want

Urban Outifitters Antique Door Knob hook: $14

Numero 2) Branch hooks. Who said i wasnt 'outdoorsy'??

magical

urban outfitters: $20 - set of two



http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/

happy decorating!

v xx

b b b bird is the word..

My newest little eBay find.. Why have an ordinary clock when you could have a uhhh.. bird on a branch as well?

Artsy fartsy.

What’s my age again?

Slightly concerned with the realisation that we're beginning to grow up.

If you answer yes to the following statements.. all i can say is, welcome friend!

You look at girls going out without tights on a cold night and think they are ridiculous

You’re sitting in a pub on a Sunday with live music and all you want is to find a quiet spot to have a chin wag

Ask for fresh lime in your drink, none of that cordial stuff.

A little deflated when you never get asked for ID anymore

Getting home at 4:00am results in applause that we’ve ‘still got it!’

Your Sunday has gone from being slightly hungover to everything become mission impossible. Even watching a movie results in a tear fest requiring mcdonalds for lunch and kfc for dinner. But now you’re guilty about it and set your alarm to get up to go to the gym on Monday.

When did this happen? Oh well, better go and eat my packed lunch I made because the prices at the cafe next door are just preposterous

v xx

An idiot abroad

no, not me, i'm not going anywhere..

If you havent seen the documentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant which  follows their friend Karl around the new seven wonders of the world, i suggest you do. Basically, Karl is, as Ricky puts it, a human version of Home Simpson - has a good heart but is completely ignorant to anything outside of his own simple bubble, so to watch him engage with people from various cultures and observe different ways of life is bloody hilarious. Ricky and Stephen deliberately put him in awkward situations for the pure comedy of his reactions. the poor sod.

some highlights include:

During his trip to Egypt to check out the pyramids: "That song walk like an Egyptian - no-one's walking, everyone seems to be in a car at all hours. Just beeping."

calls The Great Wall the "alright wall of China", and thinks it "just goes for miles and miles....but so does the M6."

Spending Easter Sunday in Mexico: "I haven't read the Bible, but I don't remember anyone mentioning setting fire to a cow with a load of fireworks on it!"

Monday at 8:30. Get on board!!!

v xx

a bit of comic relief

Running ridiculously late today did have an upside ..

There were all were, the stragglers getting on the 8:51 train into the city, (I usually start at 8am) people finishing off their hair and make up, scanning through their blackberries or just trying to stay awake, and then a funny old man perched himself on the seat behind me. For the next 10 minutes I was treated to running commentary of the all the sights and sounds during our commute. Personal favourites included:

• the train races: sounding like a quick talking racing commentator, “and the train comes along the outside lane…aaaand he fliiies past!!”
• like a liarbird, chiming along with anyone’s ringtone or message alert and swooooooshhhhing when the doors open. Oh, boy was he good.
• And being so kind as to let people know which side of the train’s doors would open, and getting it wrong. Every time.

Thank you to the golden oldie for the entertainment. I should be late more often

v  xo

Go on, get out there, see austraaayia.

I’ve been battling with the ‘to go or not to go’ for a run for the past… well… lets just say a while.

Its too damn cold and dark to go in the mornings and its… pretty much too damn cold and dark to go in the evenings… options are endless really!

The only hard part is just putting the runners on.. because once you’re out there you think “ohhh isn’t this lovely! Why don’t I do this all the time??” especially when you have a track like this…

Give the cougars at Riva a wave while you’re there..

So, I’ve decided to have a warm glass of cement, harden the fudge up… put on a bit of bob marley and pretend I’m in the tropics.

Winter exermaaaciiiiise here we come!!!

my mother would kill me..

but if i was ever badass enough... this is the tattoo i would get,  perhaps on the ol' foot.

the sun, the sea.

pretty much the best things in life..  and they're free.. oh god. must stop before the lame rhyming intensifies..

what AESOPhistocated idea..

Bonus #1 on working on Bourke Street: Bourke Street Mall lunchtime adventures.

Aesop are the stars of the Myer windows this month and boy have they kicked a goal.

organised vs disorganised = fabulous

^Fellow hipstamatic fan Claire's handy work xx

                                Just what the skin doctor ordered for the autumn weather

One person's trash..

Found this old wooden chest on the nature strip and thought it needed a good home (I’m guessing this would be a hoarder’s excuse??)

All it needed was a good sand and paint and BAM… hello shabby chic

Warning: although electric sanding may LOOK easy.. my hand would somewhat disagree… I now look like I punched something..  oops.

funny story that..

Thought I’d share the thought process behind verity I presume as a name..

Most of you would think, well, thanks captain obvious, its your name.. well yes, yes it is but there is a funny story behind it.. (holds breath and hopes its not too much of a ‘you had to be there’ kind of story… aaahh well)

And it all started with one of my BFFs Sarah calling late on a Saturday night, and yours truly feeling quite the grandma picking up her friends after their shenanigans **insert 70 year old voice here. My lovely friend jumped into the front seat, and then, with a very serious face, as one would address a cab driver, said: Verity, I pressssume?  In a toffy, slightly slurred English accent

So from then on, whoever was Designated Dave was always addressed in the same way, and the joke has stuck.

It just goes to prove its worth roaming around the streets of Melbourne in your trackies or even quite possibly your pjs because it will no doubt end with a good laugh.

its a little bit fancy

hardware lane: melbourne's stone cobbled, romantic little hideaway full of cafes and bars just got better..

welcome La Bell Miette, a gorgeous patisserie specialising in macaroons.. YUM.

this fabulous shop adds to the lane's already Parisian feel and is a welcome escape from Melbourne's hustle and bustle.

the people are friendly, the macaroons are amazing, even the carry boxes are worth keeping.

this place is too close to work for my own good.

LOVE.

Salon de the: 30 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 3000. http://www.labellemiette.com.au/

v x

message in a bloggle

stumbled across a gorgeous initiative created solely to brighten a strangers day.. aaww.. warm and fuzzy.

all it takes is finding a scrap piece of paper, the back of a tram ticket.. heck, maybe even a pizza box, and write a message of love, hope, insight or just something silly. People have been sticking these little 'pick me ups' all over the place and posting them on the blog below

http://theblossomingthoughtproject.tumblr.com/ ..... have a geezer in your spare time

well colour me happy..

How adorable are these little chubbers.. (not sure about the name though..) Grazia had a story on them last week and I WANT ONE.

Love the crayon design, it unleashes the inner child.. but hopefully with better precision when it comes to keeping it in the lines.. ;) 

MUCH better than the gooey gloss that ends up all through your handbag too.. deeeeelightful..

Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm

$35.00

http://www.clinique.com.au/

Big glossy kisses xx

birds ARE attracted to shiny objects..

Holy heck... its not even 10:30 and self control has left the building.

firstly.. had myself a delicious and nutrious croissant for breakfast.. hey, it had ham and cheese, so that's today's essential dairy and protein ticked off.

good rationalising.

and then... got introduced to yet another clothing website promising BIG SALES.. its funny how you can justify something expensive just because it used to be really really expensive..

but as the ad says, i can wear it day AND night.. so its paid for itself really..

http://www.stylesociety.com.au/

go on... spoil yourselves

v x

I'll take it!

alllllllll of it.

something to take the edge off

If you haven't got onto glasshouse candles.. I suggest you do.. its like heaven on a ummmm... candle. seriously. especially on a sunday arvo kicking back on the couch reading a good book... actually its sunday, lets be honest it'll probably be a mag.. the more trashy celeb pictures the better.

Personal fave is coconut lime. Its got the warm relaxing coconut but the real hero is the lime. i never thought I'd say this but yes. coconut can be quite overpowering... says she who lathers up in coconut oil on the beach like its going out of fashion.. but yes, the lime is a welcome and worthy addition

smell ya later...

v x

all the leaves are brown...

Autumn is (usually) such a beautiful time of the year, Exhibit A, taken in my lovely street.. but us poor melbournians have been experiencing more of Exhibit B...

warms the cockles doesnt it...

why hello there..

afternoon all..

hope everyone is enjoying what some would call a 'crisp' melbourne afternoon. I personally would call it a cold, dull, may as well be back in london kind of afternoon. BUT.. due to such craptastic weather.. and a quiet day at the office, it has prompted me to finally set myself up a little blog - somewhere where i can share beautiful, funny, yummy, silly, (most likely sparkly) things from places i'd rather be than the ollllllll' work desk.

enjoy!

v x