Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something New.

Congratulations go out to Cindi and Chris today.  It has been something special to watch the love and care that has gone into this wedding, and I for one, can't wait to see all the happy faces on their special day.

So raise your glasses.  

To Cindi and Chris   

Something Old:  Nine West Heels

Something New:  Primula Dress, Anthropologie 

Something Borrowed:  Necklace, from my daughter

Something Blue:  Eyeliner, Eyeshadow and Necklace!

I was thrilled to participate in All things Aimee's Blog Bachelorette Party for Cindi.  

Plus I had to add in a little Anthro for Cindi :)

Confessional

I have a confession to make. Over the past nine months or so, I have been devouring blogs every morning with my coffee, to the point where I actually set my alarm to 5:30am so that I can spend the time, peacefully child-free and indulging in pure unadualtered lust and envy of some blogs of a certain nature.

Anthropologie.  Kim at Anthroholic was my first find, followed swiftly (I believe it took maybe 5 mins) by Maria at Infinite Whimsy.  Then came morning staples such as Effortless Anthropologie, Love at First Shop, Have a Cute Day, You, Me & Anthropolgie as they each took a place in my morning ritual.  Recently I have also fallen for Musings by Jacquelyn , Princessof Taylor, Simply Cindi and Square Peg for Anthro (among others).  So with my newfound Anthro devotion, came the knowledge that it was not going to happen for me.  To start with, they didn't ship to Australia.  Then came the international update, Australia had made the cut!  But, as luck would have it, the site didn't allow most of the popular items, and none from the sales.  So, like the masochist I am, I continued the not-so-discreet affair, and I found love in dress after dress, skirt after skirt, and cardi after cardi.  All of which, were not coming home to me.

Then I discovered viaddress.com.  The lovely people there gave me a US address for shipping, and would hold onto my purchases and consolidate them when I requested and ship over to the land Down Under.  So I started shopping the restricted US Anthro site.  And wow did the the price-tags hurt, even before I start calculating the exchange rate with a dull ache in my heart, and thats not taking into account the international shipping rates.  But then, I discovered thanks to a guest post on Roxy's blog, how to circumnavigate Anthro's international shipping policies.  And then I discovered the internet sale times.  My heart started to flutter.  Finally, Kim started Anthroholic Shopper.  Thats right.  A shopping service directed at me.  My heart took flight and soared.  My husbands' nosedived.

Well, today people, is the day.  My first consolidated shipment has arrived.  My heart was racing, I was actually squealing when Hubs asked, "Do you have anything from Fedex coming?" (Silly man, what do you think I have been tracking obsessively for the past four days as I watched it transit the globe)

I. Have. No. Words.

Just a great big grin on my face.  No doubt you will see a few Anthro pieces pop on up here very soon.

But until then I leave you with ....

The shoes that started the obsession.  Picture-Perfect Clogs.

They are clogs.  

They are soft, soft.

They are the perfect neutral taupe.  

They have flowers.

  

They are mine.

Q's, Q's and more Queue's

Top - Target Tee

Skirt - Jacqui E

Belt - (drum roll please .....) Anthropologie! Snakebite in Grey 

Shoes - Anapelle

Jewellery - Key Necklace by Tiffany

It was a very casual day, involving spending ALOT of time in government queues ... firstly time in DMV changing my registration, then off to Births, Deaths and Marriages to get another copy of my marriage certificate - apparently the one I was given at my wedding isn't actually proof of my marriage - I needed the one that they provided for a fee of $50!  Pffft ... Got to love the hoops they make you jump through.  On a positive note, I am now hitting all new gaming high-scores on my iphone :)

Five years of strength worn down with one disarming smile

This dress, which when it fit me perfectly, was hardly ever worn.  Now that its a little too big, I'm wearing it as my default 'need to get dressed, but feel like jeans' look.  Combined with my flats and my tiffany key, I'm set to go on a very special shopping trip with my daughter, along with a few errands around town.

 

Do you remember your first pet?

Mine was a chow-chow - a beautiful fluffy dog with a blue tongue named Kieko. Man, I loved that dog.

My poor mum though, had no choice in the matter - after saying no to my many plea's of pet ownership, my dad took it upon himself to right the injustice and brought a little 'suprise' home for us!  

Didn't take long though to win over Mum's heart <3

Somehow, I seem to find myself in the same position as my poor harried mother ... constantly saying no to another mouth in the house.  Until Grace finally used this line on me ... "Mummy, I have lots of love in my heart and I really want to share it with a special friend ... please can I have a gold fish?"

So here we are, leaving to go purchase our first pet - I give you, the ruffle girls ;)

The 'doll on a stick' is from the ekka (State Fair) that we went to earlier in the week.  I have started a post about the Ekka trip but somehow haven't gotten around to posting it.  I will have to do that this afternoon (I'll add it to my to-do list. Right after I drop my camera off for a service, but before any housecleaning is done.  Priorities right?)