Lady in red

 

Love them.

 

Seeing her rocking the red makes me want to experiment with this colour more.

 

But is anyone else as alarmed as me by how loose her engagement ring is?

 

Girl, get a grip on that thing! You don't want it sliding off!

 

And George. Gush. How exciting for the little cherubs who get to play with him today - well, exciting for their mothers at least.

 

Can you imagine the stress over what to wear to this play date? I bet there's not a sneaker nor trackpant in sight . . . although, it is New Zealand (he he he, that's just for you Lou and Bridge!)

 

xx

 

PS. Are you following the Royals on Facebook? I am loving it sick, as it's all the official pics. So formal and fabulous!

Playing dress up

 

Okay, so we've all seen it already but I couldn't help myself.

 

I do get a bit gushy with a gorgeous country landscape. Just wish dear old Isabel had a gorgey brother we could perve on. Nothing like a bloke in RMs, moleskins and an Akubra to get the heart racing.

 

I digress.

 

This is my pick from the collection. My friend Alice had already emailed it through to me before the Country Road email landed in my inbox. We are on the same page, this Alice and I.

 

 

Buy it here.

 

I want to get a felt hat for Winter. I think it will be very 'Melbourne' of me - but I don't want to look like a try-hard. The name on everyone's lips is lack of color (the spelling annoys me, especially  because it's an Australian brand) so I'm keen to invest and experiment. Surely black is safe and I'll totes look the part? Yay or neigh, friends?

 

 

 

Shop it here (sans saucy bra thing)

 

Speaking of hats and looking the part, think I need one of these beauties for the footy (don't mention Sunday's game, but we can talk about the Showdown for a bit longer yet can't we!?)

 

 

 

Question is, which colour? Isn't Tina a scream? Couldn't ask for a better model for Lady Chatterley's Affair than the pretty lady herself.

 

Beat the rush and get your mitts on a beanie yourself here.

 

xx

 

 

 

 

Wine time, or vodka even

 

TGIF ladies! We made it!

 

Heading out with the girls tonight and I'm especially thirsty. Dashing home from work to slick on some lippy and slip on some heels. Luckily my morning blow dry has *almost* held.

 

Loved this quote I found on the sheshopped instagram the other night. That Lucy Cornes is a crack up!

 

The mood I'm in, I might need my friends to confiscate my phone . . . #trouble

 

Happy weekend lovers xx

 

PS. Go the Power! We're having a Mexican Showdown party to celebrate the first game at Adelaide Oval tomorrow. I'll share the famous pulled pork recipe with you next week . . . if Liam lets me!

Couldn't have said it better myself

(If only sound worked on this!)

 

This dating game is ruthless! And tiring. And expensive.

 

It's been a fun summer, but seriously, where is he?

 

There have been a few candidates along the way, let's recap:

• The weirdo with the bag of chocolates keeping warm in his pocket that he produced as a gift for me (weird, but they were Lindt so . .  .)
• The dude with the lisp who was so lovely but reminded me far too much of my brother (so pashing was way out of the question)
• The English guy who liked long {awkward} pauses and wore sneakers with socks
• The catch of the year who I never met even after four weeks of texting (I'm starting to think he never existed - just call me Casey Donovan)
• The dude who drank coffee, and only coffee - look, I like coffee but I'm so much more charming and witty and gorgeous after a few vinos
• And most recently, the perfect guy (sigh) who turned out to be the biggest turd in the world (insert expletives here)

 

I even looked this up this morning, out of pure desperation, but my mother would kill me.

 

The time has come to turn to the sisterhood - surely you must have wonderful, eligible, charming male friends out there?

 

My friends are having their first 'Bring a Friend Friday' drinks at The Carlton this Friday in the city, and I invite you to a) come along and b) bring a delightful male guest! We're all new to Melbourne and are keen to broaden our friendship group - it's very Adelaide centric at the moment an it's time to adopt new peeps to the fold!

 

There will be other singles there (that's the good thing about this city, I'm not the only one!) and it's sure to be fun. Beats sitting on the couch on your own eating a whole block of chocolate and watching online episodes of Real Housewives of Melbourne (because that's not what I did at all last Friday night . . .)

 

Let's talk, friends!

 

PS. How GOOD is Real Housewives of Melbourne!? #carcrashtv #loveit

 

UPDATE

 

And here my friends, is the extended clip . . .

 

 

I love a sunburnt country

 

How good is this campaign!?

 

#aussiepride

Start of something

Hi!

Remember me!? Yep, it's been a long time between drinks but I'm not sorry - I've been busy!

I've been living and loving and learning and having a ball.

What have you all been up to? So much has happened since we last caught up. I don't know where to start . . .

But I know you're going to love these floral necklaces we made for Jourdanne's hen's day last week. I'll post more soon. And give some hot tips on what to do. Burning yourself on the tips of ever finger with the hot glue gun is not recommended.

Are you hot where you are? It's 35 here today. And I'm home sick with an earache. Doc says it might be from flying. Might have to give up on those dreams of being a flight attendant after all. Ha!

Did you watch the Super Bowl? Bruno Mars was incredible! 

Happy Monday!

Putting the Rad into Radelaide

Adelaide's got its cool on.

And I love it!

What do you think of the new TVC produced by kwp!? It is a lovely new chapter in the South Australian story of late and I love what they've done with it.

Here was the stunningly beautiful and edgy Barossa ad.

And remember the Kangaroo Island winner?

There are going to be the haters, the people who don't recognise the Adelaide they've grown up in. They've cut me down before on this very blog.

But that's not who this campaign is for.

We're trying to attract tourists, visitors, new people, adventurers, foodies, explorers, internationals, sceptics, SA haters and investors.

But let's be brave, take risks and stand out from the pack.

This is different. And different is not wrong. It's just different.

** Editor's note: I showed my housemate this ad tonight and she thought it was terrible. Had no idea what it was promoting. Interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing what others think. Stepping away from my 'Adelaide can do no wrong' bias, it does look quite European or something. Maybe an ad for a technology company? Maybe I love the edginess of the ad rather than the message. I will stay tuned for the backlash . . .