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Obligatory New Year Resolutions Post

Resolution #1: Uggg - will obviously lose 20 lbs.

#2: Always put last night's panties in the laundry basket. Equally important: will find nice sensible boyfriend and stop forming romantic attachments to any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, sexaholics, commitment-phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits, or perverts. Will especially stop fantasizing about a particular person who embodies all these things.

Ok, sorry, obviously not my New Year resolutions. But good for you Bridget for choosing sensible, positive changes into our life.

These are my New Year resolutions:

1. Spend less time on computer
2. Spend time on organising myself...and then doing what I organised
3. Use my diary and calendar properly

Shall probably blow all three, but hey, it’s good to aim high.

And So Is The Theme Of My Day

This Has Been My Day So Far

Is it beautiful, defiant or just f##ked?

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is most seriously displeased.

Because Elizabeth Bennet has joined Facebook.

I am excessively diverted.

Married Life is Murder

Little J had a small Halloween party on Saturday. While she was initially committed to the idea of dressing as a murdered bride for the day her enthusiasm quickly waned. Despite her too-cool-for-school attitude, on the inside she’s a princess through and through.

I however, loved her costume. Many years ago I’d done something similar for Halloween and know she’ll look back one day and marvel at her braveness.

The actual day of Halloween was taken up at the Subiaco Craft and Community Fair and while I was selling out of bath bombs, Little J was scooting around one of these things which was part of some children's clown entertainment.

What I Won’t Be Doing – Or Maybe I Will!

I’ve never read wedding blogs before and now I have the perfect excuse. And let me tell you, it is wedding heaven.

Wedding blogs are far superior to magazines and books on the subject, they update frequently, have gorgeous photos and it’s easy to check out the archives.

So what’s new with weddings? Allow me to show you:

If ‘Tacky’ is your theme then these ideas are right on trend.

And before you turn green with envy at the thought that I might be having a romantic ceremony at McDonalds (although I’m not sure if Big B has ever set foot in one before) or starting my rhinestone collection for my white taffeta bodice I’ve already given Big B power of veto and these things need to be approved by him first.

I’ve got my fingers crossed he’ll go for the heart shaped cake stand.

We’re Making A List, Checking It Twice

Wanna find out who’s naughty, not nice.

That’s because we’re already planning our Halloween decorating. Little J has a very long list of decorating ideas in order to create her ideal Halloween. It turns out ‘ideal’ Halloween includes a Goth costume with the full eye makeup and black clothes.

I’ve put a restriction of decorating only one room and a little bit outside, otherwise we’ll have to remortgage the house to pay for it all.

I’ve also put my ‘no-fun’ foot down and am only letting her have one friend over for a sleep over. Decisions like this are purely self interested of course, I’ve got an incredibly busy day planned for October 31st and will not be in the mood for screaming little girls who will no doubt be out of their minds on sugar and spooky movies.

When I want to be, “super organised” is my middle name and I’ve already started up a Halloween folder in my Pictures file where I can collect (and steal) any great ideas I find on the internet.

Some of my favourites include:

Oh how divine are they! How spookily perfect. How monstrously cute!

With only 36 days to go before our toned down Halloween extravaganza I’ve got as lot of work ahead of me.

Keeping The Kids Occupied

Sometimes you have to force the kids to do something different.

I think they look super adorable. Little C is posing like a trooper but Little J is embarrassed beyond belief…I’ll turn her into a high fashion It Girl if it’s the last thing I do.

Careers I Could Have Chosen

Sometimes in life there are way too many choices. There are just so many cool careers out there that I feel like I want to pursue them all, as if I could have a second career on the sideline and it wouldn’t be too much work.

So what would I do if I magically had the time to have a second, third, even fourth career?

Children's Clothing Designer

Baker of Yummy Things

Like Bakerella, who seems to spend her day making cookies and taking cool photos of them.

Hair Adornment Designer

Like Twigs & Honey.

Artist

Especially art like Rebecca Rebouche, who creates the most divine paintings.

Fabric Designer

Like Australian designer Mel Bomba.

Photographer

Just like Kiss the Grooms Elizabeth Messina.

House Renovator

It ‘sounds’ like a great idea, gutting old ugly houses and redecorating them into something beautiful.

Illustrator

Like the very talented Elise Hurst who wrote and illustrated one of our favourite books, The Night Garden.

Book Shop Owner

I could just read all day long. Bliss.

Shoe Designer

Like The Shoe Girl who spends her day dressing up and designing fab shoes for top fashion labels.

Invitation Designer

You design pretty things like Rifle Paper Co, people love them and use them a wedding invitations. Perfect.

Party Planner

I couldn’t think of a better way to spend the day.

It Girl

With my own reality show of course.

Stay at Home Mum

Where the only thing I do is what I want, when I want…and then I blog about it of course.

Chocolate Shop Owner

No explanation necessary.

Not Happy About The Wait?

Don’t worry, I’ll be announcing who won one of our fab body butters tomorrow.

That’s me on the left by the way…with my mum and sister wondering what's wrong with me…again.