Long weekend

What a divine weekend, it started with my colleagues & I going out for lunch at Calisto's for prawns on Friday afternoon. Saturday morning was overhaul day, I gave myself a facial, mani, pedi & wax, so all scrubbed and polished later, we made our way over to our good friends, Cally & Ross. The boys serviced Grant's bicycle, whilst Cally and I drank Pimms cocktails and ate homemade scones with cream & strawberry jam and caught up on all our chit chat. When they were done, we all went out for dinner at the Cattle Baron, the food there is absolutely gorgeous, Grant's steak was so big it looked like he had a cow for dinner. It was such a fun evening with loads of laughter, and a little food fight (with ice, don't ask, but suffice to say, boys will be boys). On Sunday I made my way down to Chamdor (I could spend days in there) and I bought all sorts of lace & material. I came home and sewed a lace collar onto a plain cardi, and now I have a Anthro lookalike cardi. We had my in-laws round for curry & drinks on Sunday night, so lovely to catch up. Monday was a public holiday and I set out on a mission to make a skirt that had a zip in it (I have always stayed away from patterns that have zip), it took me all day, but it was such fun, I watched movies whilst I sewed and I actually managed to figure out how to do this zip thing. The skirt looks great and I am thrilled that I can now venture forth and work patterns that have zips.
Till next time
xoxo

Look at the size of this steak, I mean seriously, small countries could feast on this

Jordy & I

Ross, CJ & Cally

Thane & Jordy

My Anthro-esque cardi

My all time magical movies

Some movies just stay with us for all time, these are a few of my favourites

Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra in High Society, my favourite movie of all time, such elegance.

An absolute classic. Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, is she not just absolutely divine. On our trip to New York we stood right outside that very same window (not looking anywhere near as perfect as Holly Golightly, but the moment was had.

The Lost Boys with Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman & Jami Gertz. The soundtrack to this movie is unbeatable.
Cruel Intentions, starring Sarah Michelle Geller, Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe

Till next time

xoxo

Daisy, Daisy ..... A bicycle made for me

I haven't really been on a bicycle since I was a little girl, bar the tandem ride Grant and I did, in Swaziland (whilst heavily pregnant and it wasn't pretty) although Grant cycles almost every weekend and thoroughly enjoys it. However I came across this bicycle today, and I do believe if this darling bike and I belong together. It is a Nirve Hello Kitty cruiser, the tread of the tyres leave Hello Kitty prints, this is just too dinky for words. I think I need to add this to my list for Santa.
Till next time
xoxo

A weekend, with a little sun

It always feels so good, come Monday morning, when you have had a great weekend and although we didn't do anything spectacular, we really did have a wonderful weekend. It kicked off with Grant going off to ride his bike, and he appears to have gotten over his fear of going over single bridges, so well done babes). Whilst he was out riding, Jordy and I went off to the shops to do the monthly cleaning stuff & dog food shop (joy), that being said once we were done we popped into Mug & Bean for lunch which was so divine. We then had dinner with our good friends Ann, Mike & their daughter Michaela, again it was lovely to see them on their own. We love parties but it is always so difficult to get around to chatting to everyone, so when I get to spend time with my friends alone, I truly treasure that time. I woke up on Sunday, with my mission planned, I was going to convert the gym into my craft room, well the stars were against me again, as I got a call from my brother-in-law, who's washing machine was on the blink, he wanted to know if there was a laundromat in our area. So I suggested that they rather come round and do it at our place. The sun was out (a welcome thing) so whilst the washing was being done, we sat outside. I made homemade lemon/orangeade (picked from our trees) which Debbie and I added vodka & galeano to. I made corn bread to nibble on and we all sat around playing board games and chatting. In between, Jordy & Debbie sat studying (whilst suntanning, I ask you studying African style) for Jordy's Science exam today. My in-laws returned home after walking at the Botanical Gardens and joined us for some sun downers, so all in all an absolutely, impromptu, quiet, relaxing day, surrounded by family. It really was glorious. I am so looking forward to Spring, which is just around the corner and looking forward to being able to watch the sun go down each night (never get home early enough in winter to see the sun set). Just have to get through my spring cleaning list before then. We have a long weekend coming up this weekend, so should give me enough time to get the backlog done (here''s hoping) but if the stars feel differently i will gladly swop a day of spring cleaning for some impromptu fun.
Till next time
xoxo

Jordy & I

Our two monkey's, Roxy & Doogie-Bug, getting some cuddles
Ron & Georgina

Board games and some Blackberry usage

Studying, Africa style

Harvey wall bangers (of sorts)

don't these oranges look divine

Grant picking some oranges

The attack of the killer soup

Last night we decided to go out for dinner, we popped into Outer Limits. I ordered the prawn bisque (served in a bread bowl) and the stuffed calamari starter. Well, I was innocently sitting there, sipping my wine, in my white cardi and a white top, when, does this soup not jump right out of the bread bowl and decide to slop itself all over me. It was everywhere (I even found it down my back and on my coat, that was hanging over my seat, when I got up to leave). So there I sat, trying to enjoy the rest of my meal (and wine) covered in brightly coloured orange prawn bisque. I also think Grant & Jordy need to be tarred and feathered for the shocking pics they take, spot the one without me, how clear it is. Anyway, the meal was great and what was left of the soup in the bread bowl was great too. Now just have to figure out how to get the stains out, already put them through the machine twice, each time with a different type of stain remover and it appears to still not be working.
Hoping for a calmer night tonight where my food does not decide to attack me.
Till next time
xoxo

Americans are nuts

OK, so maybe not all of them, but this lot definitely are. I found this while surfing the net, it is a new product being launched in America in September, and is dinkum a roll in a can, apparently the roll is vacuum packed separately to the filling that you then squeeze onto the roll when you want to eat it.

Now I have certain fundamental issues with this:

1. how can a roll stay fresh in a can, on a shelve, no where near a fridge, and for how long ..... eeeeuuuuwww

2. How lazy must a person be to not be able to put some peanut butter & jam on a roll

3. With global warming and all the greenie beenie people around, why would we want to add tins to the land fills.

Whatever next

Till next time

xoxo

Shopping on line

Another fun filled day at the office ahead of me. I was feeling very grim by the time I got home last night, so I dosed myself up on meds and got into bed. I woke up at 10pm and thought, oh my word I will never sleep now, so took two sleeping pills (not a good idea in retrospect). I am however feeling much better today, got a brilliant nights sleep, and boy did I, but now am dealing with the sleeping pill hangover, so much so that I can now barely keep my eyes open. This is going to be a very, very long day. At least a 2 or 3 Red Bull day to be exact. I am eagerly awaiting two purchases from the UK. One from Filofax.co.uk, I just adore their stuff, so practical and useful, I use their stuff for organising my personal life (use the online outlook diary for work) but their year at a glance and month at a glance is just perfect for arranging our "very busy social life" no seriously, it is. Also all their lovely extras, like pretty post-it' and coloured paper and stickers for reminders of birthdays and appointments etc. this is something that we sorely lack inthis country, have you ever tried to get filofax refills during the year, I have, and it is next to impossible, that is how I eventually stumbled upon Filofax.co.uk. They arer so efficient that I had it on my desk 5 days later. I am expecting my order by Thursday this week, but am keeping my eyes peeled in case they are super efficient and it arrives earlier. I also got introduced to Asos, by a friend at work (bad move Wisaal) and they have a permanent sale section, which is just perfect for us, as all their summer clothes are now 70 % off and you get an additional 10% off what you order on a promotion right now, so as we are moving into our summer, I bought 3 things for them and it should be arriving on my desk sometime next week. I bought their cream, cochet dress, blue & white cardi and a stunning suede belt (this wasn't on sale, but still a really good price). Looking forward to them joining the rest of my closet.

Till next time

xoxo