Day 212: End of July

As you can see I had a great July, especially all my various birthday celebrations in the first half. The rest of the days were spent at work working very long and very hard... Unfortunately it's just that time of year. But amazingly, overall it was still a fabulous month! :)

Day 206: Drive up to the northern beaches

Mark and I took my new car for a spin up to Palm and Whale beach. We had a lovely lunch (lobster thermodore! yum) at the new Ripples @ Whale Beach.

Day 205: Interstate get together

I caught up with some lovely girls from NSW, Qld, Vic and WA today (and Fri night actually - I was the host for that event at Encasa which was v yum!). Saturday was a food and fashion extravaganza.

This was my first outing in my new car too - it was fun zipping around town in it!

First up was breakfast at Kazbah in Balmain. This place is awesome. Its Turkish I think. We had a set menu. First up was different porridges. Then we got eggs and all the extras plus tangines and then we got giant pancakes. All the food is share platter style. So good but quite rich and very filling.










After breaky we went to Leona and quite a few of us got dresses. I got a great dress myself that the girls helped me picked out.

We then went to Zumbos (from masterchef) and lined up (for a long time!) for macarons and other treats.



Then it was on to high tea at Observatory. This was a lovely afternoon chatting and drinking champagne.


I then headed home for an outfit change and then headed back into town for dinner at China Doll down at Woolloomooloo!

Woah what a day!!! It was great but I was quite buggered by the end of it.

Day 203: My new car

Is now in my possession and safe in my garage :) :)

Day 201: Knight and Day

Had a dinner and movie date with KK. Dinner with Karen was lovely but Knight and Day was a bit b grade...

Day 199: I bought a Car!

My husband and I have been looking around for a car for me for a little while - we knew what we wanted, a BMW 120i. We saw a good price on an Oct 09 demo model and decided to go check it out at the dealership. It is black (the colour I wanted) and gorgeous and a great price so we bought it! yay! We pick it up Thursday. I can't wait!

Here is a couple of pics of my new baby:

Day 198: My awesome new lounge

Remember when I showed you some swatches, cushions and artwork in June to go with my new lounge setting? Well I received my new lounge and my new occasional chair today and its all set up! I love it. And it's all so comfortable too, essential for lounging around :)

Day 191: 30th birthday bash

Tonight I had my 30th birthday bash. I had a vision for my party - I wanted a private space, I wanted a sit down dinner, private bar, good music, all my close friends, good food, and something classy. I was happy with the end result. We got a The Suite at The White Horse in Surry Hills. I had 3 tables of 10 and we put on a 3 course meal. Everyone said the food was excellent which was great to hear. We decorated with tea light candles and red roses. Initially I wanted cottage style flowers and then I realised I was born in July not January so went with dramatic red roses. the stylish Miss Kitty-Cat suggested I do them short and straight in square glasses - I thought this was a great idea. Mark & I sourced the vases (2 per table) in the day and some red roses, we supplemented with some of the ones Mark got me earlier in the week as we had 6 vases to fill. Mark did a great job putting them together. He also put together a photo slide show for my guests to view on the plasma and a great music selection - he is the best! I had a fabulous night. I also got spoilt rotten with all the fabulous gifts I got from my guests :) :) Thanks to my hubby for putting in so much effort and to all my fabulous guests who came and made my night so enjoyable! xxx










Kim & I - my hair is straight + I'm wearing my fabulous new necklace from my family

My darling husband