Happy Monday To All ...

My apologies for being MIA the last few days .... the holiday planning is hotting up with only 9 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes and .... 8 seconds until I am free and clear of work and on my way to a new and exciting adventure.

 

I apologies to all those who are as house crazy as I am ... the house will be on the back burner until January however don't go anywhere, I do have one or two little surprises remaining and will be showing you those before I go. Over the next few months will be focusing on our little journey across the world and I am going to start giving you the run down over the next ... 9 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes and 28 seconds.

Today however is all about you ... well for me its ... me but really this is more global than that. This is about recognising what makes you happy and making it a priority.

The three things that really make me happy .... colour, flowers and scent. So I always have candles burning in my house - the brighter the stronger smelling the better, that hint of Jasmine as you walk past a room really gives me the warm and fuzzies.

Now Colour and Flowers - I always try have flowers in my house, I love seeing them sitting there purely for my pleasure. And it doesn't have to be expensive ... it really doesn't. These little babies cost me $15 and in my head it was money well spent.  

During a time of the year where everyone goes out of their way to please everyone else ... don't you think you should take 10 minutes out of your day to make you happy?

Breaking The Bad News...

I have just found out a piece of rather disturbing news that is going to bring Mr V's dreams of the Moscow part of the holiday crashing down....

See the thing he is most looking forward to on this particular holiday is skating in all the outdoor ice rinks around Eastern Europe .... 

Here is the problem, We are actually visiting Gorky Park in Moscow (the one he is most looking forward to visiting - as seen in the pictures below) the very beginning of December ... way to early for them to have set up the outdoor ice rinks.

So to put it plainly - there will be no outdoor skating set up in Russia!

This is my Oh Dear Moment ... how do I break it to the guy, he has been goggling and You-tubing this park for months and now for me to crush his hopes and dream in just one sentence just seems unfair...

Poor Mr V - I now just have to work out how to break this heartbreaking piece of news!

Maybe I will wait till we are on the plane!

Venice is Flooding .... Wish I Was There!

Bit of an odd title I know but at this very moment Venice is flooded. Not wet your feet type of flooded but you are much better off just walking around in bathers type of flooded.

The funny thing is ... at this very moment my parents are in Venice. In 140 years there has never been flooding in Venice this bad and my parents are there to witness it.

God I wish I was there, can you imagine .... obviously you would look and feel like a wet cat however you are seeing Venice in a way no one has seen in the flesh in a very long time. 

In honour of my lovely mum and dad witnessing this I thought I would share my favourite media pics I found of this occasion!

PS. If Mr V was there I can almost guarantee he would be jumping off buildings and basically running a muck!

Organisation - Jewellery

While I will admit I am a bit of a hoarder when it comes to jewellery even I didn't realise the extent of my problem until yesterday I dumped every single bit I own on the bedroom floor and spent the next 5 hours sorting out the mess!

 

I do own alot of pretty sparkly things but now I own a very well organised lot of pretty sparkly things.

Howards Storage eat your heart out!!!

The Big Show Piece - Entry Lighting

It appears I'm swinging back and forth with regards to my entry light. 

Originally I fell in love with a African company called Willowlamp. They were edgy, beautiful and very much a one off type piece. This is what I wanted for my entry ... beautiful ... sorted.

Then I saw Foucult's Orb on the restoration hardware site (here) and just fell in love. So decision made ... this was going to be my new entry light fitting.

 

Until now ... Willowlamp (here) have just brought out their new collection and it is Phenomenal  Their lighting is heavenly and I really just wanted to share with you some of the beautiful options they have available.

 

So yes ... I now have no idea which direction I am going to turn when it comes to entry lighting but one things for sure .... I'm certainly not going to struggle to find something!

Shocking Discoveries ... About Mr V

He loves it so very much when I blog about darling Mr V however the other day I learned something shocking and new that I just had to share with my dedicated and all very lovely readers.

Please bare in mind hubby and I have been together for nearly 10 years, married for 4 now and yet this is something that up until now I didn't know....  Trust Me - I am amazed as you no doubt are! Here we go .....

My Husband ... Mr V ..... Is a Tupperware Nazi!

During a glass of wine and washing up, it was revealed he didn't appreciate my lack of respect towards the Tupperware cupboard in the house. He felt ... rightly or wrongly that a kitchen item as important as Tupperware should be given a more prominent and spacious position in our rather tiny kitchen.

Obviously this differing view of the importance of Tupperware made me rethink ... you see Tupperware isn't pretty, it doesn't make your eyes light up like a perfectly space set of wine glasses will, Tupperware is practical obviously but to me its a consumable, use it until it no longer closes properly and replace.

This got me thinking ... am I a minority ... who truly respects their Tupperware  What is your Tupperware cupboard like? Do you give it the space my husband feels it deserves? 

Disclaimer - Obviously I use the term Tupperware very loosely ... my plastic storage devices are not Tupperware, apparently I don't respect it enough to actually be able to buy Tupperware so this is my cheap but still brilliant alternative. 

Lotto Fever

There is so much hype today, Melbourne Cup, The US election and of course ... the biggest lotto draw of all time. 

One Hundred Million Dollars!

Now for me that is a scary lot of money .... but it does get you thinking, if I had that amount of money what would I do with it and to be honest my wants started small.

An insane pair of shoes 

A baby Range Rover

A holiday to Egypt

and then things started spiralling .... hey 100,000,000 is an aweful lot of money, I could do anything so right about now I took it up a notch ....

A boat

A library to die for 

A small country property ... he he he

This is the moment I realised I would probably lock the money up into an account for a year until we actually can figure out what we would do with it because looking at what I wanted, I cant be trusted with that type of money.

What about you?