We've Been Pegged

You don't realise just how much excitement those little wooden stakes with bright pink ribbon on the caused me....

Oh yes - I am so not cool I literally jumped up and down with excitement.

Its onward and upward now.... bring on the block clearance!

My House Update

Sorry for being MIA - I met a severe case of food poisoning this weekend which I just couldnt refuse.... anyway he (Its painful and messy, food poisoning has to be a he!) decided to make it an extended visit and today is the first day out of bed.

So today I have very exciting news - My block gets cleared on Friday. Oh yes, this Friday - 3 sleeps away I will have a cleared block and hopefully a retaining wall.

Looking forward to finally showing you pictures of my house not just my wish list!

YAY - finally moving forward!

Now I just wish the Pool contract would arrive so I can start getting things done.

Take care everyone and I promise to talk more sense tomorrow when I am more coherent.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Today I want to talk to you about furniture - it seems that in Perth there is plenty of ultra modern pieces to buy or else you go for the Asian Bali look - if you want anything slightly different to that ... you will be paying BIG bucks!

Where is our originality - how can you not love something different and eclectic. Why do you have to have the same cane outdoor setting every one of your friends has!

these are some of my all time favorite pieces!

Look at this buffet cabinet - is this not absolutely heavenly? Is this not worth losing a hand for, I mean the colours and textures... I would die to have this in my house

And this foot stool - its beautiful, look at the legs, you dont even notice it straight away but once you so it makes all the other pieces in the room look just plain dull (except for the very cool lamp!)

Dont have much to say about this coffee table except - I WANT IT!

Happy Australia Day to All

Happy Australia to Everyone - in Perth its a beautiful day - its sunshine and BBQ's and lots of time spent at the beach.... here is where it gets a bit sad so if your in a lovely happy mood it might be best to read this at a later date....

For those of you who have guessed my gorgeous husband works away - he is on a fly in fly out roster so there are always going to be times when he is away from me during important events. Another thing you may not guess, my husband is my best friend! I mean, if there was a huge sale at a designer store, or a I fell down the stairs in one of my very embarrassing moments he would be the first one I would call. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of lovely friends who I catch up with regularly and who I can sit and chat to for hours but there is not that ... spark when you instantly smile just knowing you are in the same room with them. So for me ... Hubby is that person and on days like today when friends gather together over BBQ's and families argue over whether they have put sunscreen on for the hundredth time, I sit back and realise .... When he is away, I am mind numbingly, painfully lonely. I was invited to lots of BBQ's, beach and even went to the movies but in my head all I was thinking was... this would be so much better if he was here.

We chose this life and I am in no way, shape or form complaining and most of the year I keep myself very busy counting down the days until he is home.

But on this very day 8 years ago, we had our first date and it was amazing and 8 years on he is struggling to get a chopper working so he can fly home (Those damn things always break down when I really don't want them too)

So Happy First Date Anniversary honey - Happy Australia day to everyone else and for me ... I am planning to go to bed very very early just so it can be tomorrow and he will be on a plane home!

A Little Piece of Heaven

My wonderful, adoring husband (oh yes, Major sucking up here) has told me that although we arnt allowed any holidays down south doesn't really count.....

So I'm allowed to organise a small escape down to Dunsborough / Margaret River. While I was organising I came across some totally amazing homes that people allow other people to rent... can you imagine giving up one of these even for just a little while....

So my imagination is going overtime and this is true heaven in a holiday home (or two) - this is definitely one of those... if I won the Lotto moments!

This one is in Denmark - a quiet country retreat?

And this one - a little beach shack (Ha ha) in Dunsborough

A Tale of Woe and Misforture

Apart from being the famous Russian folk story about a guy who just doesn't learn Woe found me Sunday morning and informed me that 5 hours of torture were about to begin.

Let me start by saying I had extremely good intentions, on Friday my darling Mothers vacuum cleaner died and she decided she wanted a Dyson. On Sunday unable to sleep I was cruising the net when I came across a website that looked like a dream come true. It was an auction website where you buy bids and bid for the item, once you are the last bidder you pay the final price and its yours. the price is easy to calculate, 1 cent for every bid! Wouldn't you know it sitting there as the next item to bid on was a Dyson vacuum cleaner so 6am on Sunday morning i start bidding, then mum wakes up and she sits with me and we keep bidding, 5 hours later and $150 out of pocket we still haven't won the item and in your head is that little voice ... I have already put so much money into this - I may as well put a little bit more... and so I buy another $50 bids and then by 11am I was out completely.

How could I have lost .... how is that humanly possible. Obviously this is a form of gambling, there is no such thing as a sure thing but in my head I was so so sure I was going to win! Well duhhh... I didn't.

So no vacuum cleaner and $200 poorer. Sad but true - and the moral of this story, I am forgetting the website, (even the beautiful Tag Heuer Watch I want) and as a gesture of good will - I'm not even going to tell you the website!

Oh yes - I have learnt my lesson - never again.... Who needs a silly old watch anyway!

Bargain Shopping

Because I'm building a house I am trying very hard to make smarter shopping choices. forget about the whole "I must not shop" that is like telling me I'm not allowed to breath but I am trying to make a small difference and I must say my thought process is slowly changing... slowly!

Anyways where as before I would quite happily buy a pair of amazing shoes not when I look at them I seem to think ... "this is half the cost of my entry light fitting!" And it works so I am shopping smarter and thinking more about the lovely items I just to not really think to much about.

One of the ways is Internet shopping, there is no impulse there, you can sit and rationalise and also look around at other sites to find the cheapest solution.

One of my new favorites is the Salvation Army Site. Well done for moving with the times, I guarantee they will get 10 times more business and will probably be able to get a bit more money for their items.

these are a few of my current favorites on their site!

Silver Plated Egg Cups - $25

Stirling Silver Brooches - $60

Vintage Dress with Matching Shoes - $145

Vintage Toy Fire Engine (Battery Operated) - $250