Wet Weekend.

I'm loving this rain. I'm not going to lie-it's playing hardcore havoc with my 'do, but the garden's rejoicing. After brunch at Anouk I saw The Trip with Steve Coogan. Has anyone else seen it? The food they eat and the scenery is beautiful.
Meanwhile, I'm counting the seconds til I see the lovely Joan and pondering the Big Question of What to Wear when I do. I'm thinking leopard print could be in order.

How gorgeous is she here-

And she's always looked good in a hat.

Today I said Yes to leopard print.

And yes to this Chanel lippy. Apparently it's the same shade ole Vanessa Paradis wears in the ad. So says Blighty. And she'd know.

This weather is conducive to Cosiness. One of my Favourite Things.

It's also conducive to soothing drinks

I wheeled this Old Bally stalwart out today. I used to be obsessed with Bally. Mr FF bought this for me for my birthday in 2006. I still luff it 11/10 and it was like catching up with an old friend- we must get together more often.

The Baby looked deadset cute in this top from my friend Lucinda. I will weep when he outgrows it.

Are you embracing single malts too? Well done. So cheering and Grown Up.

Wonder what old Joan'll wear for her show? I'm thinking sequins. Fingers and Toes.

Enjoy your weekends. I'm planning a serious declutter tomorrow. Wish me Decluttering Stamina.

xxx

Oprah. Dinner. Rain.

My girlfriends came for dinner tonight. We had baked lemon chicken with potato and a sort of Moroccan chick pea roast vegetable warm salad thing. It was so stifling hot. And now it is raining and storming.

Wore this Malene Birger frock today. It's sort of 1920s and floaty and summery. I hope I still want to wear it post pregnancy because I do really love it.

carried this gold Bally bag

Meanwhile Ole Oprah's Australian episode aired tonight. Here she is tripping the Light Fantastic on Whitehaven Beach.

Ole Mr FF and I love a resort holiday which is handy as about 75% of our clothes could fall within the categeory of what can only be described as Resort Wear. We went to Hamilton Island back in December 2005. I love it that we both embraced Orange even back then! And we matched our outfits as is our habit. I no longer have that dress but I luffed it 11/10 at the time. It was Custo Barcelona and I felt fantastic in it.

Qualia hadn't been built then and we stayed at the Beach Resort. They had a lovely infinity pool. We had dinner every night along the front on the sand. I remember it was an 8 course degustation arrangement.... The whole thing was very Glamorous. I still own that Fendi baguette.

We went to Whitehaven Beach too! Just like Oprah. But without a tv crew. Or a bunch of American audience members. Here's the proof:

It was beautiful.

Meanwhile the search to replace MAC's Moxie, sadly discontinued goes on. I got this Rimmel lipstick called Shocking Pink which might do the trick.

Someone asked me if I used lip liner. Damn Straight I do. I line my lips then apply lipstick and I reapply a lot during the day. I don't wear lipgloss because my hair always flies around and sticks onto it. My favourite pink lipliner is Rimmel's Indian Summer.

I am in love with my new doona cover. It's from our friends at Target. So soothing and crisp in this Heat.

Is this Torrential rain a good or a bad thing? It's good for washing filthy mud off stuff but could it cause more flooding? I missed Fashion Police but I taped it -will definitely watch Joan tomorrow.

Nothing else to report x

1 Year Blogiversary Give Away

It's a year ago today that I started Faux Fuchsia Style Blog. I know. I can't believe how fast the year's gone either. It's lovely for me to have a sort of online diary record of the past year. When I started it I had no idea about the interesting people I'd end up connecting with through the blog. It never ceases to surprise me that people I've never met actually read it and are interested in the stuff I do. Who'd 've thought?
If you were reading back then you know that Willow had to come to my house and actually set the whole thing up for me and teach me how to upload photos and stuff. Here she is in camouflage at the Coalface next to my tinsel laden tree.
I wanted to celebrate the year by actioning a Giveaway with a Superior Prize. My 1st idea was offering a Real Life Jersey Cow, because let's face it, who doesn't love a Jersey cow?

then I wondered if it should be something interactive, like say, a dancing Lesson with Ole Mr FF

But both these things are tricky to wrap and complicated to post.

I've given away Red Phoenix Emporium necklaces before, and they've always been a hit, so let's stick with Tradition and offer one of those. Here are some nice pieces from their New Collection:

This is Lotus in a jersey frock (not to be confused with a Jersey Cow) that she designed and made. I want one too.

and here's Willow:

I now own the Fuschia City (Hooray!!) which is the one with jade. I luff it 11/10 and it looks fantastic with the FF Leo necklace.

I wore it yesterday to the Coalface with my grey heavily discounted (it was 1/6th of the retail price People!!!) YSL frock from Jean Brown that I bought in January and have never worn until now.

the necklaces look good with this tres Kelly scarf in fuchsia

I'm about a 1/3 of the way through decorating my office. It's been a Collaborative process- I haven't done it alone and everyone has helped, especially my colleague N.

To enter the Giveaway, all you have to do is comment on this post. Feel free to leave a moving anecdote about how you 1st found the blog, or your favourite post, or if you were one of my 1st original 5 readers, or why you keep coming back to read the blog. Flattery will get you everywhere Readers.

I have some very loyal readers who regularly comment day in day out. You know who you are, so THANKYOU, because the comments are my favourite thing. A lot of them have blogs, and they are on my blog list whatsy to the right but some don't. But I always read your comments and really do appreciate them. I've enjoyed Telling you Everything and Revealing Nothing (to quote Paddy)

Righto, I'm a Creature of Habit, so I'm off to brunch with my girlfriends.

xxxx

Christmas Decorations and Other Stuff

Finally I think my Holiday Tree has Sufficient Ornament Coverage. This has taken years to achieve. Meanwhile this is me with Ole Mr FF yesterday. I got up at 5am this morning to help him pack and drive him to the airport. On a Saturday. I know. I am a Saint. Saint FF. (Paris's Patron Saint is St Genevieve. Music's Patron Saint is St Cecilia. I could be perhaps the Patron Saint of Unchipped Nail Polish?)
I'm not scared to mix my high end fancy pants decorations with my low end el cheapo chain store stuff and either should you. And All is well with the World:
Mr FF cleverly matched his (Jason are you reading this?) Non Gaudy Tie (Liberty) with my silk twinset arrangement (by Jean Paul Gaultier and on sale for 10%of its original retail price!!!)

Say what you will about us we're Predictable.A weird thing happened this morning when I got back from the airport and was wondering what to wear to brunch with my girlfriends. I found a black jersey By Malene Birger frill top thing at the back of my wardrobe that I had bought from Christiansen Copenhagen about 6 months ago, forgotten about and never worn. How could this be???

Spring has sprung in my garden. Look:

after brunch the girlfriends and I went shopping for Christmas paraphenalia

then I popped over to Mark and Greg's to see what their garden was up to. It looked amazing.

Have you bought Maggie Alderson's new book yet? I got mine today. I'm taking it to her book signing next week. Can't wait to read it.

I was watching Nigel Slater on Lifestyle Food today. I love his cooking and a find his manner so thoughtful, calm, peaceful and soothing. Remember his memoir Toast?

My flowers send their love.