2011

All the rain has made my garden grow like mad
Does anyone know what these pink coleus like plants are? They grow so easily from cuttings

I have to prune like a Maniac to keep up with all this rain induced crazy growth.

My ginger flowers/Daleks say "Hello".

More sprout as soon as my back's turned.

Meanwhile this Castle Starr frock is one of the few things that still fits. I don't think Castle Starr exists anymore. I used to love looking at it on bluefly.

It's rained so much lately that a beach trip was Out of the Question. But sometimes, you have to get The Hell Out Of Dodge and hit the coast anyway. For a brief moment in time, the Sun came out. In Nooooooosa.

I love lying on a sun lounge by a pool or on a beach 9 Million/10. So relaxing.

I'm reading this. It's excellent. I recommend it.

I always feel that New Years Eve is never as good as you hope it'll be.

I went to a party in a Fancy Pants Beautiful House on Noooooosa Parade. I wish I'd taken photos of the food because it was amazing- lots of little tiny delicious morsels. I think it was by Ricky Ricardos.

I wore my 2009 Christmas Frock. It's Mint by Jodie Arnold and I bought it from frockshop.com.au It's not a Maternity Frock but Does the Job anyway. Those gold slides are about a decade old. But I still like them a lot.

I had this the next morning at Season. The people watching was brilliant. Everyone looked really hung over. 'Cept me of course.

This Day Birger et Mikkelson frock's been good to me.

And this arrived from the Book Depository- can't wait to read it.

and how divine is this card holder??? It's Coach and my friend Buphee (Not Her real Name) sent it to me from Canada. Thank you Buphee- I love it. And I miss you. Come visit soon.

I've seen 3 movies lately. The King's Speech ( 5 stars- excellent in every respect), Sarah's Key (3.5 stars and very sad) and Love and Other Drugs (bit boring. 2.5 stars)

I've made a few New Year's Resolutions- have you? I'm committed to really Thrifting it up this year and saving money plus I've started a huge declutter. So far I've actioned my makeup and my filing. It feels so satisfying to get rid of excess stuff and only have around you things that contribute to your life. Can't wait to attack more clutter and banish it for good.

Still Obsessed with Orange

I suppose most of you have actioned your trees by now.

It rains non stop these days which suits my beehive gingers
they actually smell like ginger too which is nice. I wonder if I can eat the stems? Anyone?
My shasta daisies are finally making an appearance. These make the best cut flowers
and I don't know what these are but they flower prolifically and are drought tolerant
and my spathalilums (know I have spelled this wrong) are going great guns

The other night my girl friends and I went to Tartufu for dinner. It's run by the man who used to run Fellini at Mirage

We all had veal with macadamia nuts and lavender sauce

and tiramisu for pudding

I met a lovely blog reader yesterday -Anne Marie (not to be confused with A-M from the House that A-M built!). She already knew Lotus so Willow and I met her for coffee. She gave me this excellent Royal Doulton decoration, which I love

and this fabulous OPI orange polish! A Good Mandarin in Hard to Find.I'm taking it with me when I get a mani and pedi today. Thank you so much Anne Marie- you'll be getting my thank you note soon

Meanwhile how good did Di look in orange? And don't you love her Dior bag?

and don't you love this coral necklace and fabric from Oscar de la Renta from '96? Is that Carla Bruni in the middle I wonder?

and Mr FF found me this orange mushroom decoration! 11/10 Mr FF

when I got home yesterday this was in my letter box

Linda in Chile and her divine children had sent the sweetest cards ever- I was thrilled to read them. Her kids are so well raised, as well as being gorgeous. I am seriously Impressed. I love it how they all said that they luffed things!

and that things were 11/10! So cute.

meanwhile, is Princess Mary still reading? Mary? is it You?

Do you all buy a Christmas Outfit? Last year's was red Mint by Jodie Arnold with beading. I've been wheeling this out a lot lately, I think the beading rocks.

By the way, my team and office got "most Stylish" at the Coalface Dec Comp. Everyone who entered won really!

This might be my Christmas dress this year. It's By Malene Birger (of course it is) and it was heavily discounted and it has a bit of orange in it and it's silk. It's got a kind of Daisy Buchanan/Gatsby floaty pannel arrangement vibe (without the Bad Behaviour and Car Accidents of Course)

Please don't tell Mr FF. I'm on a very strict budget. Ssshh.

I've defrosted the fridge, pruned the wild FF garden, done a load of washing and now I have to pop out and get my paws done and a pedi too. I've got a High Tea with my girlfriends so I'd better get moving.

And another thing. Lately I have witnessed some unpleasant Hardcore Bad Behaviour-sulking, rudeness, selfishness, tantrum throwing. Just acceptable from a toddler but really really boring when an Adult is actioning same. But I have also seen people wracked by grief and facing tremendous personal loss and fear who have behaved with dignity, strength, courage, grace and who have not forgotten the importance of manners. They are truly Inspirational.

Let's all aim for the latter.

xxxxx