Out with the old in with the new

What do you do when your NYE plans go awry and you're rained in? If you're anything like us you go slightly troppo and start drinking at 10.30am but you can only keep up that sort of behaviour for so long. Stuck in a beautiful cabin retreat with only solar power, the implications of which took a while to sink in ... no cellphone chargers (no coverage anyway), no tv, no stereo, no hair straighteners, no laptops we began to shapeshift and peel our own skin off. Face masks are a perfect way to start the NY I shed the old me and found a sparkly new me underneath who knew it was there all the time. Happy New Year everyone.

Very Merry

I hope everyone has a safe, relaxing and fun Xmas. Love A

Rip Torn

My unhealthy obsession with the perfect ripped jeans may be over as I found some more today. Only time will tell as I have to wear them in yet. Their high lycra content could mean that they give a little too much as you wear them but I'm chuffed with the colour. Next project (obsession) is gold jeans. I haven't been able to find any here in NZ that I like so I'll be pulling out the tiny roller and the gold paint. How many pairs of jeans does one woman need, now that would be telling!

All I want for Xmas is you ......... (Yeah right)

 and gold lots of gold and if I don't get what I want someone's going to get the jandal!

Can't put it off any longer

My friend Lisa and I agreed it was time to stop being Grinchy and let the kids put the trees up this weekend. I love a good tree almost as much as... my dogs who think it's an indoor toilet, my kid who likes to decorate it in a blindingly garish manner and the guy I end up paying exorbitant amounts to cart it away. Ha Ha Ba Hum Bug. So I have been looking for some alternatives and am loving the idea of filling up vases etc with baubles. I am also very taken with the bright colour scheme which I think is better suited to our summer Xmas.