The Usual Offenders

It’s the start of another week, another day another dollar!

I had a pretty good weekend, fair to say that my highlight was that The Husband came home! After an 8 hour delay, I was at the airport with my palms sweating, butterflies in my stomach, full of excitement and nerves! 
It was like our first date all over again (which I was two hours late for…). 
Who would have thought that a month without seeing him could leave me feeling like that!

I was so excited to see him when he walked out of the international gates, and did a double take as he looked younger. His hair was due for a cut, he had lost weight and bulked up from daily gym sessions (who goes to America and actually comes back fitter?!) and believe me, I ran to him for that hug and kiss.

This was my airport outfit, consisting solely of Zara pieces, except my handbag and shoes.

These classic fit jeans were a fantastic find, they fit perfectly and don’t need to be taken up, which is a miracle for us short legged beings.

Don’t mind my awkward stance.

In order to get ready for his arrival I had the usual wax and threading, I even shaved my legs and slapped on some fake tan. The things we do.

I have never been able to have my 'lady waxing' and my other waxing done by the same people. I just cannot bear the thought of it. 

I had my brows threaded at Miss Fox as usual and as usual they are awesome. Even if threading is a bitch. 

I went to Zara with the girl known as cotton socks and we wound up in the children’s section and I walked out with a jacket for myself, who would have thought. 

I got this chanel-esque tweed jacket for about $45. I need to shop in the children’s section more often! 

Kids must be big these days. 

Essie - Lovey Dovey

This one belongs to Kitty, but I feel the urge to buy it. 

This was my Peacock outfit last week.

Luxx Dress

Alannah Hill Belt

OPI DS Temptation over China Glaze Senorita Bonita 

I got totally sucked in by one of those skincare booths in the middle of Melbourne Central.

I usually try and ignore them as I know that if I get sucked in to stopping, I’ll leave with a product.

The girl roped me in, and was so sweet and convincing that I couldn’t resist. Grrrr.

How do people resist them!?

I used to do promo stuff back in the day and every now and then would have the terrible job of handing out pamphlets or samples to people, so I feel guilty now if I don’t stop or grab whatever someone is offering.

This product (honey facial peel) felt pretty nice on my hand and actually exfoliated some skin that I didn’t know was on my supposedly moisturized hands, so I bought it.

I’ll report back on if it is any good.

I’m all for supporting Australian businesses too… but still!

It was $140 but I told her it was too expensive and she gave it to me for $100 plus a free lip balm which has actually been really good. $100 is still expensive so bloody hell it better be worth it. Sigh. 

I popped into a health store last week and said to the staff “I need either chlorophyll or chloroform but whichever is not the date rape drug” and it took a minute for the girls to stop laughing and point me in the right direction.

I had asked if it was okay to take as am hoping to conceive in the future, and then 5 minutes later she looked pointedly at my belly and asked how far along I was.

Hopefully she just heard me wrong and I didn’t look like I was pregnant. I had my peacock outfit on so perhaps need to suck it in or wear spanx.  

I have it in my water at work and it is pretty much tasteless, but it looks disgusting. Perhaps I’ll just suck it down straight next time.

Our apartment is still smelling amazing thanks to this little bad boy.

The Husband was so impressed with how clean and organized it is and then was even more impressed when I cooked him a roast dinner, all whilst wearing a cute frilly white apron. 

Such simple things yet they get me so far haha.

Considering the name of this blog, you would expect me to not be so domestically challenged but hey, what can you do. 

Amongst the presents that The Husband brought be back from America were 16 nail polishes that he picked out himself and then had to cart around the states, and this was one of them.

Sephora by OPI – Mermaid to Order.

He picked out colors that I normally would not look twice at, and he did such a great job! I love them all.

I didn’t sleep through a full night once in the past month but having The Husband back has changed that, thankfully.

Apparently my comment form thing wasn’t working well over the weekend, so hopefully we are back in business now.

Shorter Hair & Going Up In Size

How good is a long weekend?!

Yesterday I went and visited my nephews, Thomas and Henry and had a great time playing on the swings and in the sand pit, even if Thomas was determined to wreck my sand castle.

Thomas can't pronounce Maryanne, like every other kid out there (other kids in the family call me Poppet or Mez) and has not figured out how Uncle & Aunty work yet, so he calls me....

Uncle Man

Haha, how cute is that?!?!?! I love it haha. 

After our play date I went to Miss Fox for my second peel (more to come during the week, stay tuned!) and saw Luna for a hair cut as I wanted to go shorter. 

The Husband told me not to go shorter. 

He said that I should not mess with a good thing. 

He is a man who likes long luscious locks.  

Sorry Husband. 

Taa Daa.

As you can see, I went much shorter. 

I was confident that I loved it when I left the salon, but then The Husband kind of freaked out, and my confidence was lost. 

I didn't know what to do. He asked if I had a hat to hide it, or if I could at least tie it back! I can't.

Then I decided that I love it again after the initial shock from his reaction. 

The Husband was cracking all sorts of K D Lang jokes. He is happy that since he is going away on business for a month, it will be normal when he gets back. I better not cute it this short again. Cannot deal with the jokes!!

I think that he was just joking, because when I started to lose confidence he was quick to say that it looks really cute. 

He said "I just don't know why you didn't listen to me? You always have to tweak things, but you should not mess with perfection". Poor guy is probably still suffering from the shock of when I first cut it in December. 

My lovely friends on Twitter & Instagram love it though, so that is good!!!

I think I will let it grow and go back to first length, when I first had it cut. 

You can see that haircut by Luna at Miss Fox HERE - Perfect length I think.

If I never went this short though, I would probably wonder what it would be like and it doesn't take long to grow so it is no big deal. Plus, I like it!!! 

In other, pure traumatic, news - I can no longer fit any of my jeans. I'm not kidding.

I only have 3 pairs, and they are all different brands. Levi, Gripp & Bettina Liano.

Do you think that I could get any over my thighs???? No. NO!

I was wriggling on the floor in distress with my jeans stuck on my thighs with my bum hanging out when The Husband found me. I can't believe it. 

He said "Maybe it is muscle from Boxing?!?". You can't fool me. I know fat when I see it, especially when it is bubbling up out of pants stuck on my thighs. 

I refuse to believe that I have put on that much weight. REFUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, enough woe is me business. Oh wait, no there is more. 

I ended up going to Cotton On at the suggestion of my readers when I put the call out for good jeans, and got these bright blue jeans for $39.95. 

I tried on the size that I would normally wear and my legs looked like an over filled sausage, but at least I could get them done up, so I went up a size and when I came out The Husband said they looked good and I told him I was not ready to be a size *insert size here*.

Poor guy, did not know how to treat this traumatic experience.  I don't normally whinge much about weight gain so he was fumbling for answers. 

I seriously did not know it could be so emotional!!!! 

The jeans have already stretched, even though the girl told me they wouldn't, so maybe I should have got the smaller size?! Gah.

I am wearing:

Cotton On Jeans

Caroline Morgan T-Shirt

Zara Jacket

J Crew Necklace

Cole Haan Bag

Windsor Smith Wedges

So, anyone else been emotional over having to go up in size?? 

Beads, Beads, Glorious Beads.

Remember how last week I declared that Black really is the new Black? 

Well, I’ve decided to add some color to the palette. My friend Georgie has started her own jewelry making company, G.E.D and I bought a custom listing for $55 and asked her to make me something featuring aqua, white and purple and all the colors in between. 

This arrived a few days later. 

Completely different to anything I own and child like in a great way.

I needed something to dress up my plain outfits, but not be as dressy as the statement necklaces that I own.

The Husband really likes it, so that is a plus. My niece does not like it, so that is a negative ha.

In the above photo I am wearing a Warehouse Dress, G.E.D Necklace, Zara Blazer & Cole Haan bag. 

I have really gotten my money worth out of this blazer and I only got it last week! I swear I have worn it every day since.

The Husband saw it hanging on the dining room chair and said “Is that a new jacket?!?!?!”. Gah. Why and how does he notice these things? I swear he never used to notice if I had something new on, even if it had of jumped out of my closet and punched him in the face all whilst screaming “LOOK AT ME! I AM NEWWWWWWWWWW!!!”.

Now that I am in super saving mode, he notices every.little.thing. God love him. Maybe I just need to get a hair cut, he won't notice that. 

Which reminds me, he said “Those wedges are NEW!!!” even though I got them months ago.

I felt like I had a bit of a gypsy look going on here.

ASOS skirt, Forever 21 2-in-1 top, Louis Vuitton bag, Haviana thongs & G.E.D necklace.

I wore pants to work the other day. It was weird.

You know what else is weird (well, more terrible than weird)? My obsession with Dumplings. Last week I ate them 4 times. FOUR NIGHTS DEDICATED TO DUMPLINGS!!!

Funny story for you.

On Saturday night I went out with my sister Cat and her husband Mike who are over from Ireland, The Husband, Marnie (Hi Marnie!!!) and others for dumplings.

Afterwards, The Husband and I went home as he had been in Sydney for the past few days and was tired/hung over and wanted to rest rather than go out with them.

Cat & Mike got home later and at about 4:30am I woke up to someone standing at our bedroom door. It was Mike. I said “Mike are you okay?” and he replied, with his Irish accent “Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom” and just stood there whilst I sat up in bed wondering if I was dreaming this. He then walked away and The Husband woke up (bit late if it was a murderer at the door…) and then we heard the front door open and close. The Husband ran out after him, thinking we would lose him for ever if he left the apartment, and was standing in the hall saying “Mike!?!?!” as he could not see him. He then heard “Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom” coming from the pitch black bathroom and found him in there.

So weird. Turns out Mike was sleep walking. Best sleep walker EVER. I swear I am laughing about it just typing this. The Husband has been laughing about it for days.

The Devil. 

After swearing off dumplings, I got home last night from boxing and found The Husband had prepared mussels with a vinaigrette, peeled all the king prawns for me and whipped up some prawn dumplings. He is the best.

I’ve just bought another 10 boxing sessions. Oh yeah. This is addictive!! I think I have done about 10 so far and am loving it. What a work out. You know you have been well and truly worked out when you are drenched in sweat and cannot walk to the tram stop after class. Boom pow. 

I’ve had personal trainers before, done boot camp and done boxing classes at the gym and they have all worked me, but nothing like this. What is your favorite form of exercise? 

Never too young for Red Lipstick.

I doubt that my Mum would agree with me on this, she did not like me wearing black clothes until I was about 13, but, I would like to demonstrate that you are never too young to wear red lipstick, as I tested on Ashleigh-Rose whilst looking after her tonight.

I kid, I kid.

I would not let her leave the house in it.

Look at that skin. Money can't buy that shizz.

She is so cute. Cutest little girl, ever.

Coming to my house was a nightmare for her. She could not handle it my clutter

She cleaned my bathroom. I'm not kidding. She is 7!! She came out and said "Poppet. Can I PLEASE clean your bathroom???" I nearly fell off the couch. What a God Send.

I drew the line at her wanting to scrub my shower door. I don't understand how she finds it fun?!!? I'm not going to lie, I didn't stop her from cleaning the basin etc. Gotta make the kid happy.

I did not have any make up on today, but wore my red lippy anyway to try and brighten up my face.

Lips much?

Tommy Hilfiger Coat

Jane Lamerton Dress

Cole Haan Bag

Chanel Gabrielle Lippy