Bali - Part II

I hope you are ready for Part II!

I think I can probably squeeze Parts III and IV (out of curiosity – did anyone else not learn roman numerals at school? Maybe I was taught but I am certain that none of it sunk in..) into one blog post, coming up on Monday.

Lychee Daiquiri enjoying the view from Rock Bar.  

As you can see, when holidaying in heat, the best option is to slick my hair back and keep it off my neck.

Humidity (read: sweat) does not go well with curly frizzy hair. Not well at all, let me tell you.

We had a post wedding party at Rock Bar which pretty darn awesome. 

Photo taken by Holly

This is my “I don’t want this photo but Holly is snapping anyway”sleazy face.

I’m wearing a plain black sundress from a Bali market and my G.E.D necklace for a splash of colour in my otherwise boring underdressed outfit.

I didn’t think about the amount of flashes that would be accompanying photos that night and went braless – so to everyone who has photos of my nipples, I do apologise.

Looking moderately underdressed next to Holly.

Thanks a lot Holly.

How awesome are the jelly sandals that my sister sent me over from Ireland?

I love them! Takes me back to my childhood.

Does anyone know what these delicious morsels sent from heaven are called?

They are filled with coconut and brown sugar I think. Whenever they were not on offer at breakfast my heart broke a little.

Photo taken by Holly

We had a great dinner on the beach at Jimbaran Bay, where you literally dine on the sand and as far as the eye can see are restaurants all spruiking amazing seafood and meat.

We had rice, satay chicken, garlic prawns and bbq prawns which were all delicious.

Pretttttty sure my coconut wasn’t really this big. It's all an illusion. 

Perhaps I ate too many burgers, sandwiches and pizzas but I love the ol’ comfort food.

The spa was amazing and I was lucky enough to have two 75 minute Balinese Massages there.

You are give disposable underwear, slippers and a robe and then seated in the tranquil surroundings and given ginger tea whilst waiting for your massage.

I fell asleep both times, which I just hate to do since I feel like I am missing out (plus – I am a snorer after all..).

I don’t wear sunglasses but took Kates $4 fauxbans off her hands and they came in handy by the pool.

Lunch for one.

I smashed down about 10 pizzas during our stay. I am not exaggerating. 

I know that I should immerse myself in the culture and go crazy on the Balinese cuisine but I am a creature of bad habits.

We did eat curries and what not, and lots of Indonesian fare during breakfast though so I don’t feel too bad.

This photo was taken by Kieran

We had a day of jet ski-ing and water activities and it is fair to say that cotton socks will never get on a jet ski with me again.

We nearly rolled it one too many times, then got caught in a wave (it was pretty choppy in our defense) and had a race against time to get in the middle of the wave before the break. By this stage we were both hysterical, I’m not sure if we were crying or laughing though and I tried to take us back to shore and save the day.

Of course we got into shallow water, scraped the bottom against a rock and then had to face the evil waters again to make it back to the boat where our guides were waving their arms frantically and not looking very happy with us where I was hoisted on to the boat and cotton socks was taken back to shore – still on the jet ski.

Maybe you had to be there, but it was scary yet exhilarating.

This isn’t me, this is Alicia but imagine this photo with cotton socks and I both on there screaming and possibly crying for dear life. 

This photo was taken by Kieran 

Back on safe land in the comfort of my towel.

Ahh so good to be off that jet ski!

The others all had a round of the banana boat and donut but I gave it a pass, thankfully considering that everyone complained of Whip Lash for days to come.

I'll definitely go on a jet ski again, but perhaps in a lake.. on calm flat water.

Boring or not...

To start this post, for all the anonymous comments lately about how my blog is too boring for you now, I have a really good idea - so listen up and perhaps jot this down in case you forget it..

Stop reading.

If I open a blog and think it is boring, I close the page and don't go back. Easy!!

I don't write my blog to entertain anyone else, to benefit from freebies or anything else and I was blogging before anyone was reading, and I will continue to blog about my so called boring life, whether anyone is reading or not.

So how about instead of you taking the time to read (adding to my blog hits - thanks!!), signing in as anonymous and complaining, just close the web page and don't come back.
I don't think I will miss you.

I don't delete negative comments because everyone has the right to an opinion, but I don't need any negativity in my life at the moment so I may just start to do that.

So in short, if you think my blog is boring, it isn't likely to get any more entertaining for you soon.

Kitty and I usually go shopping on a Friday after work but we end up so drained if we don't stop for a snack which leads me to the brilliance of Brunettis in Myer. 

They usually have fantastic pizza slices but were out on Friday night so we headed to the David Jones Food Hall.

I've only ever been there for lollies before, never for a meal but it was delicious!

I got The Husband these jelly bellies, surprisingly there are still some left but mostly the black and darker colors which neither of us are game enough to sample.

This is the pumpkin and caramelized onion pizza that I ate, which was so good that I got another serving. 

After our bellies were full and the heavens offered up a down pour, we were done. 

Still enjoying dumplings, don't you worry about that.

I've been trying to teach The Husband the correct art of butter to vegemite ratio, but he just doesn't seem to be willing. 

I like the butter to melt before I even put the vegemite on. He slathers it all on at once so the butter is thick and not melting. Men.

I went out with the girls last night to Blue Corn in St Kilda and we followed it with cocktails at Nobu and Magic Mike at the movies.

I had never been to Nobu before but it looked really nice!

My White Chocolate Martini. 

The white chocolate got stuck on the back of my throat and drove me nuts.

The cinema doesn't do a slurpee as good as 7/11 but at least they give it a crack.

Magic Mike.

Hot damn. 

I love Channing Tatum.

Have you seen it? Less talking, more stripping was the general consensus from those in the theater. 

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Happy Monday.

I feel like that is an oxy moron. Unless you don’t work on Mondays, then it really would be a happy Monday.

How cute is this kid? 

I picked up these cute little decorations for home from OzSale last week, but I forgot to blog about them and now the sale is over. Sorry!

I feel that they will be right at home with my sausage dog statue that I got from Target for $12 once upon a time.

He lives on our bedside table as a constant reminder for The Husband that I want a dog. 

I nearly got this sausage dog candle holder but decided it was just too creepy. 

If you want to sign up to OzSale, you can use my invite link HERE 

I’ve been trying to bully myself into going to the gym before work but it doesn’t seem very effective on these cold mornings. 

This photo made the rounds last week, first to my niece who was sending me picture messages and then on to The Husband.

Creative, I know.

 My lips look so pink but I didn’t have any lipstick on. 

I’m still on a pizza crusade using our little pizza oven.

I love that thing.

The standard pizza that I whip up for The Husband is salami, red capsicum, mushrooms, ham, mozzarella and bocconcini.

Cheesy goodness like no other.

I suppose I should add more veggies. Which ones work best on pizza?

I prepare it when I get home and then wait for The Husband to text me saying he is 10 minutes away before I put it in the pizza oven, which takes maximum 5 minutes to cook.

This was my casual Friday outfit.

How bad was the weather? We schlepped it over to our local dumpling house and nearly got drowned on the way.

The yellow jacket is still getting worn to death.

After work I headed to The Newmarket Hotel with the usual suspects. I’m on a sober crusade so I just watched their antics.

This is the organized mess on the back of my door.

 Remember the green hanging thing I got for $2.80 from that asian store a few weeks back? It has come in handy for hanging necklaces, who would have thought.

I love using an antipodes water bottle as a vase.

This was the mess on my chest of drawers, which I need to replace, stat.

I got them years ago from Ikea, the cheapest of the cheap, and now the drawers are all bung and hardly pull out but I think that I should put up with it until we move, one dayyyy.

Anyway, I have a bad habit of taking off my clothes and dumping them on the drawers instead of hanging them up. Who has a cure for this disease?

This is the before and after, once I had taken it upon myself to clean up my clutter.  Job well done. 

It's Friday Night.

I usually try and blog 5-7 times per week, but have not blogged since Monday (and that was a scheduled post so does not count) since I have been on my near-death-bed suffering from food poisoning since Sunday night.  I was riding the porcelain pony all night (guess what, my hair is not long enough to tie back and avoid the vomit..) and then on Monday I spent the day in bed, not being able to move from pain and sweating through the sheets. I kept fading in and out and seeing The Husbands stricken face watching over me, and bringing me water to sip and wet towels for my head. 

He wanted to take me to hospital but we were at my in-laws in Geelong and I didn't want to be stuck in Geelong hospital!! I have honestly never been that sick in my life, and I have had pneumonia which seems like a walk in the park now. 

I took Tuesday off from work, which I hate doing, not only because I feel like I am letting everyone down, but also because I get so bored at home. Went back to work on Wednesday but was not feeling too smash hot, and am only regaining normal-ness now.

Anyway, moving on.

Friday night I caught up with Blithely Unaware, cotton socks, horry pop lolly pop and a freckle to the left. http://afreckletotheleft.blogspot.com.au/

It goes against my heart that they don't use Capital Letters. I love them and use them all the time, even when not appropriate. Like Right Now. 

cotton socks had put on an amazing spread for us, but I didn't take pics so click here and visit Blithely Unaware for her post!! 

Excellent fact: A bottle of Veuve Clicquot fits into a Louis Vuitton Speedy 30, perfectly.

Who knew. Adios paper bag, hello Speedy. 

That is totally a stranger in the life with me whilst I snapped the pic. 

Ninni is cute as pie. Which is why I look like BBQ dog is on the cards. 

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OPI Designer de Better lasts over a week on my nails. Impressive.

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I layered it with China Glaze Fairy Dust for some extra sparkle.  Need to put my olloclip to use more often so that I actually get some good nail shots. 

You know the best thing about sizing up? Zero muffin top. So that is what the secret is. 

Belly buttons are so weird. 

This photo was before my food poisoning, but I looked gross super skinny after it, believe me. 

This was taken a few hours before the food poisoning set in, but an hour after the offending food was eaten. 

This is a photo with my mum and 3 of her 4 sisters. There is another sister, but I'll save that story for another boring Friday night.

This is Dominic. Otherwise known as Nonno.

It has been years and years since I last saw him, I'm afraid to admit. He is in a nursing home and I felt like I needed to go and visit every single old person in there as they all appeared to be so excited to see people coming to visit. 

Only 1 boxing session this week. The Husband is slightly weirded out by me flexing my non-existent muscles whenever I come home from boxing. I should sneakily set this as his screen saver. 

My Missoni umbrellas arrived! Yahooo!

I did the right thing and gave this one to The Husband as he never has an umbrella, but it probably means I will never see it again. 

My umbrella arrived too, in a rather large package. I can't wait to use it, it is beautiful. 

In other news, I leave my heels at work under my desk as I come and go in my thongs for comfort, but do you think my shoes were there this morning? No. They were gone.

I'm not pointing fingers, but they didn't just vanish into thin air.

I had to wear thongs all day at work and they did not match my past the knee fitted pencil skirt. Ergh. That shit needs heels. 

They weren't awesome anyway so not a bad reason to buy a new pair.

Dinner.

American Psycho is on. Can't believe I have never seen it. 

In other news, eBay is a new pick up tool apparently. 

What are you doing tonight? Entertain me. 

P.S - I got Draw Something & my username is ElPoppeto 

I'm no good, but golly is it fun. 

Bags/Shoes/Pizza

Check out this cute bag that I got at my bargain basement hang out, Femme. 

Not bad for $39.95 huh? I am sure it is a rip off of something else, but I am too unfashionable to know what, or to care really. 

I also got this door hanger thing which houses my bags. I am not a big bag person, so for me, owning 5 is HEAPS!!! 

Here are some new shoes from Basque that I got to wear to work, please note that they are not wedges because you know, wearing wedges to work is guaranteed to create controversy and have someone you work with complain about you because, you are wearing wedges. 

Who would have thought that wedges were oh so unprofessional?? 

Okay I had better stop before I go into a full blown wedges related rant. 

I already wrote a massive paragraph ranting and raving but thought better of it. 

At least I will have another profession to fall back on, Pizza Delivery.

El Husbo is pressed up against the wall in this photo, just watching me like I am silly. 

I don't normally go into this stuff, but in the interest of full disclosure and the fact that I have no other news for you here we go. 

I had an unusual experience on Monday night. We ordered pizza (Exhibit A below), ate said pizza and then an hour later I went to the gym, worked out (or pretended to at least) and then I went home. Within 10 minutes of me being home, I was on the bed in tears and my stomach had puffed up to looking about 6 months pregnant (Exhibit B below). I was suffering from excruciating pains around my belly button and they were travelling, fast. I could not sit up or move my legs without bellowing in pain. It was a pain like being electrocuted over and over again. Not like wind, cramps or food poisoning. 

Needless to say, The Husband was freaking the hell out. He wanted to call an ambulance but I would not let him, so he rang Nurse on Call and they said that if the pain didn't go away, to get to the ER quick. 

This pain, paired with the fact that I had not had a period for months, freaked me out. I had a blood test for pregnancy 2 weeks before and it was negative, so I knew it wasn't that but still, odd. 

I ended up having an ultrasound and internal exam and am waiting to hear back from my doctor. The swelling is all gone, and oddly enough, my period came 2 days after. I wonder if it was all related? 

Anyway, sorry to gross you all out but hey, this is a lifestyle blog after all. 

Check out my belly. Ha. I have no pants on. Coming from someone who normally has a very flat tummy, this was strange, and this photo was taken after the pain wore off so probably not at it's peak bloatedness. 

The Husband thinks it was the pizza, but please. I eat pizza all day long. 

Enough gross belly shots. I'm fine now, so no biggie. 

Here is my Casual Friday outfit for today. It features wedges. 

I look like a shiny little chipmunk. a chipmunk in a skirt. 

I ordered a bag liner thing that will keep my bag looking boxy rather than squishy, since carrying a magazine at the bottom of the bag got old, real quick. 

How did everyone enjoy their Australia Day? 

Kitty at work is being a total hater about my handbag hook, which I won in a give away from Motherhood Career Fashion .

Personally, I think she is jealous that she doesn't have a bag hook. Aren't you Kitty?

My new blog header is almost ready, I am very excited. I am using a lovely lady from Etsy for it since my other bloggo designer person fell through. Shoots evil eye.