Vintage dresses - is there anything they can't do?

Hello once again.
Well, you will all no doubt be relieved to hear that a solution was found to the beanet conundrum. And for the sense of well-being that is now washing over you, you have vintage dresses to thank.
Aah vintage dresses, how fabulous you are. Your fabric is completely bereft of lycra, you are instead made of lace or lurex or polyester. Your colours, patterns, textures and prints are worlds away from the safety and sameness of 'noughties' fabric.You have a uniqueness that is beyond compare, you add a sense of class or drama or even humour to my nights out. When I head out wearing a floor-skimming maxi-dress, (preferably with some crazy sleeves, be they sheer and floaty, cute and puffy or, well, wizardy), I feel like the Queen of glam - who cares if others think I'm off to a fancy dess party?!)
I could continue my reverie for hours, but let's get specific, coz I know you're dying to know how my heroic dress saved the day.
As you know from my recent post, I love my new hat but upon trying it on with several outfits, it just didn't look quite right. But I thought I'd give it another try. A couple of weeks ago, I was heading down to Freo to see a friend's band on a Friday night. It was cold, and I knew it would be even more so in the 'mantle. Perfect weather for my new beanet. But what to wear it with? Looking through my wardrobe, an old fave caught my eye. A black 1970s dress with 3/4 sleeves that flares nicely to just below the knees. It has this awesome print on it, of a man and lady sitting under a tree, in hues of white and brown and tan and mustard yellow. "OOH, this looks promising!" I thought. "These colours will look tops with the brown hat!" And wouldn't you know it, my prediction was correct! YAY! I then added faded flared jeans and an off-white skivvy underneath for warmth. Beautiful brown closed-toe wedges, a skinny brown belt, a tan clutch and a pointlessly thin brown scarf completed the look. Sounds like too much doesn't it? Well I have always been opposed to Coco Chanel's (?) sentiment that a lady should remove one accessory before leaving the house. I say the more the merrier. And if all those layers made me look a tad bag-ladyesque, well, dammit, that night I was the most fabulously chic bag-lady in town! :)

Beanet success!

Hello again!
Well, I know you haven't had a wink of sleep since I announced my intention to buy a new hat. Good news! Your peaceful slumber can now be restored, safe in the knowledge that I did indeed buy said hat. (hehehehe sweet dreams, sweet woolly hatty dreams.)
Last Saturday, while shopping at the Galleria, I stumbled upon a chocolatey little number in Forever New. It is supercute, with a little jewelled bow on the side, and even better, it was on sale! Woohoo!
Now the only problem is what to wear it with. I tried it on with a few things on Saturday night and it wasn't quite right - I think with the casual unstructured nature of the hat, one needs a suitably carefree outfit..... plus my compulsion to match demands that I wear it with other earthy tones.....hmmmmm..... stay tuned people, I know you can't wait to read the thrilling conclusion to this sartorial adventure.
Ciao for now!

Party puppy

Greetings all!
So last week I waxed lyrical about the insane degree of ubercute that my puppy possesses. On the weekend we had a party for my hubby's b'day, and received yet more unsolicited testimonies. I had been a bit worried that she would be freaked out, or walk on broken glass, or drink spilt beer. But it was all A-OK, she was such a good little dog! And she won hearts all over the place!
Notably, two of our friends told me that they don't normally like animals, but she is the exception. (And I know they weren't just saying that coz they also couldn't resist the cuddles!)
Another one of our friends attested "I have a pretty high cuteness threshold, but damn puppies are adorable!"
Conclusion: EVERYONE loves a puppy! :) (specifically, my puppy!)

Shoppytime!

Going shopping tomorrow. You know what I like? Those slouchy loose beanie/beret type winter hats. Beanets, I shall call them. Not as frenchy cutsey as a normal beret, not as bogan dodgy as a normal beanie. Tops. I might get me one. IF I can find one I like. These ones at Sportsgirl
look OK https://www.sportsgirl.com.au/index.html,
but I reckon I can find better.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

This is my puppy, Rumble.

She is the cutest damn thing you ever did see. Yes, I am biased, but yes, it is also a fact. Friends and family who visit our home melt and refuse to leave, unless they can take the puppy with them. (They can not.) My parents of course are particularly smitten by her canine charms. My mother has become an instant proponent of "puppy therapy", as she claims that all one's problems fade away when cuddling a soft and trusting little puppy. I think she's onto something.

This photo was taken when we first got her, at Easter. She is 4 months now, and gets cuter by the day.

Gettin' wiki with it

Hello cool world.
Well wikis is our topic of discovery this week. We were instructed to suss out an interesting Wikipedia entry and look at the history and discussion. As mentioned in a previous post, I'm crazy about South American fauna, man they have some cool critters! See here for deets. Although I am exceedingly interested, I am by no means an expert, so I do not have anything to add to this entry. It seems to have been edited a fair bit, and the same names do crop up a few times. No controversy surrounds this topic, but the discussion page does mention that: "this article is within the scope of WikiProject Brazil, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Brazil and Brazil-related topics on Wikipedia."

Editing the Library Lingo webpage made me feel a bit weird to be honest; I am not a Librarian so I don't feel I have the authority! But I proceeded nevertheless. I just added a bit to the "Reciprocal" entry and then created my own stubby li'l entry for CMO. Feel free to edit/correct my work y'all!

Peace out!

Delish Thing!

Well hello there Thingers and the world at large!
This week I learned about tagging with Delicious and Library Thing. Which was great coz previously I knew nothing about tagging! I had seen tags on websites and never known how to add them or what they were for. To use Delicious most easily you really need Firefox and as we use Explorer at work, there were some initial issues but when they were resolved i added:

Deville's Pad
Explore Ancient Worlds (ABC Science)
Burlesque & Pin-up Clothing Burlesque Baby
Shop Til You Drop
Red Stripe Clothing
triple j

One thing I found a little annoying about the whole tagging thing is the fact that these two applications use different conventions; ie, Delicious uses spaces to delinete between tags, whereas Library Thing uses commas. I somehow overlooked this bit of info (although it was right there on-screen!!) when tagging my books on Library Thing. So I had to go back and add commas in between the words, which was slightly irritating. It was a fun excercise however, I am especially excited about Library Thing. The perfectionist in me is dying to catalogue each and every book I own, but that may take a while!