Five for Friday

I am stealing the idea of my good friends from Style from the Suburban Intellect blog and giving you five things of interest for your Friday.

1. Cuteness

This adorable Koala Joey made it to page 3 of the courier mail today. Click here to read the full article.

Image from The Courier Mail

2. The Intouchables
A fantastic French film that has made it into mainsteam cinema. It is based on a true story of a friendship that develops between a French aristocrat (who is a quadriplegic) and the man he hires to be his carer. Watch the trailer below.

3. A Classy Summer Spritzer
I was introduced to the concept of Verjuice combined with soda water last weekend and love the idea. Not only does it taste great but it's non-alcoholic, if you're stuck driving for the day. Kids can also feel like grown ups drinking this. Mixed portions work out to be a bit like cordial but the cordial is replaced with Verjuice. 

4. Movember
It's official, movember has begun! Show your support for prostate cancer and facial hair. Read more about this great cause on the official movember site.

5. That Shop
I discovered That Shop, as what I assume is a pop up store next to the Pearl Cafe at Woolloongabba last weekend. I'd love to buy some of their dresses when I have a bit of money.

 Image from That Shop

Wedding No. 2

The wedding of my beautiful bestie to another friend I've known for 10 years, was held 2 weeks ago and yes I know, once again I'm slow with the update of photos to my blog but better late than never.

Now this girl is unfortunately known for bringing the rain to her travels and events, so I'm glad to report that the rainy skies cleared by the afternoon and it turned out to be the perfect day for the happy couple.

The Bride's and Bridesmaids' Dresses

 The Happy Couple with Champagne

 The Bridal Table

Hubby and Self outside the church

My Sewing Skills are Improving

Slowly but gradually my sewing skills are improving. Last Friday was truly fabulous and a great example of this. I stumbled upon a gorgeous dress on sale. It was originally $99 and reduced right down to $20. However, when I tried it on I noticed it had a ripped side seam. This was when I thought of putting my bargaining and sewing skills to the test. After negotiations, I purchased the dress for only $8.03 and fixed the side seam that evening before going out to dinner with friends. Here's the end result - good as new!


With only 10 days of February left, here's an update on February photo a day...

The photo from day 16 is of the first dress I've managed to sew myself. I wore it to a friend's place night and I was impressed that some friends actually thought I bought it - result!

Day 17 is of the watch my sister gave me at Christmas from her travels in America and day 18 of the alcoholic beverage I was consuming at a friend's party, complete with spiderman picture. This brings me to today's shot...

Day 19 (of 29) Challenge - Something You Hate to Do

This one was easy - the dishes. It's always the last thing I feel like doing, especially when it's hot. The lack of dishwasher doesn't help either!

Best Shopping Find Ever

After a wonderful shopping outing to IKEA last weekend, I decided to show my friend the spoils of op shopping in Paddington. I hadn't planned on buying anything until I came across this stunner, which I am wearing at work today, yes it's that versatile (not the best image I'll admit).

The best bit about it though was the price! How much do you think I paid for it? $40, $30?
No, this stunner cost me a whole $5! I'm loving Retro Metro right now and this dress, which has absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Here comes the...sister

So my sister got engaged just before the christmas break and I have taken it upon myself to take her to her first bridal expo this weekend. I MAY even be secretly excited about it myself, being interested in event planning and having studied it. I do love arranging events, even though it is stressful at times. I enjoy it more than my current job but sadly it's way too difficult to get into the industry. Maybe I should join a charity and start arranging their events.

Anyway, I've been doing some research for her and thought I'd share a few of my favourites:

Vera Wang Wedding Dress

via stylst - headdress
I actually think Natalie Portman wearing this in Black Swan
is really beautiful

Simple but elegant
http://paradoxweddingshoes.com

Bridal bouquet via Women Fashion Info
I actually love this for my friend getting married in October