The Oscar Goes To....

For the first time ever I am able to watch the Oscar's live. I'd like to thank Chububby for having a long sleep and letting me watch uninterrupted (except for the washing and the laundry and the sweeping and the ... you get the picture).

Who wins what is interesting and all but who wears what is what we really want to watch. Here are my favourites:

I love the way Jennifer Garner's dress moved when she walked.

This dress is gorgeous. The silhouette reminds me of Natalie Portman's Oscar dress when she won Best Actress for Black Swan.

And the winner is:

This dress is stunning! I loved the way she gathered up the skirt as she walked up to the stage. If I were to get married again I would wear this dress, though perhaps not quite so low cut.

Thank you Eonline for the photos.

So this is what it takes to get me out of my blogging hiatus. More on that on another post. 

Sun, Sea, Sand and Sunburn.

Yesterday was a very warm and sunny day. It's the perfect sort of day for going to the beach, if you are a beach-going sort of person. We aren't but we went to Bondi beach for a birthday party for one of Bubby's playmates from daycare. I forgot to bring sunscreen and hats and I also forgot to bring a muslin sheet to put over the pram and it was a long walk back to where we parked the car so all of us got sunburnt.

I haven't been this sunburnt since a month before my wedding.

Would you believe that it is Bubby's first time at the beach? It's the first time he's encountered sand that's not in a sand pit. It's so easy to spot Bubby and hubby, they are the only ones who are fully clothed.

I've never seen so many brown people who are not meant to be brown. I didn't take a photo of them but I was tempted.

Hubby always says why go to the beach when you can swim int he pool. Why indeed?

Happy New Year! The Best Husband. Recent Purchases.

2013 has been a good year. Crazy, stressful, maddening but also fun, memorable and full of love. Ah, so cheesy. And so 2013 has come to an end and so has the holidays. Hubby goes back to work on Monday and my bubble is about to burst. The last couple of weeks of having him home has been so good. Maybe I'll buy a winning lottery ticket after all so we can continue to live in this happy bubble.

We, or rather I, spent New Year's Eve shopping at the insistence of my husband. He literally forced me to shop. Who am I to say no? I actually did try to say no but deep down my heart didn't mean it. Ha!

I showed restraint and only bought four items. I'll post the contents if I manage to find the time.

We went to DFO (because I almost never buy anything that's not on sale). I can't believe how many high end outlets are there now. There are also Armani and Zegna. Still not as good a bargain as overseas outlets but I guess plane tickets aren't cheap. Had Ferragamo been open already I don't think I would have been as restrained. And I'm excited about Brooks Brothers.

And look what I found at the supermarket today? It's just one holiday after another after all.

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I sure did.

The Christmas Tree.

These are some of the presents I received:

This is from my youngest brother who was my Secret Santa. It had me rolling on the floor laughing! I think I will frame it. Or maybe I'll just frame the photo of it and buy myself something, if I can unglue the coins from the card.

From the in-laws. I might already have a hundred scarves but one can never have enough.

From hubby, one of my favourite books of all times. The other is Pride and Prejudice. This is my third copy of the book, + other stories.

Such a beautiful book.

I was determined to get this book for my brother but it is sold out everywhere and there's already a waiting list for the reprint. I also tried to convince hubby to buy it for his sister. I don't even know how he got hold of a copy. Such a heartwarming book, I finished reading it already, well it's 98% photos.

A Mark Ryden 2014 diary. I love his work. I can't believe hubby found this diary and it's pink! I have decided to give my trusted pink leather Filofax a break this year. Plus this is easier to cart around.

My favourite thing to do with a new diary is to enter important dates. Hubby thinks it's a funny thing to do. I thought everyone does it.

 I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!

There's Never Enough Time.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't know how stay-at-home-mums of 2+ kids do it. This is the first moment I had in a long time and that's only because I chose to ignore the folding, the mess and the toddler so I can write an entry.

A couple of days ago I had to see a solicitor so hubby came home in the middle of the day to watch the kids and I got to go out on my own. It was a boring meeting but it was adult time for me and the conversation was not about garbage trucks.

I was so excited to have a to wear heels! It must have been over a year since I wore high heels, thanks to being pregnant and running around after a toddler and now carrying around a chubby baby while running after a toddler.

The rest  all of my time is spent feeding the baby, keeping Bubby out of trouble, cooking, cleaning although you would never really guess it and getting ready for Christmas. I still really struggle mentally with not having quality time to myself. I love my kids but spending day in and out with them is pretty mind numbing.

In random news:

We have a real Christmas tree!

No more of these next year. What a shame as this saved me $11.

I love this plant. If I were a plant I would be an Impatiens.

Chububby did this. The lion is now completely decapitated.

Summertime!

We found this gift card from our wedding when we were unpacking boxes from when we moved like one and a half years ago. It expired in 2009. How annoying that gift cards have an expiry. The card says treat it like cash, well, cash doesn't expire.

This is a weed but it looks rather festive.

We are well and truly into solids.

Well it has taken me three days to finish this post. Someone disrupts me every time I think I have a spare five minutes to write.

It's Now The Mash. A Room With A View.

It's now the monster mash...

 This can only mean one thing. No Chububby isn't on solids yet but it's just a matter of weeks so I'm stock piling frozen mashed food. This is mango, we had more than can be consumed in the next few days so I mashed some for the baby.

I used to think that the toilet on level 9 of Fisher Library at Sydney University had the best view but I was wrong.

View from the Parent's Room at Westfield Bondi Junction. 

It's so easy to get distracted looking at the window and forget what you're there for. I like the padded change mats too but I still use my own. I like a posh parent's room.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. High Tea. Happy Second Birthday, Blog!

I put the Christmas tree up last Friday. Here is Bubby attempting to put the star on top of the tree, unsuccessfully. I really didn't realise how tall the tree was when I bought it. I got it from a Christmas warehouse place and it wasn't the biggest tree there so it looked 'small' in comparison. We still haven't finished decorating it but it's only November. I want to take Bubby shopping so he can choose some Christmas tree decorations.

Today, I hosted a High Tea. It's amazing how fancy a sandwich becomes when you take off the crust. The hydrangeas are from the garden.

The blog turned 2 on the 21st of November. I have been meaning to write an entry but have been too busy. I meant to update the blog layout and finally add an About Me but that will have to wait. All I can say is the blog has once again been living up to its name.