2009

This is the first time in the history of ever that I'm blogging twice in one day. I just released the 'fashion' summary of the decade, went around reading a bunch of sentimental 2009 overviews, and then started feeling in need of writing a sentimental 2009 overview too. So this is what happened in my year:

• I burned some bridges and still kind of regret it
• I realised that the unexpected really was just around the corner
• I denounced Rushh after its horoscope told me I'd found love- and I didn't
• My year-long movie marathon actually kind of happened throughout the year- I probably watched more movies this year than I did in my entire life
• We all became seniors, found out that the white shirts were frightfully transparent, and that you could knock people out of the way with your bag in the corridor and get away with it
• School timetables changed dramatically- I finally broke out of my cycle of having all my classes with exactly the same people, and made friends with people I barely talked to in previous years
• Honourable mention for WENDY (as she mentioned me :) ). We spent every Ancient History lesson talking then copying each others work to catch up, and secretly consulting each other in Mr M's spelling bees, and eating under the table when watching documentaries, and shotgunning the back row, pushing the tables all the way back, and sitting ON the tables when watching movies in the multimedia room.
  
• I turned sweet sixteen and received a 2 year subscription to Frankie WOOHOO
• I discover my passion for Ebay, probably spent over $2000 on that website this year
• We went to camp. We probably contracted rabies or maninjacockel (or however you spell it) from the filthy plates, got our panties stained with mud, skipped showering for a day, passed soap between the shower cubicles, stayed up playing Mariokart, danced crazily at the disco, patted the llama, then collapsed and slept for three days straight after it all.
  
• I got my driver's license four full months after my birthday
• I failed time after time to stop spending money
• I decorated my room twice
• We baked Pacman cookies and cupcakes
• I watched Coco Avant Chanel and it kind of changed my view of everything
• And maybe thanks to Coco Avant Chanel, I lost a little faith in love, and now I don't know if I even believe in it that much. Or at least- that I'd ever find it.
  
• Also thanks to Coco Avant Chanel, I stopped believing in fate and destiny
  
• We all ate and sang and danced and stumbled down the girl's bathroom steps on the Cruise, then limped around the next few days with our feet blistered and our thighs aching
• I helped plan a whole heap of crazy birthdays (this year: Donut themed party (Oroton wallet, mini donuts, donut card), Shroom party (surprise cat named 'Shroom', long Mario mushroom card with a long crude poem and heaps of messages from people), a card with video messages from everyone including a certain hot boy (or should I say man?), a Babushka party (yay babushka card, babushka cake and a babushka ball), and a crazy unthemed party where we stuck charms of a bracelet onto the ceiling and had a hundred cupcakes)
• I threw a Christmas Party where we consumed too much food and did quite little
• I lost my Boxing-Day-Sales virginity and did not enjoy it ONE SINGLE BIT!!
  

The Noughties

There was the hourglass in the 50's, the hippies in the 70's and the disco in the 80's. As for the noughties, emos dominated, closely followed by bimbos. The 80's also made a brief comeback towards the end, and everyone started to dress all androgynously. Here's a summary of the past decade in terms of clothing:

- leggings replace pants- probably the grossest and longest running trend of the decade
- ballet flats become massively popular- that is, before the gladiator sandal
- skinny jeans- first worn by guys when all the women were wearing baggy cargo pants. But then the women reformed too, and now everyone wears skinny jeans
- thick rimmed glasses
- Converse Chucks and Nike Air force 1
- Supre becomes insanely popular amongst teeny boppers throughout the decade, first known for their frilly tiered mini skirts, and now for their tasteless tanktops and short shorts
- Maxi dresses and kaftans
- Slogan tshirts- also grossly disgusting, often paired with leggings, which makes everything three times grosser. Often involved fluoro colours and lame or ironic statements
- Wearing baggy jeans halfway down the butt- its unsexy, but probably wont make an exit for a while
- Ugg boots- gross, except when worn in the house of course.
- Dressing like a hobo- the Olsen twins revolutionise 'boho chic', people all over the world appreciate hobo style
- Crocs- half the world has come to its senses and have condemned them
- Plaid- first in skirts and later in shirts
- Black nails
- Gladiators- the whole world went into a massive frenzy and shoes that had studs, leather or straps were referred to as 'gladiators' in attempt to market them to young trend-whores
- Studs
- The power-shoulder- blame it on Balmain
- Fluoro- probably reduced the number of pedestrian accidents at night
- Boyfriend's shirt, pants, blazer, etc etc

Predictions for next decade:
- 50's revival- hourglass silhouette comes back
- sequins- Balmain continues to take over the world
- pants allow blood circulation in leg again
- thigh high boots
- the pump- heels get taller, toes get rounder
- the peep-toe finally goes away- we're all sick of it by now
- jumpsuits
- leather everything
- Lacroix will get back on his feet and rule the fashion world!
- wedges
- the trench coat, but in all colours
- minimalism takes over, the world becomes black and white again
- clothes become more architectural and structured- one step closer to silver space suits
- tights finally go out, patterned stockings will replace
- over the knee socks
- long dresses will be slit to the hip
- triangle bikini goes out, one piece suits and underwire cupped bikinis come back
- the continuation of sheer
- capes
- dead straight hair goes out, wavy hair becomes standard

There's No Place Like...

Myer. Honestly, if I could permanently reside in a Myer store, I would. A few days ago after the Formal Committee executives and I finished visiting all the proposed venues, I convinced them to go Myer with me. That's when I realised that I've kind of had av lifelone unconscious (well, now its a conscious) obssession with Myer. It seems that whenever I'm with other people and there's a Myer near by, I'd visit it. I can't believe I haven't realised it until now.

Even as a kid. I REMEMBER dragging my cousins and sister into Myer when we were holidaying at the Gold Coast. We were 12 or something, and it was so much fun inventing our hypothetical lives with all the fancy hats and furniture and toys.

Okay this is starting to sound like paid advertisement, but the important thing is- I never actually spend any money while I'm at Myer. In fact, it's a TERRIBLE place to spend money! Myer is like the best place to NOT spend money. Why?

1. The PERFUME. One of my many hobbies is perfume sniffing. Even if it's not at Myer (although Myer is the best place to do it). It puts it me in a fantastic mood and all the perfume samples in my bag combines to make THE PERFECT SMELL. Then my bag, phone and wallet smell wonderful for a couple of weeks. If we got all the druggies in the world together and taught them how to sniff perfume rather than drugs, the world would be a wonderful place.

2. Everything in Myer is so clean and organised and neatly set out. It's all perfect, everything is so easy to find especially for OCD people like me who want to see and try EVERYTHING.

3. The Christmas decorations in the festive season. Myer has to have the best festive decor out of all the department stores. Oh, and they have that area DEDICATED to Christmas stuff too. It's so sparkly and flashy and there's even a giant entrance. You can hear the area screaming its festivity half a store away.

4. The furniture!! It's so nicely organised and the sales assistants don't tell you off for sitting on the couches or lying on the beds or rubbing your feet against the rugs. And they even act like they think you're completely sane when you walk around pretending you a) live there, or b) are seriously shopping for your own home.

5. The clothes and hats and and gloves and other silly accessories. They have things you wouldn't find nearly anywhere else. And you can try it on and pretend to be silly characters, and they don't look are you weirdly.

Anyway, here are a few pictures from my latest escapade to Myer:

My bag of perfume samples.


Bradley discovering that the mixture of perfume samples in my bag is PERFECT SMELLING.


Me lounging in a wonderful Louis chair.


We spent a considerable amount of time in the afternoon testing the bounciness of chairs.


And beds.


I FOUND THIS PILLBOX HAT. I GOT SO OVEREXCITED. IN FACT, I STILL AM. WHERE CAN I FIND ANOTHER ONE?? I'VE ALWAYS WANTED ONE. I look like a lollypop lady in this.




What I wore:

SES pleated top with ruffled sleeves, Ally velvet tulip skirt, Candy YSL tribute fakes, bag from somewhere I can't remember, Equip red beaded necklace, self made headband(s).

I went to Myer over a week ago, but only had time to take a proper outfit picture this morning. And as you can see, I put on the wrong headband (red instead of purple) and my skirt is disgustingly wrinkly. Oh, and I've misplaced my bag. But everything else is the same!

Sales to Break Your Nails

This may come as shocking news to some of you, but I have never, in the past 16 years of my rather short life, attended a Boxing Day sale. Until yesterday. And OH MY LORD, I AM NEVER EVER GOING AGAIN FOR AS LONG AS I SHALL LIVE. Trudging around both Myer and David Jones in the city, with hundreds or maybe thousands of other vile desperate bargain seekers, and finding NOTHING that you like, that'd fit you, that you'd pay for is not my idea of fun. But I did learn some valuable lessons in the meantime:

1. Don't wear heels. I thought wearing heels would give me the advantage of towering over people as well as being able to stab them in the foot, if a fight over a dress was to arise. But no, wearing heels makes you more likely to fall over when shoved.

2. Don't plan on spending a thousand dollars. Because you'll be disappointed (but secretly kind of relieved) when you spend less than a quarter of it.

3. Fuel up well and good. It's happened twice over the past two days now- where I decide to skip breakfast, thinking that I'll eat when I get there. But the promise of low prices is way more appealing than an empty stomach. Then I end up functioning for six hours on zero food.

4. Big bags are great. You use them as a kind of barricade against you and the people around you. You just hold it in front of you and walk through people and they just fly out of your path.

5. Be ruthless when in search of a bargain. Use your heels to step on people. Shove people aside with your bag. Pull clothes of hangers and open packaged makeup to try it on and leave tried shoes all over the floor.

Other than the fruitless five hours I spent in Myer and David Jones, I managed to score some great bargains elsewhere. Here's are some Christmas presents and purchases worth lengthening this post:


My first ever hat that actually came in a hat box!!! I'M OFFICIALLY A LAAAAAAAAAAADY NOW!




YAY fun with a floppy wide-brimmed sunhat!


LOL my shopping.


EEEEEEEEEE Siren Cage shoes for $50!!! They retail over $100, were on sale at Wanted for $100, and $70 at Myer. SCORE!!!


Cute bag with a leather teddybear charm thing I received for Christmas.


Bluebird bag + bag below purchased together for under $50 from Strandbags!



Diva Dreamcatcher necklace for only $5. Happiest purchase of the day.



Chi Chi red lipstick + lipgloss. I'm really digging fire-engine-red makeup look at the moment. I plan to write up a huge post of all my favourite beauty products soon, so STAY TUNED!


I love the names they give makeup shades. The above two colours of red are called 'Exhibitionist' and 'Fashion Victim'. Other than those, my two favourite shade names ever are 'Birthday Suit' for my nude Rimmel lipstick, and 'Apple of My Eye' for my favourite red L'Oreal nailpolish.

I bought a heap of clothing too but I didn't see the point of photographing them, since you guys are gonna see them at some point or other in outfit posts. However, I did take a picture of the dress below to commemorate my greatest score over the past two days:


Forever New bodycon dress for $30, marked down from $120. 75% OFF BROS. Not only is it insanely cheap, but I finally found the perfect little black dress to wear to my work cruise. YES, YOU HEARD RIGHT. My boss is throwing a work function on a boat, and I plan to wear my 'backup' idea that I had planned in case my first idea for the school cruise didn't work out. I'm going to end up wearing that black dress above, with scarlet pumps (Tony Bianco Dons hopefully, if they come in time), red nailpolish + red lipstick, and a huge gold statement necklace. I still have yet to find the gold statement necklace.

Anyway, I'm going to be busy for the next few days with New Years parties and working to catch up on my debt (whoops...), so expect pre-written outfit posts and random other crap.

P.S. I SPOTTED A FEW OF YOU IN DAVID JONES, hanging around the Sass and Bide racks. Except I didn't get the chance to say hi to anyone because there were like 50 other desperate shoppers between us.

P.P.S. MY FEET ARE LIKE LITERALLY BURNING. OKAY no they aren't on fire. But my veins and arteries are on fire. Or something, I don't know. The soles of my feet seriously seriously hurt. I don't know what to do. What if I get foot cancer or something. LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL YOU KIDDIES. DON'T WEAR HEELS OUT TO GO SHOPPING. TWO DAYS IN A ROW. It's probably the stupidest thing I've ever done.

'Tis The Season

I AM SO EXHAUSTED. Three days in a row of crazy things-doing and now I finally get a break. TIME TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE BLOGGING. So anyway, a few days ago (I've lost track of time now), I hosted a Christmas party. I've never had such a large group of people from school at my own house before. It was intimidating. But we did loads of fun useless crap including:

• drinking everything from wine glasses (this not only includes fizzy drinks, or fruit cocktails, but soup. Yes. Chinese chicken and corn SOUP.)
• all getting bloated before the main meal even hit the table
• table talk, including 'if you were to be on an island, who would you choose to be with, considering that you will eventually eat him or her'. This lead to a very intense discussion about eating human muscle vs eating human fat- which would taste nicer, and which would keep you alive for longer. LOL.
• taking thirty minutes to carve the turkey. Which turned out to be uncooked.
• the old game of 'Truth or Dare'
• feeding my dog all sorts of things
• pretending to be mermaids
• straddling lions
• near death experiences involving a pinata, a blindfolded person and a very long broomstick
• spontaneously carolling a certain neighbour and giving them all the leftover turkey in take-away boxes

Jess being a LAAAAAAADEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.


"We love our bread, we love our butter, but most of all, we love EACH OTHER!"




After numerous 'how to' videos, we finally managed to carve the turkey- only to realise it wasn't really cooked.


Jess and Van pretending to be mermaids.


Yay name tag thingies.




LOL @ Van screaming and Laura pushing her seat further and further away in the background.

I still have a load of work (both school and money-earning) to do, outfit posts to blog, and a zillion stories to tell. Don't worry I'll spread the posts out nice and evenly so there won't suddenly be a blog-drought when I realise I should stop going out and start doing work BECAUSE THERES LIKE A MONTH LEFT TIL SCHOOL STARTS, and I have way more than a month's worth of work.

I kicked off the holiday by watching "Funny Face". I think its officially my NEW FAVOURITE FILM. It's basically Audrey Hepburn + Paris + 1950's fashion + haute couture + people randomly bursting into song and dance. The film was MADE FOR ME.

I also went to watch 'Avatar' yesterday. I understand the hype now, the film was visually amaaaaaazing. The colours were beautiful and all the computer generated scenery was breathtaking. Aesthetically, it was PERFECT. Perhaps that's why the plot suffered. It was really draggy, and watching the film was like driving down a nauseously bumpy road. Both in the sense that the 3D effects were dizzying, as well as the plot- there'd be a climax, then it'd resolve, and you think YAY HAPPY ENDING TIME, but NO! There's another problem, it resolves, and you think OKAY, HAPPY ENDING TIME IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. BUT NO!! Multiply by 10. Despite the never ending list of complications, the storyline was still really cheesy and unsurprising- the plot twists again and again and again and again until it's exactly what you expected- but by then, you're pretty much sick of it.

Or maybe it's just me. That's why I like Audrey Hepburn, or other old Hollywood films. Everything was simpler back then. The ending is reached with only a few bumps, then everyone lives happily ever after. It's predictable, but in a pleasant kind of way.

Anyway, what I wore:

Headband: Diva
Necklace: Portmans
Top: whoops I ripped off the tag and threw it away
Bubble shorts: Forever21
Ring: ebay
Flats: Kmart

And more silly pictures with the new camera + my sister + me that don't require much explanation:

Early Christmas

The crazy whirlwind of assignments that was the last two weeks of school is now OVER. Now I can go back to blogging double time. Get out your good china teacups, it's time to catch up. So what have I been up to?

1. I nearly cried over Maths, I nearly cried over Extension History (half a mark 'til full marks! COME ON, WHY CAN'T TEACHERS BE NICER. IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!!). My throat practically exploded after my 20 minute Design & Tech speech. I nearly cried over Chemistry. I sulked as everyone except me received an award at presentation day.

2. Jenny's birthday was on Monday. We baked a hundred cupcakes, stuck her presents on the ceiling, and made her boyfriend pick her up so she could retrieve them.

3. MY NEW CAMERA CAME. It feels a little derogative to refer to it as 'my camera'. Or even to refer to it as an 'it'. We've shared so many good moments already, even though it has only been approximately 28 hours. But you know what they say about honeymoon periods... I hope it never ends. I basically went crazy and took pictures of anything and anyone who would allow it (namely my sister...)


Beauty and the Beast. Go figure which is which.













I'm still marvelling over how clear the images are. IT'S LIKE NOT GRAINY AT ALL. ITS AMAAAAAAAZING!! I can't stop taking close up pictures of my face, you can see all my pores and mini hairs and freckles!!! As demonstrated by the photo below, you can see all my little skin bumps and my individual eyelashes AND EVEN THOSE BUMPY THINGIES IN THE COLOURED PART OF MY EYE!!!


And lastly, a picture of the camera itself:


4. The half grade-wide Secret Santa thing I organised was ALMOST A SUCCESS. There was a Santa Claus and cupcakes and heaps of sweaty people milling around waiting for their presents. What I received: a 'Chill with Tchaikovsky' CD (YAAAAAAAAAAY), and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', 'Funny Face' and 'Sabrina', all starring Audrey Hepburn (TRIPLE YAAAAAAAAAY!!!)