day #31

Ode to The Dress

rather uncreatively:
thanks…
for getting me through
every emotion of October.
for being a quiet distraction
and inspiration.
and now it’s au revoir.
i’m going to Sydney:
with or without you.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*and*
hippie happy birthday 'cooter boy:
EIGHT is totally GREAT! X

day #30

finally beginning The Series.

which is *so* breathlessly absorbing,
i almost forgot to wear The Dress...

day #29

suffragette city

art gallery

cup of coffee

with my mummy

day #28

the answer to life,

the universe,

and everything...

day # 27

tree hugging
aka she's so high
pffft

day #26

"does my bum look big in this?"

actually i have my full running gears on (which i have been wearing all day, in hopes of persuading self to GO FOR A RUN) under The Dress. and actually, i just popped The Dress on for five minutes - at four thirty - to LOOK like i've been a faithful model (it's amazing what ya can do to persuade the internet).

so - i originally had the hose wound around my waist as a BELT, but BD said i looked like Jane with an anaconda.

*shriek!*.

immediate hose droppage ensued and then i managed to rip its head off. even after talking myself down, i still couldn't quite bring self to hold ithe hose/belt properly and there is no way we're repeating THAT photo shoot - apologies to Arthur - it was such a great idea... X

day #25

The Dress had a night out at the cinema with
The Third Most Beautiful Girl In The Room
and Coco Chanel...
(if you're a chick and haven't seen it yet - allez!)

day #24

beach and girlfriends in the morning.
siesta in the afternoon.
big famdamily fun nite planned for the evening.
life as we knew it has returned... X

day #23

had a wee sea adventure today.
loved it.

day #22

The Dress went out
with four girlies...

and had a couple of
switcheroos...
hilarious moments,
loved it X

day #21

all pinked up for
the Breast Cancer walk.
(if ya look closely ya can see
The Dress peeking out)

day #20

what you can nearly not see is a glass of vino..
which i have sworn off for the month of october...
but i did my vewy vewy best during my exam today...
and i just got an A from my butterfly lecturer...
so i fink need a tweet...
(turn up the soundz in the sidebar)
love love love X

day #19

Titania, Queen of the Fairies
aka The Antidote to 60 Hours Inside the Batcave

i had this crazy idea
that our year would consist of
philosophical beachy meanderings,
interspersed with little lectures.

day #18

inside the batcave.
writing, writing.
hunched shoulders, dry lips.
- - - - -
The Dress has been westified.

actually that jumper is
a beautifully soft Roxy,

from our Great Big $3 Spendup.
i keep finding it in Woozie's room,
so i just sneak it back to mine...

day #17

well, it's nearly dinner time, and i'm still in my PJs. this morning The Dress had a swim and a press, and i had plans for A Week of Silly Dress Ups... but i see it is still hanging up. instead i am in the middle of a cyclic swirl of coffee, smint, essay, coffee, smint, essay, coffee, smint, nana nap, coffee, smint, essay...
here's to the dim light at the end of this last tunnel.

day #16

friday night. secret garden. ice cold corona.
this man has made me ratatouille.
and cleaned the car. and the house.
one night off. assignment-writing all weekend.
then pre-exam swot class. then exam.
then the assignment tweak.
then going out dancing...
that's the plan.
it's the home stretch, baby X

day #15

mrs teacher: making rockets with six year olds.

(using success criteria,
because all learning must be measured.)

day #14

an apple for the teacher.
lock up your guinea pigs -
lock 'em up tight...

day #13

hoping this morning's
temperature
is gonna last all day...
*celebrating*
cos BD has just
posted off his
Very Last Essay -
that's 15 essays in 15 months.
spelled m-a-c-h-i-n-e.
and it's my very last
uni lecture today -
i am
guinea-pigging
teaching
for the rest of the week!! X

day #12

am sick and tired of seeing my face. this shot gives a way better view of today's pièce de résistance anyhoo - yep - i finally have me a BILLABONG bag!!! i scored it for two bucks at a garage sale in the weekend. oh, and the pink hoodie is EVERLAST and i scored it for three bucks. and lookit - i have an aerial protruding from my skull. i can do the robot dance too, but not here.

day #11

fairy barbie

goes to the beach

day #10

wondering if
Apron Dress Ups
might persuade self
to make dinner...

day #9

extreme close up...
i have new specs!!!!!
they are actually a brilliant paua blue

but wait, there's more!!!

another pair free!!
brown/bronze tortoiseshell.
i look like my mummy X
PS i am already totally sick of The Dress.
yeah - what was i thinking?
21 days to go and i really need to make friends with it.

day #8

same old, same old.

and a bad hair day.

day #7

jeans, espresso, and mary janes.
and a squirt of frown-botox desired.

day #6

that's a curtsey.

cos today i performed-ed my eight-minute presentation/pretend job interview that has been all-consuming this past week.
which equals two assignments and eighteen sleeps to go...
and *whispers gleefully* i've got tickets. lots and lots and lots of tickets... X

day #5

today's feature: the h'umbrella.
'nuff said.

day #4

fell off the wagon last night.

woke up with this man in my bed.

day #3

*ahem*
i'm already cheating.
yeah, those are jeans, when i said i wouldn't.

and i was in PJs for the first half of the day too, trying to finish an assignment, which is still looking evasive. but this arvo i'm wearing my fave old shoes, *and* The Dress... which is starting to look like it needs a good press. so i hided it. *photo credit: charlie.

anyway, never mind me,
check out these groovy lads:

who watched frank until
the wee small hours

and then turned themselves
into stegosauruses.

day #2

yeah, it's a bit freezier in The Sunny Bay aujourd'hui - lovin' the shorty black layers:


today's feature: THE ARMPIT BAG (named by sam this morning as i was dashing out - mum, *raises eyebrow* i love your ARMPIT BAG), nicked outta the dress-up box.
pffffft.

day #1

meet THE DRESS.

it's a cute little hippie hand-me-down strappy silky (that's an adjective, masquerading as a noun). today has dawned bright and clear, and i have done a deal with Bulldog. today i'll have an adventure with the kids while he does his essay, and tomorrow we do a swapsie.
so - we're heading for the beach.
hence the bare feet. and the cheesy grin.