Lip Lovin'

Who remembers Poppy lipsticks? You know those really matte lipsticks we all loved in the 90's, designed and produced by Poppy King.

There was a time when I wouldn't be seen in the line of a night club without my lips smeared drying out with that stuff. Hilarious really what we do for fashion.

I moved on, sadly,when it was no longer available. Found my new favourite and years later had to go through the same process to find a new one. I did, it was from Nutrimetics, but lately I was wanting a new colour.

I ventured to the counter of lies and deceit and left without my right arm but didn't care because I was looking mighty fine.

I was so happy to have this.

Mine was called Dolce Vita

And then on it's first application it busted, right at the base. Dodgy bastard lipstick. I tried to re stick it in, I put it in the fridge to try and get it right. It was no good.

Then my sister, (you have met her here before) sent me an email with the reminder that all nutrimetics lipsticks are only a tenner for a couple of weeks.

I have stocked up on my favorites...if you need one, just click and order, it now just comes straight to you in the mail. Perfect, no counter of lies required.

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Cupcake is my colour of choice.

Has your favourite ever been discontinued, or do you stay up with the fashions and change with the seasons?

Will the dog turd karma get me?

So I am not really sure what I believe in when it comes to God and religion and all that spiritual stuff, but I do believe in doing the right thing, being a good person, surrounding yourself with great people and treating others as you would like to be treated yourself.

I believe in some kind of Karma, you know, what goes around comes around.

So now I am a bit worried.

I took the Pooch for a walk, which I do rarely without Mr H.

She did an enormous turd, I was dragging her so hard that that turd went from one drive way, then on to the nature strip of the next house.

The thought of picking up a steaming dog turd, having it in the bag and walking it to the next bin makes me want to vomit.

I left it, told Popps to run for it, in case the home owners saw us and wanted me to remove the worlds largest turd from their driveway.

I hate it when people do that. I believe in being a responsible dog owner. I failed my own test of doing what you would like others to do for you.

Now I am waiting for the Karma, either I will stand in dog shit or the girls will and I will have to clean it out of the ridges of their shoes. Or worse.

Is this Karma? Or is it just that terrible Catholic guilt that was drummed in to me for 18 years refusing to budge from the back of my mind?



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Another Win to the WAHM

Work at home Mums are pretty good at multi tasking, we can bake a cake, hang the clothes out, assist the kids, write a proposal and answer emails all at once.

Sometimes.

This week I was one step ahead of it all. I had a new weapon.

Paints.

I set it all up, sticky taped the pictures down, had the paper laid out for any drops too.

I set the girls up and sat down to get about half an hours work done.

It didn't quite work. I forgot that Immy can paint a dog in one colour with one sponge in two seconds and be 'finished'. Done. Moving on to the next thing. Hands clean of said paint or not.

So I rushed.

I sent the document off.

The next morning I got an urgent message that the document wouldn't open.

So I sat in the change rooms at the gym where the girls were in the creche, I had 45 minutes.

Picture it.

Let me help, the aqua aerobics class had just finished, 30 naked women, all over 70, wet dripping and wondering why this crazy woman was taking up a chair on her lap top.

Me, frantic, trying to pdf a document that I had to email to myself first from my phone and then open on the laptop to convert, then back to a web browser to pdf and send it off so that it arrived before a certain meeting. All with a swarm of swimming Grandma's trying to squeeze in around me.

But it went. All is good. All is ticked off.

Another win to the WAHM.

Have you had any wins lately?

Winning stuff

Lately I have had some luck winning things on other blogs, bigger things and tiny things. I love them all.

Some of my readers have asked how I find all these little giveaways, so I have put together a list for you of a few giveaways that are happening right now on other blogs.

Click on the links and enter, remember the smaller giveaways sometimes have only a handful of entries so the odds are really good.

Go forth and enter.

Liss from Frills in the Hills is the blog I go to for lots of help when I am trying to improve my Domestic Goddess rankings (currently -2) she is running a giveaway worth $500 in total.

Are you up the duff and need a new frock? a really stylish gorgeous one too, I would have loved this in my preggy days.

Do your offspring want a new DS or game to play on a DS? Head over and win this one.

At Baubles, bubbles and bags there are six different pamper packs to win, leave a comment on the blog and you are in the running.

Now these are the ones I love, currently only three comments, means chances are good for you to win the new Lemonade Mouth DVD. You can also enter to win it on this blog, cos the more you enter the greater your chances of winning...go on click again and comment and add it to the collection.

For those with babies, or expecting them, this blog is for you and they have competitions and giveaways.

Hannah Montana DVD is up for grabs too.

And lastly, head here if you want a hundred smackers to spend at westfield.

These are just a couple of what's around. Happy clicking and good luck

Start the week with a quote

Sometimes I see a little quote that just sticks with me for a few moments more than the others that day.

This one comes from one of my all time favourite children's authors.


"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
— Roald Dahl

A growing up step

Tonight my baby is sleeping in her big girl bed for the first time.

She loves it.

I have a tiny pang of sadness that my baby is growing up too fast.

I know others feel this when they give up breastfeeding or start crèche. The feeling is fleeting, lost by tomorrow in the chaos of life, but still strong at the time.

What moments have you remembered as those when your child was taking a 'growing up' step?

Screaming babies will reward you in the end

A long time ago, way back, even before paid parental leave, I had a baby. That would be Popps, who is now five.

She liked to scream.

A lot.

No one wanted to look after her.

Ever.

I also wasn't working and we were living the rice and mince lifestyle. When living in this lifestyle 'option' a regular trip to the hair salon is out of the question. And considering I would have had to take screaming banshee with me, there would have been no relaxing either.

Nine months went past before I made it to the hairdresser.

But oh how that has paid off.

I added my entry to a competition PottyMouthMama was running offering a night at the Werribee Mansion. You had to answer:

The last thing I expected about being a mum is/was:


My entry:
To fall in love with dummies, dimmer switches and think it was ok to not go to a hair dresser for nine months.

AND. I. WON!

Thank you dear screaming banshee child of mine, if not for you, Mumma would not be excitedly planning a weekend of luxury sometime soon. And let's not highlight that everyone else may have mentioned the unexpected and unconditional love of a child.

Soon Mr H. and I will be off to Werribee and we shall not (do you hear me Mr H.) we shall not be doing a tour of the zebras and giraffes, we have already seen them 72,000 times.

I may possibly be seen at any of the destinations below though.

I expect I will also look like this after a weekend of pampering.

All images are from here

Ovarian Cancer.

Today is the perfect excuse to get a new white shirt, raise money for Ovarian Cancer, and read this lovely post about a woman the world lost too soon.







Jump over to read Nikki's post for how you can shop and help find a cure too.