A bit of this, a bit of that....

Can I just say moving back to Gtown is such a drag! Can the travel be anymore draining! I've been taking the train and pretty much sleeping as much as I can! I have noticed I often wake myself up to my own snorting, what the hell is with that! Surely people must be chuckling to themselves. Maybe I should opt to sit next to those annoying people with blasting music on their headphones to block out my sleeping noises haha 

Last week I cooked up a storm of cupcakes for a few birthdays at work - I raced home ready to cook a cake, only to find a massive cupcake tray left in the cupboard. Clearly Mum isn't interested in baking. I bought a betty crocker cake mix which said to fill the base of the cake tin with raspberries, so I thought I'd apply the same them to the cupcakes. Hrm, didn't quite work, the bottoms kinda exploded, I think I overfilled the tins. Whatever, at least they got eaten - after I tried to hide the holes with frosting, and you know, surely its the thought that counts? 

I still remember baking a cake for my cousin, and she told me how fantastic it was, and what the recipe was... my reply, head toward isle 4 in your local supermarket and find the betty crocker boxes, flip box around, walk around the supermarket to find remaining ingredients. Okay so I'm a cooking fraud when it comes to cakes! 

Meanwhile I haven't bought polishes in a while, but I picked up these Butter London colours on OZsale a few weeks ago. Thought I'd pop them onto my Audrey Hepburn tin so the colours could pop more ... not that it worked! 

Fruit Machine, Sprog, Pink Ribbon and Alcopop

Clearly Fruit Machine is my favourite ...

My polish application has been horrible of late.... I actually think I need a good manicure, I have been maintaining my nails for so long, every so often its good to have it done for you! I can't believe I had acrylics for so long, el natural is so the way to go! My nails have never been the same since. 

I also bought these few from Essie. I love Essie polishes...The colours are great, and their application is always pretty good. 

Nice is Nice, Cascade Cool and Lights. 

I also bought a nail corrector pen, the bright white pen and some nail polish thinner. Can't wait to unleash that on my bottle of Fiji. How I miss that colour....

Anyway I plan to go to the shops tomorrow night after work. I want to find a few new dresses for work, hopefully I can find what I'm looking for. I love peplum, it hides sins! and I want to take full advantage of this trend while it lasts - but I want something good quality so I'm willing to pay a little more than the usual. 

Mezzy's baby shower is this Saturday - I'm pretty excited to see her. Work can be a drainer without our daily gossip sesh as she was located conveniently near my desk. At least Jkats is back ... yipeee! 

....Thats Accounting

Holla!

This past week has been flat out , and I suspect this trend not to stop as Pani and I are off to Phillip Island for a girls weekend. 

Last week was our work conference to Newcastle... Mezzy and I were sure ready for some adventures. We planned a surprise Hens night which went to plan perfectly... SUCKERS! We got you good! hehe... it was all good times... Penis straws included. Nothing is funnier than seeing certain people from the office drinking from these straws,... all a bit of tacky fun! 

Flashing lights from one of the two Tiaras given out on the night.... I don't think our cab needed headlights! 

This pizza sure looks delicious ... but don't be fooled, this lil baby caused me havoc all conference! Iso Bar Newcastle, STAY AWAY! Such rude staff ... you don't expect to be treated like that especially when you have a group booking! But enough complaining, the location was pretty so that was good, plus the company wasn't half bad either :)

Friday we went on a tour of the sand dunes... and man did I feel horrid. I sat on a rock while I waved two bus load of my workmates away. I am still shattered as they all went surfing the dunes.. looked like so much fun! 

My blurry photography.... bus leaving ... bye y'all! 

View from the picnic tables I ventured to whilst I was on my lonesome. 

Stunning! The wind maybe cold but the sun made up for it! 

Could of fooled me to this it was some sort of Desert! 

Couple of funny stories... 1 - We took a mediocre looking ferry for a trip in anticipation of seeing whales / dolphins. What really happened was we motored out about 15mins from the dock, threw out the anchor and experienced severe choppy waters when the water was actually flat as a tack! Dolphin sightings = one! and 2- After finishing up the days activities at Murray's brewery and embark on the bus ride home we manage to loose one of our workmates. It wasn't until we were down the road we realised he was not to be seen and more than likely still knocking back a frothy. As the bus rolled back into the brewery car park nothing was more hilarious than seeing him walking aimlessly down the dirt road with the look of 'they'll be back' on his face hehehe

I love this photo of Mez! So pretty! Me however not so good... and feeling a bit worse for wear. 

Trouble makers right there! 

When I got home all I did was sleep. Nothing beats your own bed thats for sure! I did manage to paint my nails though.... 

Finally thought I'd give this silver a whirl... Butter London - Diamond Geezer 

And then decided to go classic ... OPI - Step right up (NYC ballet collection) 

For the flight home some light reading.... I still love SHOP ... I dont really like to read magazines as such, just show me fashion thats all I need! 

After my reading I feel I am somewhat more up to speed with celebrity news. What the hell is going on with Katie and Tom? I find their child Suri rather obnoxious, and when I mentioned this to Mez she said "how could you hate a child". Do you also find this rather harsh of me? Its not like I know her either! haha...

Also that reminds me on my flight back to Melbourne I was held up by security - I felt like I was on boarder security! I had a swisscard in my handbag.. which is basically a baby manicure set the size of a bankcard. It has scissors, nail file which doubles as a screwdriver, pen, baby knife, pin, toothpick and tweezers! After asking me if I had any sharp objects in my bag and replying NO I realised they were looked for the card! NOOOOO! I love that thing, its like an emergency nail kit. They would not let me board unless I got rid of it.. so I put it in the post. I hope it returns. Although it can be repurchased... my dad gave it to me... so its kind of sentimental more than anything! 

Have any of you been to Newcastle? How did you find it? ... I thought it was better than first thought... are you a local? Were we hanging out at the wrong places? 

Hope you had a great weekend ! 

My great start to the work week

Prowlers!

Ahhh I've had such a weird 48 hours. Sunday night I had this horrid migraine ... whatever happens occasionally. Anyway Monday morning woke up at 9:30 ... usually I'm up at 5:30 ... so I had well and truly slept through my start time.. oppsies! Mezzy had left missed calls and distressing messages on my facebook and phone as to my whereabouts. This is one downfall of being solo... Who is there to make the sicky call if you are well and truly knocked out and sick! At least Mezzy has my back! My brother tricked me into thinking he spoke to her and said that I slept in after a big night at Heat nightclub .... ahhh funny kid. Yes unfortunately I went to Heat a LOT when I was younger *cringe*. Have I any readers that went to Heat back in the day? If so do you also cringe?

Anyway I found some shoes that I think would go perfect with my ethnic shift -- see my last post. See below... What do you think? Yay or Ney?

I always played around with my Benefit Smokin' Eyes compact. I think I still need to master the technique. Does it look like I have just been punched out?

HA! I look horrid... post migraine! and I made the smokey eye look a little witchy....

It kind of worked but you cannot see the colours graduating which looks a little odd.. ah well practice makes perfect!

I have been playing around with a few of my nail polishes...

Trout Pout - Butter London

I am loving this colour ... sorry if I have previously posted my nails like this!

Love a good accent nail ... Shine on and Game on - Kit

Also I found a Peplum Dress in Portmans that looks exactly like the one I took back to Sportsgirl except its a bit longer (which is probably better for me). I feel like I should go back and try it on. Then again, do I really need it?! Bloody hopeless I tell you.

I have been trying to find a good places to venture out to for our work conference but is not going to plan at all. Thus far I have found people to be very un-accommodating. Any Newcastle readers help... Silo Lounge is out unfortunately!

I am going to Phillip Island in a few weekends time ... do any of you have any ideas as to the best place to get pampered... massages, nails etc...?

Okay I think I have left you with a few questions to dwell on... If you can be bothered commenting hit me with your suggestions!

Hope the working week isn't too draining for you :)

The Winter Freeze

Hi Guys,


How cold has it been? I went to visit some friends last night who live in Sunbury .. If your not from Melbourne its about an hour and a bit from the CBD. I think I am so used to city driving it felt weird being on a highway driving 100kms ... on the way home it was pitch black and I freaked out as a car looked like it was coming directly for me. The road was kind of bending and it was deceiving... that said I still swerved like a drunken person even though I was not drunk at all! I blame frostbite to my head... I took a picture of my car temperature gauge... actually thats really hard to read but it says 2am ... 1 degree! BRRR!

Although the weather was cold, the company was not! My Sunbury buddies are so funny, they make simple things hilarious. They have a son who is nearly 3, and came to greet me thinking he would be seeing a real cat. No no, just me buddy! Apparently he has a blue cat.... well thats what he told me, I'm not exactly sure where this blue cat is but ehh whatever hehe .. very cute! 

When I finally got home to sleep I shivered most of the night... I seriously have never been so cold! I feel like I have a hangover just from the terrible lack of sleep. I feel I should invest in some sort of small portable heater, although I love my apartment, heating was not on the landlords agenda when leasing this little baby out! 

So during the week I finally ventured into the city to visit Miss Fox for my eyebrow threading appointment. With Mezzy as my escort I still nearly opened the doors to the wrong place.... but I made it! and to my delight Miss Fox was as cute as can be! I really forget the name of the girl who did my eyebrows but she was lovely, and told me all the things I wanted to hear like .. I think they need to grow out a bit and maybe the shape should be this way bla bla bla. Anyway so off she went and truth be told , it is rather painful... but I am reasonably happy with the results. I think I just don't like how they aren't thicker on the ends how they used to be so I am glad she mentioned to grow them out. Here is the verdict.... 

As you can see I'm no photographer but you get the idea.... 

I have found the skin has been rather tender after the threading and I may have had a slight reaction to the aloe used afterwards. My skin is like old person, it doesn't like change! 

Have you tried threading? How do you shape your eyebrows? 

Afterwards Mez and I had dinner at the pancake parlour! Seriously their deluxe fries are the bomb, its heart attack material but o'so good! 

I had to laugh during the week... I don't know if any of you follow the footy but I like to know whats going on so I watch my fair share of shows like before the game, the footy show etc... however one person I cannot stand is Hutchie. I found this photo of him online, and I thought it was rather funny... I am not sure what he is doing... off to get few croissants (you wouldn't believe how many spelling attempts I made before I got that right - I am the worst at spelling) before the match Parisian style, I don't know haha His right eye looks rather odd.. I only just noticed this... hrmmm

Mezzy gave me this lipstick holder at work on Friday... and funnily enough I can make good use of it! 

I have also fallen in love with my Kit Shine on Polish. Love love love! If you have OPI do you lilac it, you surely would love this too. 

I have been asked by a few for the strawberry jam recipe I previously posted ... I shall try to put it up soon. Unfortunately I did follow a recipe but kind of adapted the amounts for uno... cooking as a solo can often make things rather difficult! 

Meanwhile I have really got on board with the whole get my hair dyed thing... I am trying to get some ideas as I want to easy myself into it but also have a somewhat half dramatic change. Maybe I am jumping the gun again... last time I wanted change I cut my hair too short and regretted it! If you have any good ideas please post pictures or tag them on insta for me ... i'm @kitty1983

Have a fab sat night ... and keep warm :) 

Weekend Wrap Up

Hey Prowlers,

I have been a bit neglectful of my post lately. You know what its like, too busy for your own good. 

Last Thursday I ran out of work to grab a few things for the weekend. I didn't realise the shops closed at 7pm (I thought 9pm for some reason).... so I ended up buying under pressure. I bought this gorgeous coral peplum dress from Sportgirl... I had the whole outfit planned in my head.. my tan wedges, gold jewlery... and I get home and find this! 

DAMN YOU SECURITY TAG!!

It made me so mad because I knew I didn't really have much time to take it back and get it removed. However it maybe a blessing in disguise, after trying on the dress with my shoes etc, from the front I thought yep loving this, then I turned around and thought good god, this really is not forgiving! I don't remember my butt looking like this ... ahhh I guess thats what happens when you neglect the squats haha! 

After the coral dress purchase I ran over to Forever new. I went there for one of the cute new dresses they have but ended up with this outfit..... 

I bought both the peplum floral top and white collarless jacket. 

I am a HUGE fan of Forever New. They have great stuff all the time. I don't know if I'm getting to old for it but I don't care! The jeans are bettina Liano Curvy Fit and RMK coral wedges. I bought some gold costume jewelry from Diva as I think it suits the outfit better than my standard silver. Generally I'm a dress girl, but I thought I should try to embrace jeans! I thought I did okay for a non jeans wearer haha

The weekend didn't turn out to be a drunken mess after all! Friday night Mez and I had work drinks for End of Financial Year. We were happy to be told Moscato was on the menu ... horray! I ended up driving , and found this to be a real drainer! Next time I will organise myself better so I can enjoy the bevi's. 

When I woke up on Saturday I felt a bit NQR for some reason... turns out so was Pani .. and she ended up at my place around 6ish. I got a few things done around the house etc, but really I needed that extra sleep. Anyway, so by the time we yabbered on for hours it was 8pm so we had to make a decision on what to do. The thought of dressing up in next to nothing for a night on the town did not appeal so we opted for dinner. We were going to try Mamacita's but I did read its a line up kinda situation so I randomly picked a Lebanese restaurant called Mezza at the top of Lygon. By the time we got there it was around 9pm but well and truley packed. (Sorry about my dodgy photography!)

Street view.... 

Falafel, fried cauliflower and some sort of Lebanese salady mix. 

Some awesome potatoes 

Lamb rice and veg... totally forget the name. Looks boring but tasted great. 

The funniest part was that they cranked up the Lebo music and out came the belly dancer. Call me a prude but I didn't know where to look! I must have had this unsure look on my face and the girl came right up to me and was like swishing around and what not... awkward! I said to her..."you just came up to me because I look petrified" and she said I wouldn't do that! I thought ...Sure you wouldn't! ... you get joy out of seeing my fear lol 

Some of the people there were getting way into it, full dancing old school style. Probably the only chance those old guys could dance with a half naked woman lol.... Anyway it was funny to watch and at least the place had a good atmosphere. We had a great waitress.... she was pretty friendly.. extra tips for her! 

Usually Pani and I waste most of Sunday if she comes to stay, but this time we thought we would go into the city.. the weather was awful! After returning the coral dress back to sportsgirl (the girl was ultra apologetic, but it was the mall store to blame not melb central so she can be forgiven), we stopped in at Mecca.... far out I could browse that shop for hours. I love all that beauty stuff... no wonder I'm broke and have nothing to show for it! I did however restrain myself and bought these beauties....

Kit 'Shine On' and 'Game On' and a 4 way nail file.... You know file, buff, smooth, shine. Honestly the girl raved on about it at the counter, but I have bought the same thing from Woolies that has Smooth, Buff and Shine and does the same job.. but for $6.95 I don't really care. Kit has some awesome nail colours, if your into the nail polish like me, I would definitely recommend to check it out! I'm pretty sure the polishes cost $15.95 .. they are Australian made too, which is always a bonus! 

Upon Pani's request, Game on.....

Pani bought some awesome coral jeans surprisingly from Dotti and black peplum top from Forever New. We are loving the peplum let me tell you that much! 

Meanwhile Pani and I were talking about where singles are supposed to find decent guys! Every guy I meet out turns out to be a flat out sleaze!....  Sometimes I think I am too nice for my own good......  The retards we have on our plates are just not worth it I can tell you that much! (sorry if your reading this .... well not really... get your act together you loser! grr!)

My threading appointment in on Wednesday which I hope goes to plan! Miss Fox better not let me down damn it hehe 

How was your weekend? Do you find winter adventures that more difficult when the temperature at night hovers around 5 degrees!? I guess thats why one drinks heavily before they leave the house lol I am becoming weak in my older age! 

o0o0o Is that delivery for me?....

Heya guys...

I am so glad Tuesday is over ! It always seems to drag on... once I get to Wednesday its all downhill from there... horray!

I think I gave my horrid flu thing to Mezzy! Damn it .... she did text me saying I was a diseased mongrel hahaha

Finally I received my MOR products from OZsale. I initially was going to palm them off as gifts, but I don't think I can part with them all. They smell to damn good!

 How good is getting a parcel delivered to work! Brightens my day everytime!

Pomegranate body wash, hand wash and hand cream

The same again except I think this is sorbet flavour.... or something along those lines. Smells awesome, even though my nose is a bit blockaged!

Lychee on the go perfume and lipgloss!

Lip Macaron that everyone keeps telling me is awesome. Unintentionally it matched my nail polish (china glaze something sweet).

What do you guys think about the brand MOR? I like it... except Pani always bags it! How can you bag it?! I mean its in cute packaging and smells awesome -- I don't think its supposed to be some miracle skin care brand.. it is what it is.

I have printed a few cocktail recipes for the weekend. Lychee martini's sound like the way to go! Then i found this really sickly sweet cocktail recipe (its in my handbag - too hard to dig out).. but the main ingredient was Malibu. That stuff causes headaches everytime! Talking about drinks that you know cause you trouble the next day hangover style... Smirnoff double blacks. OMG! When i jump onto those (usually later in the night) I'm in for some serious pain the next day!

Do you guys have any hangover cures? I feel like I don't want to sacrifice the drinks I like just because I can't handle a more than extreme headache.

I am NOT an alcoholic! Even though I'm noticing a trend in my posts haha

Adore Beauty ..... I know I do!

Hey Prowlers,


I don't know about you but that earthquake freaked me out! My whole building moved! I've felt a little tremor before but nothing like this. ... and nothing even bad happened and I panicked. These are the times being on your own sucks. If your going to go out you don't want to be alone while doing it. 
I messaged JKats straight away as she lives close by, I needed to know I wasn't going completely delusional and that it did happen... but if she didn't.. the comments on facebook sure did.. phewww I'm not completely bonkers! 


I have had a terrible few days with this horrid flu! It ain't pretty let me tell you that much! I got to work today but felt awful this morning,... but perked up by the afternoon (or when the drugs kicked in haha). Hopefully I haven't passed it on this to anyone else! 


Enough of the complaining... I have more fun things to speak of! I am loving nail polishes at the moment, thanks to Mezzy and Instagram (follow me @KITTY1983)! I used to hate doing my nails but now I almost find it relaxing... is this odd? 


I have been wanting to try Butter London polish for so long, and could not track somewhere local that stocks it, so I turned to the web. I found this fantastic site called Adorebeauty.com.au ! Horray for me, not only did I find the polishes I wanted but they also stock the Butter London Lippy I keep rambling on about! I don't want to sound like an ad here but seriously you should check it out ... sites like this are perfect when we get lazy and just want our products delivered to our door! I noticed if you like their facebook page they are giving 20% discounts out for the next few days... which is kind of enticing me to buy more but we shall see! 

I actually ordered two packages, both came with two samples and a fun size cherry ripe! What girl doesn't love a cherry ripe! You will notice a cherry ripe is missing, I gave it to Rivers at work.... he is sooooo lazy and never works hard enough! ( if you are from the office you know this is quite untrue haha ) 

The Lippy's ($25 each) .... Teddy Girl (the lighter one) and Primrose Hill Picnic. I also got this awesome Essie polish called Pink Parka ($18.95) which I can't wait to try! 

Left to right : Diamond Geezer , Trout Pout ( both $19.95) and Queen Vic ($22)

The flash was killing my eyes hence the reason they are shut haha.... Teddy Girl Lippy. I actually really like this more than I thought I would. It would look awesome against more olive skin! 

My goodness I look horrid from my flu... however we shall press on, Lippy - Primrose Hill Picnic. 

The Lippy's are really sticky so if that's going to annoy you stay away! However I really like these colours.. I'll definitely be using these little babies! 

Also this may seem weird but I have never coloured my hair before (and I'm 29) ! I feel like I want to wait to grow my hair longer and then give it a crack hehe. I've seen the same hairdresser "T' for ages now, she does a great job with my boof. Trust me, my natural hair is crazy curly and Afro, people from my younger days only remember this about me! Since moving up here I have tried other hairdressers randomly but have really be disappointed and quite annoyed with a- how much they charge (I wouldn't care if the job was good!) and b - hairdressers not understanding my hair.  If anyone knows of a great hairdresser in the city (Melbourne) I would love to try them! I love seeing T (she is hilarious and a great shopper at that) but sometimes I need convenience after work before I go out etc...

I have also booked in at Miss Fox to get my eyebrows threaded seeing as Mezzy loves them so dearly. I'm sick of having my eyebrows demolished ... they used to be perfect now they are really weird looking! I hope they can fix them for me... I have to wait a few weeks until they recover from my last appointment. 

Anyway I'm off to paint my nails... "Trout Pout" style! See you on the weekend guys :) 

Help .... I appear to be a Clinique addict!

Holla! 


How was the weekend for everyone!? 


Mine once again was non eventful... although I did a lot of girlie crap that I love. I don't know about you, but guys just don't understand! I mentioned to a guy friend that on Saturday night I was doing nothing except painting my nails and watching a chick flick. His response, don't you think you would have just as much fun going out. Well when its cold and wintry it just isn't that enticing! But he does have a point! 


I caught up with Jkats and Jlo on Saturday arvo.... i think Jlo is all of 4 months. As Jkats went to get our coffee I was in charge of keeping Jlo entertained, and I resorted to this horrific baby talk. It is quite clear I have very little experience with interacting with the younger folk! hehe.... Anyway this family turned around to me ( I'm hoping cause Jlo is mega cute not the fact that i was speaking like an imbecile) and the lady said to me "Someones getting clucky"! Far out am I giving out the clucky vibes! Jkats is the bestest... i miss seeing her so often! 


I woke up this morning feeling horrific.... looked in the mirror and looks like I've been punched out! The dreaded winter cold is upon me! Could explain Mez and I's lack luster adventure through the city on Friday night. We were both clearly exhausted, and getting to that point where you cant be bothered conversing anymore. I really wanted to get a winter hat but I feel my noggin is just too damn big! ahh well... i probably didn't search too hard if I only hung around DJ's most of the time! 


The previous Friday night Mez and I were going great guns, we scampered around the shops for hours and decluttered a few racks hehe... Here are a couple of things I have bought ..... 

Last Friday I bought this Clinique 'take the day off' make up remover. Usually I use the lotion in the bottle to take all my make up off. Apparently the lady said its not really for your whole face. However my skin gets really sensitive so when something works I just run with it. Instead this time I bought the pot that looks rather paste like. So when you apply it on your face it becomes the consistency of the lotion. I don't know, it feels rather the same product just in the same form but a whole lot messier. 

I am so sceptical about the whole industry as they say anything and we eat it up like its gospel! I am in the market for a new moisturiser ... what do you use? What products would you say to avoid? There is a whole other world out there apart from Clinique... i need to let go! 

So if you follow me on Insta you would be well aware I love a good nail polish! So I thought I would try Salon Effects nail strips by Sally Hansen. I noticed they are all the rage hehe... However I just don't know .. 

I found them a little annoying to stick on, and I had to keep reshaping them all because obviously I have non standard nail size! I think I made a wrong choice, I don't like this look at all! I think that if you got a brighter colour or design, and then applied a top coat it would be a winner ... especially if you are time poor as there is no dry time and they apparently last for a week or so. 

Instead I thought I would finally apply to my nails OPI Alpine Snow from my last Ozsale haul. I have never been 100% with white nail polish because I think it makes you look like you have come second place to a bottle of white out! 

Not that you can tell but I applied Pirouette my Whistle over the top to break up the bright white look. It made a difference ... probably because I love Pirouette my Whistle.. unfortunately the camera didn't really bring it out so much. 

I would love to know your favourite skin care brands? Cheap or Expensive .. what has worked for you? 

PS - As I am new to this whole Blogging world I am kind of slow with the take up of following you all! My computer is so slow so after I blog I just give up.... maybe this is a good excuse to upgrade to a nice new laptop :)