MY FAVOURITE SHOP FULL OF SHABBY & FRENCH CHIC GOODIES..!!

Hello ladies...

Hope your week has been going along well!!

I took my mum shopping to the absolutely AWESOME CHADSTONE shopping centre yesterday...

OMG!!..it is SUCH A BIG BIG centre...ONE could spend ALL DAY there....
I kid you not...& probably only see half of it???

ps...MUM had a LOVELY time at the NEW CHANEL boutique!!! OUR lips are sealed as my DAD gets her credit card & he will wonder what the BIG expense was at this store....SSSHHH!!....

we will let him in on the secret womens business when he gets the credit card statement!!!! mum & I will then have to EXPLAIN the purchases...until then OUR lips are sealed....!!!

Anyway...whilst entering "CHADDIE" as we call this shopping centre here in Melbourne...

mum & I ventured past MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE VICTORIAN SHOP...

(i admit i kind of have a bit of a bias towards this store as the owners are friends from my BOYS old school days...)...BUT THAT is NOT why I am writing this blog..

THIS SHOP...& there are NOW 17 STORES here in Victoria...

IS JUST BEAUTIFUL...

FULL of LOVELY GOODIES....
BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYED...
CHEAP PRICES...

SO I am showing some photos from their latest catalogue...
"PROVINCIAL HOME LIVING"........

I can NEVER go past & not buy something!!!

xx andrea

SATURDAY'S EBAY LISTINGS...BIT OF PINK..BIT OF PURPLE..!

Hi ladies...

I have just been listing some stuff on ebay today...

waiting for the TENNIS final tonight..!!?? cos I love my tennis!!!

(actually played yesterday for the first time in 6 weeks...BOY OH BOY!!..I thought i was going to IMPLODE!! hot weather...lost my fitness level...BUT HIT OKAY ..should feel much better back on Monday...it only takes a few hours & the OLD GIRL gets back into the routine!!).... we HOPE!!!

anyway tonights final is between....

Serena Williams v Justine Henin...cannot wait...& i know who I am barracking for!!!

soo I am just going through MY stuff!! & happily listing away in colour co ordinated themes??

from vintage aprons...to pillow cases which I have dyed.....etc etc..

still have a heap of BLUE themed & shabby GREEN themed goodies to bundle together & photograph and list...

BUT it takes TIME!!

BUT OF COURSE the BATTERY on the camera is FLAT AGAIN!!!

new camera...continuous flat battery!!! GRRRR!!!

have a lovely week!!

xx andrea

JAPANESE "HOME" MAGAZINES..THEY ARE JUST STUNNING!!

Hi ladies.

well i did a big clean up re the FRONT part of the house today..in between checking my computer & watching the AUST OPEN tennis!

I have the perfect possie...my FRENCHIE CHIC table with my laptop allows me to watch the TV in the other room!! Plus to cherish a wonderful view!

BUT in between cleaning/watching tv...& listing on ebay!! actually FOUND MY gorgeous stash of JAPANESE mags..

(for bloggers who havent been following me too long...December of 2009 I went to Japan to visit my eldest son who was in Japan for 6 months at university)...

& did a few blogs on this FANTASTIC COUNTRY...especially the CATH KIDSTON stores!!

BUT....& this is a really BIG BUT!!

we may think English Country mags/Aust country mags etc are wonderful...

I KID YOU NOT....THE JAPANESE mags I purchased ARE AWESOME!!!

& i just found them again stored away...& have RELISHED going through them again...

SOO i thought I may show you some photos from them...

FASHION....home decor...(lots & lots of natural fibres...hessian/calico/cotton/linen)...

Even though they are ALL in Japanese...(never mind my son can translate for me)...BUT who cares...THE PHOTOS ARE DIVINE..

I think I may have to start subscribing to these awesome mags...(even though they are BACKWARDS!!)....in that the front is the back & the back is the front!!???

if you get my drift.....lol!!!

ps...MMM still some photos out of order!! have been draggin & shiftin for YONKS...not quite right??? HOPE you get my drift though..??

my last three photos are of my home...re what I was talking about kind of at the beginning!!!???? (clean kitchen...ebay table & watching tv)....hope this makes sense...

xx andrea

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY...!!

AUSTRALIA DAY 2010....

Beautiful Melbourne weather....PERFECT glorious day...

OHH..how I LOVE this WONDERFUL country...

photo is of my blackboard I painted many a year ago on a wall in my kitchen...

and I have featured the latest AUSSIE DAY CHALK feature on it...

I think you can see I would NEVER be an ARTIST!!

quite a funny looking map of AUSTRALIA????

(thats why i generally just stick to writing phone numbers/addresses etc on it....)....

DRAWING is NOT my forte!!!

xx andrea

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN!!???

Hi ladies....

I have been quite "slack" re doing things lately as i had a rotten case of "cystitis" the last few days which has left me feeling tired & grumpy!! & just lying on the couch watching the AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS!!!

SOO i went & had my nails "done" today & a pedicure...so I am feeling MUCH more NIPPER!!!

BUT i just had to LAUGH at my son's friends BOOTS...

Christain has had a BIG MATE of his staying for the last 4 nights...

TOM is about 6 foot 6 inches tall.....& quite MUSCULAR!!

He takes a size 14 SHOE...

He had placed his BLUNDSTONE boots where we are keeping our shoes for easy access at the minute...(next to the proverbial table tennis table in the middle room....

although I must say..christian & I have been enjoying playing table tennis most nights...It is really QUITE addictive smashing the HELL out of the little ball whilst my normal tennis is on holidays!!!!).....& therapeutic!!

I obviously have a "BALL smashing problem"!!!... ANYWAY....

I couldnt believe MY EYES.....THEY ARE HUGE!!

my shoes fit INSIDE this boot.....

even Christian who is 6 feet tall....size 10 shoe...HIS shoe looks a tad small...!!

LET alone my size 7 shoe...??

Just thought a bit of a funny post???

(please excuse the dirty state of the shoes....TOM needs to clean his BIG BOOTS)!!

xx andrea