OHH!! HOW I DO LOVE MY PERFUME!! WHAT ABOUT YOU??

Hi ladies....Well I am back from my quick visit to queensland to welcome home BOTH sons from JAPAN...Byron had been there for 6 months at uni..and Christian went over for the week to go skiing (per previous post)...SOOO BOth ARRIVED BACK safe & sound..

AND then my hubby..Christian & I flew back to Melbourne last tuesday....I will NOT go into the fright I had on the plane re the 150 kms wind in melb that day.RE LANDING.... SUFFICE to say it actually did reduce me to tears....with 20 yo Christian telling me it was "AN EPIC LANDING MUM!!!"....

YEH RIGHT!! WIND GUST...LOUD EXPLOSION UPON LANDING...TOTAL PLANE SHOOK VIOLENTLY...

YES IT WAS EPIC!! BUT NOT THAT KIND OF EPIC FOR YOUR 52 YO MUM!!!

ANYWAY...have NOW recovered..so to speak...!!

and back into the norm of things..

Listing lots of stuff on ebay .. (per usual)...and then I kind of thought whether I am NORMAL?? re ALL my perfumes..?

all these perfumes are on my antique dressing table...(in our bedroom..just outside our en suite..so perfect possie..to have a shower..and then spray oneself!!)..

my hubby actually says I spray far too much perfume on myself each morning.. (HE OFTEN SNEEZES!!)...okay...i may sometimes spray tooo much...BUT isnt it the thing..that one cannot smell perfume on your own body!!??? well that is my excuse..

PLUS he thinks it is totally ridiculous HOW much perfume I have..!

BUT AS i tell him...I USE ALL of them...ALL the time...I LOVE all MY PERFUME..

(and guess what he bought me as one of my christmas pressies...??? perfume!!)...end of argument buddy!!!!.............

I often shower with one body wash...then put the cream re the same on ... then spray the perfume..

SO AS MY MUM always tell me...LAYER IT ANDREA!!! that is the secret to LONF lasting smelling perfume....THE LAYERING!! and VOILA...ONE does SMELL divine!!

MY FAV perfumes are CHANEL..No 5...No 19...BUT especially NO 22 which is just soo hard to get in australia (i still have the one my son bought for me from FRANCE ..3 yrs ago..still NOT unwrapped!!)....

AND ANGEL...by Thierry MUGLER?? PLUS almost everything else. ...

I think i am a PERFUME ALHOLIC!!!

WHAT DO YOU LADIES LIKE..?? I would love to know... MAYBE I SHALL BUY & TRY IT!!

XX ANDREA

WHEN ARE TOO MANY PHOTOS TOO MUCH??

Hello everyone!! well back from qld...& as much as I love where my son lives & qld etc....BUT!!

i love 33 degree heat in melbourne...BUT in qld..IT IS literally like living in a SAUNA!!

I did not stop sweating...my long hair..just went FLAT!! mascara down my face.

AND I was just soo tired!! I was just lying totally LIMP/tired on my sons couch for at least ONE day...pathetic!!

JUST give me dry HEAT any day...please!

ANYWAY...BACK HOME NOW...

and I think it is always funny when you have been away from your home..no matter for how long..IT always seems funny coming home...AND for me ...I kind of do a total RE THINK re my decor,=...

this time ... I think I have far TOO many photos/frames in my house??

I have frames/hanging images..kind of everywhere??

is TOO MUCH...TOO MUCH??? OR is it okay to have lots & lots of frames in nearly every room??

BEAR IN MIND i have quite a big house..BUT still??!!

I think i need some advice??

I AM BREAKING MY PROMISE RE A NEW POST..BUT I DIDNT SLEEP ALL NIGHT!! WHAT A GONZO!!!

Hi ladies...well i am breaking my promise about doing another blog...!! BUT am still home alone..until tomorrow....

AND look...honestly at nearly 52 yo...and with MY PAST LIFE!! so to speak...I really shouldnt get scared being home alone (especially as I have sooty literally attached to my hip 24/7!!)...

AND i was fine .... up until last night...about 8.00 pm the phone rang...answered it..and immediately it hung up....(rang the missed call star 10 hatch or whatever...but said "no answered call registered)...not too worried as it was still light ...

so when I went to go to bed...and leave lights on downstairs...NONE of them would work/turn on....MMM okay...looked at the switchboard but wouldnt know what was what!!

okay...went to bed...and at 11.15 pm the phone rang,...answered and no one there again!! OKAY..that was it..!!

I figured someone was out there to get me?? SOO I put the ABC radio on ALL NIGHt AND LISTENED TO THE CRICKET FROM STH AFRICA..luckily I love the cricket...!!!

and then of course when light appeared...morning dawned...I thought what an IDIOT i am!!

with light one SEEMS TO get all confidence Back...HOW funny is that??(as actually most crimes re home intrusion etc occur during DAYTIME)!!

SOO!! in darkness & home alone in a big house...I became a really scaredy cat!!

and I hate being like that...am I normal?? do any of you other ladies get scared if left alone?

and of course the phone call was from my hubby in darwin...problem with his phone..and forgot the 90 minute time difference...

OH well...I actually went out shopping yesterday afternoon and bought two stretchy canvas...sewn images...from SPOTLIGHT of all places...(per photos)..

I have placed them near and above my piano in our lounge room....I really like them...add a bit of MORE red to my room...matching the rug...)..

this room is NOT SHABBY...with a house full of boys!!

as the adjacent room is all chocolate brown..red...alphabet letters..in red...& black etc...soo i think they are a nice little addition!! and at a very CHEAP price..

whilst typing this...I often have a sliding window half open to let the air circulate...but today it is closed as the air conditioning is on...BUT alas..a dog has barked outside...and SOOTY has forgotten that this window is closed...

OOOOOHHH HE went to jump through it onto the balcony...head butted it with a great force...POOR darling....!! I have given him a good cuddle/massaged his head...

that is the photo of him just after his jumping attempt!! HE LOOKS A BIT sad!

he seems good..shall give him a smacko!!!

okay...NO more posts until next week!!! PROMISE...AS off to meet BOTH my BOYS coming home!! YES!! byron is BACK in OZ after 6 months away!!xxxx

xxxx andrea

GUESS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING TODAY?? ORGANIZING!! KIND OF CLEANING!! BUT FOR MY EBAY STUFF!!

Hi again everyone..YOU ALL MUST be SOO sick of me with all these blogs lately...!!

BUT i kind of think..being home alone until the weekend...YOU are who I kind of talk to?? if you get my drift??...(of course i speak to the BOYS in japan...and hubby in Darwin...BUT I can talk to you ladies about "womens stuff")!!! although SOOTY also understands me when I speak to him about STUFF!! lol..(no I am NOT a lunatic)..!!

Anyway...I really JUST had to....not so much clean per se my "EBAY" room..BUT just get it re organised...

when selling...i photograph stuff..then just kind of PLONK it back in this room..and after a few days it JUST gets SOO UNRULY...I CANNOT STAND IT!!

I like to be organised...stuff/goods all over the place leaves me very grumpy!!

SOO today was the day I had to get this room back into shape..(as tomorrow is going to be another 40 odd degree day in melbourne..and after my tennis..I think i will be TOO tired to do anything...)...

SOO i have organised it...into the CATH KIDSTON section.....MOR stuff..the EASTER section...clothes ... crafts....prints...frames...PLUS I forgot I had ALL these bloomin ALPHABET letters tucked away in a suitcase...

MMM !! the dilemma as to how I should list them on ebay!!

there is a garbage bag outside this room full of junk...(AND I still have to organise the room next door full of some more ebay stuff...boxes to pack etc.)

and last but not least...those ladies who like a GOOD/EASY book to read...FACTUAL...when i went to japan in december..bought this book at the airport..and couldnt put it down...finished it on the trip over.

"BITING THE BIG APPLE"..by bella Vendramini..."a memoir of life, love (okay and sex) in New York City...by an aussie girl..it was a really light hearted...yet interesting real life adventures of an aussie actress trying to make it in NY...

i highly recommend it..

have a lovely weekend...AND dont worry...,I wont be posting again until late next week!!

xx andrea

A LOVELY SHOPPING DAY WITH "MOTHER"!!

Hello ladies...whilst sitting here doing some ebay stuff!! thought I may as well also do another blog. I am getting to be a bit of a BLOGAHOLIC!!

As promised, i took my gorgeous 86 yo mum out shopping yesterday to CHADSTONE shopping centre....for interstate or overseas ladies...THIS IS JUST a MASSIVE shopping place...& it keeps growing and growing...BUT I LOVE IT..

The LATEST NEW section has GORGEOUS shops..."PROVINCIAL HOME LIVING".(which i have mentioned before..friends of mine now have about 15 of these stores across victoria...and the FRENCH devotee would LOVE LOVE IT..i need to take some photos to show you all)...AND their prices are JUST soo reasonable...IT is a DIVINE SHOP!!

there is also a lovely "SIMON JOHNSON" store..."WHEEL & BARROW" ETC ETC..

Mum bought a lot of lovely things...clothes..some homewares...berets..makeup etc...

I boght just a few cute little bits & bobs from the Manchester/homewares store of Morgan & FINCH..I have to admit I DO LOVE THIS SHOP...their displays are gorgeous...as well as their stock.

I went a BIT psycho re EASTER goodies.. AND SOME TIN BUTTERFLIES which can just stick onto things...not sure what shall do with them...but loved them...per photos..

i have also been playing around with the different sized eggs i bought...and shall probably list this lot on ebay....(per the photo with pink basket/raffia etc..)..

I also purchased the latest issue of ROMANTIC HOMES mag...which IS ONE OF THE BEST i have seen...GORGEOUS photos/ideas..

OHH!! and I also bought this LOVELY girlie necklace from Portmans...I was actually wearing my NEW grey dress (from TARGET)....the one photographed ... which i think is a great SHIFT dress...has little pleats...is fully lined...lovely soft material...and WAS PRETTY CHEAP...it can be worn in winter with a little top underneath...a scarf etc...I think I may buy another one...as when you find something you love..looks good...buy 2 thereof!!...and i thought this lovely necklace complimented it very nicely??

OH well!! my next door neighbour has invited me in for dinner tonight (seeing as it is just little OLD ME & sooty home alone)...SO i bought her the MOST beautiful oil with the sticky things sticking out..room scent thingey...

I bought one for myself last week from our local BLUE ILLUSIONS store...and the whole house smells divine..

It is a Christopher Vine ONE...and the box it came in is soo DIVINE just to keep as a display in itself...(per photos)...

anyway..better get back to trying to list on ebay...I have been a bit slack lately..

and as usual...photos are ALL out of sequence re story line!!

and pps...it is going to be another 40 degree day on FRIDAY....so all ladies/men in country Victoria...please take care!! AGAIN!!

xx andrea