Darn heatwave II

The streets are barren.
That's what happens when it hits
Forty-two degrees.

Darn heatwave

Perth skyline on Australia Day
photo by Neal Pritchard Photography

Australia Day:
I didn't melt but it was
too hot for baking*


(*Anzac biscuits and lamingtons and pavlova)

Optimism

The new year sparkles,
its promise permeating
the humidity.

Style inspiration

Ugh, it is too hot and humid and I am too itchy to do anything but sit on the couch in my smalls under the air-conditioning. However, I will have to get dressed at some stage (before I head off to work tomorrow morning) and I thought I'd share some of the ladies that influence my style.

1. Miss Piggy
She's been dressed by Marc Jacobs and Prada and she's done Annie Hall. However, my favourite era for Miss Piggy remains the 1980s, especially The Muppets Take Manhattan. How I covet those little Piggy outfits (except the wedding dress - that should stay in the 80s).





Style advice from Miss Piggy? "Clothes are like friends: they should always complement your appearance."

I plan to see the new Muppet film this week and look forward to seeing Miss Piggy's wardrobe.

2. The women of Advanced Style
I work with the elderly and I often admire their style. I am full of respect for the octogenarian woman with umpteen medical problems who takes the time to put on her petticoat, stockings and lipstick (and get her hair done weekly). I have long loved Iris Apfel, self-proclaimed "geriatric star" and fellow specs-wearer. In the past couple of years I have discovered her contemporaries in Ari Seth Cohen's blog, Advanced Style. Their style is fearless and their advice is priceless. ("Always try and bring out your best feature and don't let anyone tell you that you don't have a best feature!") I can't wait for the book.

100-year-old Rose on Advanced Style

Advanced Style

Advanced Style

Singer Rita Ellis Hammer on Advanced Style

3. Shirley Kurata

via Refinery 29

with Elijah Wood, via Autumn de Wilde

I love so-cool stylist Shirley Kurata's gorgeous home, her pom poms and her fabulous wardrobe. She has a similar face shape and glasses to me (round and round) and really rocks bright colours. She describes her look as "mod secretary style" but I think it is so much more than that.

Accidental flirtation

Dodgy contact lens
meant inadvertent winking
at random strangers

Damn you eczema II

Vigorous scrubbing
led to bleeding of poor breast
in shower last night

Damn you eczema

Damn you eczema
The itch is all-consuming
And worst when drinking

My boob eczema is spreading

Whole body itching
Unwelcome lumps appearing
Bloody pruritis

I wish I believed in horoscopes

I want to believe
that this year will be fucking
super cool awesome

Happy New Year and crap

Image: Galerie Montmartre

I'm pretty happy with 2011 but I'm not going to bore anyone by reflecting on my achievements or personal growth. (Although, I did have a letter published on ESB and now she has started a dating page!) I won't bore you with any resolutions either. Instead, I will share some advice that I will try to follow in 2012:

"Smell the roses. I know life feels like we are constantly chasing the carrot.  But take time to notice that the carrot that you are currently eating is the one you once were chasing. Get it?" Advice from Obnoxious Owl

"Walking is a must; it's better than doctors or medicine." Advice from 99-year-old Rose on Advanced Style (Also, "Don't frequent a restaurant where they don't crumb the table.")

"Use your purchasing power as a  political statement. Shop locally, ethically and in moderation." Advice from Keri Smith

Finally, 

via Busy Being Fabulous

So much for trying to eat better

Bought lentil burger.
Ate it. Mouth tasted like fart.
Rushed home to brush teeth.

I'm back at work but still feeling festive

Found time to finish
Daria marathon and
get a pedicure

Add some glasses and this will be me in a few hours

Mischief Champion

I need Christmas spirits

 

My pavlova flopped

It's never happened before

I feel a failure

On the bus

Hipster with iPod:
I can tell you're loving your
Nelly Furtado

Pungent fart odour:
I cannot abide it as
it is not my own.

A good Saturday night

Cider can taste nice,
particularly after
wine, beer and spirits

Thunderstorms

I like bibimbap
I don't like Boom Boom Pow but
I love boom boom crash*


*the sound that thunder makes. Not anything else you get when you Google "boom boom crash"

The tutu saleslady was offended I didn't want her flyer

Tutu saleslady,
I'm offended that you think
I'd wear a tutu

I have found some semblance of a life

My head overflows
with things to share with you and
I am overwhelmed

Advent calendars are a bit lame (especially when you live alone)

Seems like it was just
last week that I took down my
advent calendar