Country music is NOT an oxymoron

I am really loving this band at the moment! Yes, I know that makes me a hick...

This recessionista reigns supreme

Check out this site. Crazy and inspiring Marissa was watching "Julie and Julia" and instead of just saying, "the book was better, wanna' get a freezochino?" she decided to do her own one year long, get the creative juices flowing project. She gets one item of clothing a day, mostly from thrift and vintage stores, and works it into something that works for now. So she adds one item of clothing to her wardrobe a day! The kicker is that her budget is $1 per day! Love it!http://newdressaday.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/day-223-142-days-and-141-left-to-go/

I heart Vivienne Westwood and here's just one reason why

http://store.offbeatbride.com/filed/shoes/wedding-heels/page/4

Check out the gorgeous heart shoes! Wooohooo!

This is too much!

So in less than 6 weeks I am going to be a bride! Thrilling, fun, exciting, scary, financially ruining is how I would describe this wedding lark. Even though we've tried to keep it fun and simple and steered as clear of the "perfect day" idea as we can, it has been one of the most intense rides of my life so far. The fact that everyone feels entitled to an opinion of your dress, venue, date, flowers, name, colours, etc, etc I think is set up to ensure that you have a trial run for if you decide to have kids and everyone tells you how to raise them. That's why I totally lost it when I heard of this new reality show on TV, "shedding for the wedding" about losing weight before the "big day"! Yes, I know you're supposed to be "your thinnest ever the week of your wedding", I also know that 1 year on most newly weds have put on 6kgs! For g%d's sake, it's one day, he loves you the way you are. Do me a favour, cut the bride-to-be in your life some slack today. Tomorrow you can tell her that you think she looks better with long/ short/ red/ blonde/ green hair, but for today, just give her a break.

Rant over.

To see some news of this ridiculous (in my opinion) show, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1300956/Sara-Rue-unveils-new-body-losing-3st-5lb.html?ito=feeds-newsxml