Ring the bells ~ Outfit Twenty Three

Happy New Year one and all!   This is the outfit I wore Christmas Day ~ it’s a stunning vintage 1950s party dress with attached crinoline.  My first real piece of vintage clothing! 

 

I saw it this dress on Revolving Styles’ blog when Anna put up the new listing for her Etsy shop and I wanted to buy it so badly ~ it was the Perfect Party dress for me.  But I couldn't decide if I could justify spending the money on it. It was listed at $180.00 USD + P&P and I just didn’t know whether I should or not. 

I haven’t ever spend that much on any piece of clothing except for my wedding dress!!   I was hemming and hawing; trying to make up my mind.  Eventually I decided I would get it and oh dear!  I'd taken too long and it had sold...    I was gutted, but moved on, because what can you do?

But then I got an early Christmas present from my amazing husband and guess what?  …..

He'd bought my Perfect Party dress for me!!  Being privy to my indecisiveness he'd made up my mind for me, although I didn't know it at the time!   There were many squee’s and so much dancing around when I unwrapped it.   I really did not expect him to do that for me!  

I just adore the silver sparkles and the floral print {it’s blue velveteen on chiffon} plus the pink lining is delightful.   And what can I say except I LOVE the poufy skirt!!  Yay for attached crinolines!  {Especially as I am very much lacking in the crinoline department ~ read as none in my wardrobe, and this skirt would not be the same without it.}

I received so many compliments on the dress; and the main one seemed to be that it suits me so well.   I happen to think so too!  I feel like such a lady in this dress and I love it.

All I can say is that my darling, amazing, superb, fantastic, wonderful husband is the best!!!   He is so considerate and even though he does not really get the whole dressing up thing that I like to do, he still supports my dreams {of vintage dresses!}  and lets me shop; or in this case, shops for me.  I love you DH!  ^ x ^ *kisses*

    Baby bump at 5 months.  ^ w ^ 

I have been having a lovely break so far ~ DH has time off for this week and the next and we have been hanging out, bludging on the couch.    I would be out and a about a bit more, but unfortunately as soon as Christmas was over I caught a cold off one of my sisters {thanks dear, love you too…  = . =’ }.  

Suffice to say,  it’s really knocking the stuffing out of me.  Cold:  25.  bonita:  0.  I am glad that I can relax and take some time to recover.  >  <  

I hope your Christmas/New Years holidays have been going well too ~ have a happy New Year everyone!

xox,

bonita

P.S.  ~  Thanks to The Random Rocker {a.k.a. sister number three} for taking these photos for me.  DH was indisposed as he was busy playing with slot cars.  > __ <

P.S. II  ~   No, I am not wearing the dress properly.   The front bodice comes down further to the waist, but I had to hike all that up over the bump and under my ribs because I don’t have a waist any more!   The dress still looked good, {yay!} but I think that will be the first and the last time wearing it until baby is out and I have slimmed down to fit back into it. 

Holiday Greetings from Depict This!

     Hi everyone!  I hope you have, and have had, a marvellous Christmas!!   I wish you much happiness and laughter in this season of celebration, and all the very best for the upcoming year… 

     

See you in 2011!!   

xox,

bonita

Christmas and Candy ~ Yum!

 ~ ♥  My half finished ginger bread house ♥ ~

Christmas is coming and I am so excited!  I do have to admit that this is a change to my usual feelings however….

I guess I was always excited as a child for Christmas ~ all the bustle of people, presents and pretty decorations?  Who wouldn’t be?   And as a teen I loved hoarding my money, saving every cent for the perfect gift for each of my family members.  I remember my sister and I would have secret Christmas conferences that would last all afternoon where we would calculate how much money we needed, who we needed to buy for and what we would buy them! 

Of course, there would be the sneaky entry under each other’s name and stern warnings not to look at each other’s notebook!

I guess as I got older, the feeling that I missed the most was that excitement of expectation.  Oh, the day was fun, and I enjoyed spending it with my family, but the thrill was lacking….  Christmas was just Christmas. 

 ~ ♥  House complete with candy dripping from every available spot!  ♥ ~

Then, all of a sudden there was a whole new world of possibilities!   I was married, my husband and I were starting our own family and our own family traditions.  Plus, maybe, just maybe, we might be in our new house for Christmas.

Well.  That did it.  I was all excited for Christmas and all the fun things I could do for it.  Decorating the house, cooking, Christmas cards ~ the list of ideas was endless! 

 ~ ♥   The back view  ♥ ~

Now, although the purchasing of the house has progressed {what a relief…}, we won’t be in it for Christmas.  But I am still excited anyway.  Last week I decorated a ginger bread house to share with my in~laws, and this week I sung with a church choir for their community carols concert which was so much fun! 

I am planning to have my Christmas cards sent out by the end of the week; I am also planning to actually send them this year….  > O < 

Last year with all the hectic end of year fuss {wedding, honeymoon, getting sick. graduating ~ all that in the end of November/December!} I wrote the cards out but never sent them.  So some of our relatives will end up with two Christmas cards and a Christmas letter this year!   The more the merrier right?

 ~ ♥   Close up ~ I love how the front path turned out with pink stars scattered in the ‘crazy paving’  ♥ ~

How are your Christmases shaping up?  I hope they will be lots of fun for us all ~ a fantastic celebration.

xox,

bonita

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: Packages, Presents and Stuff ~ Modes4u Review

I was online a week or so ago, and the cuteness of Modes4u brainwashed me into making a massive bulk purchase!  Deco, stickers, stamps, and more ~ I just couldn’t resist.  And when the package turned up on my doorstep yesterday?   >_____<     *eee*  Very happy!!   I couldn’t wait to share it with all of you.

     

♥   L to R clockwise  ~   Face Clothes: my favourite is on top!   ♥  Two stamps:  one panda with strawberries and a cupcake one with sweets and a bunny and a bear   ♥   Two packs of puffy stickers:  Food bunnies and cute kitties   ♥   A fairy tale note book:  No lines ~ perfect for my notes and pictures!   ♥   Pacer pencil: cute bears, cakes and doughnuts and I love the doughnut charm hanging off the top of it!!   ♥   Deco items: Large roses, small roses, and cookies with strawberries on top   ♥ 

Modes4u had really great customer service ~ there was some sort of problem with my order and it wouldn’t go through, but they sorted it out really quickly and helped me finish the payment.

I was also very happy with the quick delivery ~ I ordered these items on the 22nd of November and received them on the 1st of December.  It was only just over a week before I got my items!  Plus, everything was packaged well, so that was great.

I am not so much a fan of the prices though….  I love what Modes4u do ~ their shop is clear, easy to order from and, obviously, they sell super cute stuff.   The only drawback for me was the prices of everything.   The Australian dollar is doing pretty well at the moment, so at least I didn’t have to worry about the exchange rates.  But even then, I found that while the notebook was a reasonable price at US$6.49 the pacer pencil cost US$5.07 which seemed excessive to me for what you got.   I don’t think I’d buy many of the deco items either ~ I love the strawberry cookies I got, and I want to get some of the cherry cookies too, but at US$2.59 for 5 pieces, when I can buy more than that for AUD$2.00, it just seems a little over the top.

All in all, I found the service and items from Modes4u great, but the prices a little expensive.  I’d save and buy things you really want from the site, but I’d also think twice about what you want to get.  To be perfectly honest, you might find it cheaper else where, and I’d rather having to wait a while longer if I could spend less! 

I know it’s early, but I am very excited for Christmas this year.  I think it’s going to be awesome and that’s why I have a special surprise!  I thought it would be really nice to do something celebrating Christmas on Depict This! so I am going to randomly give a Christmas present to one of my readers.   Okay, so it’s more like a really small version of a giveaway, but it’ll be fun anyway.  ^ w ^

~ *  You’ll receive an ice-cream bubbler, a snowman coin purse and a mystery present!  * ~

To put your name in for the present, please just comment and leave your email address so that I can contact you to send your Christmas parcel to you!

There is just one rule; please follow Depict This! publicly through Google Friend Connect so that I know you actually read DT!.  Other then that, anyone can enter.  Good luck everyone.  ^__^     GIVEAWAY CLOSED.

xox,

bonita