From last year
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Weekly Top Five: 05/10/09
Wear what makes you feel good and desirable.
This season is all about the sweet things.
Chocolate, lip gloss, lingerie, vacations
Enjoy Spring!
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Sweet Outfit: 05/08/09
Free Fusion @ Target Knit Dress
Black Ice Design Singlet
Forever New Tights
Sportsgirl Beanie
Cotton On Scarf
Hot Options @ Target Boots
Diva Pearl Earrings
Lorus Gold Watch
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Sweet Outfit: 03/08/09
I haven't posted one of these for months so I figured I might as well.
Supre Blouse
Valleygirl Coat
Forever New Tights
Cheeky Monkey Flats
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Monday, July 27, 2009
POETIC VERSE OF EMBARRASMENT
You Will be Hearing From us Shortly
by U.A Fanthorpe
You feel adequate to the demands of this position?
What qualities do you feel you
Personally have to offer?
Ah.
Let us consider your application form.
Your qualifications, though impressive, are
Not, we must admit, precisely what
We had in mind. Would you care
To defend their relevance?
Indeed.
Now your age.
Perhaps you feel able
To make your own comment about that,
Too? We are conscious ourselves
Of the need for a candidate with precisely
The right degree of immaturity.
So glad we agree.
And now a delicate matter: your looks.
You do appreciate this work involves
Contact with the actual public? Might they,
Perhaps, find your appearance
Disturbing?
Quite so.
And your accent. That is the way
You have always spoken, is it?
What Of your education? We mean, of course,
Where were you educated?
And how
Much of a handicap is that to you,
Would you say?
Married, children,
We see. The usual dubious
Desire to perpetuate what had better
Not have happened at all. We do not
Ask what domestic desires shimmer
Behind that vaguely unsuitable address.
And you were born?
Yes. Pity.
So glad we agree.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
BO-RING
Pink sings Boring in this video dedicated to Gossip Girl!
But lets look at the offical Gossip Girl soundtrack shall we?
SECRET BY THE PIERCES
BORING BY THE PIERCES
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
REcap
I am so sorry I've been off the radar lately. I just havent been in a blogging mood, and when I want to write I don't know what to. Its the eternal lure of blank paper that calls me to the website right now. Its the magic of pushing out everything that has been lost to folders on my laptop. Oh, to blog again. What power.
Okay, now I've stopped my little rant I shall share with you some Sweet Outfits from the past couple of weeks. I always forget to take photos of my favourites and when I remember I forget to post them up. *oopsy*
Ally X Jeans
Dotti Shirt
Ice Design Belt
Shoes from Boutique in Nara, Japan
Kate Hill Shopper
Ally X jeans
Valleygirl Blouse
Valleygirl Vinal Jacket
Cheeky Monkey Flats
Jays Jays Scarf
Dotti Dress
Giovanna sandals
Blue Bird Satchel
Diva Necklace
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
BET AWARDS 2009 WINNERS LIST
Best Male R'n'B Artist - Ne-Yo
Best Female R'n'B Artist - Beyonce
Best Group - Day 26
Best Collaboration 0 T-Pain & Jamie Foxx (Blame It)
Best Male Hip Hop Artist - Lil Wayne
Best Female Hip Hop Artist - M.I.A
Best New Artist - Keri Hilson
Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary
Video of the Year - Beyonce (Single Ladies)
Video Director of the Year -Benny Boom
Best Actor - Will Smith
Best Actress - Taraji P. Henson
Best Female Athlete - Serena Williams
Best Male Athlete - LeBron James
Viewer's Choice - TI ft. Rihanna (Live Your Life)
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hello my Sweetharts,
I havent been blogging very often this past month and i am deeply sorry for such a failure on my account. I have been so busy! I can't explain it... ive just be really busy. I joined twitter though...
here's my twitter lovelies:
@raddkiid001
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
POETRY & DIALOGUE
I havent forgotten you all my sweetharts, I've just been way too busy to blog. I spent all last week at a creative writing course at my university and im still doing assessment for it. A few friends asked for me to put some of my work up here for them to read, so here it is. This is just a sample, one piece for each of the first four days. If you use these at all quote "Claire Nada, 2009" and tell me you have done so. Thankyou.
DESCRIPTION (DAY 01)
It was a fresh taste that flowed from the bottle into the crevase between her lips and beyond. An emotional moment as she had been without her dear friend for quite some time. The train didn't permit beverages, nor did the bus, so her trip to university had been lonely without her stout fizzy friend, coca cola.
DIALOGUE (DAY 02)
Eliza was diappointed, I could tell. It was in her eyes.
She took a seat across from me.
"You just sat there? You didn't help him?" she asked.
"I couldn't! If I had of helped him that would have put MY scholarship in jeopardy."
"Oh," she looked disappointed, "but aren't you worried I'll tell them?"
"You won't. You wouldn't do something like that, not when you know how important this is to me."
"Bull shit I won't!" She rose from her chair, "I'll tell every damned person at this university that it was you who broke into Mr Robinson's office."
She was growing louder now, of course.
Afraid someone might hear her I leapt from my seat and slammed the door shut.
"You won't!"
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Because, I'll kick you out."
She froze, I could see the fear. "But I'm your sister, Jake!," her voice feel, "all I want to know is why? why did i break in? why did you let Murray take the blame?"
"Because that idiotic lecturer of mine planned on failing me that's why! I wanted to set it right, and Murry, he's going to end up in jail soon anyway. Why does he even bother going to uni? All he does is sit at the back and sleep...
that's when he shows up."
She looked worried, sincere in a way.
"Jake, why didn't you tell me?"
"Because..."
The plan was in motion. She was acting all sincere to get it out of me, the little taddle tale. She'd tell Robinson the next day. I would lose my scholarship, and get sent home - Thank God, I never wanted to be a doctor anyway. This way dad can't force me anymore.
CREATIVE SONNET (DAY 03)
It was too late when they found her letter,
though the suspecting predicted the act.
They thought the stupid girl knew no better,
but their discussion wouldn't change the fact.
That she'd run off with the prince of Sweden,
was a sure way to help her master plan.
Oh gone were the days of the innocent Megan,
it was no surprise she wanted the man.
A month or so after her departure,
there was a news broadcast of a murder.
Where the prince of Sweden died through torture,
with all his citizens blaming his lover.
So away to Australia she flew,
with the contents of his will now hers new
MODERN POETRY (DAY 04)
Ideas cross her mind,
why, how,
this is confusing,
pain has not yet stricken
Her eyes gleam in the light,
can they be believed,
for one to die so young,
for one to die so easily,
and yet there would be no more lullabys
For it was just this morning,
that he kissed her on the cheek,
his first appointment early
At school she is taken from class,
the principal sitting across from her,
he brother is there two,
they say he mother won't be joining them,
as she is two distraught to drive
How quick everything changes,
a girl, a boy, a woman left,
and yet all they wish for is answers
Ideas cross their minds,
why, how,
this is confusing,
pain has not yet stricken
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
ANIMATION by RADD KIID 002
Yesterday my friend and her 'brother' made the coolest animation video ever! I love it so much I have to post it here.
It took them 16hrs. Understandable? I think so.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Weekly rambles #045: 12/06/09
Salamat pagi,
I'm mengambil tip dari teman saya dan menulis dalam bahasa lain.
Saya tentu saja bahasa Indonesia karena cukup sebetulnya adalah satu saya dapat berbicara banyak, Perancis dan Spanyol hanya bagian.
Sekarang, apa yang harus menulis?
Well next week im kembali ke universitas ...
selama seminggu!
Saya melakukan seluruh unit dalam satu minggu!
Amazing atau apa?
i think so. jika saya lakukan salah satu ini setiap tahun, sakit universitas selesai satu semester awal.
yang lebih cepat saya bisa mendapatkan sertifikat pasca sarjana yang lebih baik
oh iya. fun fun fun fun.
im perencanaan saya semester di sydney pada saat ini.
akomodasi dan biaya, tidak ada spared.
harus banyak pengalaman dan bisa melihat adorable Spanyol cousins dan keluarga. :)
well im selama ini, menulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia. What is the point?
Sebagian besar berbahasa Inggris Anda. Anda akan pergi dan menemukan probs a translation site.
Enjoy, bersenang-senang, pergi menggila.
mengasihi dan memberkati anda blogger clairzy
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LOL. Go ahead, translate it :)
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
ONE DAY
The latest vodafone commerical looks at whAT many different people, as well as cats and mice would do if they had 'one day' to live out their ambitions.
What would you do?
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Weekly Rambles #044: 05/06/09
So this is what winter feels like. The sun is shining, the breeze is ever present, coffee is the only thing to get me out of bed. Life is pretty amazing. I've been enjoying the beginning of winter so much that I've neglected my blog. I'm on holidays, as of last Friday, and yet I have had no time or paitence to prepare an article.
How have I spending the past week you may be wondering. Well, I started Friday off with a trip to Southbank and the CBD with one of my friends. We got coffee from a little cafe in Southbank and walked across the bridge to the Queen st Mall for a spot of shopping. There I purchased two pairs of knit stockings from Forever New which I have already embraced with coats and dresses. My Friday night consisted of dinner at Sizzlers with some friends from my old highschool and handing in a friend's university assignment.
As per usual I spent Saturday and Sunday selling people furniture and homewares. Quite exciting, dont you believe?
How did I welcome in the winter?
Monday morning was spent with my head glued to my television set, as I watched Season One of Gossip Girl for the third time in a month. What can I say? Chuck Bass gets my heart racing. That evening I headed back to Southbank for dinner and laughs with some friends from university. We ate at the hotspot AMICI'S and found an abandoned area to sit near the pools.
For the duration of Tuesday morning I had my nose in my book War Crimes & Terror. My dog has certainly been very pleased with my presence around the house this past week. I also paid a visit to my old highschool to borrow some of my old assignments off my old history teacher to photocopy for my file at home. I came across three old teachers who all asked me how I was going, one of which I don't recall ever having taught me.
Wednesday was brought in with breakfast at Tiffanys, no not quite. Starbucks coffee and hashbrowns anyone? This was followed by a walk around the shops, with myself dragging my friend to all the bookstores on Queen St and at our local Westfield. I didn't buy anything but have my eye on a couple. The evening was spent celebrating State of Origin and mourning our loss. I have bruises on my arms from when I fell over. ouch!
Yesterday was spent watching The Duchess and reading my new book A short History of the 20th Century. I went for a walk to my work and on the way, as I had time to kill, sat at a coffee shop with a tall caramel latte and read my book. Work was very quiet last night and consisted of me unpacking new stock and selling furniture to my own mother.
This morning as I look back over the past week I wonder what the week ahead has to offer. I already have a breakfast planned, my shifts from work and a morning tea with old friends. Today I'm going to indulge in visiting a coffee shop with my book again and quite possibly buy some more knitted stockings.
Much a ramble this post has been.
Alas, the week has been very much filled.
Until the next,
♥ Clairzy
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Weekly Rambles #043: 29/05/09
Tonight I'd like to introduce you to Rumi who runs the website Fashion Toast. She's a model living in California who uses her website as her portfolio. She posts up regular, almost daily versions of Sweet Outfits as well as her professional model work. You definitely have to check her out this week.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Free Thought: 24/05/09
"Happiness is not something ready made,
it comes from your own action."
- Dalai Lama -
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HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!
Hello my Sweetharts,
Today is the 1st birthday of this website. It's had a lot of different content over the past year, in fact it began solely as a fashion website but as time went on I started writing about other topics. This blog has conquered criticism such as the dumb concept. I've written about sales, new purchases of mine to reviews on history books and my frustration at choosing QTAC courses.
This blog has welcomed a personal growth in me. I don't know if that would have happened without having to post a blog everyday for a year. Posts were there for you while I was in Japan, while I was at schoolies & in Sydney. Posts were there when I was happy and when I was sad. Posts were there when I simply wrote a weekly top 5 because I'd planned it. My organisation has certainly improved since May last year.
So thank you for your support, your emails, your questions.
To the next year.
♥ Clairzy
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thugs by Micah D. Halpern
My books seem to be getting more and more about non-fictional things, historical events & figures. Although a good novel can mend a bad day a historical biography can keep me up all night turning the pages waiting for the moment in history where the world stopped. I have just finished reading the book 'Thugs' by Micah D. Halpern, written in 2007 in the United States.
Thugs is basically a brief analyse on the thugs since the time of Alexander the Great to those who still hold power, or did in 2007. His choice is sometimes unforgiving. He put Czar Alexander III and first lady Imelda Marcos in there, which I found quite strange. He can be forgiven however as he also had the most famous tyrants of history, those we love to hate; Henry VIII, Julius Caesar & Ivan IV.
His grammar is at times poor with him miss spelling Vladimir as Valdimir several times. The book is a good brief overview of the most notorious despots in history but not the best source for a scholarly essay.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Weekly Rambles #042: 22/05/09
I've been thinking about moving away quite often lately. My university is a 'national' university so there are campuses scattered all over the country. All of them offer the same courses and you can exchange for a semester or more with no hassle. I thought about moving to Melbourne next year for a time but now I've got my heart set on Sydney. I was looking at subjects and units I can do in my course at the different campuses and one of Sydney's campuses has units in Roman history and the expansion of the united states. By the looks of it I shall be saying goodbye to Brisbane for a semester next year.
I'm still not sure about my accomodation; I have family living near the campus so I may stay with them but if that doesn't work out student accomodation is offered through the campus with not much expense. The other option is a new scholarship, with my grades at the present moment I can apply for one to pay for my accomodation and living expenses while I'm down there. As I tell everyone often though, dont count your chicken before they hatch, so I'll see what happens and hopefully a new adventure will be awaiting me soon.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Five Ways To Fix A Rainy Day
So it's been raining quite a bit on the east coast of Australia. It's flooded in low parts and pouring in many others. This is why I decided that a list of five things to do on a rainy day would be appropriate. Here are my top five things to do on a rainy day, my five ways to fix a rainy day if I may...
1. Read a book: for rain day reading I'd suggest 'The Duchess' or 'Anastasia'
2. Watch a good film: 'Devil Wears Prada' or 'Troy' anyone?
3. Go Shopping: shoes, cardis, even umbrellas. Rainy day essentials
4. Bake some cupcakes: fluffy pink icing & butter cake mixing. heaven.
5. Games with Friends: monopoly, twister or trivial pursuit are easy faves
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Weekly Inspiration: 20/05/09
As north brisbane is flooded and I was there today I figured rain and floods could be my inspiration this week.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Exams - Wish Me Luck
So I start university exams today. Exciting or nerve racking? I don't really know yet. The worst of the exams will be over by tonight with Literature taken care of. Suprising to some but University study of Literature is actually quite difficult, considering I'm a history researcher as well doesn't help. Then tomorrow I've got my Communications exam which involves case studies, multiple choice and short answer. Should be pretty straight forward as introduction of communications is pretty much the study of common sense. Next week I have two internet exams for my history units. I have to write three essays in 24 hrs for european history and another three essays the next day for australian history. Lucky it's open book. I think I might head to uni and do it in the library with the books handy. I don't know how I'll tackle it yet but I'm sure it will be good. So this time in two weeks I'll be a free woman; that meaning from university for two weeks before I begin my intensive winter module. So how is everyone going with exams? With essays? With school if you haven't graduated?
SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIEND RACHAEL - 1917
Gosh I'm an idiot. XOXO Clairzy (stolen from?)
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Free Thought: 17/05/09
You could own a million dresses but the test is not in owning them,
thus it is in how you wear them.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Weekly Rambles #041: 15/05/09
So I was talking to one of my close friends the other day who is friends with someone I had a falling out with recently. The wounds have healed and I'm not angry but I'm not happy about the falling out either. My close friend got me thinking about forgiveness. Would I say yes to a sorry? I dont know. It could be on the cards but I'm not going to initiate it. Have a fabulous day. A little weekly ramble but a ramble all the same.
♥ Clairzy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Countdown
So it's coming that time of year, Birthday Preparations and I'm filled to the brim with ideas. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do exactly. It's in less than three months, Gosh isn't it exciting? It's going to be the biggest birthday as of course it is my eighteenth. Yay!
I'm currently coming up with ideas for music, catering and decorations. I'm thinking nibbles with DJ and pretty lights everywhere. It's going to be good but not so over the top gossip girl style.
What did you do for your 18th? Any ideas? :)
♥ Clairzy
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
No Image. Realisation
Dearest Dearest Sweetharts,
I have quite suddenly realised that I have been blogging quite randomly out of context, rambling every few days instead of once a week. Oh well, it's going to be a reoccuring theme as the way I blog is starting to change. This blog was ever so blatant and serious aboout fashion, about style, about class, but I was missing stupidity, real life and my story. I got so wound up in having to have a weekly top five each week and scheduling which blogs would be written for which days and then writing them a week or so in advance that I lost all fun. It became a chore, like work without the cash; although turning eighteen soon does mean ad revenue is permitted. So get your friends to visit! :)
So today I decided that blog posts can be random, scandalous and benefiting to both fashionistas and other people. It should, above all, let me lift a load off to you my fellow fashionistas. Fashion changes and so do blogs. I will write, as I have been, about fashion and style and as I've begun to I will write about life, both mine and others, about stories, about what I hate and what I love. I will not write about my love life as I'm very private concerning such antics. I may write about something that happened to me but I will not write whom it happened to, nor will I write my friends names alongside their antics. Weekly Top Five and inspiration boards etc will occur I promise but the other posts may be a little different.
So I just settled an agreement with myself. Quite a nice agreement I believe. Nothing in small print.
Love to you all
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Free Thought: 10/05/09
Those who don't look to their history will have trouble looking to the future.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Nat. Bass ♥
She's been on "Neighbours" and "So you think you can dance" but I became a fan of her when she joined the "Rogue Traders" (ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER). Sadly she's left but Nat Bass. still has her style and she's still friends with James Ash, who's quite the DJ. Sequins, lycra, policeman caps, it gave her 'that' edge in The Rogue Traders and with her new album out (1000 stars. very good album) she's wearing floating dresses and sky high heels, which makes her a little sexy minx. She's in tune with fashion but not afraid to break the boundaries.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Weekly Rambles #40: 08/05/09
Good morning all,
I've been asking myself and my friends recently 'why do relationships have to be so complicated?' Is there a reason behind breakups, cheating, bitching? Are we the culprits or is it fate for things to go upside down? Even when you have friends or that special someone it's still complicated. You have to organise when to meet up around each other's work, study, other friends. You spend all your savings on phone credit and you only ever see your friends once a week. So why so complicated?
Why can't be just skip all the nonsense and end up with a clean slate with no complications. For instance one of my friends has just turned 18, she's super excited. She went out clubbing for her 18th birthday but only a week or so later she had to get her wisdom teeth out; this caused her to have to stay in for a week or so without any parties, clubbing or drinks with friends. The usual things you do when you turn 18. It's very complicated, she's probably getting invites out here and there but can't go and it's not really her fault at all. It her teeth! But because they are her teeth is she munipulated her own wants so she cant go out, subconciously? I don't think so but that could be a possibility.
One of my other friends was seeing someone kind of special for a few weeks. They met up every so often, msn-ed like crazy and she was seriously falling in lust. However, she was 17 and he was turning 18. For his 18th and went off and slept with someone else... interesting? Because she wasnt there he went off and forgot about her, but then again no one can no if he was trying to ruin the relationship or if he was simply drunk. Needless to say its over between them.
So why do we let small minor things, like wisdom teeth, and big things, like sexual antics, get in the way of a clean slate? Why are they more important than our friends? Let's just say that life is what happens when you're planning. Everything happens for a reason. The wisdom teeth had to come out and people have to deal with that and well he was going to cheat eventually lucky it happened at the start of the relationship. As for those that simply ditch there friends because they think they're beneath them go dig a hole and crawl into it. haha.
Haha, a little bit to grasp on a friday morning? That's what I'm here for. What do you think on this issue? Drop us an email on clairzy91@hotmail.com
Such a random.. thanks to my examples. I love you girls!
♥
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Confessions of THIS shopaholic
As I write this I’m on the train to my university. The clock on my computer has just hit 7am. I’ve been up for two hours already and yet I feel compelled to go back to sleep. The temptation of letting my body jostle as the train moves along, swaying my unconscious head from side to side is haunting me. I want to sleep so badly and yet I can’t, because I’ve got a lecture in an hour and my stop isn’t at the end of the line. I feel asleep on a bus once and missed my stop completely, only to be awoken by the bus driver who wanted me to get off ‘his bus’. He was tired and so was I, too tired to argue, so I got off the bus at the last stop and caught a bus back to my planned destination.
When you get to that destination what do you do though? The trip has ended, there’s no point in sleeping, that stage of the journey is no more. So you trudge up the hill in your opaque stockings and aline skirt, a satchel full of text books and those few buys you bought in the city on your way home. You didn’t plan to buy the pieces but heck, you did anyway. There’s that gorgeous Cable Knit Dress and that fabulous pair of Marc Jacob flats that you just couldn’t resist. They’ve left a dint of about half a grand in your wallet but because it’s on the credit card it’s all good.
Credit Card? These seem to be the answer to our prayers but no, no, no they aren’t. Interest and growing dependence on the cards are dangerous substances to work with. It’s like you’ve covered yourself in fuel and you’re smoking a lit cigarette. I personally don’t own a credit card and it’s not in my future plans. So when I’m thinking about my latest purchase it strikes me, I COULD have used a credit card... but I’m glad I didn’t. I don’t have my own home loan to contend with, I don’t have a car, I don’t have children and I have a job so it’s COMPLETELY out of the question. As much as I love Marc Jacob shoes and Chanel handbags I’m not going to get myself a credit card or apply for a loan to buy their latest collections.
Don’t sound like much of a shopaholic do I? I remember watching “Confessions of a Shopaholic” in March, a while back now, and feeling shopper’s remorse without even buying anything. I walked out of the cinema and there it was, that big pit of shame, I couldn’t buy anything for a whole two days. It got me thinking, is this guilt selfish guilt or is it honest guilt? Are we honestly worried about someone else? About our partner or our family?; or are we so caught up in our own selfish guilt that we are more worried about what others (the outside world) will think about our spending habits? It’s not about our bank balance at all. It’s about our reputation.
Years ago it was cool to own the latest thing, to spend a lot of money to look fashionable, in some areas it still is, but the majority of the world are more fixated on getting the best price and finding the best bargain. If you get the latest Prada bag it’s nice but selfish guilt kicks in and you start to think about how you will be viewed by the rest of society. Will they look down on you for being materialistic or will they look at you and think you are looking down on them? The uncertainty of your position in society tends to make you feel concerned for your reputation. Those who have already established a firm reputation as ‘a shopaholic’ have broken through the stage of ‘reputation concern’. The stress of the situation has decreased dramatically and their self esteem has sky rocketed as a result.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Romantic White
There's something a little bit romantic about a white winter and although Australia is not the place for snow you can still take a tip from Paris and dress in white. The tip to this trend is to show of a 'bit' of skin, but keep it to one area. If you're showing a bit of leg then don't show your bosom and vice versa.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Change... for the better?
Hey Sweetharts,
I am so happy at the moment I have to write about it all. I know this blog has turned somewhat into a lifestyle one, with weekly rambles, style tips and reflections. I love coming on here and writing everyday. I love having a routine of Free Thoughts, weekly top fives and weekly inspirations. I love writing...
but I have recently come to a realisation, thanks to my most amazing group of friends, my mother who is almost always right and one of my fabulous history professors; instead of solely writing as my career I will most probably teach others to do so. Haha. Funny it may seem now but i may be your child's history teacher!
In year 11 and 12 I had the privledge to be taught by, in my opinion, one of the greatest highschool teachers I've ever come to face. His marking was harsh and critical and he knew what he was talking about; he was able to drop a date out of the middle of nowhere. He began my fascination with Ancient Rome, as I knew only concise information before my classes taught by him. I still keep in contact with this teacher of mine and I use many many of this things he taught me in my work at university.
Before senior schooling I had never thought teaching was an option, that I could possibly be a historiographer with a class of students. I had never thought the label 'historian' could fall next to my name, but my history lecturer at university told me recently when he was reviewing my marks that 'you write like a very practised historian'. I was so thrown back by the comment that I took it to the side and didn't think about it, until I was talking to mum about the book I'm reading 'TYRANTS' by Colin Foss. It is a great read by the way. She said to me, "Fashion Journalism would be wasted on you Claire. Why aren't you reaching higher? Write about history." She also added, "and I don't know how you can read that before you go to bed. It's gruesome. Vlad the Impaler?" haha
So thanks to these two and my friends at university as well as the only person I trust with everything, my best friend and sister, "SHOUT OUT TO YOU BEAUTIFUL!", I think i'm on a new path, or at least i've gone right instead of left. After my study in history & communications I plan to do a post graduate in either teaching or journalism depending on which way I'd like to go and I'm already starting to write notes for my biography on Julius Caesar (the most fasinating figure in history).
I've also made a transition with work. I used to work in a jewelry store and before that a cinema franchise but now I am glad to stay I have been working at my new job, in homewares and furniture, for three months! It is a great permanent position that lets me interact with people and a great product and my manager is really nice.
So study & work is great. My friends are great but my group has changed since I graduated. In fact im not only part of one or two groups but five haha. My best friend and I go out to dinner, movies, parties every week with a group of girls, some went to my highschool, others didn't and we laugh. I love them because they are mature and although I love my other friends not all of them understand the term 'adult'.
My second group revolves mainly around my other very close friend. She is there for me when I need her and I'm there for when she needs me, whether it be to laugh, cry or just have a good bitch. We have organised a trip away in the winter break, just the two of us, as we had so much fun at schoolies last year.
The next two groups are present at uni. I have my history friends who are all fasinated with what I am, yay. We talk about the Romans and the Russian Revolution constantly. It's nice to have people who enjoy what you enjoy and are planning on riding the same path as you. The last group is my communications girls. We go on little adventures, watch the most random videos and just have an absolute ball. They are the funniest girls I know.
My last group live in a whole different state but not state-of-mind. They and I have been friends since middle school and we visit each other once as year at least. We have so much fun and I always wish the catchups would never end. There are other people I am friends with that I see often but we aren't a 'group' of friends neccesarily.
So yess it's a strange feeling. This sense of adultness, this sense of responsibility. There are friends everywhere, relationships change even if we don't want them to. So as a shoutout to all these people, they know who they are, thanks for sticking by me and not taking out friendship for granted. I meet people everyday but only a handful will change my life and quite frankly the above are there to help me along the way, they nuture my needs in different way. I laugh with some, I party with others, I can talk for others with others. Life is about the journey not the destination so I don't mind if I don't end up being a writer or a teacher or even a historian I care about what gets me to where I have to be.
I am happy but with happiness there's always a sign of a shadow. I recently had a biff with an old friend of mine, it wasnt the first time a friendship had fallen apart. Her niave view on the matter of argument as well as her irresponsible behaviour pushed me to cut her out all together. "Sorry" is such a strong word and frankly if she used that word with an explanation she may well be in for a second chance. Everyone deserves a second chance. Of all the people who could have walked out of my life I don't understand why she had to but it's over now, as I know it to be anyway. Well I have got to go and get ready for work. What's changed in your life recently?
Is it just me or did I just write an essay of the top of my head?
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
In a time where Britain was losing their empire, civil wars were breaking out all around the world and the age of discovery was coming to a close Thomas Hardy stood out from the rest. His novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' was so controversial that in 1891 when it was first published many sections were not released with the volumne.
For many years Tess was someone who had done and was punished for it, until that is the book was published in its entirety in the early 1910's. It is now a classic book which shows that Tess was done wrong as a result of her beauty and the infactuation two very different men had with her.
Do not, and I repeat, do not watch the film if your writing or reviewing the work. Read the book because the films I watched do not portray Tess correctly. They elongate what could have been without and scrap on of the most crucial chapters in the whole text.
Do read the book if you are one for drama, tragedy and romance. It will make you shiver with concern, squirm with delight and cry with sorrow. Tess is one of the greatest book ever written.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Weekly Rambles #039: 01/05/09
Good morning my sweetharts,
I know how much you LOVE the links I have been preparing for you each week in this weekly rambles but I've decided to make a change to the weekly post; instead of link I will write briefly on something I've been thinking about, not necessarily on what I've been doing but it could be something I have learnt about at university or enjoy. The first new improved 'Weekly Ramble" will be of course on models. What else?
Models have been part of society for centuries. They were here before photography or film, before radio or cars. These days, the 21st century in particular models are used to advertise both products and programs (such as PETA'S "Fur? I'd rather go naked" campaign). Models are often criticised for their behaviour outside the workplace. Kate Moss parties it up and has been photographed used several illegal substances and she's a fashion favourite among young women.
The problem that is 'arising' today, according to parents and several media outlets, is that these models are role models for young girls and they are not doing a very good job. Anorexia has been found in girls in Australia as young as five years old but is model behaviour to blame? Teenager substance abuse is on the rise but is model behaviour to blame? I think not. Models are models not role models and honestly what five year old picks up the latest gossip magazine to find Moss' party antics? Girls and their parents should know better than to blame these professionals for their problems.
LOVE KATE MOSS as a model.
She's professional.
Don't care about after hours.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Successful May Finds
Max Shop is the latest online shopping central to hit the world wide web. With brands like Kirrily Johnston making an appearance everyone wants a little piece of Max. Shop online today for great bargains for a pinch-pocket to an extravagant buyer there is something for everyone.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
weekly inspiration: 29/04/09
Shake it up... be spontaneous... you go girlfriend
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Wedding Wear
So there's a wedding coming up and you're not part of the bridal party, that's okay. There are plenty of options out there for you and your man. Powerhouse has all the best cocktail dresses, evening blouses and suits for weddings or formal outings at only a fraction of the price. You can pick up a satin maxi dress for only $159.95! Another great outlet is Ferrari Formal, for the most la-de-da events. If its an evening wedding at the Sofitel or the Hilton hotel and they want you FOR-MAL then Ferrari is the way to go. Perfect for Formal dinners as well.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
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