A few milestones for Lady Smaggle…
When I was 24 I…
* Mastered the art of gluten free baking
* Cut my hair short and dyed it (partially) pink
* Studied Japanese
* Went on a ride in a hot air balloon
* Celebrated two years with my wonderful man
* Held a snake
* Completed a Boot Camp
* Played a saucy accountant, a prostitute and a semi-lesbian bitch on stage
* Started this blog
This week I have had my one year blog anniversary (Blog Day? Blogoversary?), my 500th post and my birthday! That’s a hell of a lot of celebrating to be had. These events called for much wine and a delicious Ethiopian dinner this evening.
I’m seriously the luckiest girl in the world – I received so many messages from my friends, I had three separate people sing Happy Birthday to me on the phone (the best one being my friend Jordan at an ungodly hour this morning. She sings like an angel and her pitch perfect rendition totally set the tone for the day) and my gorgeous work mate Browny arrived back from her holiday just in time to organise an ice cream cake! I’m feeling seriously spoilt.
This is the necklace that Mr Smaggle bought me for my birthday. I’ve seen necklaces like this before and they are perfection. As is Mr Smaggle.
This is Daddy Smaggle. We are born on the same day (23rd September) so I have no idea what it’s like to have a birthday to myself. I love it though. It must be so much pressure to have a birthday that’s all your own. He is seriously the best dad in the whole world and I adore sharing my birthday with him. Or having him share his birthday with me – he points out every year that it was his birthday first!
Oh oh oh! I totally forgot to tell you! I discovered my secret super hero power today! You know your secret super hero power? Mr Smaggle’s is that he always gets car parks in the front row. My friend Na’s is that she can tell the time with out a watch. My friend Tain’s is that she can guess people’s star signs within five minutes of meeting them. Mine happens to be that I continuously take awesome driving license photos. My last one was brilliant and I have to say I was a little nervous about continuing the trend. I was blessed with a pearler of a photo today. The guy at the license place called me a poser when I tossed my hair and angled my head at the camera. I said ‘Listen buddy, thirty seconds of you thinking I’m vain is totally worth the five years of pleasure I’ll getting from this baby!’. It was worth every self indulgent second…
Love Lady Smaggle
xxx
Happy Birthday Lady Smaggle! (It’s the morning of the 23rd here in the States so I can say that). And congratulations on such an awesome year! I know how you feel about the birthday situation, I share it with my grandmother and my dad too!
Happy Birthday once again!! Yayy! I hope the rest of it and the next year is as awesome as the past one.
Happy Birthday, 1st Bloggiversary and 500th Postiversary.
Also, how gorgeous is the new look blog? Very!
Hope you had a spectacular day – here’s to another fab year – yay!
happy birthday lady smaggle!!
Congrats on all the milestones and happy birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, you gorgeous bird. Congrats on alllll your amazing achievements, and good golly I LOVE the redesign. But not as much as I love your necklace. Which is perfection.
Like Nicole, I’m in the states, so Happy Birthday!
I’ve just recently moved back to California and have been dreading getting a new driver’s license because mine is just smashing, but you’ve inspired me! To hell with what those frumpy DMV people, I’m going to look fabulous, dahlink!
Oh yeah p.s I am a master of gluten free…especially cakes, next year Ill post u one for ur birthday!
Happy birthday, you amazing creature! xx
Happy birthday! Ah, you’re a wee baby. When I was 24 there were no blogs
My secret and slightly useless superpower is, as you well know, to be able to sew clothes for people that fit perfectly without measuring them. The superpower I would like to have is to be able to ripen fruit…..think about it…..how cool would that be….
Happy birthday again, darling! awesome necklace, you lucky thing. and ps I love the new blog design. very pretty.
HB, sweetie. XOX! Your necklace looks like bubbles! (Say that in a Ralph Wiggum voice for me, please. Go on, indulge me.)
I have found the secret to good passport/license photos is a TON of makeup. I’m talking stage makeup here. Works a treat.
Nicole – Oh cool! It’s lovely isn’t it? I love having help to blow the candles on my cake!
E – Thank you so much! I’m glad you like the new site.
Julie – Thanks love!
Hailey – Thanks… hoping to have more milestones soon!
Sal – Thank you. I’m wearing it now and lets just say it’s quite a popular piece.
Sarah – I promise you – it’s worth it. I have a stunning licence photo and I don’t care if the counter man thinks I’m vain. I am vain.
Rosa – Oh! Recipes would also be most welcome!
Miss Corrine – Thanks love!
Vasiliisa – I feel so old actually… maybe that’s because the Mr is younger than me!
Jordan – Ha ha! Why do have a banana that you want to eat? And your super power is awesome. Way better than mine.
Na – I’ll pass that on to Mr Smaggle
Nadist – I find a big big false smile also works wonders.
Imagine it…you would never need to buy a suspect avocado, you could just buy a rock hard one and ripen it yourself. The possiblities are endless. Nearly.
Yes, well, OBVIOUSLY a huge smirky grin. Goes without saying.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
oooo happy birthday!!! i’m going through my google reader after days oh no internet (oh the paaain) and wowza your layout is looking marvy!!
Happy Birthday!
My secret superhero power is that I can wrap presents like it’s nobodys business. I just sort of trance out and then there’s this professional looking wonder in front of me. And I can do it on the spot with last minute materials! Last time I had to do it in a hurry I wrapped a photo frame in news paper and plaited a ribbon out of grass to make it look ‘Designed’. Mags still talks about it…
Happy birthday, gorgeous gorgeous necklace – I suppose there’s no chance of telling where it came from!?! (That’s probably an inappropriate question for a gift – I’m so gauche.)
Once again I cannot resist to over-share. (1) I have to renew my UK passport and you are NOT ALLOWED to smile in them any more. So I am probably going to look like crap, natch. (2) I had surgery on my left eye just after I moved states and had to renew my driving licence just days after the surgery (or have to retake my test, which would have sucked). So my driving licence picture has me squinting out of one eye and looking like a prizefighter on the other side. Gets some reactions when I’m carded, i can tell you.
Happy Bday and I really love your blog and your new blog page. Here is the questionaire answers.
1. Jacqui
2. 39 ish
3. Brisbane
4. 16-18
5. I love the way you write. I’m actually wanting to get one of those stylist who come in and revamp your wardrobe, take you shopping and do your colours etc. Anyway I dont know if I want to fork out the $$$ when I can get ideas from blogs. Your blog is for when I lose my weight, because I like to have shape and would love to be your size. I’m hoping to get down to 10 to small 12 if you know what I mean. Oh I love your hair!
6. I think your blog is perfect. Just keep doing what your doing.
Happy birthday. And great necklace!
Cool new look and happy belated birthday! It’s amazing what you’ve done with this blog in just a year! That necklace is so pretty too.
Jordan Best – Ha ha! Yeah that would actually be awesome .
Nadist – A really big one that makes you look really deranged usually does the trick.
Tara – Why thank you.
Selina – Oh thanks lovely one! I’m glad you like it!
Grant – Oh me too! I think a present is all in the wrapping.
Serpentine – Oh no! That’s awful! The necklace came from the Moma store in new york I think. The designer is really well known so it shouldn’t be too hard to get one.
I am what I am – Well good luck love! I’m all for people being healthy and gorgeous!
Belated happy birthday Lady Smaggle – I was a bit distracted by my own bday on the 25th. The 23rd makes you right on the cusp of Virgo and Libra doesn’t it – which are you? Or are you a crazy mixture of both?
Love the photo of you and your lovely papa. And the list of your achievements this year. I will have to come up with my own list.