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It’s flipping freezing here in Smaggle-land and having been recently stimulated (damn it I love saying that) I’m heading out this weekend to buy some winter goodies that I’ve had my eye on…

* Shredded black skinny jeans. And a myriad of colourful tights to wear underneath.

* A massive chunky gray cardigan. Natural fibers only.

* A perfect beige coat. Although I am the biggest spiller on this earth so it’s probably not the most practical of ideas. 

* Comfortable boots with a heel. Don’t hate me but I’m considering Kumfs. They are hideously expensive (for me anyway) but I can’t go past the granny thumbs up. 

* Statement suede gloves. In lavender or magenta. 

* Tasselled scarves to wear turban style wrapped around my head. Super toasty. Plus I can be a goob and wash my hair less. 

* Basic thick socks. I NEVER buy socks and I have no idea why. 

* A black mohair roll neck jumper. 

* Delicious winter pyjamas. My ugg-boots are getting lonely. 

So kitten features, what’s on your list for these chilly months???

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

* Think that it’s really flipping dumb that that annoying girl from High School Musical with the lame vibrating face cleanser thing says that her skin has never looked softer? LOOKED softer? Who wants their skin to LOOK soft? What’s the benefit of that?

* Really and truly love making their boyfriend dinner? And packing their lunch for work?

* Hate Tiger Air? Two flights in three days and both were delayed by three hours. I get that the flights are cheap and everything but arriving ANYWHERE on a domestic flight in Australia after midnight is unacceptable. Plus all the flight assistants are orange. Including the men.

* Love free wine as much as I do?

* Immediately put large sums of unexpected money (for example our ever-so-creepy Rudd stimulus) in a savings account to pay their car registration and insurance when it’s not due again for another twelve months? Instead of buying shoes, drugs or small African nations like everyone else?

* Feel like a whiney child of the dot com generation? I feel irrationally frustrated if it takes any computer longer than a nano-second to open up my Facebook.

* Pretend that they’re in a movie when they cry?

* Miss my outfit shots? I can never find good light/the perfect spot/Browny-like person to take my photos. Damn Melbourne.

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

A few weeks ago I received an email from the gorgeous Ninaribena over at Canberra’s Got Style. She made my SJP top that I’ve nearly worn to death. Anyway aside from being ridiculously talented she is also a gem. Sensing that I was having a bad week she popped these gorgeous earrings in the post to cheer me up. Bless! They are from her Etsy store Tango and James. I’ve very awesomely styled these earrings with my OH&S school appropriate head scarf and clear lens glasses that I wore to make filigree today. I do apologise for not giving the earrings a better podium for their debut but the fact that they look pretty tops on this deranged librarian speaks volumes about their coolness. 

Thanks Ninaribena! Smaggle loves you!

Now I’m off to have a few gins with Co-Dependent Smaggle. I’m going to kill whatever brain cells I have left after eight straight hours of delicate silver wire work…

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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Here’s a few things I’ve learnt over the past few days…

* It is impossible to dry clothes without a dryer in Melbourne in winter.

* If a child is screaming and crying and saying they have broken their ankle, if you ask them to tell you about their favourite TV show, nine times out of ten the ankle will miraculously heal itself while they babble away about Dragon Ball Z. 

* Sweet potato is awesome. 

* Natalie Bassingwiathe is EVERYWHERE. 

* It just occurred to me (via a friend’s Facebook status) that The Beatles spell it that way because music has a beat. Beatles. I’ve never felt so stupid. 

* It is entirely possible to drink too much mineral water. 

* Along with the usual yellow, white and rose gold there are heaps of others including purple. 

* Mr Smaggle just purchased an air humidifier for his bedroom. Sexy. 

What about you my little chickens? Anything interesting to share?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Gala asks the question – Do you wear ugg-boots in public? Well, the lovely people over at Whooga sent me a pair of boots for my perusal so I’ve happily taken the challenge of road testing them. Tis the perfect weather to do so after all..

I have to say that ugg-boots have eluded me for many years. I have dancer calves (which are similar to those of a sherpa) so boots rarely look good wrapped around my brick-like lower legs. I also have a serious aversion to looking sloppy in public. This didn’t stop me from gleefully unwrapping my Whooga boots and pulling them onto my chilly feet the second that they arrived. 

Made from merino wool they are super toasty and mega comfy. The sole is a little stiff but after a week of wear they are starting to soften. These are the boots that I was sent (despite heavily hinting for these ones - cute!) and they are very traditional tan, long ugg-boots. I do agree with Gala that ugg-boots are far more acceptable in black. I can handle tan but that’s just because I’m a purest and I’d do chocolate because I love pretty much anything in chocolate. I’m certainly not a fan of the pastel colours but I imagine that if I was ten years old there’s not much else in the world that I could want.

These boots are the first thing that I put on in the morning and the last thing that I take off before I get into bed at night. I even slip them back on when I duck out for my midnight bathroom visit. These boots have made a trip to the letter box and recycle bin but have gone no further. I wouldn’t be beyond wearing them to a friend’s house but I have a hard enough time driving as it is without two merino wool pillow-boots strapped to my feet. 

All in all I have to say – BUY SOME FREAKING UGG-BOOTS!!! You really won’t regret it. And do consider Whooga – they are made with Australian Merino sheepskin and there is a handy sizing guide to make sure you get it right. The boots arrived REALLY quickly and it’s difficult to find ugg-boots for sale in real life so internet buying will really help you out. I thought mine were a little big at first but they don’t size down as much as other ugg-boots and after a week they are still fitting well. Oh and Whooga are running a competition to win a free pair of boots follow the instructions here.  I’ve been wearing them for a week straight and I have to say they are pretty tops. They are definitely staying inside my apartment though. I’m so not cute enough to pull them off in public…

Tonight I’m wearing…

* Vintage kimono from Material Pleasures

* Vintage slip thrifted from Salvos

* Obi belt thrifted from Salvos

* Ugg-boots from Whooga

* Glasses from a second hand store on Gertrude St. I have to wear safety glasses in the jewellery workshop but I find them so uncomfortable so I bought clear lens glasses. How adorable are they?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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This year I have come into contact with countless new people. I have new school mates, my first ever house mate, new friends of friends, new co-workers, a new postman… the works. In one of my new-found crowds I have come across a person who does not like me. I’m not being paranoid. She actually doesn’t like me. There is no reason for this, she’s just not Smaggle-friendly. This isn’t me fishing for compliments, I promise, this is just a vehicle for discussion. 

Baldren Smaggle (my very handsome and rugged, yet teddy-bear like single older brother – email me if you’re interested!) once compared a friend of his to dark chocolate. He said that this friend was perfect in small amounts but if he had too much he got a headache. This got me thinking about how to deal with this Smaggle-hating situation we have going on here. Instead of getting all down in the dumps and wondering what the hell I did wrong I’m just going to embrace the fact that I don’t tickle this person’s fancy. Like seafood or sultanas the simple fact of the matter is that I’m just not what she is looking for in a friend. Which is so bloody enlightening I wonder I never thought of it before.* 

For example, I hate chutney. Can’t stand the stuff. I actually don’t really think that it should qualify as a food. All my friends love chutney. Me, I think it ruins everything edible that it comes into contact with. But that’s just me. Do you see where I’m going with this? I’m her chutney. She just prefers her life without a side of Smaggle. No wuckers.

The only problem that I have with this scenario is that she hasn’t even TRIED my chutney. Maybe she had some bad preserved vegetable sauce experiences in the past but she should at least try to get to know me. 

This makes me think that we humans pre-plan too much. We’re little scanning robots that judge each other’s appearances, jobs, families, hobbies and homes to see if they match our own. It’s ludicrous. Here’s a tip – how about we all just be nice to each other? Even if someone isn’t your cup of tea would it kill you to smile at them when you make your coffee in the morning? Or have a chat when you walk to your car in the afternoon? Hell no! So get over yourself.

You should never waste your friendship on someone who doesn’t deserve it but your kindness is never wasted, no matter how you use it. And the best defence against meanness is always to slap that whore with a good dose of sugary sweetness. That way she looks like a bitch and you smell like roses. 

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

* Disclaimer – I’m pretty sure Mama Smaggle preached the bejesus out of this through out my full six years of high school but because I’m recycling the information I can now claim ownership. 

The super gorgeous Grant from Ink and Leather sent a wee little email to Vintage Verve to secure me an invite to the lovely Melbourne blogger get together on Sunday. The bloggers in attendence were…

Lady Melbourne 

Aus Style

Ink and Leather

Vintage Verve

Fashion Hayley

Sea of Ghosts 

Angela see, Angela blog

Super Kawaii Mama

Poppet

Circa Vintage 

Please visit their blogs for photos because I was far too busy being a social butterfly to take any. Super Kawaii Mama is a gem, Lady Melbourne is just lovely in real life, Ink and Leather (my fellow Berra blogger) was gorgeous as always, Sea of Ghosts was a real find (visit her blog immediately!) and Vintage Verve may well be my new best friend. 

BUT… the greatest thing that has happened to me in AGES came later that night…

So I guess you are wondering who these people are…hmmm… it’s only GARANCE DORE AND THE FREAKING SARTORIALIST!!!!! And super gorgeous Fashion Hayley in the background there. I didn’t even know Garance Dore was going to be there until this girl came up to me and said something completely indecipherable in a French accent and I was like ‘What?’. It turns out that she thought I was Garance Dore because she heard that she’s tall with dark curly hair. Needless to say I nearly passed out with excitement because I didn’t know that Garance would be there as well as the Sartorialist. Turns out… they’re a couple! Scott (the Sartorialist) told me himself. Apparently this goss has been circulating for a while now but it didn’t stop me from wanting to twitter Perez Hilton immediately. They are both so lovely and I could barely contain my conversation with them because I got all kinds of verbal diarrhoea and just gushed at the pair of them for about twenty minutes. And I apologise for my big ugly mug in the photo – this is Lady Smaggle giddy. 

Fabulous weekend! 

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

P.S Do visit all the Melbourne blogs. They are bloody fab!

Today I slept in super late, chatted to my love on the phone, ate eggs on toast and toddled down to the gallery to have lunch with Co-Dependent Smaggle and Roomy Smaggle. This afternoon I’m chilling out and ticking some things off my to-do list!

* Jeans from Sportsgirl

* Shoes thrifted from Salvos

* Singlet top from Metalicus 

* Belt from BCBG

* Top thrifted from Salvos

* Bangles from everywhere

* Scarf from Sportsgirl

* Ring from Bijoux

How is your weekend pie face?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx