Hi angels! Been a busy beaver this long weekend… actually that’s a big fat lie. I’ve just been supremely lazy. 

* Skirt from Chin Chin 

* Top thrifted from Salvos

* Shoes thrifted from Salvos

* Coin necklace from Poppy Smaggle

* Clear bangles from Equip 

* Bangles from Bowling Arm

* Ring from antique sale

* Scarf from Sportsgirl 

Today I slept in late, read the second Twilight book, ate sushi for lunch and wandered around the portrait gallery with Mr Smaggle. 

Here are a few daily discoveries from the weekend…

* There is no such thing as ‘peak hour’ in Canberra. If your car is moving, it’s not peak hour. 

* I’m totally in love with Zac Efron.

* It totally doesn’t matter that I don’t have any money because everything in the shops is utter crap. 

* Generally speaking, it’s hard to find women that are really, really funny. I’m so getting my arsed kicked over that statement – may I point out right now that I said ‘generally’. The show manstrokewoman is HILARIOUS and has three of the most talented female comedy actresses I’ve ever seen. Totally worth a look.

* Angelina Joley and Brad Pitt look like blood relations. And it makes me uncomfortable when they make out. 

Did you all have a lovely weekend my little ones?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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Welcome to a new segment here on Smaggle! Every day in this crazy, crazy world I notice little things that are weird, wacky and wonderful. I thought I should start to share these with you. Lucky bastards…

• Ginger Spice can’t sing. At all.
• When I swallow my massive multivitamin pill I point my finger in the air and ‘guide’ it down my throat with a strange mid-air gesture. I now choke every time I do this because it’s so funny.
• When people say ’Thanks a lot!’ really quickly it sometimes sounds like ‘Thanks, ya slut!’
• Shredding paper is very soothing.
• The treadmill at the gym in Mr Smaggle’s building does not gradually slow down at the end of 20 minutes. It stops dead, mid-stride, level 8, incline 12 and launches Lady Smaggle’s pretty little face smack bang into the middle of the screen.
• Boys can get really emotional about computer games.
• Old people put ‘the’ in front of really weird words. Like ‘the email’. Or ‘the facebook’.

Any discoveries to share today my poppet pie?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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Don’t be dirty! I’m referring purely to physical appearance. The other day I was watching TV and this image of Leonardo Dicaprio circa Titanic flashed across the screen. My heart leapt to my throat and I got a wee little tingle in my nether-regions. Twelve year old Lady Smaggle had a serious Leo addiction that lasted a good four years and still rears its love-struck head occasionally. This fixation materialised in the form of Leonardo poster-wallpapered walls and several different combinations of ‘Lady Dicaprio’ ‘Lady Smaggle Dicaprio’ ‘Mrs L Dicaprio’ scrawled across every blank surface that I came into contact with. I’m now twenty-five and for some reason Leo still leaves me weak at the knees. Why? Because he possesses one of my Poonani Tinglers… those weird little physical quirks that will have you chasing an acne-ridden teenager down the street just because he has dreadlocks. Here is my list… 

Floppy Leonardo Dicaprio Hair - Specifically, the scene in Titanic where he is sketching Kate Winslet and he keeps flicking his fringe out his eyes. Swoon. This Poonani Tingler is probably my strongest one. I once dated a guy because he had hair like this and I actually have difficulty speaking to pretty boys who stare at me through their floppy fringes. I know it’s terribly 90’s of me but I love it. 

The Perfect Business Shirt Tuck – I have always had a thing for tailored pants with tucked in business shirts and shiny black belts. I love a neat, tight bum in business pants. I know it sounds dirty (and slightly illegal) but I very occasionally get a tingle from a well built boy in a school uniform. Only on an aesthetic level of course.  

Dark, intense eyes – Not necessarily a dark colour, I mean dark in intensity. Like Giovanni Ribisi. It’s a bit creepy but I kind of like that beaten puppy look. It makes me want to make them tea and give them a bath. 

Boys who wear lots of bracelets and rings – With tanned arms. Swoon. 

Boys who are lovely to their girlfriends in public – Obviously these ones are off limits but there is nothing more sexy than a man who opens a car door for his lady or gives her sneaky kisses when he thinks no one is looking. 

Long, lean boys – With the exception of one, all of my ex-boyfriends have been very tall and very slim. Just the way I like them. Mr Smaggle is physical perfection – six foot four, slim hips, broader shoulders and a deliciously toned torso. I love the way clothes fit him and I LOVE it when he leans against walls. Does anyone else understand the wall leaning thing? 

Over to you poppets! What weird and wonderful things turn you on? Boys – please participate! What do you love in a potential lady? 

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

I’m on my way to New Zealand my lovelies! After possibly the most uncomfortable bus ride I’ve ever experienced I’m now sitting pretty in the Qantas lounge courtesy of Mr Smaggle who has some pretty cool airline connections. That means free internet so I can blog for you all! Yay!

* Pants from Target (cotton and linen – it’s like walking around with a cloud wrapped around your arse)

* Top thrifted from Material Pleasures (double the pleasure though because I almost bought this full price from Country Road a year ago)

* Shoes from Marco Gianni

* Clear plastic bangles from Equip

* Bowling ball bangles from Bowling Arm

* Red leather cuff made by a friend

These are my travel outfit rules – elastic waist, nothing tight, natural fibres and no metal jewellery. You guys know that I have to wear SOME jewellery because I don’t feel right if I’m not jangling a little so I stick to materials that won’t set off the detectors.

So… anyone wondering why I’m holding Cosmo?

Squeal!!!!

Take a peak yourself on page 235 of February issue. 

Love Lady Smaggle

P.S Welcome to my new readers! 

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Just a few tips to keep you sparkly and gorgeous through out the day…

* Get up early and sneak out for a brisk walk. It’ll get your blood pumping and will keep you glowing and sprightly for the whole day!

* Eat a VERY light and healthy breakfast. And resist drinking anything alcoholic before midday. Mama Smaggle and I make this mistake every year in the form of champagne and orange juice. We are being grown ups this year and resisting alcoholic temptation… until midday. 

* Wear something comfortable. You don’t want to be pulling at your clothes or sucking in your stomach all day. 

* Stop eating when you’re full. Sounds obvious I know but I’m such a little piggy that every year I stuff my face so that I can do little else but loosen my pants and moan on the couch all afternoon. Just remember – it’s not your last meal. It’s only Christmas lunch and you get to have one every year so don’t be all over it like a fat kid on cake. 

* Wear minimal make-up. Just enough to highlight your features for the inevitable photos but not enough so that it smears when you fall asleep in a pile of coats mid-afternoon… 

* Be pleasant. There’s nothing more unattractive than a Christmas Diva. Unless you’re on the dance floor and in that case all bets are off.

Have happy days my little ones!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx 

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Just a few things to keep you busy on the last few days of the year….

Chiclooks shows us some rockin’ knitted jewellery.

Coco shares the 50 Best Dresses of the year. Awesome.

Daddy Likey finds the ugliest shoes in the world on ebay. And pays the shit out of them.

How the hell does Rumi make this dress look so cool?

Renee is gorgeous. As always.

So is Fashionfake. Man I wish I could do casual cool like this girl.

Ranna introduces the Fashionist. Total  fashion chocolate.

Kafferepet does a tribute to Betty Page. If only I were gay…

I have never seen so many wrong items thrown together to look so right.

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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Put your hands up if you rocked 90210 on Monday night! Hell yeah! It was just about the most splendid two hours of my life. Two friends and I drank wine, ate truffles and screamed until the neighbours complained. Here are the highlights of the first ever episode…

* Kelly is the school counselor and she is also in the credits which makes me think she’ll be sticking around for a while. Jenny Garth is beautiful. 

* The inter-racial family with twin-like siblings that have that same creepy closeness that Brenda and Brandon shared. I do love some inappropriate sibling snuggling. There was all kinds of incestuous bed romps and beach frolics between the brother and sister. It payed perfect homage to the original icky twins. Oh they have an adjoining bathroom! Just like B & B! Shriek!

* Okay how excited were we when Silver came on the scene! Silver! That’s Baby Erin all grown up! I’m loving the introduction of the spawn of Mel and Jackie and for those slow viewers who didn’t figure it out immediately there was a fabulous scene in which Kelly comes up behind Silver, snags one of her chips and says ‘Hey sis!’. Big neon buzzing sign pointing in her direction – SILVER IS THE GROWN UP BABY SISTER OF KELLY!!!! Yeah we get it. Seriously do think anyone who didn’t watch the first series is watching this poorly edited tribute to a lame 90’s television series? You have nostalgic viewers and believe me we are well aware of who Silver is.

* I’m loving the younger, hotter version of Jim and Cindy. Although Jim and Cindy would never be that sexually forward on camera. They would read books sitting upright in bed, kiss once on the lips and roll to their separate sides. These new kids on the block were having a full on grope session. Don’t they know that parents in 90210 only have sex for procreation?

 * Oh poor little Ethan and the pentapus! The turn around on Ethan was WAY too quick for my liking. He was cheating on his girlfriend by getting a blow job in his car in the first 5 minutes of the show and then he’s there at the end and we’re supposed to like him and feel sorry for him and his sad little pentapus? I’m dubious about young Ethan to say the least. 

* My favourite line of the whole show was when the main mother (I haven’t learnt names yet) finds out that her husband has a long lost son with the mother of bitch-face Naomi. It’s priceless. ‘I can’t help but think this will have a severe impact on our family.‘ Man they sure do have brain cells to spare in the Hollywood hills don’t they?

* Nat is back. I’m still hoarse from the screaming.

* Speaking of screaming I nearly died when Shannon Doherty emerged. I thought it would be at least 3 episodes before they whipped her out. Although she is not as… erm… ‘fresh’ looking as Kelly I still love her and her crazy, crazy boobs. Oh and she was wearing a waistcoat. It was a pure tribute to her bitchin’ early nineties style. Although I was sad the waistcoat was not accompanied by long denim shorts and a floppy flower adorned hat.

* We waited and waited for Jackie. You know Kelly’s alcoholic mother? We adore her. It wasn’t until the very end that they gave us a teaser for next week in which we caught a glimpse of our favourite jaded mother. What followed was a deafening ’JACKIEEEEEEE!!!!!’. I can’t WAIT for next week.

* What the hell was with bitch-face Naomi’s hot pants? A little inappropriate for out side the strip club I think. Loving the hair though. Bitches with curly hair totally speak to me.

* We all know I like to poke a stick at the skinny minnies in this world (it’s all jealousy based I can assure you) but why do none of these girls have arm flesh? Or bums? Their backs just blend right into their legs. It’s rather scary. Silver’s skeletal appearance bothers me. Although there was a little six year old Silver and Kelly dialogue in the earlier seasons about eating disorders so perhaps they are planning a flash back???

Okay. Enough now! I feel like I’m going to pass out from the euphoria… What did you think? Oh and what kind of a viewer are you? Did any one at all watch this season with no prior knowledge of the brilliance of the original seasons? Or are you a hard core Beverly fan who had a pleasure shiver every time they saw the Peach Pit?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

P.S Back to fashion tomorrow, I promise!

 My Google reader was positively bursting with fruit flavour today so suck on the starburst goodness my sugar plum fairies…

Nice and Shiny kicks DIY butt with her super cool knee-pad tights.

The Suburban Queen is back to blogging and shows us a cool way to recycle vintage slips. I’m not sure exactly what this is but for some reason I really like it…

The Clothes Horse reveals two of the cutest sites on the web. Little People and Inner City Snail. Aw…

The Coveted shows us the bag/bustle of our dreams…

I am having serious necklace envy over Fashion Freelancer’s newly acquired bling…

These shoes are creepy but the Coilhouse makes me WANT THEM!!!!

God damn it I wish I spoke French. Then I would know what Garance Dore is saying about this gorgeous creature. Is it just me or does she look a lot like Pandora?

Raili and Jaakko on Hel Looks rock my world.

Happy clicking!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

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I was saying a few days ago that whenever Mr Smaggle is away I always wear jewellery that he has given me. I assure you that it is entirely subconscious. I’m not one of those girls that needs her man stapled to her face at all times but I just think it’s interesting that something that seems completely unrelated to my wardrobe has such an effect on it. Maybe the way I am feeling on certain days has a bigger influence on the way I dress than I had originally thought. I’ve decided to explore this theory further. Here, I have compiled a list of practical elements that play a part in my daily outfit selection…

* The weather

* How much walking I’ll be doing

* Where I am going

I think about these things everyday.  It’s entirely conscious and these factors are rather obvious. These elements determine whether I wear heels or flats but they don’t determine the essence of the outfit. So what are the elements that contribute to the bling? To the sparkle? That make my outfits Smaggly?  I went for a cruise through my daily outfits and made a few interesting discoveries. Here the ‘other’ factors that contribute to my daily style…

* The fact that I’m a drama queen - I’ll often dress in black if I am mourning for something. On this day for instance. I also wore red on Valentine’s day. Damn it, I’m adorable.

* Current Inspiration – If I’m reading a book or I stumble across someone fabulous I’ll often dress in a tribute to them. Diana Vreeland, Nancy Cunard, Alannah Hill, Fruits. Some days I’m just a walking shrine…

* Fat days – We all have them. Even skinny girls. When I’m having a fat day (or the dreaded monthlies) you can bet I’m wearing something flowy, comfortable and dark. After this hideous experience I will never wear anything but black around that time of the month.

* New Purchases or recent gifts – I can’t help it. Whenever I have something new I absolutely have to wear it right away. Like these socks my friend bought for me in America. And when I finally got my Vivienne Westwood for Melissa Mary Janes.

What about you kittens? What weird and wacky elements will change the way you dress? Is there a certain person that you dress differently around? Do you wear yellow when you feel sad? Do you wear a certain length of skirt at a certain time of the year? Apart from the obvious, what changes the way you dress?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

P.S The guy in photo is gorgeous. Check out his Flickr stream.

Okay I’ll admit it. I didn’t stumble upon this girl on my own. I was flicking through NEET magazine today (it’s an online independent crafty magazine that you should all take a look at) I was thoroughly amazed to find this girl amongst the pages. She is, quite simply, a divine little creature and I started net stalking her immediately. And guess what? This charmer has her own blog called Pony and Pink. She is also a painter, op-shopper (thrifter, for my international readers) and one hell of a stylish lady. 

So do you want to hear the coolest thing about her? She is from Canberra. I just can’t believe there’s this little poppet running around my city looking all stylish and adorable… why I have not found her in real life and Smaggled her?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx