My cousin Che-lynn got married today and apart from being very happy for them I'm feeling super old because she is younger than I am. I did not get around to doing a outfit post today (even though I thought I looked rather cute), because as with all my family events, everyone lends a hand and I was just so busy I clearly forgot. My cuz looked stunning though (not just cos I did the make-up) so here are pics of the happy couple instead of me.
– congrads Alistar and Che-lynn 😀
Excuse the crappy pic, I’ve been taking pictures with my phone and bb’s cant seem to take pictures at night (also my food styling skills suck and we had some of the pasta prior to pic – dont judge me, hehe) any who, made a super budget friendly pasta which took very little time and I thought I’d share the recipe. (Worked out to under R40 to feed 4)
Ingredients:
– whole wheat pasta
– microwaveable spinach and feta
– bacon
boil pasta, grill bacon in oven, microwave the spinach and then combine
SUPER EASY 🙂
Sal’s a bit of a Gossip Girl fan (replace bit with huge) and she did these stunning collages as a bit of a tribute, I’m not biggest fan of the show (it’s not a comedy or a cartoon and Chuck is not my type-sorry but I’ll do the pouting in the relationship) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the outfits though and I don’t hate the story line it just never hooked me I guess. Any way since I LOVE LOVE LOVE the outfits, I’m LOVE LOVE LOVING the collages:
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| This is not a picture of mine, mine did not last long enough for photoshoots this one is from here |
So here is the latest installment in the book I seem to be writing about long distance marriages:
We knew Rob would be going back to training for a month or two at the beginning of next year and as sucky as it is, we were mentally prepared to do the bbm love for a bit again.
I recon when you get engaged to a soldier you have to expect separation of some sort. Then when he became a industrial fireman at the beginning of our marriage and our hours meant we were a little like ships that pass in the night (then collide about smallest issues – amazing what strain a one day a week marriage can take) we took it in our stride (sort of). It was never permanent so when the chance to follow his dream and study as a detective came up we knew some sacrifice would be needed, but hey there was a bigger picture because after a year away he could complete his training close to home and then get stationed right here, right? wrong! Turns out he is getting transferred again next year. MY WORD! we not 100% on place , but from what we understand it’s going to be a small farming community I am so not ready to move to a one horse town and be the policeman’s wife (don’t think they have a thriving media industry over there). I’m not looking down on housewives, it’s the exact opposite, the idea of “keeping a home” makes me dizzy, wayyy to much laziness resides in me.
The other option is me staying and working here while Rob gets a flat wherever he is stationed and we do the weekend marriage thing (the price of petrol is not going to let us travel more than once a week) So now we wait to hear the whole story, wish us luck it’s about time we get more than a few months at the same address.
Today’s picture looks rather crappy, these shoes are cute I promise! I just couldn’t get a nice shot of them because my phone camera sucks at night and I took this picture last night because I knew I’d forget in the morning. Which means I’m not wearing them, slightly too flashy for a tuesday morning, but remembered about them last night and had to share (will show them on my feet with better light sometime) any way these were a gift from a friend (the female Rob) who actually hates them, but got them for me for my birthday because I think they rock and make me feel like a funky cinderella.
