wordful wednesday: arabian daytime

if you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that i just love to dress up!

last weekend mr scrappy and i attended a friend's annual event "TOAST OHAU" 

- a wine and food festival where 'teams' represent a country then prepare food, drink and music to serve to guests

other countries 'represented' were italy, argentina, usa and mexico

i couldn't have been more authentic with my costume, as it belongs to a zumba friend who is the resident belly dancer at cafe istanbul in the city

my arabian knight

and our team!

and a group photo from the day

life is indeed good

    

photostory friday and now for something completely different: NOT!!!

if you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that i like to dress up

A LOT

this photo was taken last saturday at the zumba christmas party

we were doing a dance routine

also taken on saturday - what's a christmas party without TWO fancy dress outfits!?!?!

my friend's barn dance

a 50th RED party

tara's 'glamorous sallies' 40th birthday party

me in my $22 dress and mr scrappy in his $8 blazer

grease sing-a-long on wednesday night

another friend's 50th

and of course our 'salvatian army' dinner party

the aim was to find EVERYTHING you needed for the dinner party at a thrift store

including dinnerware!

i hope you don't think i always dress in pink from head to toe!

and these photos were all taken within the last 12 months!!!

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photostory friday: we LOVES to dress up

if you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that we does love ourselves a good fancy dress party.

this month we've been to not ONE, but TWO fancy dress 50ths

it seems that birthday parties that end with a ZERO are the flavour of the moment (the moment being the past few years!) for us

there was a time when we went to a lot of 40ths

i don't ever remember going to any 30ths though

maye we were all busy havin' babies and chasing around after kids

or maybe we felt we hadn't lived enough to celebrate a birthday with a ZERO on the end of it yet

maybe it took until we were 40 to get comfortable enough with ourselves to embrace the idea that it's OK to celebrate YOU - at any age!

personally, i can't WAIT to turn 50 and celebrate

my friends think i'm mad - and i'm ok with that!

in the meantime however, i am MORE THAN HAPPY to help others celebrate THEIR 50thsssss

first up - chris's RED 50th birthday.  red because HIS mother had a red party when SHE was 50

me being me, i totally embraced the red

i even wrapped chris's present in red paper with red ribbon and put it in a red bag (along with a red card)

OCD much???

if you're my facebook friend and know my last name, you'll know why this picture is apt

the birthday boy

our friends and long-time neighbours

the birthday boy's niece and son and daughter

'twas a sea of red!

my friend 'chatty', had just go back from the UK

(right after the royal wedding...)

then last weekend 3 of my friends from our local community got together to celebrate THEIR 50th birthdays

the theme was

COME AS YOUR FAVOURITE 60s ICON

 because i couldn't stand the thought of another scratchy wig, i bought this 6 year old girl's school uniform from a thrift store for $1 - took it apart and put it back together

and went as MY OWN FAVOURITE 60s ICON!!!

notice anything about my scrappy's - sorry, the CRIMSON AVENGER'S outfit?

(very clever recycling i thought!)   

my friend's son leading the way with YMCA

(which yes, i realise, wasn't from the 60s, but always a party favourite!)

the birthday girls

KICKIN' SHOES!!!!!

the photo booth

these are so popular now!

this swimsuit actually belonged to HER mother in the 60s, and if i could rock it like she totally did, then i'd wear it too - wahoo ali!!!

(she went as Miss New Zealand just in case you were wondering - AND she made the sash too!)

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