Left the house feeling pretty damn cool….until I caught sight of myself in a shop window
....and realised i'd only got one part of the style down pat.
Oh well, just another day in the life of a woman who has NEVER BEEN HIP xxThursday, July 22, 2010
Hobo Chic
It was minus 3 when I got ready for work this morning. Perfect weather for the “Hobo Chic” look. You know, casually draped layers, scarves, and some form of headwear?
Oh well, just another day in the life of a woman who has NEVER BEEN HIP xx
Oh well, just another day in the life of a woman who has NEVER BEEN HIP xx
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I recently watched the Karate Kid. Not the original 80’s classic. The funky new one with an old Bruce Lee and Will Smith’s son.…but that’s not really the point of my story….
The point is I’ve watched this movie and decided I’m going to take up a new hobby – martial arts.
Watching the movie I had visions of myself in training, my hair slick with sweat, rock hard abs, as flexible as a dancer, the eye of the tiger and as lethal as –well you get the point. I decided yes – that was it – that was going to be my thing!
I should really point out a few days before I watched Karate Kid I saw Puberty Blues and developed a passion for surfing. Never mind I live 2 and a half hours away from any beach, never mind I’m afraid of sharks, and so what if I don’t cope well with hot/cold weather. I was going to surf! I was going to learn (which wouldn’t take that long because we’d discover that I was a spectacularly gifted surfer), develop a killer body, perhaps go on to compete in several iron man events and then write a book about how my whole life changed.
Before Puberty Blues I saw Mao’s last dancer. Now, realistically I knew I was never going to be a prima ballerina but I had visions of me, in a leotard, killer body (picking up the theme here?), performing the most incredible moves, showing my husband that he was wrong about my two left feet.
Then there was the roller skating, inspired by the film clip to Jessica Simpson’s “Public Affair”. I went so far as to actually buy roller skates.
They went to Vinnies with the tags still attached.
Then there’s the sewing machine that’s gathering dust in the garage after my plans to become then next big thing in fashion design ended with a half sewn pair of pyjama pants and a jammed needle. Thank you Project Runway.
Time to go - booked in for my first Karate lesson tonight!
The point is I’ve watched this movie and decided I’m going to take up a new hobby – martial arts.
Watching the movie I had visions of myself in training, my hair slick with sweat, rock hard abs, as flexible as a dancer, the eye of the tiger and as lethal as –well you get the point. I decided yes – that was it – that was going to be my thing!
I should really point out a few days before I watched Karate Kid I saw Puberty Blues and developed a passion for surfing. Never mind I live 2 and a half hours away from any beach, never mind I’m afraid of sharks, and so what if I don’t cope well with hot/cold weather. I was going to surf! I was going to learn (which wouldn’t take that long because we’d discover that I was a spectacularly gifted surfer), develop a killer body, perhaps go on to compete in several iron man events and then write a book about how my whole life changed.
Before Puberty Blues I saw Mao’s last dancer. Now, realistically I knew I was never going to be a prima ballerina but I had visions of me, in a leotard, killer body (picking up the theme here?), performing the most incredible moves, showing my husband that he was wrong about my two left feet.
Then there was the roller skating, inspired by the film clip to Jessica Simpson’s “Public Affair”. I went so far as to actually buy roller skates.
They went to Vinnies with the tags still attached.
Then there’s the sewing machine that’s gathering dust in the garage after my plans to become then next big thing in fashion design ended with a half sewn pair of pyjama pants and a jammed needle. Thank you Project Runway.
Time to go - booked in for my first Karate lesson tonight!
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