I loves me a blow dry & some clean eating

I love it when I get my hair done, I am always disappointed however when I have nowhere to show it off.

After the time away in Bali my hair was a little damaged and very bleached, thanks to a combinations of chlorine and sun. So a treatment was definitely over due. In preparation for the weddings I have next week I thought I needed to get it back to its usual healthy state.

So here is the 'do', nothing fancy, but its the way I roll.

Blow dry Mania

On another note its 8 weeks until Christmas, I am on a mission to shed 5kg. I have joined the gym ( I know, I vowed to myself I wouldn't) but I couldn't help myself! I got a great deal and they started Body Balance classes which I LOVE, so SOLD. So Windy Hill look out.

So far I have hit it every day, a little sore so on some days which I am usually in the pool doing laps. Every little bit helps. I have also committed to clean eating, which is about eating food as natural as possible, eliminated processed/ junk food & sugar. Its going well but I have been having really bad headaches, I think its the sugar withdrawals.

I have a secret, I took before pictures so I am hoping that once I hit the goal that I can actually post the after pics. I need all the encouragement I can get. Having PCOS (not an excuse) makes the last few kgs very hard to shift. I train like (a mother f*) very hard so I think I just need to watch the calories. 8 weeks Babs....you can do this!. Breathe in Breathe out, now run

Polar HRM being put to use

I ran for the first time in a year, I use to run a lot and did lots of fun runs, and for what ever reason I just stopped. I thought that I would struggle, but surprisingly did fine with interval running. Baby steps!

I also made some time to plant me "my own little herb garden" with two little side kicks Olly & Olivia my garden scarecrows. My 2 year old niece has already become very fond of them, she talks to them whilst patting and moving them around the barrel. I had enough of spending $4 every time I needed a little Basil or Parsley, so made the trip to Bunnings to buy the gear, you will be pleased to hear that I used "Australia Organic soil" So we have an organic garden.

I think I may have spoken a little to soon, as this morning my hubby found a parcel left on our doorstep on his way to work. The first question he asked was "when did you buy cosmetics?". I had to convince him it wasn't a recent purchase, and that I have been waiting for some time for this baby to arrive. It came packed in the largest box with lots of those foam worms. I cant wait to use this little baby for the weddings I have next week. Look out youtube, I will be requesting your services very shortly.

Enough of my randomness

x Babs

Latest Obsessions

It seems like its been a while since I last bloged, so before I head to sunny Bali and bombard you with all the wonderful things we do on our trip I thought I would share a few latest obsessions, no seriously, obsessions is a understatement.

I was only just saying today that once I find something that I want I almost get obsessive in locating it, at a discount/sale price. My latest craze this week has been, TOMS shoes, Metalicus Dress and the Naked Palatte by Urban Decay.

So lets break it down on the things I have been up to and the latest obsessions

TOMS, I have heard a lot about these shows for a couple of years and admittedly it isn't something I would have stumbled on without my cousin and his wife sharing. The concept is that for every pair sold the owners will also give a child in need a pair. I was surprised how comfortable they are and for around $70 I think its a great away at giving something back without actually giving.

I recently saw an interview on Ellen with the founder of TOMS and felt compelled to make a contribution and these were my first purchase. They are super comfortable and perfect casual shoes for Bali (no sneakers for me)

I was in the city on Tuesday and did a stop by at Metalicus, I use to own a fair bit of there stuff a few years back, these days that I am not working I cant afford a lot of there stuff but managed to get me a great tee dress on sales from $150 to $50. Don't get me wrong I am no size zero and I wasn't wearing any shape-wear and this dress looked great on me. I think I will be wearing my "girls best friend" with this dress (also from Metalicus)

I wanted to clean out my dressing room and also wanted to stock up on a few different eye shadows, I have always been a MAC fan but heard such great things on the Naked Palette so decided to give it a try and make a purchase via Beauty Bay, free shipping was a plus and it cost be around $56

Anyways, I am sure my next post will be about beautiful Bali! I have so much study to cram in before I leave and husband keeps nagging me to pack and clean the house. The social calendar is getting OTT, tomorrow morning I have a book launch breakfast in the morning so should be fun.

KB