A long time between drinks

Ok, so it's been a while, and there's been lots of stuff happening since last you heard from me.  Not least of which involves:

- a royal wedding (troth?!)
- iPad (obsessed)
- two new handbags (deeply in love with both)
- two weddings in Perth (very different, but lovely weddings)
- my 30th (Preeeeeeseeeents)
- puppy sitting over Easter (ARGH!!!)

Looking at that list, it's been a pretty awesome month or two...

So, going through that list in order - I was really dark that I was going to be on a plane to Perth for the royal wedding. I checked with model Qantas employee LD, to see if they would be streaming the wedding live - turns out they don't have the capacity to do that on planes - seriously - the things weigh several tons and FLY, you'd think they could get a tv signal. Luckily, my plane was delayed, but excruciatingly so - the last call to board was just as Kate got in her car. I was madly refreshing the Daily Mail's website on my iPad while sitting in my seat while the hosties were telling me they really needed me to turn it off now please. But I got a full length picture just as they were about to escort me off the plane for not listening to them. I tried getting online when we were in the air and it didn't work. I took my iPad to the toilet and felt really naughty. Probably for the best for the well being of the several hundred people I was on the plane with that it didn't work though.

I thought Kate looked nice.  It didn't blow me away.  As I've said several times, they are ostensibly both terrifically boring people, so will be perfect to do whatever it is royals do.  Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was my hands down favourite on the day.  Seriously, bitch brought it big time:

I feel like I've talked about the wedding so much that I've used all my good lines already.  I did immensely enjoy reading the Tom &Lorenzo and Go Fug Yourself wrap ups.  I ache to be friends with the four people responsible for that content.  Call me guys...

So, the iPad.  I've said it several times, but I'm not a technologically proficient person, and not at all into gadgets and that sort of stuff.  But I LOVE my iPad.  It was acquired by work, and not only does it make my working life much easier, it makes PLAY a lot more fun.  We have become obsessed with Words With Friends (I'm MarshieJ if anyone wants to play me), and it's just awesome to have something so quick, light, and easy to just whip out whenever you want to jump on the Internet and find anything out.  I have got a few cool apps, but I think I can do better in this area.  So if you know any awesome apps - tell me!

The bags:
I can't decide which I love more.  I keep changing my mind , depending which one I am carrying on the day.  But there not one ounce of disappointment with either - which was always going to be a risk when purchasing very expensive items without laying eyes on them first.  And a big shout out to DDP and LFT for carting them both back from the UK for me.
Chloe here it butter soft, and quite slouchy (it's stuffed in the pic).  It's a good size - I can carry it over my shoulder, and it's lined in grey velvet.  Because the snakeskin is quite neutral, it's kinda understated, but it also is still snakeskin = don't mess with this bitch.

Smython is a *perfect* work bag.  Sensible with a twist.  Beautiful leather.  And it also fits over the shoulder very nicely.  I really dig on the pleating.  It's subtle, but there is no mistake that this is a beautiful item.  The iPad fits nice and snugly in here too.

Here is me and the hubby at one of the weddings (Rebecca and Paul's at Rotto).  That's MY wedding dress that I had dyed blue.  It was a reasonably arduous and expensive undertaking, and at one stage I thought it was a write off, but it totally worked out well, and I'm stoked with it.
 

I haven't downloaded pics from my camera for a very long time, so I don't have other pics to post, but I will endeavour to do so over the weekend.  I'll post about each of the weddings then.  They deserve their own posts.  As does my 30th, and pictures of Chester the puppy... But I promise you will have them soon.