five things friday

22Jul11

1) Lace goodies on Nastygal

Don’t think I’ll ever be put off lace. It’s classic, and has the ability to look elegant, trashy, sexy or all 3 at once. I may have one too many lacey pieces in my wardrobe, but it’s my go-to item when I’m outta ideas.

: still lace-obsessed – via NastyGal blog

2)Rugby weekend

Tomorrow we’ll sacrifice a good lie in to watch Springboks play Wallabies inSydneyat 10 in the morning. Looking forward to crackin’ a couple beers, whippin’ up brek and gettin’ leery at the TV (lol). After which, we’ll take Schedi to lunch at the Narrow Boat along Regent’s Canal – fingers crossed for good weather! – then Harry Potter in the arvo … woohoo. So much to look forward to, as usual.

: bring on the tri-nations test matches!

3) Boom Boom Club

Technically, this happens next Sat but I’m pretty excited about my first burlesque experience so this will feature in this week’s list! Not sure what to expect, just anticipating a good time with the gang. Haven’t seen some of them in ages, plus haven’t had a night out since … Zouk (S’pore)?! Says a lot about my antics (or lack thereof) here in blighty, but we’ve been up to our eyeballs in other equally cool stuff.

: upcoming debut burlesque experience

4) Ann Demeulemeester

So we were in Belgium recently, but it was hardly a shopping-focused trip. Furthermore, Antwerp is more the fashion capital than Brussels & Bruges, so I didn’t really keep my hopes up. Nevertheless, I’ve promised myself a few rewards IF I manage to achieve some pretty ridiculous goals, and these babies are one of them. A girl needs a pair of kickass boots to make her feel better about sub zero temperatures come winter right?! If we’re gonna freeze, we may as well freeze in style. Ha.

love this girlvia 5inchandup

5) IT girl alert – Tali Lennox

With Annie Lennox in your blood, could you possibly be anything less than rockstar gorgeous with amazing grungy style? Didn’t think so. She’s got an equally hot sister … double whammy!

tali lennox killin' it via Nastygal blog

After what seems like an prolonged absence from work (was on a course earlier this week, andBelgiumthe week before), this week feels like it’s gone on forever. For our midweek dinner date, we visited Melati inSohowhich served pretty authentic M’sian/S’porean food. P would argue that their beef rendang wasn’t up to scratch (expert that he is at S’porean food ), and I’d have to agree, but overall it was pretty damn good. Just appalled at the prices they were charging. I mean 8 quid for beef randang is just outrageous … we could very well be paying 10 quid for the entire meal (2 starters, 2 mains, 4 drinks) at Kampong Glam Cafe around Arab Street! But oh well, it was worth it to quell a little tinge of homesickness every now and then