Red Quotes

After reading a surprising quote from Gwyneth Paltrow which I found quite apt, I decided to find some more, hers was:

Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.

Others:

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

-Bill Blass

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

- Jim Harrison
(I'm half way there then!)

The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the living heart and the pulses. It is the modest colour of the unpublished blood.

-Alice Maynell

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

-Billy Connolly

Well I do have some insight for you Billy, my trusty red mini Swiss Army Knife purchased in Switzerland will be entering its 8th year of life this September. Granted I'm not cutting ropes, flesh etc. However the scissors have been chopping nails, paper, plastic and more all this time and have never been sharpened. Guess that's why the Swiss are good with money too, they never have to spend it on replacing crappy broken tools.

Red Escape

Hubby and I decided to have a little getaway for our 1st year anniversary down the Great Ocean Road, then up to the mountains to stay in a naughty little 5 star villa in Halls Gap. We happily don't own a car so for occasions such as this Europcar has come through with the goods, and look - she was red!!! They must have known.

If you like pictures of pretty things, red or not, I suggest you check out hubby's photo site Jas Shoots. Has some gorgeous scenery and animal shots...sleepy koala is a winner.

2 cases of red wine from The Gap Vineyard later (recommend the Merlot), a million hugs and kisses (sickening yeah?), about 100 locusts in the front grill (later eaten by peacocks in the carpark at the Halls Gap Zoo) and about 800kms on the odometer = marvelous trip!

The Old Bag is back!

Not quite! A new bag in fact, although I am another year older since last month. But you'll all be pleased to know that the original purpose of this blog, which was for the purpose of an university assignment, scored a High Distinction! Who would of though it? Yes, blow that trumpet! However in order to celebrate this triumph in my return to school after ten years, I had to reward myself. Hence the lovely bag you see:

Found at the Alannah Hill clearance house on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne. It's not often I find a bag I actually like, there's such impractical tat out there. It's simplicity of design, yet still strikingly original was what grabbed me....not even mentioning the colour, think you've got that by now.

Husband asks 'so why did you need a new bag?' Well, for one - I don't have one exactly like this one. Two - because, stop asking questions and make me a cup of tea. End of questioning.