The great shop shoe drop

 Photo from shop till you drop

 
If you haven't already heard, the shop till you drop team is dropping hundreds of pairs of designer shoes in secret locations in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia!

 Photo from shop till you drop

Now, which girl wouldn't want FREE SHOES!!


From the 14th of July, a scavenger hunt for pairs of Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Wayne by Wayne Cooper, Zu, Converse, Puma, Sportsgirl, Havaianas, etc! VERY NICE! I like! No wonder its one of my favourite magazines to date.


To try and get your hands on a pair, get a preview of the shoes here, and make sure you check their twitter account here starting from the 14th of July to find out where the drops are happening, and then RUN to it, because its finders keepers!


But, if you don't live in the 2 cities, you can still enter their competition to win a year's supply of Tony Bianco shoes. You will check out the August issue to get more details.


Good luck!!! And let me know if you score a pair of heels!


Read more about it here.

32 weeks pregnant

Where did time go?!


Baby's movements are different now, he's no longer doing his high kicks as much, however I can feel him squirming and turning alot more. I have a small frame, so I can imagine how squished he is in there, the poor thing! To me, it feels like he is shoving and pushing with all his might trying to make some space around him.


I have started getting my Braxton Hicks contractions.Double checked with the obstetrician and he confirms that they are usually painless. However they can be quite uncomfortable when it happens. The muscles of the uterus tenses and tightens up for 30 to 60 seconds, and it feels rock hard when that happens! Apparently they start at around 17 weeks, but we don't feel them until much later on.


Mini me still gets his hiccups, but not as often as before perhaps just twice a day now or so.


I have been feeling breathless alot more this past week too. Uterus is now pressing against my diaphram and I have to practise my breathing exercises when that happens.


My bump has also popped out quite a fair bit now, and I am really running out of things to wear now. I managed to get away with not getting any maternity clothes so far for this pregnancy. But I might have to. Sigh. Either that, or hope the weather keeps getting warmer so I can swish around in some dresses instead. So, I've been doing some window shopping online.



But u see, I got distracted and have been looking at these removable wall decals from forwalls. Too cute! I just can't decide which one to get!

Baby on wheels

I have realised some time ago, that gone were the days where prams were primarily used to transport babies from point A to B, sometimes even doubling up as a shopping trolley by hanging your bags off the pram handles.

Has anyone seen those $1700 prams parents are now wheeling around these days? For that price, I was half expecting to find a spare wheel, climate control air-conditioning or indicators somewhere on those prams! I simply gawked at the price, had a quick inspection of it and walked away!!

I almost thought I was one of the rare ones who thought the brands don't really matter. As long as its easy to clean, sturdy and its easy to fold down and lift, its good enough for me. Until I read this today:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/your-pram-cost-less-than-1000-you-bad-mother-you-20090913-fm4r.html

But I won't be superficial and say the pram we have purchased is cheap either.But, it is definitely less than a third of that $1700 pram! It is still pricier, compared to the ones the older generations used to use anyway. We live across a park, and I do intend to go for walks with baby in the future, so I wanted a 3 wheeler for a more stable ride. We purchased baby's pram brand new, but I know of a friend who has purchased hers for $80 via ebay, and according to her, it only needed a clean and its almost as good as new.

Now, don't even get me started on the accessories baby product manufacturers have come up with! Sun/rain pram covers, bath support slings, nappy disposal systems, etc. What happened to improvising and making do with umbrellas and blankets to keep baby warm and out of the sun??? Or simply supporting baby with your arm while bathing baby? Or using plastic bags to contain smelly nappies and then popping it into the rubbish bin for disposal?

Why Winnie?

When I registered for our baby registry, the sales person asked me if I had a theme in mind for baby's nursery so she could list it for family and friends to keep in mind for. I said no I don't, and just to leave it blank.

But for a really strange reason, while going around with the scanning gun, I was drawn to Winnie to pooh everything. Winnie the pooh cot blankets, Winnie the pooh cot sheets, Winnie the pooh laundry hamper, nappy stacker, lamps, toys,wall decals, etc. They were put on my baby registry and had some gifts have started to come in.




You gotta understand I'm not one to go for cutsy stuff. Mickey and Minnie and Hello Kitty? So not me. I used to like Snoopy alittle when I was younger. But I'm more of an ET person. Weird. I know. But that perhaps, is for another post.

So there's a Winnie the pooh theme going on for his room in the future. Splashes of yellow for his clothing and furniture too. Yellow used to be a favourite colour of mine, maybe that's why?

But what if he ends up hating it?? Muahahahahha... too bad, he's going to be stuck with them for a couple of years. He might have a few yellow ducky friends for company too (Daddy seems to like them).

And wait. I just realised. Isn't Winnie the pooh a boy? So why is his name Winnie? All the Winnies I know are females.