hello from sunny LA

via jose villa

Just a quick hello and good bye, I'll be away for the next few weeks lapping up the lovely sunshine. Take care.

happy happy holidays

via Utterly Engaged

Happy New Year! Hope you've had a fantastic Christmas holiday break!

Shortly after Christmas JD and I packed our bags and headed down the beach, to Angelsea with his family. We spent days lazying on the beach. We cooked big breakfasts and bbqs. The weather was perfection, I even managed to get a little colour on my pastey white legs.

For New Years Eve, we went from coast to country. From staying at a newly renovated holiday house with ocean views to driving across inland to beautiful lush green historic Daylesford. Friends rented a grand weatherboard cottage furnished with antiques and chesterfield lounges.

We drank and ate a ridiculous spread of delicious food as storms and thunderstorms rolled in. Silly drinking games and a little dancing as we bid farewell to 2009 and welcomed the New Year. The following day some of us looked a little haggered in the hour mini bus ride to the Hanging Rock New Years day country race meet. Yay, I even tipped a winner!

The above images are a hens (bachelorette) celebration from Utterly Engaged - Isn't it the sweetest? Not a tacky 'bride to be' sash, veil or plastic penis in sight! Found via Once Wed. Major tepee love: more cuteness here!