thought# 229- my grown up christmas list

it is a month and a bit more until the wonderful day of christmas. i honestly wonder why i still continue making such lists when most of my christmas presents are always received post- christmas and usually under the guise of a lump sum of money, lovingly given by my parents. but nevetheless perhaps this year, my list will be taken to notice and i will find some form of festivity underneath our non-existent christmas tree.

abi's 2011 christmas wishlist

1. A new pair of funkis clogs it's a definite hard toss up between the new very high clog in grey or the zanita's red and patent/ natural. 
2. karen walker number six sunglasses in tort i've always lusted for a kooky pair of kw's. this may be my year. 
3. a new black bikini/one piece. i'm not fussed. i just need a good decent one that isn't ridiculously pricey. maybe a new beach towel too while we're at it. there's a few cute ones at asos .
4. an ipad 2. ok so technically i don't need it. but hey this is a wishlist so i guess i'm entitled to unnecessary paraphernalia and gadgets. 
5. a nice designer clutch. i've been looking around but to my dismay i still haven't found one i absolutely adore. all else fails i could do with a new wallet. miu miu or celine? there's a few nice ones over at reebonz.
6. black high waisted jeans. i'm not fussed brand wise, i am just in dire need of denim that fits amazingly and can be worn with anything. these Cheap Mondays look about right.
7. make up. i need a refill on mascara, compact and more shades of lippy. i'd say dior for the mascara, chanel or clinque for the compact and nars and ysl for some lippy love.

who knows if this will become a reality. we can only hope (and probably save on our own too).

love,

thought #180- shake it like a polaroid picture

Day 12: A photo of you

the most recent luvo. i salvaged this beautiful pleated silk bottle green blouse grandma was about to dispose. considering wearing it for chrissie hmm.

ps. can't believe christmas is so soon. so is new years!

love

thought # 34- merry christmas!

and happy birthday jesus! i'm going to keep this entry relatively short. actually that's an overstatement. tonight's entry will only be eight sentences long. so before i run out of space, due to my verbosity, let me greet you all a merry christmas and i do hope this festive, yuletide season was delightful in every way, shape and form. i hope the presents you subtly hinted many months ago became a reality, that you felt complete in the company of merry family and second cousins from usa who unexpectedly arrived for a short lived holiday and most of all were reminded of the greatest gift given to us thousands of years ago- jesus!

now i cannot wait for new years to arrive and i am so excited for 2010 and all the wonders and surprises it will bestow for all of us. now before i explode after gorging my little heart out today, i must say goodnight and once again wish everyone a beautiful and blessed CHRISTmas!

love

p.s. another self advertising spiel before i conclude... its the last one for 2009 :) enjoy my lovely regular supporters and new friends who randomly find it haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-0k8SBpf
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thought #32- it's beginning to look a lot like another consumerist christmas

haha im pathetic at puns. and apologies for not posting as part of my quotidian routine lately. work has appeared to suck the energy and time which was previously left for mooching and writing entries haha. so christmas is in two days, how crazy time has eradicated this year. soon it will be 2010 and my things to do for 2010 will soon appear (new year's resolutions are overrated but i succumb ever year haha).

it appears that once the christmas album is playing at work, two competitive houses have their christmas lights occupying 3/4 of the street's electricity, 349579457 santas are simultaneously taking pictures with frightened children and children at heart, tinsel, trees and miseltoes are being dusted and hung christmas has finally arrived. and all these things are good and jovial but just like easter becomes easter bunny day christmas is so easily trivialised into a family holiday and an excuse to gorge and splurge. i have no objection with fun on christmas because essentially it is a celebration.

its just a saddening reality that as hackeneyed as this statement is "jesus really is the reason for the season." this is the truth. if a saviour did not arrive humbly on this earth to bring hope, salvation and give the greatest intangible and tangible gift of adoration, this whole concept would not exist. so if this love incarnation is not really the message that is being said this christmas, stuff the overweight red and white man who breaks into our houses in the middle of the night and stuff the pretty lights and presents because santa didn't save us and our world must understand this.

nevertheless have an amazing festive christmas with the conscious understanding of love incarnation and a baby born thousands of years ago that saved us from ourselves.

love

p.s. the truth haha.