Day 344 – Sweet as Summery Sunday

I had this dress made for me out of a beautiful piece of cotton given to me by my mother in my first year teaching – 1996. I wore it for my graduation as well because I loved it so much. Mum and Dad had moved to London and I didn’t drive in those days so my aunt picked me up and took me to the dressmaker’s. I have so many happy memories about going to the dressmaker and trying on this pretty little dress being made for me. It was the perfect weight to head down to the Coorparoo Bowls Club for a New Zealand hangi for my second Sweet As New Zealand Sunday. Sadly this was my only chilled out moment today! Getting ready for my next round if pre-Christmas visitors EXCITING!

Day 316 – Sweet As!

Today is Sweet As Sunday at Coorparoo Bowls Club – celebrating all things New Zealand. I thought I would be at home in the morning getting some work done, head over to the club for lunch and laughs and then back home to finish my work but when the wind picked up and rained threatened we had a call asking if upstairs at the club was free. So we headed down hours earlier than expected with 1 minute to get dressed … With no time to design a whole new outfit, the safest thing was to put 2 shirts I know I have worn but never together on at the same time.
On arrival, I find my young Kiwi friend who has spent ages putting his outfit together – his All Blacks T, brown shorts which are the colour of the kiwi bird, red socks that say “Team New Zealand” and blue shoes the colour of a big, blue Kiwi sky. You can choose your clothes to say so much, can’t you?
Choice bro!