Shopping

I bought this as a gift for a friend’s housewarming party this coming weekend. I hope she likes it – I figure that because she likes her wine, this will be something different to whip out and use at parties.


I bought this Ana G one for myself a while back and love it. It actually works really well and pulls the cork out in one piece. I bought it initially because I thought it was cute but it has turned out to be a gem. No more fishing broken pieces of cork out of the bottle.


I also bought 2 of these containers while shopping for the housewarming present…I couldn’t resist.


And while I’m at it I also might as well confess that a while back I bought this juicer as a wedding gift for friends.

It sat in my room for days and I would pull it out of its box and look at it. In the end I decided to keep it for myself and got the couple a different gift instead.

And speaking of gifts, I received this platter a few years back from a friend. Actually, this is what started off my love of the stuff.


Also...(yes this is going on and on).. this reminds me that I bought this for my sister a few years back:


So….I now realize just how many Alessi items I have. I was browsing through the website and the more I look at their stuff the more things I realise I want want want want.
I would love to get this:


So, I think I better stop this post now otherwise I self destruct.

On a totally seperate note, I am getting excited about my short trip in January 07. I FINALLY decided to bite the bullet and take a holiday. You know what that means..spend spend spend!!!!

Deserves an award

This is just too classic not to mention and will go in to my hall of fame. I emailed the whole commentary to an innocent bystander friend and she knocked herself out laughing at this lunatic.
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FIRST EMAIL

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 9:17 AM
To: Everyone
Subject: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IF WE GET ANY VOLUNTEERS TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR … AS USUAL TO BE HELD ON BOXING DAY
Mrs Preggers AND I ORGANISED THE FIRST ONE, Miss Trippy AND Miss Nice ORGANISED IT LAST YEAR….
WOULD LOVE SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER INSTEAD OF ME MAIKING SOMEONE DO IT….. GREAT IF WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF GUYS TO ORGANISE IT THIS YEAR SO THEY CAN ADD A DIFFERENT SPIN ON IT ALL AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT ANY BETTER THAN THE GIRLS……. THAT’S A DARE….HEHEHHE….
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ALSO LET Mr and Mrs Dealer KNOW…..
REASON WHY I AM SENDING THIS OUT NOW IS SO THAT KK’S CAN BE ORGANISED DURING MELBOURNE CUP CELEBRATIONS….. THIS YEAR I WAS THINKING THAT WE SHOULD MIX THE KK’S AND HAVE ADULTS AND KIDS MIXED TOGETHER……
I AM EXPECTING A RESPONSE…..
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2ND EMAIL - D'OH

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 11:09 AM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Okay all………. I didn’t get a response so this year the two people who will have the privilege of organising this years Christmas party will be picked out of a hat………
Since the last two years were organised by the ladies…….. this year the two luck people will be picked from the boys……… this will be organised during Melbourne cup celebrations……..
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MALE/FEMALE...WHO CARES

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 12:39 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Okay peeps…….. after concerns from Miss Trippy that if one our boys (Mr Artist, Mr Nice, Mr Volcano) was picked it will result in the girls doing it all again and also…. Even though us girls did most of the organising the boys did do their fair share in preparing food and also Mr Volcano doing the bbq during our party…….. that said…….. names that will go into the hat will be both guys and gals who have not yet organised a party…. Since so far partners have helped this will also be the case for future xmas’………. For those who don’t have a partner……. They can choose another single to help them (ie Miss Photographer, Miss Ditzy, etc…)
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4TH EMAIL

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 3:09 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Hi all…………… I have just put every ones name on a piece of paper to determine who will be organising this years Christmas party .. I have put everyone in groups of 2 .. they are
Mr and Mrs We-live-faraway
Mr & Mrs Dealer
Mr and Mrs Cute couple
Mr and Mr Gay
Mr and Mrs Special Cookies
Miss Photographer/Miss Ditzy
Mr Sweet/Miss Dumb Blonde
Mr and Mrs Shit Stirrer
…. I am just about to draw two couples out….. stay tuned …………
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AND THE RESULTS!!!!!!!!!

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 3:15 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: and the winner is.....................

AND IN DRAWN ORDER……………..
This years christmas party is : Mr & Mrs Cute Couple/Miss Photgrapher & Miss Ditzy
2007 chrismas party – Mr & Mrs Shit Stirrer/Mr Sweet &Miss Dumb Blonde
2008 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Gay/ Mr & Mrs We-live-faraway
2009 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Special Cookies/Mr & Mrs Dealer
Now it is up to you all if you want to stay in that order…. You can talk to other groups and see if they want to swap …….
But for now it Mr & Mrs Cute Couple/Miss Photgrapher & Miss Ditzy …..can you please organise the KK’s to be drawn during Melbourne cup celebrations
FYI
2004 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Preggers/Miss ControlFreak &Mr Volcano
2005 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Trippy/Mr & Mrs Nice
Regards,
Miss ControlFreak
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I realise she is taking the initiative and its very nice of her to volunteer to organise this the first time round. But obviously no one else can be bothered and we are all too selfish to volunteer to organise this year's xmas party. What gives her the right to force people to do it? If no one volunteers = no xmas party = everyone is just as responsibly for there being no xmas party. If you want to have one you organise it....

To break, or not to break?

I met my friend C for a meal last week. C and I used to be very close, I have known her since high school. For whatever reasons we now only see each other occasionally, maybe once every 3 months? But we still carry on like we used to and update each other and gossip like crazy whenever we see each other.

After greeting me her face became very serious and she said “Can I ask you a question and I want your honest opinion”. I’m thinking oh no, she is going to ask me what I really think about her current bf, S (that’s another story). Instead she throws me a “So, how do you feel about your other half going out to strip clubs with the boys for a bucks night?”. I’m thinking, is that all??? I say sure its fine by me and I have no problems with him doing that. Of course if I do decide to do the same (ie. Visit strip clubs catered for females) I expect no objections from my other half either. She gets this funny look on her face and says “Really?...well, S went the other day to a strip joint and I got really annoyed at him because he is so easily influenced by his friends and they all decided to go and he tagged along. I don’t mind him going out with his friends BUT...”

I’m thinking to myself????!!!!!!!!!!!!......So what’s the problem? strip joint? going out with his mates? easily influenced? all of the above???

So she launches in to a tirade about:

1. S is so easily influenced by his friends that when they go out whether it be to clubs/strip joints etc. they do the drinking and smoking thing and he joins right in. The dumbass apparently has some heart condition and has been explicitly told by his GP that under no circumstances should he be smoking and drinking. And she is CERTAIN that he drinks and smokes when he is out with the boys, so she’s on his case each time she sees him light a cigarette. (So I’m still trying to work out, is the problem the strip clubs, or the smoking, drinking and carrying on, the (dumb) i-don’t-care-if-I’m-killing-myself attitude??)

2. The guys that he hangs around with are all morons and they are crude, sexist, a bad influence on him and just full of shit. (Well, he’s your bf and if you ask me the type of company you keep reflects on the type of person you are)

She then goes on to tell me an incident where some of the guys started laying it in to fat chicks. S happens to have a sister that is struggling with her weight but he’s carrying on, joining right in. Of course C was not impressed and blasted them and then proudly showed me an SMS that she received from one of the guys apologizing for offending her. Then she says that she constantly has to put up with bad behavior from his friends. Their gf’s all seem to sit there in silence and tolerate the crude remarks whereas she’s the only girl who seems to speak up and in her own words “look like such a ballbreaker, and I hope his friends don’t start saying negative things about me”. And she actually looked guilty when she was telling me this. Well, I suppose she is coming off sounding like a nagger.

BUT

I felt like smacking her in her head. First of all, if you find something rude and offensive why should you be putting up with that sort of behavior (which she’s not). So she shouldn’t really be apologizing for “being a ballbreaker”. Secondly, who cares what his friends think and why are you so concerned if they are bad mouthing you or not, when you think that they are all morons anyway. So what do their opinions mean to you? I know its always great to get along with your partner's friends but does that mean lowering your standards to accomodate them?

You are with him not them, and you are the one that has to wake up next to him the next morning. You don’t want to find that he’s had a heart attack in the middle of the night because of his excessive drinking and smoking. How dumb is S???? Plus, you need to ask yourself what kind of person is so easily influenced by his friends that he 1. feels pressured to light up or consume alcohol in a social setting when he has been told it will affect his health, 2. will drop you like a hot potato just because his friends don’t like you???

As you can tell, I don’t really think much of S. And how’s this for tunnel vision. She bumped in to an old friend A, at a wedding. In his drunken stupor A told C that she could do so much better than S. I was sipping my drink and almost choked when she said that, because I feel exactly the same way!! Of course I didn’t tell her that. So now in her books A is a ‘bad bad person, no, don’t like him anymore and I don’t want anything to do with him’……

I have dropped hints in the past about what I think of S. But she chooses not to listen. Each to their own. Whatever makes her happy I guess… But sometimes I just feel like pulling her down from whatever planet she is on, and pulling off that stupid wool that’s clouding her vision. I suspect she is desperate to hang on to S because she has indicated in the past that she is ready to settle down and have babies and can feel that clock ticking away. But that is the wrong reason to stay with S, especially when S is still not over that “I’m young and I’m single and I will do whatever I feel like” stage.

I can’t wait until our next meeting. I wonder what other wonderful things S would have gotten up to.