The first of many...

Had the most fantastic long weekend at the beach, celebrating the first wedding anniversary with my husband. In February we will celebrate again, because it will be our 10th anniversary (of our first date). Two big milestones within a few months.

The weather was pretty dismal most of the time, but we made up for it in total relaxation - a massage package at the divine Noosa Spa, browsing around at Eumundi markets and lots of fine dining. Our favourite restaurant of the weekend was Season, recommended by the always-in-the-know Faux Fuchsia. We had dinner there and loved it so much that we went back for breakfast. Here is the view from our table:

It was a little chilly for us to succumb to the pool at our resort, but it did clear up to some beautiful weather this morning, just in time for us to take a dip in the ocean. As you can see, the water was very calm and we could just float about lazily, as was the theme of our weekend!

We took a lucky wrong turn on the way out to the highway and ended up stumbling upon a kite society gathering at a little beach near Coolum. We were so amazed at the sight of a huge lizard and stingray flying in the air that we followed them to their source. It was quite a spectacle and evoked feelings of childhood and giddy laughter. All in all, an envigorating experience.

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I dressed in beachy style, with mix and match pieces in tones of navy, blue, olive and neutrals. I made good use of some new purchases, including some tees from the Country Road sale and my new necklace from Thousand Island Dressing, that seems to go with everything. I glammed it up a bit more for our special Anniversary dinner, in a Sretsis dress that my husband bought me for my last birthday. It has a diamond print, which seemed appropriate for the occasion.




Blue tee:
Country Road
($15)
Necklace:
brand unknown
($22)
Jeans: JBrand


Stripe tee:
Country Road
($38)
Skirt:
Karen Walker




Dress: Sretsis
Brogues: Mollini

Shorts: Karen Walker
Sandals: Mimco
Handbag: Mimco










Here are some memories from our wedding:

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

I never really believed in this saying... until I saw Sretsis' Metamorphosis collection and fell in love with their adorable diamond prints. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a diamond print skirt. The lovely Zooey Deschanel has this in the rainbow print, but I think I like my cream sketch version even better, because of the subtle purple undertones.

Here are some ways that I like to style it: Ladylike elegance with Sretsis Chameleon Ruffle blouse (even better in sunlight when the print on the ruffles turns purple!). Added some studded nude heels.

Bringing out the purple tones with Alice McCall blouse:


Casual with a plain grey singlet from Country Road. Added a hologram necklace, sent to me by Sretsis when I had to return my skirt for the zipper to be fixed.

Here's a detailed pic of the necklace:

Knowing my love for Sretsis, my husband bought me the Diamond Scallop dress for my birthday. The cream print is actually more colourful than it appears from this image.

Here is a close-up (can you see the girl's silhouette merging into the diamond?):

While we're on the topic of diamonds, let's finish with a wedding pic: My engagement ring, my wedding ring and my husband's wedding ring. My engagement ring was picked by both of us in a shop window (pre-proposal). The tall part is white gold with a white diamond. The knife-edge band is yellow gold and has tiny white diamonds lining each side. My wedding band was made to fit neatly next to it and is white gold with yellow diamonds. My husband's ring was his grandfather's, but we got the jeweller to polish it up and insert a small diamond. My bouquet was cream roses.