An Overnighter...

So... its the school holidays... but because I don't work at school anymore, I don't get to have school holidays... what I get to have is annual leave and I'm overjoyed to be on annual leave right now YAY!

 

 

Thursday was ANZAC day and its always great to take time out of our busy everyday schedule's to stop, reflect and appreciate all those men and women who fought hard for our freedom.  My daughters, nieces and I got up early and went to the Dawn Ceremony.  The amount of children in attendance this year was inspiring enough to prompt the speaker to request a round of applause for the children.  It was quite moving. 

 

 

Later on that day the 'C' family went to wellington.  I met up with a friend for a photo shoot... Caii-Michelle Gordon is a brilliant and well seasoned entertainer,

check her out here...

 

 

We spent the night at Wellington Top 10, which was really awesome... the family special included fun bikes, private spa booking, unlimited use of the games room and 1 hour's worth of free wifi!!! You should check this place out for a family night/weekend away...

 

Then we spent a bit of time on the Petone Pier...

 

 

 

To finish off our overnighter in Wellington we went to watch The Croods at Reading Courtenay

 

 

Then we picked up some Pizza from Tommy Millions... (yummm-oh!!!) and hit the road...

 

 

I feel like I've squashed two weeks worth of holidays into 2 days it was great... Back to work on Tuesday means I still have 2 days to holiday... bliss...

 

Take care

Mrs C

xox

 

 

Fashion Week Fav's

So... to bring my Fashion week experience with you to a close, I 've picked just a few of some of my favourite shots.  As you can see the right spot in the pit really makes a big difference.  My most favourite shots came from the Starfish show where I was pretty much front and centre.  This resulted in some great eye contact shots with the models which is something most runway photographers love!  Not to mention some of my fav outfits walked up the Starfish runway...

 

I've learnt so much with this experience and am really grateful to have had it.  In fact ever since I started working in Wellington (October 2012) my life has been opened up to some amazing opportunities and there may be more coming up.

 

Without further ado... my Fashion Week Fav's...

 

 

And one more thank you to my gorgeous friend and colleague Miss Alanna,  without whom, none of this would have happened...



Wearing: Dmonic Intent

I was having a look around the web for more on Fashion week and you might be interested in following some of these links for a little browse. 

 

I'm in the background of some of these Jimmy D shots

 

Most of the fashion week photos used in this

awesome blog were taken by me...

 

And a few of mine are in this great blog too...

 

I missed the bridal show - silently gutted about it!  But I told you about my new friend from the pit Dave (who loaned me his awesome lens for a show) well go and check him out.  This link here will take you straight to some of his stunning bridal show shots.

 

Well... I hope you enjoyed My Wellington Fashion week with me...

 

It's school holidays next week, and you know how much I used to love school holidays... sigh and boohoo!  I don't get to take them anymore, but I have applied for a couple of days annual leave and look forward to doing something special with Mr C and our kids...

 

I'm sorry I haven't had the time to post regularly here but when I do, and if you feel so inclined to visit, I hope that you enjoy it... till next time...

 

Mrs C

xox

The Hobbit, The Prince & I...

Hey blog buddies! 

These last few weeks have been super busy.  Lets see if I can break it down for you...

 

I met a Prince! In fact I met THE Prince... Prince Charles to be precise.  I even shook his hand and wished him a happy birthday.  Now, remember here where I said I'm not really a royalist?  Well I maintain that I'm not, like, I totally don't collect royal memorabilia and all that, but its not everyday you get to meet a prince let alone shake his hand... and jeepers it was an exciting experience...

 

I have two wonderful new friends from work, Lanz and Oti and it was Oti's idea to go down to where Charles & Camilla were walking along the beautiful Wellington waterfront during lunch. 

 

 

 

 We were extremely lucky to get front row spots and it was a definite "Woohoo" moment after we all shook his hand... in fact we were doing Hi-5's with our Prince Charles hand all the way back to the office...

 

The weather was stunning, showing the waterfront at its most beautiful...

 

 

So... there are perks to working in the city... tomorrow is the world premiere of The Hobbit! Woohoo! the city is totally buzzing with Hobbit excitement, I'm hoping I can pop down town at lunchtime to take in some of that excitement... and who knows maybe I'll spot another famous person for you...

 

 

Bye for now

Mrs C

xox

 

 

A Photography Post... Sweet Holidays...

Here are some of my fav picts from our holidays, all these picts were taken with Ifie and now that PICNIK has closed I edited these between Pictureshow and Instagram...

We took a visit to the Capital City and did the tour of the Beehive and Paliament House...

a new dress for Ifie...

A recycled store treasure...

We spent time at the beach... quite a lot of time...

Have you ever picked pipi's before... YUM YUM!!!

We went to the park, we caught autumn leaves and blew bubbles...

And to top a great week off, Miss Manaia made us waffles for supper last night... mmm!

Well School (and work for me) starts on Monday so it's back to the daily grind, but at least we've had a great time recharging our batteries.  I'm planning what to wear tomorrow for super Sunday but at the moment, I'm at a loss... so Tuesday Super sunday Post will be verrrrrrrry interesting...

See you then
Mrs C
xox