'Tis the Season to be Drunk

Good morning my little darlings. And how are we today? No I'm not this cheerful this morning but I think caffeine is beginning to kick in. Yay me! 2 hours of work later and I'm just beginning to wake up. I love December. Well.. I used to love December. Now December is a pain. Engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, weddings, pre-wedding parties, friends-came-from-out-of-town-so-we-should-go-have-dinner-then-drinks outings, bachelorette parties and so on and so forth. All the while, being stuck at work since 8 am barely focusing because 1. lack of sleep and 2. You have no idea what happened the night before but your throbbing head kinda gives you a clue. So you chug on caffeine, smoke like a freaking chimney, because the damage you're doing to your lungs just by spending a few hours in let's say.. Zinc on a Sunday night is not enough, and pretend to work while the clock changes from 8 to 9 to 10 etc... in extreme slow motion. Only to do it all over again.

The bigger problem is, I would suggest taking the whole month off, but in a lot of cases, it won't be a paid leave, and if there's anything I've learnt about Christmas, it's the massive damage I do to my bank account. I'm guessing a lot of you are the same. So my only solution , or the only thing I can come up with is cut my vacation days during the year and save 'em for December, that way I can take off at least 2 weeks in December,(is it worth it though?).

Anyhoo, 3 things I'll be posting about soon.. actually make that 4 in the hopefully near future:

1. My contribution to Christmas dinner this year: a sweet potato casserole and an orange flavoured dark chocolate fudge pie with almond shavings (will try to post pictures and will let you know how they turn out.. fingers crossed).
2. The much awaited opening of L'Atelier Nawbar , and what the Nawbar sisters are all about.
3. The Mukhi Sisters' (Jewellery with an Attitude) new collection and more.
4. Last, but most definitely not least, HUSH2011.. Yup, you guessed it.. The new year's eve party. This one's gonna be for the books.

Stay tuned and may you have a more pleasant week than mine. I will leave you with a taste of what HUSH is all about.. *cough*DeLaSoulwillbeperforming*cough*.


Extremely exhausted,
Bambi

Et pui je fume..

Good morning people. Yes I'm still alive, and no I haven't been hit by a bus. But in Beirut it's wedding season (that basically includes weddings, engagements, katb ktebs, pre and post celebrations albeit dinner, party or clubbing) so if I'm not running around for a wedding I'm organizing, I'm running to find something to wear, do my hair, make up and still find the energy to dance the night away on the beginning of a couple's (hopefully) happily ever after.

Each wedding, the bride steps on our feet and pinches us, ('us' being those who are still single), and for those of you who don't know the reason behind this superstitious nonsense, it's simple really, the single ladies will follow in the bride's footsteps by getting married. It's like us being single is a disease; I insist on using the word 'us' and not 'I' because there are tons of others like me (or so I tend to hope). Thank God! I wonder if single hood is contagious! By the way, I started this post with every intention of thrashing the World Cup and writing a fashion post, i even have the pictures and I did my research and everything, but this just comes to show you the frustration that's building up, that the minute I placed my fingers on the keyboard, my thoughts ran away with me! But that's OK, because now I have to be a bit more catering to my blog, and I'll have something good to write about tomorrow.

P.S. I miss slow dancing! Whatever happened to that? We don't do it in clubs (obviously) or in weddings. What a shame!

Ta-ta for now
sending all my love, hugs and kisses to the entire world (if only that would make a difference). and leaving you with my mood today! Enjoy!

Exhale,

Bambi

Dearly Beloved, The world Cup Rocks and I'm sorry!

I hide my face in shame for being so ridiculously late in my posts! And no, no! I have absolutely no excuses. It's been quite a ride the past month. Ups and downs. Not much to update you on, it's quite boring (kinda).. However, summer started which means lots of partying and weddings. and yes I do complain about going to weddings (it's a hassle for us girls you know, hair, make up, mani/pedi, wax/shave etc...) But I do enjoy them and the pre and post parties (like the past few days which have been incredible.. friend got married and to make a long story short, invitees are still recovering), anyway, it's a happy time for me, even though I am a bit envious of those ladies who've finally found their prince charming ( at least I'm hoping that's why they're getting married) but oh well, to fellow single people out there, our time will come.. eventually!!

Besides that, who else has WORLD CUP FEVER? It's quite big here actually. Flags everywhere for a bit over 2 months now, on the balconies, cars, restaurants, phones and I'm loving it. I'm an ENGLAND fan and I believe they're going to win this year. I'm really excited about the games and he get-togethers that we'll be having. Although not too sure my friends would want to watch another game with me (They think I get carried away.. But what do they know, right?? RIGHT???? Yes! thank you :) )

It's been a long month and it's time for me to crash, but I promise to not be so long with my posts. I'll leave you with this for now. I'm kinda obsessed with him.

Big ♥ to you all.

Bambi