Orange you glad it's almost Spring!

I bought this beautiful t-shirt off ebay last week mostly because of the colour. I have discovered that orange suits me. Who'd have thought?! But when I wear orange people always comment about how good it makes my skin look so I'm going with it. Orange all the way!

I'll be wearing this beautiful shirt (which is a Torretta Tee by Meadow Rue from Anthropologie) with white jeans and dark jeans and a blue and white striped pencil skirt that I love. It's going to get out and about a LOT!

Of course, now that people have flattered me about my kinship with orange I have been on the look out for other orange items that I can add to my wardrobe.

Yes please! I'll have this beautiful necklace and bracelet from etsy seller DivinaLocura.



Orange pants from Ruche.

I want this Lucky Brand bag soooo much!

And, of course if you are going to go orange you need some awesome wedges from Anthropologie. Naturally.

Just to be clear - I won't be wearing all of this orange at the one time :)

This is my first post on the newly created Aussie Mum's Cafe. Thanks Bec for getting it up and running. I think this whole process shows in harsh light that I am all talk and no action! Thank God there are some practical people around here ;)

So I thought my first post would involve that most important of mummy-making equipment - the penis.

This article in the Sydney Morning Herald had me thinking about the different ways men and women look at their bodies (their own bodies, smutty!)

Even though Mr New Dick's transplanted penis worked perfectly well, looked good, and stuck with him through a course of anti-rejection drugs he developed "severe psychological problem" with his new penis. Ok, fine, it would be sort of odd to have something that was not strictly you hanging off your body, but ummmm, women apparantly sign up for that by their millions every day.

Women can't wait to have something artificial on or in their bodies because their real bodies aren't good enough. Men on the other hand, seem to prefer what nature gave them. So saline sacks for boobs, foreign hair for extensions, and bum fat for lips doesn't seem to deter woman one bit from their quest for the perfect body.

I suppose this story also speaks to the way a lot of men personalise their penises. This Chinese man must have felt like he lost his best friend when it was cut off in an accident, and an imposter could not replace him no matter how good looking or hard it worked.

I just wish women had a better friendship with their bodies.

Starter post

Adding a starter post in this case is a bit like adding a starter for sour dough or ginger beer - the best starters come from friends, and are tried and tested and ready to create anew in your own kitchen.

It may be that this is the way the Aussie Mums blog works - we'll have to wait and see, won't we?

Bec