Another weekend, another absence from the blogging. Whoops. It was a rainy, windy weekend here as Auckland was catching the tailend of a storm off the Tasman sea (to the west, between NZ and Aus) and a cyclone to the east - or the other way around, either way it was just not nice. But yes, I do appreciate the fact it was not snow and am in no way complaining!

The weather kept us all pretty homebound as it started at 4:55 Friday evening (I could watch it grow darker and darker until, as I shut down my computer, it started to downpour) and ended last evening. Saturday morning Pam, Sherilyn & I were out early as we had make-over appointments! The large department store, Smith & Coughy (pronounced Co-ee), has a million make-up counters, some of which offer free make-overs, during which they teach you new techniques for choosing and applying the war paint. We had ours done by Bobbi Brown (not Whitney's husband) and it was wonderful. Whoever said you don't need make-up to be beautiful is a BIG FAT LIAR! For the Oprah fans out there (no, I'm not counting myself among you) Bobbi Brown is the make-up she always features and gives away. Have you ever seen Oprah without her face? 'Nuff said. We took before & after shots which I will upload in the next few days to prove this.

The rest of Saturday was spent puttering around town, buying new make-up (turns out the last time I purchased most of mine I was a resident of Ireland) and getting a haircut (not a picture worth showing the results of. The hairdresser didn't understand what I meant when I described it as "boxy" and masculine"). $52 later and I look like I'm reviving Beatle-mania.