Sir Elton John Steps into Xmas with a Winter Wedding

If you haven’t already heard Elton John has married long time partner David Furnish in a celebrity studded social media extravaganza! yawn, yawn…

I have to say I’m very underwhelmed by this wedding… after watching Elton John’s Xmas song ‘Step into Xmas’ on repeat on tv constantly – in all its 1970s glory – it just seems quite ‘normal’. A bit boring.

Unlike his civil union to David Furnish 9 years ago to the day – the day same-sex unions became legal in the UK. The celebs are still there but spot the difference in the photos…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding – this was a prank photo – they wore suits to their civil union – but this would have been fantastic!

Saying that any wedding is a beautiful one and it was obviously to their preference, even if it was a bit plain.

And we can’t forget his wedding to ‘a girl’, in 1984 which really threw us all off. Not sure who she was but here’s their wedding photo.

 

 

 

 

 

But back then we didn’t really have any awareness of the gay community and sadly the majority were forced to keep their true selves hidden away. Until now.

Snap a Snog this Kiss-mas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every town has one – a road where at Xmas time each house and business on the street goes all out to decorate their space with the most incredibly sparkly and over the top Xmas decorations. In Auckland Franklin Road, Ponsonby has to be the best known street for this.

This year an ad agency has Snap a Snog – it has to be the best idea ever – you stand at the designated spot of their office window and a camera snaps your snog!

Get your mistletoe ready for New Years Eve!

Engagement Rings

 

Outraged was how I felt when I came across a random facebook post which showed a pretty sparkly petite diamond ring – the caption was ‘Would you accept this ring?’

For real. ?? I could not believe that someone was starting a debate about the size of a rock as if it quantified a partners love for their other half i.e. the bigger the rock the more they love you and vice versa. What sort of superficial bitch posted that?

Who even needs a ring to be ‘engaged’ as long as the heart is in the right place and you are true to each other?

Then I searched felt.co.nz and found this! http://felt.co.nz/listing/218425/Little-DIAMOND-stacker-ringengagement-ring And I thought – how much fun would this be?! Much more fun than a ridiculous chunk of diamond that was only chosen due to its carats and statement.

There’s also this cool idea from Naveya & Sloane – a proposal diamond! It’s a diamond set in a bar of metal of your choice which is presented to the bride to be who then designs her own ring! Very cool! http://naveyaandsloane.co.nz/engagement/original-setting/

 

Xmas gifts to enhance your romance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
With the holiday season fast approaching here are some great ideas to spice your silly season up…

1) The Huff Post did recently post an article about giving your partner sex every night. WHAT? EVERY night? Seriously? Surely that is unrealistic? But I am sure your husband/partner/girlfriend/wife/boyfriend would appreciate a special treat – maybe think about wrapping yourself up in nothing but a big red Xmas bow! (and paying a trip to www.dvice.co.nz).

2) How about having some fun and booking a glamour photography shoot! Makes a great present that can be cherished for years to come. Take a look at Miss T Pinups to see how awesome you can look (if you live in Auckland).

3) A relaxingly romantic couples massage with soothing essential oils. Mauri Ora Wellness in Titirangi sounds incredible and will even come to your home. I think I’m going to book in for me and My Darling!

4) Take a road trip to Te Aroha and visit NZ’s only hot water soda springs – book the couples clawfoot baths complete with candles, chocolates and sweet smelling aromatherapy. You will leave feeling soothed and smooth from the slightly silica water!

5) A good old-fashioned candlelit dinner for two. At Orbit 360, SkyCity, you can watch the sunset over Auckland City and enjoy every angle of the horizon while the restaurant rotates!

Let me know if you have any other romantic gift ideas to add to the list!

Happy holidays!

Finding Mr Right

Click to view the Oprah video!

While some of us may be Lucky in Love we need to help keep up the spirits of our single girlfriends. We were single once too – I was single for a lot longer than I ever imagined – and the love of my life did find me in the end – thank goodness! But I have to say I think it was because I had settled into the mode they’re talking about in this #Oprah video the #Huffpost posted. You do have to have your fun, live the life you want, not give it all away at once and keep faith that the universe does have a major plan in store for you! Click to watch the video and read more.

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Brides & Bling

Now, I wish I’d have thought to do this! Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m not a bling bling kind of girl – but that all changed on my wedding day!

It was all about the bling – or more subtle sparkle that is – my ring is a vintage Tiffany solitaire, my heels had diamantes, my big toenails had a row of bling and my earrings and necklace were solitaire Swarovski crystal. All to match my 50s inspired gown which the waistband was decorated in stylish Swarovski as well.

So it wasn’t over the top. But to top it all off I wish I had thought to pop some bling on my wedding band fingernail – I don’t know if you can see it all that clearly in the photo – but this was a friend of mine’s sisters wedding – and I think it looked blingtastic!

It’s all in the detail on your big day!

 

The Five-Year Engagement

I recently met a couple who had been together five years and were about to get married.

Of course in jest I joked about the five year time frame – because I’m sure over that five years your family and friends would be continually asking the question “when are you getting engaged”, as loving people tend to do.

But it did remind me of this hilarious film about a five-year engagement – which of course, you would start to worry about if it happened to you.

Hope you enjoy the snippet which is the end bit where they just go all or nothing to get hitched right there and then when the time was right!

Sonny Bill Secretly Married?!

How didn’t I know this?!  I heard it during the commentary on the recent All Blacks v USA game. And he’s about to become a father. Or did he get married because of that fact? Crazy. With a little time on my hands I googled some pics and found these… she looks gorgeous in some and others… you can judge for yourself if you haven’t already seen them! I’m sure there are alot of disappointed girls out there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Earlier this year the Herald reported: Footy superstar Sonny Bill Williams has secretly married a stunning 20-year-old Muslim girl he met and fell in love with last year, Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph reports.

The Roosters heartthrob, 28, wedded part-time model Alana Raffie, in August after a six-month relationship.

Immediate family and a handful of his closest friends, who were sworn to secrecy, attended the ceremony as he was preparing for last year’s NRL finals.

The Sunday Telegraph reported the couple didn’t have time to go on honeymoon last year but they flew out of Sydney airport yesterday for a short overseas break in Bali. Raffie shares SBW’s palatial four-storey home in Sydney’s south with his family.

Sonny Bill’s last high-profile relationship was with New Zealand socialite Jaime Ridge, the daughter of star Matthew Ridge.

Unlike more traditional Muslim weddings, the ceremony was low-key and private. The couple knocked back the chance to earn a six-figure sum by selling their wedding to TV and magazines.

Raffie has kept a low profile since marrying but there was a recent clue when, on March 7, Raffie posted on Facebook: “Big news from the both of us to be announced soon! Some secrets are just too hard to keep :)”

10 Love Notes for the modern couple

 

According to HuffPost Weddings romance today doesn’t quite look like the kind of thing you read in John Keats’ love letters or Shakespeare’s sonnets – far from it, actually.

Couples these days use profanity, less-than-subtle nods to their partner’s sexual anatomy and occasionally even the word “poop” to express their affection for one another. Click here for 10 funny love notes that more accurately represent the modern relationship.