<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Latest Articles - Frock & Roll]]></title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/</link><description><![CDATA[FROCK AND ROLL™: Fashion. Lifestyle. Travel. Beauty. FUN! ♥ | www.frockandrollonline.com, www.frock-and-roll.net, www.frockandroll.org

]]></description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:55:24 -1000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:55:24 -1000</lastBuildDate><webMaster>corrine_lynskey@hotmail.com</webMaster><item><title>A Thought For The Day... &#9829; &apos;&apos;Waking Up This Morning, I Smile...&apos;&apos;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/a-thought-for-the-day-waking-up-this-morning-i-smile/</link><description>Kia ora (psst, non-New Zealand folk: &apos;Kia ora&apos;&apos; literally means &quot;be well/healthy&quot; in Maori, or &apos;&apos;hi! Welcome! How do you do?&apos;&apos; ) from Blenheim, New Zealand! How have you BEEN? Reeling at the...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8680533584/&quot; title=&quot;IMG_3699 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8680533584_a4c9ae34e0_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_3699&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kia ora (psst, non-New Zealand folk: &apos;Kia ora&apos;&apos; literally means&amp;nbsp;&quot;be well/healthy&quot; in Maori, or &apos;&apos;hi! Welcome! How do you do?&apos;&apos;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/em&gt; from Blenheim, New Zealand!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How have you BEEN? &lt;strong&gt;Reeling&lt;/strong&gt; at the realisation that we&apos;re halfway through &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;May&lt;/span&gt;? Me TOO.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(I mean, heavens! Before you know it, we&apos;ll all be discussing Christmas presents and New Years&apos; resolutions again! The MADNESS!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;I don&apos;t know about you, but 2013 has been one&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;heck&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;(rough)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;rollercoaster ride of a year for this muppet. Oh silly, naive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;(eternally optimistic?!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Corrine - why did you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;expect that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/turn-and-face-the-strange-ch-ch-changes/&quot;&gt;moving to an itty-bitty town&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/richard/&quot;&gt;gentleman you hardly knew&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was going to be bump-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;free&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8269926211/&quot; title=&quot;Isn&apos;t Picton, New Zealand STUNNING?! &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8269926211_63161c51c3_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Isn&apos;t Picton, New Zealand STUNNING?! &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;424&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;HOWEVER! Every day is a fresh opportunity. A new, interesting&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;challenge&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;A lesson-laden &lt;strong&gt;gift&lt;/strong&gt;. In the words of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://globalstewards.org/quotes-life-mindful.htm&quot;&gt;Thich Nhat Hanh&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&apos;&apos;waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me, and I&amp;nbsp;vow to live fully in each moment...&apos;&apos; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8680532794/&quot; title=&quot;Beauty at its best. Crystal-clear turquoise water in Picton, New Zealand. by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8533/8680532794_12ba46535c_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Beauty at its best. Crystal-clear turquoise water in Picton, New Zealand.&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Beauty at its best. Crystal-clear turquoise water in Picton, New Zealand.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8679425093/&quot; title=&quot;Enormous hills, gorgeous rivers and peace and quiet (do YOU spy a soul in this photograph? Nope!). Welcome to Blenheim! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8679425093_e627e5e37b_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Enormous hills, gorgeous rivers and peace and quiet (do YOU spy a soul in this photograph? Nope!). Welcome to Blenheim!&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enormous hills, gorgeous rivers and peace and quiet (do YOU spy a soul in this photograph? Nope!). Welcome to Blenheim!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Life will &lt;em&gt;rarely&lt;/em&gt; let us rest before it hurls a few twists and tricky turns again, but honestly, would we &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;want&lt;/span&gt; it to?! What would we natter to our girlfriends/partner/cat about? What would we LEARN? Happiest of all happy Monday&apos;s to you. It may not be a perfect one, but guaranteed, each moment of it is contributing towards your beautiful, whimsical,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;fabulous&lt;/strong&gt; journey.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;xoxo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/a-thought-for-the-day-waking-up-this-morning-i-smile/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/a-thought-for-the-day-waking-up-this-morning-i-smile/</guid></item><item><title>Turn And Face The Strain, Ch-Ch-Changes... &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/http-frockandrollonline-com-blog-turn-and-face-the-strange-ch-ch-changes/</link><description>Ha! Well there&apos;s something you don&apos;t learn every day. All these years, I&apos;ve been CONVINCED that David Bowie was crooning &apos;&apos;tuuurn, and face the STRANGE... ch-ch-changes!&apos;&apos; in Changes, but nuh-uh,...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Ha! Well &lt;em&gt;there&apos;s&lt;/em&gt; something you don&apos;t learn every day. All these years, I&apos;ve been CONVINCED&amp;nbsp;that David Bowie was crooning &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8&quot;&gt;&apos;&lt;/a&gt;&apos;tuuurn, and face the &lt;strong&gt;STRANGE&lt;/strong&gt;... ch-ch-changes!&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&apos;&amp;nbsp;in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Changes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but nuh-&lt;em&gt;uh&lt;/em&gt;, apparently he&apos;s been uttering &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;STRAIN&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; this whole time. Silly me! &lt;em&gt;(Or should that be... silly David? Come on now, Mr. &lt;/em&gt;Fame.&lt;em&gt; You know I adore you - and who am I to bicker with a multi-million dollar rockstar?! - but &apos;&apos;strange&apos;&apos;? &apos;&apos;Change&apos;&apos;? They just rhyme so PERFECTLY!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m currently bunkering down in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cityofblenheim.co.nz&quot;&gt;Blenheim&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; public library, and c-h-a-n-g-e-s are the exact topic on my mind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They&apos;re a CINCH to make when you&apos;re unhappy, aren&apos;t they? If you&apos;re dissatisfied with your job, you &lt;em&gt;leave!&lt;/em&gt; If you can&apos;t stand the sight of a particular ornament in your bedroom, &lt;em&gt;you move it!&lt;/em&gt; But what about when you ARE at ease? When everything&apos;s sailing along &lt;em&gt;(almost)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;perfectly&lt;/strong&gt;? Would you - &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; you - rock the boat?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8467165858/&quot; title=&quot;You know you&apos;re at Wellington Airport when you&apos;re surrounded by little Air New Zealand tails everywhere... by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8097/8467165858_7b65320d49.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;You know you&apos;re at Wellington Airport when you&apos;re surrounded by little Air New Zealand tails everywhere...&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Six months ago, shortly before &lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/greetings-from-scotland/&quot;&gt;I boarded a plane for London&lt;/a&gt;, I made the decision&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to return to my home of Sydney, Australia at the conclusion of my holiday. Instead, I&apos;d be flying to a teeny-tiny town named Blenheim, in New Zealand, to live with my &lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/richard/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;(then!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;very-new boyfriend&lt;/a&gt; until he completed his apprenticeship. It was a little wacky&lt;em&gt; (bless my grandparents, who kindly sat me down to offer their advice of &apos;&apos;Corrine? We love you, but you&apos;re nuts, and this time, truly seem to have LOST YOUR MIND&apos;&apos; upon hearing my choice!)&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;hugely&lt;/strong&gt; terrifying, but we were placed on this planet to love, laugh, cry, have fun, make mistakes and learn from them, right?&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;TAKE a massive risk!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt; I told myself. &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;DON&apos;T worry about what could possibly go wrong. Get excited about what could go RIGHT!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8467143390/&quot; title=&quot;Silly snuggles with the love of my life, one Richard Budny... :) by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8467143390_fb21258a6f.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Silly snuggles with the love of my life, one Richard Budny... :)&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;My reason for farewelling Sydney, Australia and embracing Blenheim, New Zealand... the beautiful Mr. Richard Budny.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8467165820/&quot; title=&quot;Never be in doubt: New Zealand is one BEAUTIFUL country! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8467165820_bf88715fd3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Never be in doubt: New Zealand is one BEAUTIFUL country!&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Am I worried that I&apos;ll miss my friends? Oh, believe me, I already &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;! Do I occasionally crave the sound of an Australian accent, the sight of a gorgeous Sydney beach, and live in fear that I&apos;ll slightly struggle in Blenheim... that it&apos;ll never feel like &lt;strong&gt;home&lt;/strong&gt;? Sometimes. But then I giggle with my love &lt;em&gt;(AH! I&apos;m not sure if we&apos;re &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/frockandroll&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://instagram.com/frockandroll&quot;&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/frockandroll&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; friends, and you&apos;ve caught a glimpse of my obsessive updates, but holey moley, this man is INCREDIBLE!)&lt;/em&gt;, and remember Lemony Snicket&apos;s delicious quote:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well worth staying up all night to finish.&apos;&apos;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8467212416/&quot; title=&quot;corrinerichard by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8467212416_016684ec6e.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;corrinerichard&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;473&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here&apos;s to choosing magnificent adventures. &lt;em&gt;Always!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;xoxo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/turn-and-face-the-strange-ch-ch-changes/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/http-frockandrollonline-com-blog-turn-and-face-the-strange-ch-ch-changes/</guid></item><item><title>Postcards From Nepal! &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/postcards-from-nepal/</link><description>Namaste! (Fun fact: did you know that in both Nepal and India, &apos;&apos;namaste&apos;&apos; is roughly equivalent to &quot;greetings&quot; or &quot;good day&apos;&apos;&apos;? You do now! Thanks, Wikipedia!) Now, of all the unusual situations I...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IS098R4P3 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8198633299/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8198633299_3220824504_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IS098R4P3&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Namaste! (Fun fact: did you know that in both Nepal &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; India, &apos;&apos;namaste&apos;&apos; is roughly equivalent to &quot;greetings&quot; or &quot;good day&apos;&apos;&apos;? You do now! Thanks, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, of all the unusual situations I imagined myself wriggling into at some point during my lifetime &lt;em&gt;(did I tell you about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emirates.com/&quot;&gt;Emirates&lt;/a&gt; Customer Service Manager who asked me - in Dubai, of all places! - if he could add me on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/corrinelynskey&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, before giving me a demonstration of &apos;&apos;how to operate lifts&apos;&apos;? Eeesh!)&lt;/em&gt;, writing to you from an internet cafe in Kathmandu, Nepal was certainly &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; one of them. And yet... HERE I AM!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve been skulking around this beautiful country for almost a month now, volunteering at an orphanage, celebrating Tihar &lt;em&gt;(&apos;&apos;Festival Of The Lights&apos;&apos;)&lt;/em&gt; time, contracting food poisoning &lt;em&gt;(oops! THAT hadn&apos;t been on the to-do list)&lt;/em&gt; and, illness aside, loving &lt;em&gt;(almost!)&lt;/em&gt; every. single. SECOND&amp;nbsp;of this wacky adventure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Nepal is quite possibly the most fascinating place that I&apos;ve &lt;strong&gt;ever&lt;/strong&gt; been, just because it&apos;s so... &lt;em&gt;unusual!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Flying over Kathmandu, Nepal... &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8198435277/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8198435277_80400f0cb9.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Flying over Kathmandu, Nepal... &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;To say that Nepal is an eye-opening experience would be an understatement and a HALF. I mean, what a &lt;strong&gt;complete&lt;/strong&gt; contrast this country is! On one hand you have the breathtaking, most &lt;em&gt;incredible&lt;/em&gt; scenery of the Himalayas as you fly into Kathmandu &lt;em&gt;(may I point out that those white things in the background of the above photograph? NOT clouds! They&apos;re &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;also&lt;/span&gt; mountains!)&lt;/em&gt;, but then as soon as you reach the city centre, you&apos;re exposed to the poorest of poor lifestyles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;28864_10151468889070130_528124700_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199501070/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8199501070_d115679a4f.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;28864_10151468889070130_528124700_n&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Downtown Thamel...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;306533_10151468887040130_277007070_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199501186/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8199501186_7155cb1693.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;306533_10151468887040130_277007070_n&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;319050_10151468879805130_890576992_n (1) by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199646654/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8057/8199646654_563fef2279.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;319050_10151468879805130_890576992_n (1)&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;One of my best friends &lt;em&gt;(hi, Shreeram!)&lt;/em&gt; is Nepalese, and every time I&apos;d catch him littering in Sydney, ooh-WEE would I scold him for it! Having visited his birthplace, I can now understand the habit... sadly,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;everyone&lt;/strong&gt; litters in Nepal. Garbage bins don&apos;t seem to exist!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;57a0475e275211e2a47b22000a1f99e6_7 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8198400997/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8198400997_5b1877152d.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;57a0475e275211e2a47b22000a1f99e6_7&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Hanging out with the children at the Disabled Rehabilitation Centre &lt;em&gt;(the orphanage that I&apos;ve been volunteering at)&lt;/em&gt;. These kids are GORGEOUS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;22294_10151477598115130_757440023_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199592100/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8199592100_f1b195322c.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;22294_10151477598115130_757440023_n&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;065f67702d9311e2a0d822000a1f9a12_7 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199492752/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; title=&quot;22294_10151477598115130_757440023_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8199492752_2b7a2ee353.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;During Tihar time, offerings like these can be found at the front door of every Nepali home. Why? Because in their culture, it&apos;s believed that if they&apos;re created, Laxmi, the God of wealth, will bestow their families with riches. &lt;em&gt;Here&apos;s hoping!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;60734_10151494832525130_858970945_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199507926/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8199507926_8ac02378ed.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;60734_10151494832525130_858970945_n&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Participating in the festivities with Shreeram&apos;s family...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;548977_10151498651725130_213062265_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199507862/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8199507862_d6f3efd55d.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;548977_10151498651725130_213062265_n&quot; width=&quot;490&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I shared a room &lt;em&gt;(and sickness... UGH!)&lt;/em&gt; with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kirstymac.blog.co.uk/&quot;&gt;Kirsty MacLennan&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(psst! For more a little more Nepal action,&amp;nbsp;read her excellent blog!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;for two weeks, and she was LOVELY.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;535539_10151492731360130_1280714729_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8198614591/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8198614591_00ca1d5267.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;535539_10151492731360130_1280714729_n&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;525726_10151470655655130_280876877_n (1) by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8199674028/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8199674028_1bcee3e099.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;525726_10151470655655130_280876877_n (1)&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PHEW! If you&apos;ve made it this far, you deserve an absolute &lt;em&gt;medal&lt;/em&gt;! &amp;nbsp;How ARE you? How was your weekend?&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(And can you b-e-l-i-e-v-e that we&apos;re almost slipping into December already?! &lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/richard/&quot;&gt;Richard&lt;/a&gt; asked me &apos;&apos;how I&apos;d like to spend our first Christmas together&apos;&apos; the other day, and I almost had a heart-attack. 2012, where have you GONE?!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/postcards-from-nepal/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/postcards-from-nepal/</guid></item><item><title>Sponsored Post: How To Create A Fabulous First Impression For A Date &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/sponsored-post-how-to-create-a-fabulous-first-impression-for-a-date/</link><description>(Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, guest penned by Laura Alfonsin.) We&apos;ve ALL heard the expression &amp;lsquo;&apos;you never get a second chance to make a good first impression&amp;rsquo;&apos;. If there&amp;rsquo;s...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;304644_464766770211573_485364775_n_thumb by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8195804458/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8195804458_1ca73218ae_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;304644_464766770211573_485364775_n_thumb&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Disclaimer: This is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsored_post&quot;&gt;sponsored post&lt;/a&gt;, guest penned by&amp;nbsp;Laura Alfonsin.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;We&apos;ve ALL heard the expression &lt;em&gt;&amp;lsquo;&apos;you never get a second chance to make a good first impression&amp;rsquo;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;. If there&amp;rsquo;s one scenario where that certainly applies, then it&amp;rsquo;s during a first date. Dating is all about getting to know people better and deciding if someone could be the right fit for your lifestyle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But don&amp;rsquo;t panic, there might be a lot riding on a first date but there are plenty of ways to show off your best qualities and make a great first impression. With this in mind, here are some simple tips to help you to create a first impression that your date will love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;What Are The Most Attractive Colours To Wear? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We don&amp;rsquo;t always realise it but the colours we wear have a big influence on the way people perceive us. This is particularly important during a first date, where our subconscious is working overtime as we get to know a new person.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you&amp;rsquo;re picking out your first date outfit, keep in mind the different meanings we bestow on colours and what impression they might give off.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Red for instance is commonly associated with passion and sexuality, while black, tailored clothing generally creates a corporate, formal feel. Consider what colours best reflect your own personality and style, while flattering your natural colouring.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;frockandrollsonline_1 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8195805928/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8195805928_bbd4ea2673.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;frockandrollsonline_1&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;What Kind Of Make-Up Is Going To Catch Their Eye?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Elaborate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;/http:/www.cosmopolitan.com/hairstyles-beauty/hair-care/get-what-you-want-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hair and makeup styles&lt;/a&gt; can be a double-edged sword, so be careful when applying them on a first date. Bear in mind that there are some makeup styles that men find a bit confusing, like strong smoky eyes and bright, bold lipstick. If you regularly wear thick makeup and that&amp;rsquo;s what you feel most comfortable in, then by all means apply it as liberally as you prefer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But don&amp;rsquo;t wear unusual makeup amounts in the hope to impress, as you won&amp;rsquo;t feel comfortable and it simply doesn&amp;rsquo;t reflect your personal sense of style. Stick to natural shades and tones that accentuate your natural beauty, like peachy, pink blushes, mascara and a light foundation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;What Jewellery Should You Wear, And How Much?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;frockandrollsonline_2 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8194712697/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8194712697_a108df6701.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;frockandrollsonline_2&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When selecting how much or what sort of jewellery to wear, there really is no right or wrong answer. Much like your makeup and your clothing colours, you can choose styles that will create a particular impression. But at the end of the day the most important thing is to be yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all want to impress on the first date, but there&amp;rsquo;s no point creating a persona that doesn&amp;rsquo;t reflect an essential bit of you. This is one of the best bits about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eharmony.com.au/lifestyle/free-dating&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;meeting someone through online dating sites&lt;/a&gt;, where singles from Canberra to Cooper Pedy are getting to know people without the first date jitters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Relationship sites are all about finding people who are compatible with your lifestyle and personal interests. By meeting people online, you get a chance to find people who you share this compatibility with, minus the stress and worry of how your hair and makeup looks. If you&amp;rsquo;re interested in finding out more, simply visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eharmony.com.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; eHarmony&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/sponsored-post-how-to-create-a-fabulous-first-impression-for-a-date/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/sponsored-post-how-to-create-a-fabulous-first-impression-for-a-date/</guid></item><item><title>Greetings From Scotland! &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/greetings-from-scotland/</link><description>Oh hey, stranger! How on earth ARE you?! I know, I know... WHAT A TERRIBLE FRIEND I&apos;VE BEEN. I mean, it&apos;s been eons since we&apos;ve spoken, hasn&apos;t it?! Yikes! Now, it&apos;s not as though I haven&apos;t thought of ...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Beautiful Irish architecture in Kilkenny, Ireland &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7982139070/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7982139070_369df8817c_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Beautiful Irish architecture in Kilkenny, Ireland &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh &lt;em&gt;hey&lt;/em&gt;, stranger! How on earth ARE you?!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know, I know... WHAT A TERRIBLE FRIEND I&apos;VE BEEN. I mean, it&apos;s been &lt;strong&gt;eons&lt;/strong&gt; since we&apos;ve spoken, hasn&apos;t it?! Yikes!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, it&apos;s &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; as though I haven&apos;t thought of you every single day &lt;em&gt;(because I have!)&lt;/em&gt;, but when&amp;nbsp;I farewelled my lovely little laptop a few weeks ago&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(apparently liquids and technology don&apos;t mix. Who knew?!)&lt;/em&gt;, communication became&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;immensely&lt;/strong&gt; difficult, and secondly... I&apos;ve been&amp;nbsp;TRAVELLING! &lt;em&gt;Yes!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After hopping around New Zealand, London and Ireland for the past &lt;em&gt;(nearly!)&lt;/em&gt; two months, I&apos;m currently plonked down in Oban, Scotland, and w-o-w...&amp;nbsp;WHAT an adventure it&apos;s been.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What&apos;s that? &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;Stop banging on about your holiday and SHOW ME SOME PICTURES INSTEAD, CORRINE&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;? Alrighty. Anything for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;London &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7985239151/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7985239151_4ec1de3ffe.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;London &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What&apos;s up, Big Ben?! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7935640276/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7935640276_129b9db542.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What&apos;s up, Big Ben?!&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;First stop? London!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Samuel Johnson once said &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in &lt;strong&gt;London&lt;/strong&gt; all that life can afford&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;, and after spending several days in this spectacular city, I couldn&apos;t agree more. &lt;em&gt;(Big Ben! The Tower Bridge! St. Paul&apos;s Cathedral! CAMDEN TOWN! What&apos;s &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; to absolutely adore?!)&lt;a title=&quot;St. Paul&apos;s Cathedral, London &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7985254740/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7985254740_ee95acb38b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;St. Paul&apos;s Cathedral, London &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Ordering the calzone OF MY DREAMS at The Borough Market. Oh. My. Goodness. The DELICIOUSNESS! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7985231685/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7985231685_f8eef22b71.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ordering the calzone OF MY DREAMS at The Borough Market. Oh. My. Goodness. The DELICIOUSNESS!&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ordering the calzone OF MY DREAMS at London&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/&quot;&gt;Borough Market&lt;/a&gt;. Oh. My. Goodness. The DELICIOUSNESS!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Tower Bridge, London &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7919932382/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7919932382_7b9a532b23.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Tower Bridge, London &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Flying over Dublin, Ireland... &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7982144322/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/7982144322_83c7c2de30.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Flying over Dublin, Ireland... &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Flying into Dublin, Ireland!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Untitled by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8080778314/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8080778314_208a4af987.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Untitled&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It&apos;s true: Ireland really &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;IS as picture-esque as it&apos;s rumoured to be.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7982139573/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7982139573_aafb58648d.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland!&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I volunteered at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macgabhainns-backpackers.hostel.com/%20&quot;&gt;Macgabhainns Backpacker Hostel&lt;/a&gt; in Kilkenny, Ireland &lt;em&gt;(a review of that experience is a-coming!)&lt;/em&gt; in exchange for free accommodation and a food allowance for three weeks, and couldn&apos;t BELIEVE how charming this wee town was. &lt;em&gt;(Did you see that gorgeous greenery?! And how about that magnificent castle?!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Oban by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/8040661216/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8040661216_bf285c53c9.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Oban&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today&apos;s location: Oban, Scotland!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;And finally, while I&apos;d &lt;strong&gt;never&lt;/strong&gt; imagine that you&apos;d be sitting there thinking &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;hmmm... I wonder how Corrine and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/richard/&quot;&gt;Richard&lt;/a&gt; are doing?&apos;&apos; (you&apos;re busy! You&apos;ve got OODLES of things to ruminate about!), &lt;/em&gt;sweetly enough, I HAVE received a few e-mails and questions about this very gentleman &lt;em&gt;(crazy, huh? You&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;re too kind!),&lt;/em&gt; so allow me to a) warn you to grab a bucket in advance &lt;em&gt;(you might start to feel a bit nauseous!)&lt;/em&gt;; and b) provide an update.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Richard &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7982141673/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/7982141673_032f6b1165.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Richard &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;335&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;UGH. I couldn&apos;t &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; any more in love with this beautiful man! Sure, being countries apart has &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; always been a breeze&lt;em&gt; (I distinctly remember calling Richard every second day when I first arrived in London, wailing &apos;&apos;I can&apos;t do this long-distance relationship business. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;WE can&apos;t do this long-distance relationship business! I&apos;m not having you putting your life on hold and waiting for me. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!&apos;&apos; Lucky guy, right? No!)&lt;/em&gt;, but... he has been incredible. &lt;em&gt;(And thankfully, infinitely more mature, patient and rational than I am!) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;ANYWAY. Enough about me. How have you &lt;strong&gt;been&lt;/strong&gt;?! I&apos;ve missed you &lt;em&gt;enormously!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/greetings-from-scotland/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/greetings-from-scotland/</guid></item><item><title>Richard &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/richard/</link><description>&amp;ldquo;Life is what happens to you when you&apos;re busy making other plans.&amp;rdquo; CONFESSION: There are few expressions that I (used to!) loathe more than the above one. &apos;&apos;I mean, what does that even...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;376700_10151330724700130_1627315778_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829960500/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7829960500_cd5eb8eaf9_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;376700_10151330724700130_1627315778_n&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Life is what happens to you when you&apos;re busy making other plans.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CONFESSION: There are few expressions that I &lt;em&gt;(used to!)&lt;/em&gt; loathe more than the above one. &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;I mean, what does that even &lt;strong&gt;mean&lt;/strong&gt;?!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt; I would wonder each time I heard it. &apos;&apos;&amp;ldquo;Life is what happens to you when you&apos;re busy making other plans&apos;&apos;&lt;em&gt;? What kind of nonsense is THAT? Life isn&apos;t something that just &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;happens&lt;/span&gt;. You &lt;strong&gt;create&lt;/strong&gt; plans, and THEN life happens! Silly quote.&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;But then when I found myself meeting the most special of gentlemen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;during the most&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/a-thought-for-the-day-love-with-all-your-heart/&quot;&gt;horrific of circumstances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, I&amp;nbsp;fiiinally came to appreciate the beauty of the saying.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;Yes!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;I thought triumphantly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;You&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;can&apos;t&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;plan everything, and you&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;don&apos;t&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;know what&apos;s around the corner!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Or, as Carl Sandburg so wisely once uttered,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;In my (late) grandmother&apos;s living room. This was a couple of days before she passed away, and cripes, I was SO sad that day. by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7778366238/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7778366238_b567e5acdc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;In my (late) grandmother&apos;s living room. This was a couple of days before she passed away, and cripes, I was SO sad that day.&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;In my (late) grandmother&apos;s living room. This was a couple of days before she passed away, and cripes, I was BEYOND sad that day.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Two weeks&apos; ago today I flew to New Zealand to say goodbye to my incredible grandmother, Shelagh. The trip was totally impromptu&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(my father: &apos;&apos;Corrine, don&apos;t be ridiculous. You&apos;re about to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/just-a-wee-travel-update/&quot;&gt;gallivanting across the globe&lt;/a&gt;, YOU CAN&apos;T AFFORD TO BE MAKING LAST-MINUTE TRIPS LIKE THIS.&apos;&apos; Me: &apos;&apos;Are you flipping &lt;/em&gt;kidding&lt;em&gt; me?! WHAT is money in comparison to someone&apos;s life? I&apos;M COMING OVER TOMORROW!&apos;&apos;)&lt;/em&gt;, and honestly? &lt;strong&gt;It split my heart into a trillion pieces.&lt;/strong&gt; Why even &lt;em&gt;attempt&lt;/em&gt; to sound courageous? I sobbed! I&lt;em&gt; howled!&lt;/em&gt; I cried continuously for DAYS, so my father, equally devastated, decided to whisk us away to the local pub one afternoon for a cheer-up beverage or two.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Father/Daughter drinks at The Redwood Tavern... &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7778258196/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7778258196_2743aed1a0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Father/Daughter drinks at The Redwood Tavern... &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;427&quot; height=&quot;427&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Father/daughter drinks at The Redwood Tavern.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0723 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7778283340/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7778283340_41f4dbb7ca.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0723&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;And it was there that I met RICHARD. Entering the bar, my father &lt;em&gt;(hi, Dad!)&lt;/em&gt; turned to me, pointed to him and hissed&lt;em&gt; &apos;&apos;you see that young guy over there at the pool table? Yeah. GREAT guy. Really down-to-earth, with an &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;excellent&lt;/span&gt; head on his shoulders, but he&apos;s an &lt;strong&gt;infuriatingly&lt;/strong&gt; good pool player!&apos;&apos;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;I nodded, barely listening. I was too upset. But as Richard walked towards us, challenging my father to a game of pool and making general chit-chat, I found myself s-s-slowly being drawn to him. He was &lt;em&gt;hilarious! (And there I was thinking that I&apos;d never laugh again!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;He was C-U-T-E! He was polite, he was charming and three hours later, as everyone prepared to leave, I found myself accepting his invitation to join him for a drink at his home. &lt;em&gt;(I know... what?! I couldn&apos;t believe it either, but if there&apos;s one thing that I learned from my time in Blenheim, it&apos;s to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;SEIZE THE MOMENT. Each day we have is a glorious gift, so why the &lt;strong&gt;heck&lt;/strong&gt; was I going to waste it by going home and sleeping?! Nuh-uh. I wasn&apos;t!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0827 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829950382/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7829950382_87e82a9c61.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0827&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We clicked. &lt;em&gt;Oh&lt;/em&gt;, did we click! After a terrific evening together, Richard searched for me on &lt;a href=&quot;/facebook.com/frockandroll&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; the next day, asking if he could take me to dinner. I agreed, and we proceeded to have ANOTHER extraordinary night. Slipping his arms around me post-meal &lt;em&gt;(is that too much?! I&apos;m sorry!)&lt;/em&gt;, he whispered in my ear, &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;I&apos;m SO glad that you agreed to meet me before you went home to Sydney. I couldn&apos;t stop telling all the guys at work today that I&apos;d met the most amazing girl, but that I was so worried I wouldn&apos;t see you again.&apos;&apos;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;I flew home to Sydney the next day, and &lt;em&gt;assumed &lt;/em&gt;that everything would die down. &lt;em&gt;(It&apos;s only human nature, right? He lives in &lt;strong&gt;New Zealand&lt;/strong&gt;! I live in &lt;strong&gt;Australia&lt;/strong&gt;! What could possibly happen?!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;482031_10151325999675130_206430570_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829953710/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7829953710_e82cfb2cb6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;482031_10151325999675130_206430570_n&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;But he called me THAT SAME DAY, asking me to join him on his birthday holiday the following week to Australia&apos;s Gold Coast. &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;Please?&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt; He insisted. &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;I&apos;ll even pay for your flight here!&apos;&apos;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;refused&lt;/strong&gt; to take any money from him, but booked my tickets, thinking &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;well, I took a gamble by agreeing to have a drink with him in the first place... so why not take another?!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;557553_10151331145510130_620902575_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829947874/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7829947874_7994da4a82.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;557553_10151331145510130_620902575_n&quot; width=&quot;427&quot; height=&quot;427&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it&apos;s worth watching.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Unknown&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As entirely menta&lt;/strong&gt;l as it sounds &lt;em&gt;(and don&apos;t worry, I 110% realise how crazy it all seems!)&lt;/em&gt;, by day two, we&apos;d already dropped the &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;l&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt; bomb. &lt;em&gt;(That&apos;s the &apos;&apos;I love you&apos;&apos; bomb, in case you&apos;re unsure!)&lt;/em&gt; And yes, even WE would burst out laughing at how rapidly/stupidly everything was progressing, but... it all felt so &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Perfect&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Richard &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829957764/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7829957764_50dfd55b95.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Richard &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Getting ready to ride THE FLUME at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seaworld.com.au/&quot;&gt;Sea World&lt;/a&gt;. What a cheeky face!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0856 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7830077056/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7830077056_97e1f48800.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0856&quot; width=&quot;375&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Posing in front of giant mirrors at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.draculas.com.au/queensland&quot;&gt;Dracula&apos;s&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0913 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7830177454/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7830177454_7dcd37d21b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0913&quot; width=&quot;333&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0919 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7830182356/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7830182356_af13f77965.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0919&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, his&amp;nbsp;text speak - especially as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/copywriting/&quot;&gt;copywriter&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;- drives me absolutely &lt;strong&gt;insane&lt;/strong&gt;, but with messages as adorable as those, how could I even CONSIDER complaining?! He is the sweetest!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;IMG_0895 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7829946448/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7829946448_93dd0f1b10.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0895&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It couldn&apos;t have happened at a more awkward time. Next Saturday, I&apos;m boarding a plane for London &lt;em&gt;(!)&lt;/em&gt;, with no chance to return &lt;em&gt;(I&apos;m going to be traipsing through Ireland, Scotland, Nepal and India!)&lt;/em&gt; to Australia or New Zealand until at LEAST early December. How could I expect a guy as wonderful as Richard to wait? To put his life on &lt;strong&gt;hold&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;em&gt; I couldn&apos;t!&lt;/em&gt; I told him to enjoy himself, and that I&apos;d contact him again when I got home, but all he could respond with was &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;I&apos;ll be here waiting for you. What we have together can only happen once, and I&apos;m not going to pass up that chance... no WAY. I want you, and ONLY you. You are my one and only, Corrine. You&apos;re my WORLD.&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you have any tips for managing long-distance love?! &lt;em&gt;Argh!&lt;/em&gt; I&apos;m so scared!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;P.S. In case you&apos;re wondering... yes, my last boyfriend, Tom, and I &lt;strong&gt;did&lt;/strong&gt; break up. I decided not to write about it when it happened for VARIOUS reasons, but... not to worry. It&apos;s all good! &lt;em&gt;(Sheesh, we even still &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;live&lt;/span&gt; together, for goodness sake!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/richard/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/richard/</guid></item><item><title>A Thought For The Day... Love With All Your Heart &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/a-thought-for-the-day-love-with-all-your-heart/</link><description>*heavy sigh* Excuse the unplanned silence. In what has undoubtedly been the most heartbreaking experience of my 24 years, I&apos;m currently in Blenheim, New Zealand, farewelling my beautiful grandmother, ...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;382-Por-qu_C3_A9-esperar-al-cielo-G_thumb by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7757117968/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7757117968_79478c0a1c_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;382-Por-qu_C3_A9-esperar-al-cielo-G_thumb&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*heavy sigh*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Excuse the unplanned silence. In what has undoubtedly been the most heartbreaking experience of my 24 years, I&apos;m currently in Blenheim, New Zealand, farewelling my beautiful grandmother, Shelagh.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And as I sit here, holding her hand, stroking her head and attempting to recount happier times&lt;em&gt; (&apos;&apos;do you remember that afternoon where you said you were taking the dog for a walk, and I decided that it was the PERFECT opportunity for me to raid all of the cupboards for your delicious baked goods, only for you to catch me? YES!&apos;&apos; Oh, little Corrine. Once a piglet, always a piglet)&lt;/em&gt;, I can&apos;t help but think&lt;em&gt; &apos;&apos;how? &lt;/em&gt;Why?&lt;em&gt; What &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;happens&lt;/span&gt; to a person? Where does their laughter go? Where does their &lt;strong&gt;smile&lt;/strong&gt; disappear to?&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;405354_10151299823390130_1000240071_n by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7757003342/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7757003342_8e2ec72316.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;405354_10151299823390130_1000240071_n&quot; width=&quot;388&quot; height=&quot;388&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;My precious grandmother, Shelagh.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;But it was while discussing the subject of death that my Uncle nodded gingerly and offered the most irresistible pearl of wisdom:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;You know, I&apos;ve been to a number of funerals this year... and I&apos;ve also attended a heap of weddings. Of course, you&apos;ll learn a f&lt;span&gt;ew things at BOTH types of events, but you&apos;ll usually take away more lessons from a funeral. A realisation that I&apos;ve&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;come to appreciate is that &lt;strong&gt;you&apos;ll never, ever regret giving someone your love&lt;/strong&gt;. It&apos;s when you &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;don&apos;t&lt;/span&gt; give them that time and care&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;that you start to think &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&apos;&apos;I wish I&apos;d done this&apos;&apos;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&apos;&apos;WHY didn&apos;t I say that?&apos;&apos;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. But loving someone with all your heart? You&apos;ll never,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;ever regret that.&apos;&apos;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frockandrollonline.com/blog/a-thought-for-the-day-love-with-all-your-heart/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/a-thought-for-the-day-love-with-all-your-heart/</guid></item><item><title>Just A Wee (Travel!) Update &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/just-a-wee-travel-update/</link><description>What&apos;s this? A teeny-tiny update, instead of an actual, proper, serious (oh, who am I kidding?! They&apos;re never serious!) blog post? Yes! And before you cry &apos;&apos;CORRINE you useless blogger, what are you...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;newdelhi by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696868014/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8153/7696868014_03614c00cd_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;newdelhi&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What&apos;s this? A teeny-tiny update, instead of an actual, proper, &lt;strong&gt;serious&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(oh, who am I kidding?! They&apos;re never serious!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;blog post? &lt;em&gt;Yes!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;And before you cry &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;CORRINE you useless blogger, what &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;are&lt;/span&gt; you doing?&apos;&apos; (pft, as if you&apos;d ever say that. You&apos;re far too lovely!)&lt;/em&gt;, HEAR ME OUT! You see, while I&apos;d plaaanned to natter away about psychics today &lt;em&gt;(ooh!)&lt;/em&gt;, truth be told, I can really only think about one thing...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mushrooms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NO!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Travelling!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;sisterscorrineandcarolinelynskey by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696286366/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8013/7696286366_d65f1bd01d.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;sisterscorrineandcarolinelynskey&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;A snapshot of my little sister and I, who I cannot WAIT to see in a few weeks&apos; time! (And what can I say about her that I haven&apos;t banged on about before?! The girl is my best friend. My evil twin. My LIFE!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;That&apos;s right. TRAVELLING!&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Last night I booked my flights to visit some fairly far-out destinations, so can you blame this doofus for being unable to concentrate?! I&apos;m scared. I&apos;m &lt;strong&gt;excited&lt;/strong&gt;! A c-r-a-z-y adventure is about to begin, and I&apos;m finding it difficult to think about anything else!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;So. Where am I headed to?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;The Queenstown Lookout - (HDR New Zealand) by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696504502/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/7696504502_1806b42ec7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;The Queenstown Lookout - (HDR New Zealand)&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;NEW ZEALAND: August 23-August 31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;london by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696281096/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7696281096_5ce666fc3a.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;london&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;LONDON: September 2-7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;irishphilosophy by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696250394/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7696250394_2b29d1d68c_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;irishphilosophy&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;556&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;IRELAND: September 7-29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;scotland by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696233280/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8294/7696233280_2639dbf964_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;scotland&quot; width=&quot;457&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;SCOTLAND: September 29-October 29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;nepal2 by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696156252/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7696156252_be6060c213.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;nepal2&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;335&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Nepal Never End Peace And Love by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7037374275/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/7037374275_a02b6f91e6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Nepal Never End Peace And Love&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;467&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;NEPAL: October 30-November 18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;tajmahalindia by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696208358/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7696208358_ae07f1e478.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;tajmahalindia&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;343&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;indiaelephants by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7696206614/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7696206614_3c3cb97057.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;indiaelephants&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;INDIA: November 18-December 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And then? Who &lt;em&gt;knows!&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Can you hear that?! &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;That&apos;s&lt;/span&gt; the sound of my teeth chattering and my legs wobbling, because I&apos;m &lt;/em&gt;so&lt;em&gt; nervous!) &lt;/em&gt;I have a British passport and a thirst for &lt;strong&gt;fun&lt;/strong&gt; and the unknown &lt;em&gt;(and no planned return date to Sydney!)&lt;/em&gt;, so I have NO idea where I&apos;ll end up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(Iceland? Mexico?!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, I &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to smuggle you along in my suitcase &lt;em&gt;(ugh, could you imagine? We&apos;d have&amp;nbsp;such a blast!)&lt;/em&gt;, but since you can apparently get into trouble for doing so &lt;em&gt;(I know. Kill-joys, huh?)&lt;/em&gt;, I&apos;m going to be documenting &lt;em&gt;(here!)&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/frockandroll&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;-ing and &lt;a href=&quot;http://instagram.com/p/NnEdbuuFEp/&quot;&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;-ing the bejesus out of everything, instead. HOORAY!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Golly. I can&apos;t &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; this is happening! (&lt;em&gt;Oh, and P.S.! If you happen to be in any of these countries during the above dates and would like to meet-up with a silly blogger, &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:corrine@Frockandrollonline.com&quot;&gt;E-MAIL ME!&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; There&apos;s plenty of things that I&apos;m not - organised, skilled at housework, a chimpanzee - but I &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; promise that I&apos;m nice, and I&apos;d love to hang out with you!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;xoxo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/just-a-wee-travel-update/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/just-a-wee-travel-update/</guid></item><item><title>What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/what-the-frock-a-day-in-palm-beach-sydney/</link><description>Well hel-lo! While this week&apos;s been filled with all SORTS of tedious tasks (completing three years&apos; worth of tax returns... ugh! Cleaning the apartment... double ugh! Managing to accidentally fall up ...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656094390/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7656094390_4d57fb004d_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Well hel-&lt;em&gt;lo&lt;/em&gt;!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While this week&apos;s been filled with all SORTS of tedious tasks &lt;em&gt;(completing three years&apos; worth of tax returns... ugh! Cleaning the apartment... double ugh! Managing to accidentally fall &lt;strong&gt;up&lt;/strong&gt; a set of stairs... ugh, ugh, UGH!)&lt;/em&gt;, today was perfectly magical, because I spent the afternoon in Sydney&apos;s Palm Beach, glorious Palm &lt;em&gt;Beach! (Have you been there before? If you&apos;re ever in town, it comes &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;totally&lt;/span&gt; recommended!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And what an afternoon it was. Can you &lt;strong&gt;see&lt;/strong&gt; that sunshine?! You&apos;d never guess that it was Winter here in Australia from peeking at these photographs, would you? I mean, I was shuffling about the sand&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;sleeveless!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Untitled by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656445874/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8294/7656445874_16f372698b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Untitled&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The remarkable Palm Beach. &lt;em&gt;(Psst, &lt;a href=&quot;http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/&quot;&gt;Home &amp;amp; Away&lt;/a&gt; fans! Did you know that this is actually where the series is filmed? It is!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Untitled by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656457816/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7656457816_dccb3fe9ae.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Untitled&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Interesting... uh... &lt;em&gt;artwork?! (Although I think mine - as pictured below - is a teensy bit nicer!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656126076/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7656126076_bf0ae7fd79_z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;palmbeachsydneydolphins by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656425702/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7656425702_c773393933.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;palmbeachsydneydolphins&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;It was already the most gorgeous day, but then what should we spy, just to make the time a little &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; special? DOLPHINS!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;palmbeachdolphins by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656651640/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7656651640_f509a25564.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;palmbeachdolphins&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Or are they sharks? No. They&apos;re definitely dolphins!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656193924/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7656193924_b72a03361c.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I&apos;m Wearing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;x &lt;/strong&gt;&apos;CORRINE&apos; nameplate necklace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;x &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sportsgirl.com.au&quot;&gt;Sportsgirl&lt;/a&gt; scarf and earrings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;x&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Boots from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shoeconnection.co.nz/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Shoe Connection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, New Zealand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;x&lt;/strong&gt; Red, pink and black ruffle dress &lt;em&gt;(I picked this up for $6 on Monday, and happier I could not be! After all, who doesn&apos;t love a bargain?! Oh wait, I KNOW...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 19px; letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Question: how much is &amp;quot;too much&amp;quot; for a sandwich? I&apos;d say $19.40, which is exactly how much one of these cost! by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656092744/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7656092744_5887477e85.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Question: how much is &amp;quot;too much&amp;quot; for a sandwich? I&apos;d say $19.40, which is exactly how much one of these cost!&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;No offense tiny Palm Beach cafe`&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(your staff were charming!)&lt;/em&gt;, but YOU do not quite clearly love a bargain. Can you&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;believe&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;that these sandwiches cost $19.40&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;each&lt;/strong&gt;? The&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;madness!&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(But, as my beautiful company said, &apos;&apos;hey... when in Rome, do as the Romans do. And when in Palm Beach... eat stale, over-priced snacks!&apos;&apos;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 19px; letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656320272/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7656320272_95c71db2b1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 19px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Always in my possession: CAFFEINE!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 19px; letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts; by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7656120592/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7656120592_50f1dca076.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;What The Frock?! : A Day In Palm Beach, Sydney &amp;hearts;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;How was YOUR day? (&lt;em&gt;And how insanely stunning is that water?!)&lt;/em&gt; However you spent it, I hope it was a magnificent one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/what-the-frock-a-day-in-palm-beach-sydney/&quot;&gt;Leave A Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -1000</pubDate><guid>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/what-the-frock-a-day-in-palm-beach-sydney/</guid></item><item><title>They&apos;re NEW! (Well, Sooort Of.) They&apos;re FUN! They *Don&apos;t* Cost The Moon &amp; The Sun! &#9829;</title><link>http://frockandrollonline.com/latest-articles/they-re-new-well-sooort-of-they-re-fun-they-don-t-cost-the-moon-the-sun/</link><description>&apos;&apos;Say, Corrine,&apos;&apos; you may be thinking (or not - it is 11.00 PM on a Thursday evening after all, and I&apos;m 110% positive that you&apos;ve got better things to be ruminating over than THIS silly sasquatch!),...</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;487754_446370885397545_831988347_n_thumb by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7650331044/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8023/7650331044_685b2db642_o.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;487754_446370885397545_831988347_n_thumb&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;Say, Corrine,&apos;&apos; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;you may be thinking &lt;em&gt;(or not - it &lt;strong&gt;is &lt;/strong&gt;11.00 PM on a Thursday evening after all, and I&apos;m 110% positive that you&apos;ve got better things to be ruminating over than THIS silly sasquatch!)&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&apos;&apos;it&apos;s been a while since we&apos;ve had a good babble about &lt;a href=&quot;http://frockandrollonline.com/blog/i-want-beauty/&quot;&gt;beauty&lt;/a&gt;. Tell me... what&apos;s new? What&apos;s FUN? What&apos;s new AND fun and doesn&apos;t cost the moon and the sun?&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And while my instinctive answer would be to shriek &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cadbury.com.au&quot;&gt;Cadbury&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.woolworthsonline.com.au/Shop/ProductDetails?Stockcode=715799&amp;amp;name=cadbury-marvellous-creations-bag-peanut-toffee-cookie&quot;&gt;&apos;Marvellous Creations&apos;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;! &lt;em&gt;Have you tried them? They&apos;re &lt;strong&gt;phenomenal&lt;/strong&gt;!&apos;&apos;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; (honestly, I defy you to try the &apos;Peanut Toffee Cookie&apos; flavour and &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; become hopelessly addicted!)&lt;/em&gt;, I&apos;d sound like a bit of clown, because, well, they&apos;re&lt;em&gt; chocolate&lt;/em&gt;, and not related to beauty AT ALL.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But! Cocoa-craziness aside, a few pleasant products &lt;strong&gt;have&lt;/strong&gt; squeezed their way onto the shelves lately, and dun-dun-dun-&lt;em&gt;da!&lt;/em&gt; Here they a-a-are!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;lanolipshand by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7649800548/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/7649800548_eb515ebe2e.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;lanolipshand&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;364&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lanolips&apos; &apos;Rose Balm Intense For Very Dry Hands &amp;amp; Nails&apos; Balm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When this tiny tube was offered as a gift-with-purchase from a magazine earlier in the year, Fooly McFool over here stupidly thought &lt;em&gt;&apos;&apos;pft! It&apos;s free. It&apos;s &lt;strong&gt;probably&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;useless.&apos;&apos; (Am I the only who makes these ridiculous assumptions?! Sheesh. I don&apos;t know &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;what&lt;/span&gt; I ever received to become so untrusting, but I am cy-ni-cal!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;WELL. Pardon my skepticalness, lovely &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lanolips.com/au/&quot;&gt;Lanolips&lt;/a&gt;, because truthfully, my mitts have never felt softer since coming into contact with you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(Seriously, next time we meet, FEEL MY HANDS! It&apos;s currently Winter here in Australia, but I &lt;strong&gt;still&lt;/strong&gt; don&apos;t have lizard-esque paws!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;simpleyecorrectorpen by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7649840572/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7140/7649840572_d9bdcd9e21_o.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;simpleyecorrectorpen&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simple&apos;s &apos;Kind To Eyes&apos; Eye Make-up Corrector Pen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;An eye make-up corrector pen that easily removes eye make-up mistakes &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; waterproof mascara? &lt;em&gt;(Yep, that&apos;s right! No need to swab at your face with a make-up wipe or wet piece of toilet paper if you accidentally funk up your liquid eyeliner anymore. Not that either of us do this, though, of course. *cough*)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;EYE like it! &lt;em&gt;(I also quite clearly enjoy incredibly lame puns. Whee!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;fudgeicedcoconutcocktail by frock_and_roll, on Flickr&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/frockandroll/7649834672/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8148/7649834672_94a9da5f80_o.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;fudgeicedcoconutcocktail&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fudge&apos;s &apos;Iced Coconut Cocktail&apos; Urban Hair Spray&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;*whispers* I have a secret to share, and it&apos;s &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; that I can&apos;t ride a bicycle or stand the scent of number one-selling hairspray, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.getprice.com.au/Cedel-Hair-Spray-Firm-250g-Gpnc_329--64895249.htm&quot;&gt;Cedel&lt;/a&gt;. Oh, wait. &lt;em&gt;Yes it is!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;I absolutely CAN&apos;T ride a bicycle, and look, Cedel, it&apos;s nothing personal, but honestly: have you &lt;strong&gt;smelled&lt;/strong&gt; yourself?! Phoo-&lt;em&gt;ey!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;I&apos;m not someone to be unkind, but highly recommended or not,&amp;nbsp;you have a TERRIBLE odour, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was when Fudge&apos;s &apos;Iced Coconut Cocktail&apos; hair spray strutted its way into my shopping basket. It&apos;s long-lasting! It adds a delightful sheen to your hair! It costs less than $6 a bottle! It shares the same fragrance as a decadent &lt;em&gt;dessert!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;If there&apos;s a more fabulous spritz for your tresses on the market, I&apos;ll happily gobble my dressing gown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybelline&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maybelline.com.au/PRODUCTS/Lips/LIP_BALM/Baby_Lips_Lip_Balm.aspx&quot;&gt;&apos;Baby Lips&apos;&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;em&gt;(Love them!)&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Pomegranate-infused body wash?&lt;em&gt; (How divine!)&lt;/em&gt; What&apos;s currently tickling &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; cosmetic fancy?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xoxo&lt;/p&gt;
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