This is my third year writing this post (wow, how time flies! See 2010 here and 2011 here) and I am such a fan of lists and putting your wishes down on paper, or a blog entry in this instance, that I am going to do it again. Not only because it seems to have some sort of cosmic HTF attracting powers when I do these posts, but also because it’s fun to look back upon lemmings fulfilled. 2011 was a good year on many fronts, especially for ticking things off the ol’ wishlist. Rarities procured in the last 12 [...]

I made a deal with myself that I am not going to complain about anything on any sort of social media platform or blog for the next seven days, so rather than complain about being busy and having no time and being tired all I’m going to say is that I have been a super awesomely robotesque brand of productive and busy which is why I haven’t had time to get to my usual random acts of bloggery here at Pretty Random in the last few weeks. So much is happening as my baby, Pretty Serious, grows from a tiny [...]

Hey guys! Sorry I missed a few posts last week, as well as my Saturday Swatch Party, but I can 100% assure you that my reasons were totally worth it. Something very exciting has been taking up a lot of my time lately and I can’t wait to share it with you all. As soon as I am able, I promise I will fill you guys in on all the details. The Bottle Spam Sunday post that I have planned for today is pretty special, but I’ll get to that in a bit. Firstly, my pickups for the week. My [...]

In an effort to get into some sort of funky blogging rhythm again, I’ve borrowed a wonderful little idea from Stephanie of Imperfectly Painted – Bottle Spam Sundays. Once I get off my ass and start the Saturday Swatch Party again, I think this addition will complement quite nicely. But enough chatter, on with the pretty bottle pics! BYS Black & Gold Chinoiserie Stellar Night Guerlain Intense Red Top Coat OPI Unripened MAC Mint Julep, Superstar, Cyber Nails Inc Windsor, Sandringham Nails Inc Edinburgh Gate NARS Arabian Night Revlon All Fired Up MNY 507A, 506A Finally, I’d like to finish [...]

In a perfect world, If you looked up Monday in the dictionary you’d likely find this picture. Scratch that. If this were a perfect world, Monday would be nothing more than a glorious extension of Sunday, wherein we lounge in the shade on soft green grass and drink vodka ice tea… But then I suppose the weight of hatred that Monday bears would just end up shifted to Tuesday. And thus our problem would once again rear it’s ugly head. So seeing as I can’t fix Monday, I figured maybe I could make it just a little bit better with [...]

Okay, I lied. I can only really guarantee the swearing part. AND THE CAPS LOCK. This is the part where I would usually apologise for my absence and prattle on about how much of an asshole I am for neglecting my blog, but I decided that I’m not going to do that this time. I’m pretty sure all you mad cats won’t die without your daily dose of my crass ramblings. Also, I have a perfectly valid excuse this time. Work has been a GIANT DONKEY DICK. It’s to be expected. I’m subject to an internal audit every year at [...]

A few months back Emma and I decided to scour the local nail salons in search of treasure. We dragged our not-so-polish crazed friend Mich along for the journey too (and she did wonderfully. We are also slowly converting her to our crazed ways of nail polish appreciation). While nail polish as a general rule is quite expensive in Australia – we did manage to find a few bargains, along with a couple of items I’ve never seen before. Apart from the horrible bitchy nail tech who wouldn’t sell me Color Club Neon Teal (if someone breaks into the nail [...]