Woot… Now, to check out and get my blanket shipped to me. But wait.  What’s that little icon with the cross through it. Ohhh, I can’t actually buy it online.  Darn. Stupid, why would the advice be correct...

So, I pick up the phone and call the store and get an operator.

Me:  “Hi, I’m sitting and looking at a product that I want but it’s at a location, in stock, and I live in (blank)  How can I get that product?”

Operator:  “You can’t”

Huh.  I can’t get a product that I clearly see on the website.  Even though that took me back a bit, I press on.

Me: “Oh.  Well, can I get it transferred between stores?”

Operator:  “No.”

Me:  “Umm… Okay, why does it allow you to add it to a shopping cart for online shopping?”

Operator:  “Well, some people make a list, print it out and bring it into the store.”

Me:  “No, they don’t really… Do they?”

Operator:  “I don’t know.  You can buy some products online but not all of them.”

Me:  “Where do the products come from?”

Operator:  “A central warehouse.”

Me:  “Okay, how can I get that central warehouse to send a blanket to me?”

Operator:  “They can’t.”

Me:  “Why?”

Operator:  “Because they don’t carry that item.”

Me:  “Okay, so why can’t I buy it online again?”

Operator:  “Because we don’t take credit cards over the phone or Internet.”

Me:  “But you just said some items can be purchased online and hence the reason the website says Buy Online, and it allows me to add to my cart.”

Operator:  “Only some items can be bought online.”

At this point, I’m confused.  Like… really, really confused.

Me to Operator: So to recap, even though the product says it is available, you won't transfer it from one store to another store, I can't purchase via credit card? I need to travel the distance to go get the blanket otherwise I miss out... Can you confirm that the blanket is available at this store.

Operator:  “No you will need to call the store direct.”

Thinks to myself it is my fault for not purchasing it earlier, but customer service is not as good as it used to be..do you think?

Wearing the gorgeous outfit from Gizza Creations called the Chloe Cropped Sweater and Asymmetric Skirt, with the beautiful new handbag from Minimal, and the stunning curtains from Cinphul from Shiny Shabby, I bring to your our destinations for today: -

Destinations: - Shiny Shabby


Outfit: - GizzA Creations Chloe Cropped Sweater and Asymmetric Skirt (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Hair: - E - Wendice (Elikatira)
Shoes: - Fri. Lydia Socks (New)
Neva Glasses Old: - Minimal Neva Glasses (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Handbag: - Minimal Handbag Black (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Half Circle: - Pixel Mode Rustic half circle (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Branch Vase: -Pixel Mode Branch vase (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Frame: - Pixel Mode rustic frame (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Curtains: - Cinphul Brooding Curtains  (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Shoes: - Essenz - Bratislava (New) @ Shiny Shabby
Cushions: - Cinphul Noir Me Tangerine 5b, 6b, and 4d
Phone: - Kunst Kphone S/Metal


Pose: - Atooly Poses - 012



For the month of September, Shiny Shabby is all about all things 'Autumn - Fall'.  Some awesome designers are available to you all this month and for my first photo for Shiny Shabby for this round, I have chosen Essenz, 22769 - Bauwerk, Ys & Ys, Salt and Pepper, and  LpD (Les Petite Detail's).

So what are you waiting for, come take a stroll to our destination for today - 

Destination: - Shiny Shabby Event (month of September)

Dress: - LpD- Ginny Dress (Sand) (New) @ at Shiny Shabby Event

Necklace: - Unisex Necklace - Andy by Salt and Pepper (New) @ at Shiny Shabby Event

Shoes: - Essenz Marseille - (New) @ at Shiny Shabby Event

Autumn Door: - 22769 - Bauwerk Autumn Door (New) @ at Shiny Shabby Event

Autumn Handbarrow: - 22769 - Bauwerk Autumn Handbarrow (New) @ Shiny Shabby Event

Shabby Pumpkins: -22769 - Bauwerk Shabby Pumpkins (New) @ Shiny Shabby Event

Skin: - Ys and Ys Noemi Applier for Letluka Heads - (New) @ Shiny Shabby Event

Hair: - Entwined Hair - April

Dress: - Eyelure Fitmesh Summer Dress  -Watermelon (New) @ Eyelure

Bag: - C'est La Vie - Dulcie Bag (New) @ Kustom 9

Shoes: - Essenz Amsterdam (New) @ The Shiny Shabby Event

Pose: - Del May Weary Listener

Pic: - Taken @ Baby's Ear

Feeling very patriotic about my country Australia, I have to write about some places that have received rain for the first time in over seven years. Friends called me a few days ago excited that the rains had arrived. Could you imagine seven years without rain!!?  Pretty hard to imagine. Their young children were terrified at what was coming down and hitting them on the face. To us it is common, every so many days it hits our roofs, our cars, our face as we walk. It is wet and annoying but needed. It is known as rain water. The children were so terrified, they screamed all the way to their parents thinking that the heavens were indeed falling on them. I know that is hard to believe but there are places in Australia that have not seen rain for some time.

In 2010, South East of Australia was in the grip of “the big dry” or what was called the “millennium drought” - billed as the worst drought since European settlement. Dams across the Murray-Darling Basin were down to only 25% of capacity. Then the floods came, followed by yet more floods. In some areas the dams are now almost 100% full. The first time in 8 years. Several thousands of gigalitres have been released. Government has spent billions of dollars trying to prepare Australia for the next dry, but the complexity of droughts means we have little hope of being ready. If you can imagine, Entire floodplain forests died along the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin; for many of them, the drought was just the final straw.  The dry not only affects farmers but our livestock, our wildlife and from the recent droughts, some species of animals have disappeared. Whilst Australia they say is a great place to live, it also has it underlying problems and that is the millennium droughts that affect us.

I seriously feel like running away.  I love my house but not when it comes to renovation times I am seriously not happy.

I feel so lucky that after saving and saving, I can now get some much needed renovations done to the home. Apart from a new kitchen coming, new walls, new floor boards throughout and then a fresh coat of paint in every room. For now though, I cringe, my house is truly a mess. 

I am someone that even a person with a white glove can't find dust. I am very house proud. Don't though ask me about my gardens I truly don't have a green thumb. I am generally a very tidy person and clean, except upon the fridge. I always forget that damn fridge on top being so short.

No matter how much I try to maintain some semblance of normancy whilst the renovations are being done. I wanted a debatably-effective shield against the destruction and mess of old house plaster.

I was told to just get started and clean later, put down plastic if you want.   Maybe it WAS a waste of time to try to keep one half of a room marginally “cleaner” than the other.  Maybe it was “fine” to just shut the door and let the entire room descend through all nine rings of Dante’s inferno. But? if you need to build a debatably-effective shield - plastic, then don't wait for it to be done you'd better off doing it yourself than debating it. 

So my mess continues. Everywhere I walk there is dust, concrete, saw dust, footprints, paintbrushes, everywhere!! and did I say FOOTPRINTS (ugggh). Every morning I am constantly sneezing and I won't even go to the fact that I found saw dust on my toothbrush.. YUK.  Will this never-ending mess ever stop. Only when we get to the last part and that is my floor boards polished where I have been told I need to leave the house for 2-3 days for the smell to go. Sigh. At least at the end I will have a better house.

Wouldn't it be far easier if I could just rez a new house like in SL. Wishing hard this could happen.

Coming across this beautiful setting at Neva River, adding a few bits and pieces, I thought of creating this picture today of a house renovation in progress - or church in this case.

Wearing the beautiful dress from LpD from the Shiny Shabby Event, the gorgeous hair and necklace from Kustom 9, the pose and shoes from Shiny Shabby,  I bring to you our destinations for today: -

Destination: -  Shiny Shabby, and Kustom 9