Dear Weekend – an Easter Edition

It is Good Friday here today. The beginning of an Easter weekend filled with sleep ins, friends and too much food. And I have been looking forward to this for a while.

This time, I’m trying not to plan too much and just wait and see what the break brings.  There of a few treats lined up, but sometimes it is just nice to still be sitting in your dressing gown at 11.30 in the morning (ahem), and not feel the pressure of places to be or things to do.  Such is the beauty of my Easter weekend.

Eat chocolate to my hearts content and not put on a pound. Okay – this one might have to go onto the highly unlikely list.

A final Easter lunch with my brother before he disappears overseas for a year. It is going to be very strange without him.

Showing Miss Four the joys of old Shirley Temple movies.

Setting up a winter time outdoor area on my balcony to enjoy hot coffee on cold mornings and watch all the birds.  We have so many amazing native birds in our garden, Rozellas and Rainbow Lorekeets to name a few.  They can be noisy, but they are so beautiful.

Next week you can look forward to more MAD MEN style secrets, a look at my everyday handbag collection and some more Daily Outfits.  Don’t forget to check out the MAD MEN Competition either.  The entries have been coming thick and fast, and boy are they something else!  Some of the chaps are so stylish, you won’t believe your eyes.

I won’t disappear completely over Easter, in fact I’m almost always here! You can follow my updates on Twitter and my photos on Flickr.  And once again, I have some Links a La Mode for your reading pleasure.

• 39th & Broadway – 39th & Broadway breaks down fashion and the economy
• A Few Goody GumDrops – Handbag give-away & Designer Scoop from Jalda
• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog – Sassy Sparkle with Joy Cutler Jewelry
• Clutch 22 – Love Your Legs in Denim Shorts + Discount Code!
• Consume or Consumed – Consumed by a quest for Moschino’s Trompe L’Oeil Pieces
• Culturistas – Get Kate Moss’s Style without Breaking the Bank
• Fashion File – When a super fab Tolani scarf at Fashion File
• FashionMind – Fabulous DIY Hair Accessories
• Hello Outlaw – The Outlaw 1970’s style crush: Edwige Belmore
• Hong Kong Fashion Geek – Zipper dee doo dah with Hong Kong Fashion Geek
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – IFB Launches LittleBirdie to help bloggers find the right content…
• Public Personae – 30 days of style with Sarah X
• Star Fashion Addict – New iPhone app let’s you be iFashionista!
• Studio Purpura – Studio Purpura’s Hong Kong Shopping Hot Spots
• Style Symmetry – A Chat with Glamourai -The Sensei of Glam
• Style With Anna – Anna digs on hottie Johnny Depp’s style
• STYLEMOM – Is Michelle Obama REALLY the First Lady of Fashion???
• The Coveted – Lady Coveted styling debut with Beautiful Dolls
• The Curvy Fashionista – Designer Anna Scholz & her “curvalicious” fashions
• The Fish Tank – Easy on the eyes & easy on the pocket: Fresh beauty looks for Spring
• Work Chic – Work Chic dishes the skirt chic