Beach Cottage Giveaway & Dell from Hell Day 10

Howdy! 

Thanks for all the comments yesterday.  So many de-lurkers who pushed that comment button and said G'day…and told me I was lovely and funny and lots of things that real people don't think about me , not that you're not real of course.

I'm glad you're here.  You can commiserate with me.  

I am camped out in the bedroom, I have to wait til dusk until I can use Mr Beach Cottage's computer, unless I want to go slower than a snail in the Family Room (note to self:  must buy kids a new computer, won't be a Dell!)

To rub salt in the wounds it's a Dell laptop that Mr Beach Cottage has had about a month…
 

It is Day 10 of the burnt out Dell from Hell story and as I type this, Dell have told us the best they can do is get 4 spare parts BY THE END OF JANUARY. 

And may I tell you, this response is after the big wig got involved after seeing my Tweets.  

Do I need to tell you what I think of Dell from Hell?  

I'll let you draw your own conclusions and judge whether you would buy from Dell Australia.

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(pls. note open jar of lavender to induce calm)

So anyway moving on to much nicer things…whaddya think of Anthropologie?   I don't think it's possible to be part of the vintage loving blog world and not have heard of it.

Though I bet you can't beat me in Anthro-Surfin, a newly recognised Australian Women's Sport… I just won the Gold
 

I surf the store online, add images to the back of my mind and swiftly put Anthro style vintage goodies firmly on the Most Wanted List…Anthro goodies, from Vinnies

this is the HG of window shopping

Lemme tell you, you really cannot fail at window shopping when you do it virtually on the other side of the world

I think that, possibly, is half of the attraction, that leaves me furtively stalking the Anthro website when I should be doing the dinner. 

I would like to live in one of these windows for a coupla days, I wonder if they've thought of that…flying in tired, hot, mothers from an Australian Summer for a stay, recharge and dream in the winter Anthro windows!

so, today I'm offering an Anthropologie giftcard so I can vicariously shop through you.  

yes I know you come here for beachy stuff but this giveawy is about me honey

All you have to do to win is comment. 

*blog it or Tweet it and I'll double you up* 

I may even pick more than one winner, cos you know I feel that Dell will not only give me a new computer they will refund the money too (ho ho ho), to compensate for this serious intrusion to my blogging 

*oh & if you are over this side of the world or anywhere else for that matter, I'll pick another very nice shop (but only if you tell me your Anthro Style Shopping Secrets)*

that's all from me

*ends midnight 22/01/09, winner announced here*  edited oops I mean 2010!

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