GoGet CarShare

May 31, 2009 By rah 1 Comment

Living in Sydney’s inner-west, I often see zippy little cars with the GoGet logo on them. I finally got around to looking into what it is – and it’s quite a clever concept!

goget_carshare_webGoGet CarShare is a professional car sharing service. There are cars located in varying places (Sydney’s inner-city seems to be the busiest place) and it’s a basic process of booking a car in a particular location (can be done from 5 minutes ahead to a year in advance), swiping your card to get access to the car and voila!

There are 3 different pricing levels, but you basically pay:

  • A monthly membership fee
  • An hourly rate for your car booking
  • A per km rate
  • A $500 security deposit.

You don’t pay for petrol! Or servicing!

If I didn’t have to drive to work I would be seriously considering joining GoGet. Comparing how much I pay for insurance, petrol and rego, this would be a far more economical option for inner-city living.

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Foof macbook and iPod sleeves

May 29, 2009 By Leigh 1 Comment

I have been looking about for a comfy jumper for my new macbook, had come across a few in the US. But as usual, the postage was often worth more than the item. So I put a call out on twitter for something Aussie and Shan (go check out her awesome handmade cards) gave me an awesome link.

Foof makes comfy clothes for your macbook, iPods and iPhones. They are handmade right here in Australia.

It’s getting chilly, they need some winter warming too!

foof

The sleeves come in a range of funky fabrics and start at $36AUD for a macbook sleeve and $20AUD for the iPod. The are lined with a lovely snuggly sherpa fleece.

I am having trouble deciding which fabric, do I get matching for macbook and iPod or different…decisions decisions.

foof shop

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The next “must-have” iPod accessory

May 28, 2009 By rah 5 Comments

Ladies and gents, I present:

ipodholder

Yes. It’s a toilet roll holder with iPod dock and speakers.

Now I’ve *really* seen it all.

(I’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to think of a good toilet humour joke to go with this, but no luck – any suggestions?)

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RSPCA Cupcake Day

May 27, 2009 By Leigh 2 Comments

Cupcake Day

RSPCA Cupcake Day is back again this year. Last year there was more than 250,00 cupcakes sold. I am sure we can top that this year!

Those marketing folk at the RSPCA are a clever bunch..no? Can there be a better combination, cute animals and yummy cupcakes!

Monday August 17th (my birthday!) is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia will descend on their schools, workplaces and social groups with batches of yummy homemade cupcakes to sell. With 100% of the proceeds will go to the RSPCA.

Whether you want to be an RSPCA Cupcake Cook or simply an RSPCA Cupcake eater, you will be supporting the thousands of animals they care for everyday.

As well as raising money for a wonderful cause, you can also enter your cupcake creations to win.

Along with the ‘Most Creative Cupcake’, there will be two more competitions:

‘Extreme Cupcake Eating’ – $100 Red Balloon Day voucher for the team or individual who finds the most outrageous place to eat their cupcake.

‘Most Money Raised’ – State trophy for the team or individual who raises the most money for the RSPCA.

To get involved and host your own Cupcake party all you need to do is go to the site and register your details and the will send you a Cupcake kit for all the details you will need to know for the day! Or you can download it from the site.

They even have dog cupcake recipess!

Anyone can get involved to bake or eat cupcakes for the animals. I think I will be going on a weekend long cupcake bender!

Cupcake Day for the RSPCA

Remember when using eggs in your cupcake recipe, Choose Wisely


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Pet Memorials

May 25, 2009 By Leigh 4 Comments

At our place, the four legged children are just as special as the 2 legged variety. It can be devastating when we lose a furry loved one. I wished I had known about these products back when we lost a very special cat 12mths ago.

My Best Friends has 2 special products to help remember your furry loved ones. Designed and manufactured in Australia by artist Karina Clarke.

Burial bones are designed to be a personal memorial and acts as a marker of the special spot in your garden for your much loved pet. The bones come in bone or charcoal colour and are made from vitrified ceramic which can be painted. You can attach you pets collar around the cross for added personalisation. $84AUD.

petcross

Stacking Stones are hollow stones designed to contain your pet’s ashes inside for you to display in your home or garden. Stacking Stones are a series of urns that can be arranged to form a burial memorial for your much-loved pet. Each Stacking Stone comes with a stainless steel disc for inscribing a special message. No price for these on the site as yet, you need to contact them for more details.

petrocks

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Gift voucher from The Tea Room at QVB

May 23, 2009 By rah 2 Comments

A group of friends and I were trying to work out what to buy a friend as a collective gift earlier this week. We don’t like giving something that’s just going to go to waste and we normally go for something like a voucher for a visit to a day spa or fancy restaurant.

We decided to go for a voucher for The Tea Room, which is apparently quite a popular place to go for fancy afternoon teas (High Tea). They have one location on the north shore of Sydney, but we went for the one up on the top floor of the QVB. You can read Not Quite Nigella’s review here.

There are lots of other stunning places to go to for High Tea, but we ended up choosing The Tea Room for a couple of reasons:

  • Gift vouchers can be bought directly through their web site
  • Gift vouchers can be for a dollar amount or for a specific menu item (like the champagne afternoon tea)

The gift voucher arrived in the post on Friday, and look at the way it’s presented:

thetearoom

It’s stunning, isn’t it?

We can’t wait to hand this over to our birthday-girl on Thursday!

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