A Little Prabal Love for VDay...

This was my first time at any of Target's designer openings, but I decided that Prabal Gurung was worth a little effort and I would brave some crowds.  It opened at 8 am on a Sunday morning and I was ready.

Matt came with me, because I made him.  My first thought was that it must not be at this location because there were only maybe 20-30 cars in the parking lot.  I was mentally preparing myself to be pissed that it wasn't here, but we walked in and it was right there with a big sign and there were probably 6 other women browsing the racks grabbing one of everything, but I truly couldn't believe that there were so few of us.

It was awesome!

I tried on everything I was interested in except the blazer - that did appear to have already been gone.  Also I perused the shoes and jewelry, but nothing seemed that special for the price.

The white party dress was what I came for, but I ended up leaving with the shirt dress here.  The party dress is obviously cute, but I thought the shirt dress was more versatile (with a skirt over it, jeans under it, belt, if i get fat, etc).  If I had more money, I would have also walked away with this tank, but I was happy and thankful just to have one of his magical creations, even if it is from Target!

A Festival of Lights...

We’ve been trying to get down to the Brisbane Festival for a while now.  It runs from 8-29 September (see how I put the day first, very Australian of me, I know!) and because we are about to head out to Melbourne for a holiday (yah!), Wednesday night was our last shot. 

The main thing was the light show that they do each night.  It was interesting.  I have never seen anything quite like it anywhere else. Essentially they sprayed tons of water into the air and then used that to reflect lights onto.  It had a bit of an 80’s dance party-ness about it, but it was quite pretty and they played it with music and one of my favorite covers by Peter Gabriel was played for part of it.  Even though it was a bit cheesy, I love that song, and it couldn’t help but be a bit romantic on the riverfront at night with my man, some 80’s lights and a great tune.

Listen to the song, and look at these photos and be carried to another time and place.  Hopefully a less cheesy place than the real thing!