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		<title>Get Lips Guys Will Love!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our week of beauty, the divine Stefanie from The Lip Print imparts her beauty wisdom on us with great tips for great lips!

Picture this: you’re enjoying a blissful Date Night with your partner. The mood is perfect, there’s ambient lighting and smooth background music. You close your eyes and lean in for a kiss [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing our week of beauty, the divine <a href="http://twitter.com/thelipprint" target="_blank">Stefanie</a> from <a href="http://the-lip-print.blogspot.com" target="_blank">The Lip Print</a> imparts her beauty wisdom on us with great tips for great lips!</p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/red-lips.jpg" alt="Red Lips" /></div>
<p>Picture this: you’re enjoying a blissful Date Night with your partner. The mood is perfect, there’s ambient lighting and smooth background music. You close your eyes and lean in for a kiss but suddenly your partner recoils in horror “What IS that sticky stuff on your lips?!”</p>
<p>Many a Date Night has had the mood spoiled by too-sticky lipgloss. As far as guys go it’s the mortal enemy, never mind the fact that you spent $50 on it and it comes in a pretty case with a designer logo. They don’t care about that.</p>
<p>There are certain things to avoid when you know you’ll be locking lips with your other-half.</p>
<p><strong>Sticky gloss</strong><br />
This is the best way to make your guy keep his lips well away from yours, avoid at all costs! Try something with a smooth non-sticky texture like a nice lip balm (<a href="http://www.lanolips.com/" target="_blank">Lanolips</a> are my favourite!) <em>(I like <a href="http://www.hissyfit.com.au/products.php?c_id=AU#prodLipService" target="_blank">Hissyfit&#8217;s Lip Service</a> which comes with an SPF or Ye Olde <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucas-Papaw-Ointment/17235866691" target="_blank">Paw Paw Ointment</a> &#8211; Emma) </em></p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/lush-lip-scrub.jpg" alt="Lush Sugar Lip Scrub" /></div>
<p><strong>Cracked or Flaky lips</strong><br />
Kissing frogs is for fairy-tales, not real life. Unless your man has a reptile fetish; scrub those lips immediately! <a href="http://lush.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=10299" target="_blank">Lush</a> make an amazing sugar lip scrub that’s perfect for gently buffing away dead skin. It comes in two flavours: mint chocolate and vanilla chocolate, there’s nothing wrong with getting both!</p>
<p><strong>Super bright lips</strong><br />
Red lips are glamorous, elegant and chic – sounds perfect for a date night right? Well, I can tell you that it doesn’t look so glamorous when smeared all over your man’s face. Try a long-wearing version for better staying power like <a href="http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT168&amp;PRODUCT_ID=1046" target="_blank">Mac Pro-Longwear</a>, to keep the colour on your lips and not his. Even better is a lip stain which gives your lips a nice dose of colour and will not budge through even the most ‘enthusiastic’ kissing session.</p>


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		<title>Fuss-Free Beauty &#8211; New Fun Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are three new things in particular that have come to my attention this week in the fuss-free beauty arena. I&#8217;m pretty excited about them! As we discussed earlier in the week, being in a relationship makes me lazy when it comes to grooming. I know a lot of other women in the same boat. [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are three new things in particular that have come to my attention this week in the fuss-free beauty arena. I&#8217;m pretty excited about them! As we discussed earlier in the week, being in a relationship makes me lazy when it comes to grooming. I know a lot of other women in the same boat. It&#8217;s too easy to just think &#8220;Meh, he&#8217;s seen me at my worst and he&#8217;s still around, why should I bother shaving my legs before sex tonight? Why would I wear uncomfortable lacy underwear when my beige bog-catchers are so much comfier?&#8221;</p>
<p>Here are some brand spanking new things to make your daily life that much more glamorous &#8211; with minimal effort required!</p>
<p><strong>1. The New York Manicure </strong><br />
I always feel more pulled together when my nails have been done. And I will not wear open toed shoes (or even show my feet in front of mister if I can help it) unless they&#8217;ve been pedicured. Which is why I&#8217;m out-of-my-brain excited about this:</p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/new-york-shellac-manicure.jpg" alt="Sarah Wilcocks from Style Melbourne Getting Her Shellac On" /></div>
<p>The world&#8217;s first hybrid gel-polish manicure has arrived, ladies! Shellac is incredible. Firstly, it is set and dried instantly under a UV light so nuffies like me can&#8217;t smudge it the second they&#8217;ve stepped out of the salong. Secondly, it comes in a range of divine colours from pale, girly pinks to vixen reds to Twilight-blacks. And (here&#8217;s the best bit) unlike normal polish manicures, this baby lasts for two whole weeks without chipping!</p>
<p>TWO WEEKS. And yes, it really lasts two weeks. They&#8217;re not just saying that. Of course, for something so stellar it costs a bit more than your average mani. But I think $50 (that&#8217;s $3.50 a day) for two weeks of perfect fingertips is not a lot to pay.</p>
<p>The polish is removed with Shellac&#8217;s special acetone-soaked pads which sit only on your fingernail to minimise contact with the skin.</p>
<p>The only place I know of in Australia doing the New York Manicure so far is <a title="Beaute Medi Spa" href="http://beaute2001.com.au" target="_blank">Beaute @ 2001</a> in Doncaster, Melbourne. There&#8217;s nothing else on the web yet announcing that anyone else is doing it, but if you know of anywhere do post it below for us! Here&#8217;s a pic of gorgeous <a href="http://twitter.com/stylemelbourne" target="_blank">Sarah Willcocks</a> from <a href="http://stylemelbourne.com.au" target="_blank">Style Melbourne</a> getting her nails done at the Beaute Sparty.</p>
<p><strong>2. The Cellulite-Sucker </strong><br />
I trialled this techniSPA treatment by <a href="http://guinot.com.au">Guinot</a> the other day at the <a href="http://beaute2001.com.au">Beaute</a> VIP Sparty (Spa Party) held in the divine Style Suite at Westfield Doncaster. They were also showing off their New York Manicure above and a host of other decadent pampering stations, all served up with bubbly and cupcakes. Quite a nice start to the week!</p>
<p>Cellulite reduction wouldn&#8217;t usually be my first choice of treatments as I (praise the Lord, I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s good genes and it stays this way) don&#8217;t have <em>much</em> cellulite to worry about on my thighs, plus, I don&#8217;t get my pins out all that often.</p>
<p>But even with that considered, I was blown away by this treatment. A special gel is applied to your thighs and butt region and then they hand you a metal rod to clutch. Then, they get a little machine that looks and feels like a baby dustbuster and run it over your entire leg and buttocks. It doesn&#8217;t hurt at all, feels quite nice actually.</p>
<p>It works to stimulate the fat cells through the skin, draining and firming them with stimulation. At the same time, it physically breaks down the cellulite structure and dissolves the fat, letting it process through your system.</p>
<p>I felt the results immediately afterwards when I was inspecting my thighs at home in the bathroom. The skin is firmer, more lifted. A course of 12 treatments is optimum, with case studies showing thigh circumference reduced by 3.44cm and a 35.46% increase in firmness.</p>
<p>It will usually set you back $120 per treatment so it&#8217;s a bit of an investment but if your thighs really do bother you, I say it&#8217;s reasonable! Right now, our friends at <a href="http://beaute2001.com.au">Beaute Medi Spa</a> have it at $60 per treatment for the month of July (hurry!).</p>
<p><strong>3. Cadiveu Brazilian Keratin Treatment</strong><br />
This one has just knocked not only my socks off, but all the frizz from my hair.</p>
<p>I have unruly hair. Cowlicks, frizz patches, won&#8217;t obey the blowdryer. And after years of highlighting, it&#8217;s looking a little worse for wear around the ends as well.</p>
<p>So when my hairdresser offered me a chance to trial her new Cadiveu Brazilian Keratin Treatment, I thought it sounded too good to be true. And of course I jumped at it.</p>
<p>The promises are simple: Keratin (which your hair is made of) will reseal the hair shaft, filling in any damaged places and leaving your locks silky, shiny, smooth. One great side effect is the straightening.</p>
<p>The Cadiveu treatment is the new frontier in Brazilian Keratin. The brilliant thing about this one is that you can wash your hair immediately afterwards, unlike the older generation treatments where you can&#8217;t wet your hair, or tie it up for four days afterwards. This also means the chemicals are washed out of your hair before you even go home. That&#8217;s a bonus in my book.</p>
<p>The before and after pics speak for themselves:</p>
<p>This is my hair dried off before the Brazilian Keratin treatment. No brushes used.</p>
<div class="captioncenter"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/before-keratin.jpg" alt="My hair naturally dried before Keratin Treatment" /></div>
<p>This is my hair dried off after the keratin treatment. No brushes used whatsoever. It sits looking like this no matter what. I&#8217;ve since washed it and it took me half the amount of time and effort to blow-dry it. I did a whole sweaty Zumba class and not a hair was out of place once I&#8217;d finished.</p>
<div class="captioncenter"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/after-keratin.jpg" alt="My hair naturally dried after Keratin Treatment" /></div>
<div class="captioncenter">And from the front a few hours later, after being caught in the rain on my way out to dinner.</div>
<div class="captioncenter"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/after-keratin-front.jpg" alt="My hair naturally dried after Brazilian Keratin Treatment" /></div>
<p>The treatment will probably set you back anywhere from $300-$500 depending on your hair length and thickness. You can email <a href="mailto:allisonfairhurst1@hotmail.com">Ally</a> to ask any questions you have and get a quote for your hair. She&#8217;s in Melbourne. So far, I like it!</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s it so far daters! What great new things have you discovered to cut down your daily beauty routine or make you feel better about your &#8220;standard self&#8221; when you&#8217;re hanging around your house with your sweetie?</p>


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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to my beauty routine, I’m kind of lazy. Add to that my general busy-ness and my hate of early mornings and what you get is a girl who either doesn’t have time or patience to spend hours in the bathroom every morning.
In an ideal world, one of two things would happen.
1)	I would [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to my beauty routine, I’m kind of lazy. Add to that my general busy-ness and my hate of early mornings and what you get is a girl who either doesn’t have time or patience to spend hours in the bathroom every morning.</p>
<p>In an ideal world, one of two things would happen.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1)	I would roll out of bed every morning to be greeted by my make up artist, hair stylist and fashion consultant who would press a hot latte into my hand and go to work on me while I sit, zombie-like, trying to wake up properly.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">(Side note: While I’m lazy on a day-to-day basis, I LOVE having beauty treatments done by someone else. I adore day spas, I love chilling out in the hairdresser’s chair for hours and nothing is quite so relaxing as a pedicure during a stressful week. I could spend all day, every day just having back to back beauty treatments and not be bored.)</p>
<p><em>Or </em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2)	I would wake up with perfect hair/skin/nails and simply walk out to face the day looking perfect with no effort whatsoever involved.  Maybe just a lick of mascara and a swipe of a lip gloss.</p>
<p>Seeing as neither of these things is likely to miraculously happen, I’m going for a sort of a hybrid of the two.</p>
<p>Get other people to do as much work as possible for me so that I can roll out of bed and do as little work as possible to make myself presentable. Because let&#8217;s be honest, once you&#8217;re in a long term relationship (or married) you kind of give up the whole single-girl energy of keeping up appearances. Which is nice. You don&#8217;t want to be switched on all the time.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;re going to be switched off, you can still look good doing it.</p>
<p><strong>Let’s talk skin and face today.</strong></p>
<p>I’ve always had problem skin. I had acne as a teenager, and despite the entire world telling me not to worry, that I would “grow out of it”, I still get pimples now ALL THE TIME. Stupid oily skin.</p>
<p>The best my skin has ever looked was at my wedding – and that’s only because I had a monthly facial for a year beforehand and stopped drinking alcohol and eating sugar for two months before my wedding date. Soooo not sustainable.</p>
<p>But right now, I’m very happy with the way my skin is headed. And there are a few great prods I love that help keep me happy:</p>
<p><strong>Omnilux Light Therapy</strong></p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/omnilux.jpg" alt="Omnilux Light Therapy" /></div>
<p>On the advice of Beauty Guru <a href="http://twitter.com/zotheysay" target="_blank">Zoe Foster</a> over at <a href="http://primped.com.au" target="_blank">Primped</a> I went in for a course of Omnilux treatments at <a href="http://beaute2001.com.au" target="_blank">Beaute @ 2001</a> in Melbourne.</p>
<p>This light-therapy works to stimulate collagen production in your skin. As my beauty therapist put it: it “tricks” your skin into thinking there’s something wrong, so it puts its natural healing properties to work.</p>
<p>A course of 9 treatments is recommended to start, but you’ll notice results instantly after the first one.</p>
<p>It’s about $100 per treatment, so it’s not cheap, but it has drastically improved the quality of my skin. I don’t get huge, sore, blind zits anymore – I get small manageable ones and they heal very quickly. It helps even out your skin tone and plumps it up, erasing fine lines and wrinkles and making you appear youthful and vibrant.</p>
<p>It’s gone a long way in helping get my skin healthy. My next step, though, to help erase the years of solariums (I KNOW. What was I thinking?) is going to be microdermabrasion. I’ll keep you posted.</p>
<p><strong>Monthly Facials, Daily Routines </strong></p>
<p>I still get a facial every month. And believe me, if I skip one, my skin lets me know about it. I’ve been on Dermalogica for years, which I still have a soft spot for even though I’m getting a little more hardcore about my skin approach lately (as mentioned above).</p>
<p>And while I’m lazy, I’ve now gotten myself into my daily skincare ritual and I feel wrongtown if I try and skip it. Even if it’s been a huge night out and I’m dead-on-my-feet tired, I still have to take off my makeup, cleanse, tone, rosehip oil and moisturise my face before I go to bed. And every morning after my shower (don’t ever cleanse in the shower – the water is too hot for your skin in there!) I do it all again plus an SPF as well. 30+. Every day. (Solarium lesson learnt.)</p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/shapelybrows.jpg" alt="Eyebrows Make All the Difference" width="240" height="240" /></div>
<p><strong>Carmen the Eyebrow Queen &amp; Benefit Browzings </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.eyebrowqueen.com/theart.htm">Carmen</a> is a godsend, I’ve been going to see her for at least ten years now. The secret about having perfectly groomed brows is that it’s an instant facelift and you won’t feel like you have to wear as much make up.</p>
<p>But you want to go to someone good.</p>
<p>Carmen isn’t cheap, but the $50 fee is worth it to reap the benefits of amazing brows that are shaped perfectly for your face. And I only need to go every 2-3 months for maintenance, as I keep them tweezed and shaped in the meantime on on a daily basis. Carmen will cut, pluck and wax your unruly brows into perfection in a matter of minutes.</p>
<p>And if you’ve never had an extreme brow makeover before, don’t freak out! It will look weird to you for the first few days, but trust me, you’ll grow to love it.</p>
<p>The other great thing to help keep your brows looking great is Benefit’s little Brow<em>zings</em> kit.</p>
<p>Comes with a baby pair of tweezers, two brushes, an eyebrow wax to fill in gaps in your brows and a powder to fill colour in on your brows. A-ma-zing what a difference it makes! Head over to this great tutorial on Primped to learn how to use it.</p>
<p><strong>ID BareMinerals Foundation Powder </strong></p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/bare-minerals.jpg" alt="Bare Minerals Foundation" /></div>
<p>The ultimate can’t-be-assed make up that doesn’t even feel like you’re wearing any. Because if I’m just hanging at home with Den, I don’t really want a full face of heavy liquid foundation on.</p>
<p>ID BareMinerals buffs into your skin and sits on it perfectly, is light-weight but still gives great coverage, lets your skin breathe and even has an SPF in it. It’s the kind of make up you aren’t afraid to get messy in.</p>
<p>There’s nothing worse that not being able to have a pash with your partner or snuggle into their shoulder for fear of ruining your make up, or getting it all over them. With BareMinerals, you don’t have to worry. And men love that, trust me. They get scared of thick foundation and false eyelashes.</p>
<p>It’s perfect for my sensitive skin, it doesn’t make me break out and you can put it on right after a facial. It’s so pure you can even sleep in it, so if you are the type that&#8217;s prone to forgetting to take it off before bed, it&#8217;s perfect for you.</p>
<p><strong>What about you? Share your favourite low-fuss beauty tips here so we can all benefit from it!</strong></p>


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		<title>A Week of Beauty on $30 Date Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 201st Post, Daters! Just to mix things up a little bit, this week $30 Date Night is going to take a little deviation down the beauty route. 
Why, you ask? What does that have to do with dating and relationships? 
Plenty, it turns out. 

Because if you feel good about yourself you&#8217;ll feel better [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy 201st Post, Daters! Just to mix things up a little bit, this week $30 Date Night is going to take a little deviation down the beauty route. </p>
<p>Why, you ask? What does that have to do with dating and relationships? </p>
<p>Plenty, it turns out. </p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/beauty-week.jpg" alt="A Week Of Beauty on $30 Date Night"/></div>
<p>Because if you feel good about yourself you&#8217;ll feel better about your relationship. You&#8217;ll flirt more with each other, you&#8217;ll love the appreciative glances from your sweetie and you&#8217;ll certainly get their attention. </p>
<p>I myself have been feeling in a bit of a beauty rut the last few months. So I&#8217;ve decided it&#8217;s time to pull myself out of it.</p>
<p>The problem with living with someone 24/7 is that they see you at your most unglamorous. And we rarely dress up anymore for our partners, or slick on some lipstick to impress them. </p>
<p>When you start dating, you get excited that they&#8217;re coming to see you! You spend hours de-fuzzing yourself, doing your hair, putting on make up, sliding into stay-up stockings and a pretty new dress&#8230; </p>
<p>Then it starts to slide a little. When you begin having &#8220;sleepovers&#8221;, it becomes trickier. I used to wake up early and slide out of bed silently, then go to the bathroom and whack on a little natural make up (no overkill, just some cover up, mascara, a little powder. Brush my teeth, run a comb through the hair and then slip back into bed like nothing had ever happened, ready to wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! <em>That&#8217;s</em> natural beauty.   </p>
<p>Those days are long gone. Now I&#8217;m lucky if I run a razor over my legs once a month. And that&#8217;s marriage for you. </p>
<p>So &#8211; rather than talking about beauty rituals that take hours of effort, let&#8217;s come up with a new strategy. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to investigate all the new beauty and spa products that make us effortlessly gorgeous in our own homes without the hours of hard work.</p>
<p>Little tips like getting a regular leg wax instead of shaving keeps you silky smooth longer&#8230; getting your skin to glow without the make up on so that you barely NEED to cover it up at home&#8230;. The best of both worlds, yes? Looking good for your partner without even trying too hard. </p>
<p>Stay tuned, it&#8217;s going to be a fun week! Drop a comment or question here if you have anything to add to the discussion&#8230; </p>


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		<title>7 Great Date Ideas Beginning with G</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[G is for Green Date Ideas 
Which we already discussed awhile ago. Click this link to see our Gorgeously Green Date Ideas list, compiled for us by Cate and Chris at GreenRenters.org 
G is for Games 

Like, board games. And such. Either hold a game night at home for the two of you or tuck [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>G is for Green Date Ideas</b> </p>
<p>Which we already discussed awhile ago. Click this link to see our <a href="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/2010/05/20/5-gorgeously-green-date-ideas/">Gorgeously Green Date Ideas</a> list, compiled for us by Cate and Chris at <a href="http://www.greenrenters.org/">GreenRenters.org</a> </p>
<p><b>G is for Games</b> </p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/scrabble1.jpg" alt="G is for Board Games"/></div>
<p>Like, board games. And such. Either hold a game night at home for the two of you or tuck your Monopoly set under your arm and head to a pub with a lounge setting and maybe an open fireplace to play a few rounds with your partner. </p>
<p>There are also new board game cafes that have sprung up around the place. Find a local one and go utilise their games. </p>
<p><b>G is for Gardening</b> </p>
<p>If you have a backyard, great. Plant yourselves a veggie patch! If you live in an apartment, perhaps a little potted herb garden on your balcony would be less ambitious. </p>
<p>Head to the hardware store and get your pots, soil and seedlings then get sweaty and dirty together in your backyard. </p>
<p><b>G is for Golf</b></p>
<p>Whether you get out and attempt to play 9 holes, head for a driving range or just go for Mini-Golf, this is guaranteed to be a bit of a laugh. </p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/g-for-gardening.jpg" alt="G is for Gardening Date Idea"/></div>
<p><b>G is for Grease Monkeys!</b></p>
<p>Assuming one of you is mechanical, put on some old clothes, grab your partner and head out to the car. Have a lesson on changing oil, topping up water, cleaning spark plugs and more. Make lots of jokes about tools and such. </p>
<p><b>G is for Greek Food</b></p>
<p>Find a cheap but good Greek restaurant in your area – the kind that serves wine in old jam jars! Feast on spanakopita, taramasalata and dolmades. Yum! </p>
<p><b>G is for Garage Sales</b></p>
<p>Get the papers and takeaway coffees on a Saturday morning and trawl the Garage Sales in your local area (or pick a really swanky suburb if you want some amazing trash and treasure finds!). </p>


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		<title>6 Fruit-and-Flower (4th) Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I am completely taken aback to learn that the fourth wedding anniversary traditional symbols are fruit and flowers! I didn’t expect that. I thought after paper, cotton and leather we were certainly starting to head towards some sort of semi-precious something… 
Go figure. 
Okay, well – when you think about it fruit and flowers [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I am completely taken aback to learn that the fourth wedding anniversary traditional symbols are fruit and flowers! I didn’t expect that. I thought after paper, cotton and leather we were certainly starting to head towards some sort of semi-precious something… </p>
<p>Go figure. </p>
<p>Okay, well – when you think about it fruit and flowers are symbols of life, of blossoming… of nature. Are they trying to tell you it’s time to get fertile, perhaps? </p>
<p>Here are some gift ideas that are worthy of an anniversary.  </p>
<p><strong>A Dozen Red Roses</strong><br />
Even better if you can swing two or three dozen red roses in there! Four dozen, in fact, would represent one rose for every month you’ve been married. That’s the stuff that gets you serious brownie points! </p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/red-roses-anniversary.jpg" alt="Red Roses for the 4th Wedding Anniversary" /></div>
<p>Red ones symbolize love and passion, of course. They are by far the most romantic. If your sweetie prefers other colours, then of course you can send the favourites. Just remember </p>
<p>Pink Roses = Admiration<br />
Yellow Roses = Friendship<br />
White = Honour (and funerals)<br />
Orange = Enthusiasm<br />
Lavender = Enchantment </p>
<p>Once your roses start to fade a little, give them new life by plucking all their petals and floating them in a bathtub for the two of you to share. The sensation of rose petals kissing your skin in a warm bath is sensational. </p>
<p><strong>Edible Blooms</strong><br />
These great, innovative companies make fruit look like pretty flower arrangements. The pieces are unique and very sweet and it’s a great, delicious way to combine fruit and flowers together. Try <a href="http://www.fruitflowers.com/">Fruit Flowers</a> if you&#8217;re in the USA and <a href="http://edibleblooms.com.au">Edible Blooms</a> for our Australian readers. </p>
<p><strong>A Fruit Tree</strong><br />
Assuming you have a garden – one you plan on keeping for a long time – buy a fruit tree that you can plant together. The apples will taste that much sweeter knowing that they’re a symbol of your love and commitment to each other. You’ll think of it every time you harvest them, you&#8217;ll tell your kids about the tree every time you walk past it and who knows? Fifty years from now you may still be enjoying homemade apple pies with fruit from your tree. </p>
<p><strong>A Fruitful Fantasy </strong><br />
This is a little risqué but a lot of fun! Pre-arrange a huge cut fruit platter full of juicy strawberries, nectarines, grapes, peaches, pineapple and more. Turn down the lights, put on some soft music and blindfold your sweetie. Hand-feed them morsels of the fruit…. Get as steamy as you like, then jump in the shower together to wash off the stickiness. </p>
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<p><strong>Potent Perfume</strong><br />
Buy your sweetie a potent perfume with heavy floral or fruity notes in it. Every time she dabs it on she&#8217;ll think of you. (NB: These perfumes can be heady. Make sure this is the kind of perfume they (and you!) are into first – or you may just give them a headache!)</p>
<p><strong>Floral-themed Jewelry </strong><br />
If you want to bend the rules a little, consider a piece of jewelry that has a floral theme to it. Even <a href="http://au.tiffany.com/shopping/CategoryBrowse.aspx?cid=288216&#038;mcat=148204#p+1-n+12-cg+viewPaged-c+288216-s+5-r+0+601566536-t+-ri+-ni+1-x+-pu+-f+">Tiffany &#038; Co</a> has a beautiful set of nature-inspired charms &#8211; a ripe red apple, perhaps or a daisy with a diamond at its centre&#8230; </p>


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		<title>mX Column: The Etiquette of Dating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What has happened to manners?
It seems everyone is so busy these days that there is no time for niceties &#8211; returning emails, RSVPing to parties and even saying thank you have fallen by the wayside.
When it happens with friends, we can understand, kiss and make up.
In dating, however, bad manners are unforgivable.

I was out one [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What has happened to manners?</p>
<p>It seems everyone is so busy these days that there is no time for niceties &#8211; returning emails, RSVPing to parties and even saying thank you have fallen by the wayside.</p>
<p>When it happens with friends, we can understand, kiss and make up.</p>
<p>In dating, however, bad manners are unforgivable.</p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/date-etiquette.jpg" alt="There is No Mostly Equal" /></div>
<p>I was out one night (eons ago) in a bar, having a table-dancing, heel-kicking great time with a bunch of girlfriends. Cue entry of cute blond. He busy me a drink, we chat for awhile and even sneak in a pash.</p>
<p>He secures my number and I prance away. I don&#8217;t hear from him that night, or the next. I don&#8217;t wait by the phone and I don&#8217;t wonder why he isn&#8217;t calling. I don&#8217;t really care.</p>
<p>Two weeks later, I have all but forgotten him.</p>
<p>Then, weeks after the fact, I receive a text message on a Sunday afternoon:</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey, it&#8217;s M. I met you the other week at that club. I just wanted to ask if you would feel like having some casual sex with me?&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m floored. This isn&#8217;t even a late-Saturday-night drunk booty call. This is just bad judgment. And downright rude.</p>
<p>I send a text back:</p>
<p>&#8220;What, you don&#8217;t even ask a girl out for a drink first?&#8221;</p>
<p>And a few minutes later:</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh. Sorry. Would you like to have a drink first?&#8221;</p>
<p>No, thank you, M. I wouldn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>More stories of bad manners emerged from <a href="http://twitter.com/30dollardate">my Tweet stream</a>.</p>
<p>One girl found herself on a date with a guy who took his gum out of his mouth and stuck it under the table at the restaurant.</p>
<p>Another&#8217;s date turned up blind drunk, forgot his wallet, abused the wait staff and promptly threw up on the footpath in front of the restaurant on their way out the door &#8211; and then had the nerve to ask for a second date!</p>
<p>So who, or what, is responsible?</p>
<p>For a start, SMS.</p>
<p>Faceless technology has made it easy for people to say things they would have trouble saying one-on-one.</p>
<p>We aren&#8217;t born with manners. They must be learned and, unfortunately, it requires a modicum of effort to conduct yourself with proper etiquette.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s worth it to learn them &#8211; especially in the dating world, where first impressions are king.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a few from Emma&#8217;s Manners 101 Textbook.</p>
<p>1. Call when you say you will call. Or at least have the courage to call and say you won&#8217;t be calling. Never SMS. It shows a lack of character.</p>
<p>2. Don&#8217;t get drunk on the first (or second, or third) date &#8211; no matter how nervous you are. You might think you&#8217;re being hilarious and articulate, but you&#8217;re really just being an idiot.</p>
<p>3. Even if you both do just want no-strings-attached sex, a little bit of respect goes a long way (and makes for way better sex!).</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">These aren&#8217;t the only three, of course. Feel free to add your own dating etiquette tips or share your nightmare dating stories here. </span></strong></p>


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		<title>Why We Love, Why We Cheat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of researching for my new ebook, I came across this great presentation given by Dr. Helen Fisher at the 2006 Ted Conference. We love Dr. Fisher&#8217;s research and I don&#8217;t know how this particular clip has eluded me for four years now. 
In it, she explains the brain chemistry of the stages [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the midst of researching for my new ebook, I came across this great presentation given by <a href="http://www.helenfisher.com/">Dr. Helen Fisher</a> at the <a href="http://www.ted.com/">2006 Ted Conference</a>. We love Dr. Fisher&#8217;s research and I don&#8217;t know how this particular clip has eluded me for four years now. </p>
<p>In it, she explains the brain chemistry of the stages of love, why we cheat, why women rejoining the workforce is going to impact romantic love and the role that our prescription-happy Western society may well have in the demise of romantic love&#8230;. It&#8217;s 24 minutes long, but it&#8217;s fascinating. Grab a coffee and sit to watch. </p>
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		<title>Melbourne Giveaway: Bride Magazine Expo Double Passes and Mags!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Melbourne Daters! I have an extra special treat for our readers that are engaged, or are in a wedding party for a close friend that is getting married soon. 
My dear friend Jason Grech is the talented fashion designer behind JASONGRECH White &#8211; and I&#8217;m not even exaggerating when I tell you they are [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Melbourne Daters! I have an extra special treat for our readers that are engaged, or are in a wedding party for a close friend that is getting married soon. </p>
<p>My dear friend Jason Grech is the talented fashion designer behind <a href="http://jasongrechwhite.com">JASONGRECH White</a> &#8211; and I&#8217;m not even exaggerating when I tell you they are the hottest new brand on the Melbourne bridal scene. I was lucky enough to have Jason create my wedding gown for me last year and I could not have felt more beautiful in the design he made just for me: </p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><IMG SRC="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/xs4509-145.jpg" ALT="JASONGRECH White"></div>
<p>He has since launched a full line of stunning designs and has contacted me to help arrange, courtesy of Melbourne Bride Magazine, some double pass giveaways for <a href="http://bride.com.au/Content.asp?Document_ID=4597">The Melbourne Bride Magazine Wedding Expo</a>, being held next weekend at the Exhibition Centre! </p>
<p><a href="http://bride.com.au/Content.asp?Document_ID=1">Bride Magazine</a> only run this exhibition once a year and they do an amazing job of it. I went last year to see Jason&#8217;t debut collection. </p>
<p>The 45-minute, pure couture catwalk show is to die for &#8211; featuring Mariana Hardwick, JASONGRECH White, Izaro, Baccini &#038; Hill, Dimitria, Annette of Melbourne, Gulderen Sivasli, Mathieu Salem and Anna Campbell. </p>
<p>And you will love chatting to the prestige Melbourne exhibitors who have so many wonderful ideas for planning your special day. It&#8217;s a perfect day out for a bride-to-be and her Maid of Honour. </p>
<p>Here is a pic from Jason&#8217;s collection shown last year at the expo: </p>
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<p>The Expo runs next Saturday 19 June and Sunday 20 June and I have ten double passes to give away, valued at $40 each. Plus! The first five winners will receive a copy of the latest, hot-off-the-press glossy issue of Melbourne Bride Magazine. Divine! </p>
<p>Every bride who attends the 2010 Melbourne Bride Magazine Wedding Expo will go into the draw to win a couture gown by Jason Grech and an all-inclusive honeymoon package at the beautiful Namale Resort and Spa in Fiji. Need I say more? </p>
<p>Comment here to win and tell us who is getting married and when! The first five commenters will receive the new edition of Melbourne Bride along with their double passes. First in, best dressed! (more true than ever if you do win that gorgeous gown!). Competition open until Wednesday 16 June 2010. </p>


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		<title>LoveStars Astrology Date Night Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll let you in on a little secret: I really, truly believe in astrology. 
I’ve been scoffed at before for it, but that doesn’t matter to me. I&#8217;m still a believer. I could not be more of a Pisces if I tried. I’m your typical dreamy (read: flaky), emotional (erratic) romantic (unrealistic) type with an [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ll let you in on a little secret: I really, truly believe in astrology. </p>
<p>I’ve been scoffed at before for it, but that doesn’t matter to me. I&#8217;m still a believer. I could not be more of a Pisces if I tried. I’m your typical dreamy (read: flaky), emotional (erratic) romantic (unrealistic) type with an addictive personality and a penchant for water in any form.</p>
<p>The thing that surprises me is that my pragmatic, logical Taurus husband is also all for the star-sign theory himself. And true to his sign, he’s stubborn, loyal and has a sensitive neck (no, really.). </p>
<p>I read my horoscopes religiously, I pour over personality descriptions and compatibility reports whenever I can get my hands on them. I own that huuuuge book called The Birthday Book and I use people’s star signs constantly in reference to them. </p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/astrology-date-review.jpg" alt="Are You And Your Partner Astrologically Compatible?"/></div>
<p>So when <a href="http://www.itsinthestarsonline.com/">It’s In The Stars</a> contacted me to offer us a personalised <a href="http://www.itsinthestarsonline.com/products/lovestars_email_report.html/section/4">LoveStars</a> report that we could use on a date night, I jumped at the chance. </p>
<p>This website creates a personalised report based on you and your partner’s date, time and location of birth. All you do is go on, enter your details and for under $30 you’ll receive a detailed, incredibly accurate, highly personalised report in your inbox in a matter of minutes. Print it off and <em>voila</em>! You have a ready-made date night. </p>
<p>We sat down with our report and a bottle of wine and spent the night reading to each other the highs and lows of our personalities and how compatible we are based on these. The report gives you things to look out for when it comes to conflict, and lovely things that work so well between you when it comes to love. It will remind you again of your partner&#8217;s best qualities, and goes some way to explaining the conflicts you may have. </p>
<p>We found it pretty spot on, actually. There is honestly SO MUCH information in the report that I&#8217;ve been hard-pressed to pull only small bits out. Here are a couple that resonate: </p>
<p>For Emma: &#8220;You need variety and excitement in your love relationships, and would not be happy for long with a boring partner.&#8221; (hence, why we created this site!) </p>
<p>For Den: &#8220;You can be stubborn and obstinate, and need an emotionally adaptable partner. Once you&#8217;ve made up your mind, few can change it.&#8221; (Denis, stubborn? Nooooo&#8230;.) </p>
<p>&#8220;Your mind moves very quickly, and you often act impulsively without considering all of the possible repercussions of your deeds. Your challenge is to develop concentration and self-control. If you can consciously slow down your mind now and then, you&#8217;ll be less likely to overlook the small romantic details which your partner loves so much.&#8221; (A perfect example is the way Den hits me with 20,000 business questions first thing in the morning and last thing at night, when my brain is slowing down and getting ready for rest, his is still racing a million miles an hour. But he can still manage to fall asleep in a heartbeat.)</p>
<div class="captionright"><img src="http://blog.30dollardatenight.com/wp-content/uploads/lovestars-astrology-report.jpg" alt="Couple Enjoying a Lovestars Astrology Report"/></div>
<p>And as for our partnership, they gave us gems such as: </p>
<p>&#8220;Denis finds Emma stimulating and intriguing, but also irritating and upsetting. She may reject Denis&#8217;s ideas, which can be unstable or erratic; however Emma seems elusive and superficial to him. This aspect can cause difficulty in relationships and requires considerable understanding and adjustment by both partners. To make things worse, you feel impatient with each other and may disagree frequently on unimportant issues. At times Emma finds it hard to depend on Denis, which makes her nervous and upset.&#8221; (YES! Yes, Den does often find me highly annoying and yes, we get very impatient with each other when we&#8217;re at our worst. And yes, we often find ourselves engaged in a heated debate about very unimportant things, like whether we should have our supermarket shopping home delivered or not.) </p>
<p>And this lovely piece: </p>
<p>&#8220;Your relationship is based on mutual encouragement, sympathy, tolerance, generosity, trust, and loyalty. You bring out the very best qualities in each other, and you&#8217;ll grow, materially and spiritually. No matter what goes wrong between you, the good will always remains.&#8221;</p>
<p>All in all, a great date night that reinforces and encourages couples to talk to each other, pulls up things you may want to focus on and things that you love about each other. If you&#8217;ve ever read your star sign forecast even once, you&#8217;ll love this report created just for the two of you. </p>
<p>I know y&#8217;all will have a few questions about how it works with astrology and relationships and I&#8217;ve grilled Elizabeth from <a href="http://www.itsinthestarsonline.com/">It’s In The Stars</a> and will post some interview questions and answers next week for you! </p>
<p><strong>What do you think? Do you believe in Astrology? Are you and your partner compatible?</strong> </p>


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