I used to be able to wear heels every day to work. I used to scale ladders in them (I used to work in a shoe shop) and tread the treacherous city pavement in them without any problems. But now heels are reserved for special occasions only and day to day during Winter I’ll wear boots or ballet flats and in Summer they’ll be thongs (the sandals people, not the g strings my American readers who might be muttering “too much information” right about now 
).
I know it’s hardly thong weather on this particular weekend with this sudden cold snap but think of your tootsies come a couple of week’s time. The lovely people at Pininho sent me some of their thong decorations and some to give to NQN readers! These are cute little decorations that you stick on your thongs and they come in some rather cute patterns. Of course I went for the strawberry (hey how about a macaron or cupcake Pininho guys? 
) and a Gold Skull (very Alexander McQueen and Halloween).
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October 10, 2009
by Not Quite Nigella
***THE WINNERS ARE:
Jackie B.
Sarah B.
Congratulations and enjoy your shopping! ***
The lovely people at Pink Frosting have been readers of NQN for a while and when they contacted me recently to ask me whether I’d like to hold a competition for readers where they could win a gift voucher to spend at their store I jumped at the chance. It’s Australia’s #1 party store and has loads of cute little items that I’ve coveted for various occasions.
You can choose Halloween decorations should you want to inject a bit of spooky into your October 31st (and if you need any recipes be sure to check out last year’s Halloween party, Blood and Brain Cupcakes, Pumpkin cheesecake, Eyeball Cupcakes, Buried Alive Cupcakes or Goblin Pies)
Or if you want to host an October BCA event there’s all things pink (with a name like Pink Frosting you’d expect that!) and if you happen to need wedding bombonierre or Christening decorations they have lots of those too!
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October 4, 2009
by Not Quite Nigella
Last month’s To Market, To Market was such a success that I was so excited to bring you September’s To Market To Market. Yes thanks to these generous brands, some lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will get the chance to try these items too! Read on for more details…
Beerenberg
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September 26, 2009
by Not Quite Nigella
**THE WINNERS ARE:***
Carm R.
Maria
Congratulations on your win! Thanks to One Green Bean PR for selecting the winners and providing the prize.
It seems unbelievable that my humble little blog Not Quite Nigella has been going for 2 years now. Things move so fast when you’re having fun and before I knew it, I’d logged my 763rd story! Thank you to all my readers for reading and for checking in with me every day. Your comments and emails make everything that much more fun!
It’s amazing to think that there are so many lovely readers out there. In fact after 2 years I’ve decided to release my readership data and you may be surprised to know how many of you lovely NQN readers there are out there . Drum roll please… there are 70,000 of you lovely unique readers a month with 230,000 page views a month! It’s like I’m running my own magazine here! All of you make writing this blog so much fun and worthwhile and the generosity in spirit and loyalty are things that I truly value.
But I know you want to know how we’re celebrating. Tobie Puttock and Ferrero Rondnoir have paired up to produce a very exclusive Dinner of Discovery at 360 Bar & Dining restaurant in Sydney Tower. Tobie will be creating some amazing dishes and deconstructing the Dark Chocolate Praline Ferrero Rondnoir. We will be entertained by Jade McRae and will enjoy the fabulous Sydney view in the revolving restaurant. Yes I said We as in two NQN readers will each win a pair of tickets to this event plus some scrumptious Rondnoirs with each prize pack worth $400+ each! And I’d love to meet you in person too!
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September 16, 2009
by Not Quite Nigella
It’s no secret that Donna Hay is a tour de force in Australia. Her cookbooks are fantastic (I own four of them) and she has the cutest shop in Woollahra which I visited a few months ago. All Donna Hay lovers out there rejoice! Thanks to the lovely people at Donna Hay Home we have a beautiful new Donna Hay navy blue market tote bag for our latest giveaway worth $79.95! This is a spacious canvas tote with leather handles in shades of ocean, navy, orange and taupe that is perfect for shopping (food shopping of course) but would be equally at home boutique shopping. It’s selling out pretty quickly so here’s your chance to own one (and they only went on sale in the store this week so you’ll be one of the first to get your hot little hands on one!). It will be sent to one lucky winner along with a note from Donna herself!
Goblin pies from last year
All you need to do is tell me what your favourite Donna Hay recipe is. Mine of course is the Goblin Meat Pies for my favourite holiday in the world – Halloween. Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at Midnight on the 10th of October, 2009. You can answer this once daily. This competition is open to International readers. All of you Hay Hay It’s Donna Day participants from far yonder lands can enter!
Best of luck!
Love,
Lorraine
xxx
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September 12, 2009
by Not Quite Nigella
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