The FINAL!

Yeah i know I am about a million weeks behind on my blogging so I am about to bombarded you all with updates from the last few weeks!

Firstly there is of course that small matter of NEW ZEALAND WINNING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP!!

It was an epic game and the most nail-biting-edge-of-my-seat game I EVER witnessed BIBLE!

As the game progressed I was totally convinced we were going to loose! The French seemed to dominate possession and the All Blacks were dropping like flies with injury's!

Then an unlikely try scorer, Tony Woodcock lifted me back up again. Seeing a large prop scoring a try was amazing and all along I had said how awesome it would be for one of those bigger guys to do it!

I definitely felt a little better with a try under our belts, however the poor kicking efforts of my new found hero Piri Weepu got me back on the scardy-wagon. After missing a shocking 3 attempts at penalty's. It was later announced he had a groin injury which was the same fate that one of my husbands Dan Carter (with Cody and Sonny Bill being my others) and newbie Colin Slade like a curse.

With 10 minutes to go the score was a bit more even at 8-7 to NZ. I was literally gripping the edge of my seat waiting for that final whistle to blow. Praying to the powers that be that they didn't give the French a penalty.

The whistle blew and we WON! The guys were totally over the moon and to be honest I had to fight back a little tear. It was such an awesome feat. We were the ONLY team in the whole tournament to be unbeaten. Ritchie McCaw will go down in the history books as one of the greatest rugby players and captains and I am pleased to say that I was around to watch their road to victory and watch that final game that settled NZ as the greatest rugby team in the world.

Its My Birthday!

Remember when I posted about the things I would really like for my birthday here?

Of course some of the items on my dream list where totally out of reach, I knew that, but hey a girl can dream!

Well either you all actually read my blog or you just know me really well :o) either way I don't mind because I got super spoiled this year!

Jemma, my sister-in-law got me some scrummy bath products from Lush which I posted about here, she got me my old faithful 'comforter' as well as a new bath bomb! I was SO excited!

My bestie, Steph, got me some awesome OPI nail polish as mentioned here.
I got "The One That Got Away'

and 'Not Like The Movies'

AND A new Shatter !!

AND as if that wasnt enough, she got me a MasterChef apron! Now I am a pro :o)

Some other birthday gifts included a charm for my Pandora, a voucher from the jeweler which I ended up using to buy a 9ct gold heart pendant. My parents also got me a cake mixer ssqquuueeeee!!!!!!!

The best birthday gift though came from my darling husband. He picked me up from work early and drove aimlessly around town for half an hour or so. he then dropped me off outside The Villa where I had a full body massage, followed by a facial! I was then taken home to a hot bubble bath. After my bath was a lovely home cooked meal with cheesecake for pudding.

Then after tea he proceeded to give me my birthday present - as if that wasn't enough!
And what did I get?

Only the latest and greatest GHD!

I am the luckiest woman alive :o)

ALL BLACKS

Out of all the Rugby World Cup games we went to, only 1 of them was an All Blacks game. This was the one game I was really looking forward too!

As it worked out we had a set of seats up the top and a friend had some closer to the try line, so I spent half the game at each seat.

Of course I forgot to take my camera, so I used my phone, but I was impressed by the quality of photos it took.

Getting ready for the game we got all 'supported up' in our black gears, as well as tattoos! We headed into Wellington early to ensure a park, then had some quick lunch and we were ready to roll!

It didn't take long for the stadium to pack out! And somehow we managed to be seated right by the biggest Canadian supporters! But that's OK, it just gave us an excuse to yell louder :P

Both teams came out and did the respective anthems, and because I am very patriotic I stood up and sung my heart out!

Then came THE best the almighty Haka which always gets me tearing up. And even from our 'birds eye view' seats I could still see clearly and you could definitely hear them.

Then the whistle went and we were off! Seeing the boys in black play in real life as apposed to on the TV is defiantly a lot more intense - even though of course we canned Canada. The second set of seats were so close to the field I was so tempted to jump over the fence and run out to grab a bite of Sonny Bill Williams as he was making his try. I reckon I could of totally got there - Wilson was not as convinced....

Final score - New Zealand 79 Canada 15