Well well…What a week this has been.
I would like to pronounce this week: “glamorous week” in the name of the fantastic Sydney Mardi Gras and that little event you may have heard of called ‘the Oscars.’
And the 2013 Oscars did not disappoint. We had selfies, Ellen making the internet go absolutely bonkers, a Jennifer Lawrence trip to the floor and a whole heap of dresses that I would love to just stroke a little. Not even wear them – a little stroke would suffice.
Are you listening to my creepy and yet reasonable request, Versace? McQueen? Um…Hello?
Until I get my Sex and the City Movie style packaged dress, I will wait patiently at my desk.
This week also marks my third week as an intern here at Mamamia. Even as a pom in the faraway land of rain and Kate Middleton, the Mamamia website has always fascinated me.
But it’s not just great content, what makes it unique is its relation to you and me as readers. And the weekly open post is of paramount importance to creating a great sharing community for all of us Mamamia fans.
We are looking for more interns like me at Mamamia, so click here if you think you would suit the role!
And because I want to draw out this glamorous week as long as possible, here are some of the pretty dresses from the Oscars.
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Just got a letter from my accountant to say that i owe $2000 odd on my tax back in 2012. Its an ammended tax statement from the ATO.
I am so angry that it was potentially done incorrectly as we pay a lot of money for our accountant! I need to compare the original assessment document to the revised and figure out why. It really does not make sense!
Hopefully if it is correct the ATO let us pay it back by installments as we CANNOT afford to pay it back in a lump sum!
grr....
get a new accountant. you shouldn't have to pay a lot of money for a decent accountant. I used to pay over $5000.00 a year for ours, and they screwed me over and left us with a $26,000.00 debt to the tax office. I now pay about $2000.00 a year for my accountant and our tax is under control.
The ATO will allow you to pay it off, just don't miss a payment, coz they are hell to deal with if it ends up going to a debt collection agency. I had so many fights with the tax office over our debt which took 5 years to pay off (thanks crappy accountant)
Thank you for the tips!
Ok I need advice.
I have been going out with my partner now for nearly 5 years and everyone always says things like "you're going to get engaged soon, how exciting etc". I love my partner more than anything, however the reason comments like this don't excite me is that the thought of having an engagement party/wedding makes me anxious. The reason being...is that our families are completely different. It's not a religion kind of way but more to the fact that I don't want our families mingling. My family is quite modern but still moralistic and traditional and I guess a little judgey. My family has worked bloody hard to live comfortably and they would want only the best for me. My family love my partner, however I'm worried if they met his entire family they would be worried. His family that live in Melbourne are hard workers and lovely people. However, his side of the family who live all over Victoria (some of whom I haven't even met but heard stories of) are druggies, massive weed smokers, unemployed, long beards and wouldn't even own a suit. I don't want to sound like i'm saying we are better than them, because i'm not saying that, but I know my uncles and aunties who drive mercedes and live in affluent suburbs would be concerned. His sister already concerned my family as she had a teenage pregnancy and different boyfriends every month and there is no way that this would have been accepted in my family. To some this might sound so stupid, but for some reason I stay up all night anxious, bite my nails over it and get so worked up. My partner knows my concerns and agrees. He is extremely close to my family, more so than what we are with his however he doesn't see why I get so upset over it and says that if this is a constant concern of mine maybe it won't work.
My levels of anxiety over everything these days is extremely high. I'm not sure if its just a stage or if I need to speak to someone but I don't know why his family affects me this much.