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.
Angelina Jolie in Ellie Saab
Julia Roberts in Givenchy
Jennifer Lawrence in Dior
Cate Blanchett in Armani
Anne Hathaway in Gucci
Meryl Streep
Gabourey Sidibe
Jennifer Garner
Penelope Cruz
Kate Hudson in Versace
Lupita Nyong'o in Prada
Sandra Bullock in Alexander McQueen
Brad and Angelina (in Ellie Saab)
Margot Robbie
Lady Gaga in Donatella Versace
Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa
Joseph Gorden Levitt
Margot Robbie
Leonardo DiCaprio
Emma Watson in Vera Wang
Charliez Theron in Dior
Kerry Washington in Jason Wu
Benedict Cumberbatch
Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves
Jessica Biel in Chanel
Bette Midler in Reem Acara
Naomi Watts in Calvin Klein
Pharrell Williams
Lupita Nyong'o in Prada
Jared Leto and his family
Kristen Bell and Dax Shephard
Amy Adams in Gucci
Anna Kendrick in J. Mendel
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Pharrell Williams and his wife
TV host Kelly Rippa
June Squibb in Tadashi Shoji
Lupita Nyong'o has arrived in Prada
Liza Minelli
US figure skater Ashley Wagner
Calista Flockhart
Glenn Close in Zac Posen
Model Coco Rocha in Zac Posen
Portia de Rossi in Naeem Khan
Kristen Chenoweth in Cavalli
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis posing on the red carpet
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
Frozen's Idina Menzel
Olivia Wilde in Valentino
Kristen Bell in Cavalli
How I Met your Mother's Cristin Milioti
John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen in Monique Lhuillier!
Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski (in Rani Zakhem) and Johnny Weir
Ireland Baldwin (daughter of Alex and Kim Bassinger) in Burberry
Extra presenter Maria Menounos
Ryan Seacrest
Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O’Dell
Good Morning America anchor Lara Spencer in KAUFMANFRANCO
Lisa Wilkinson and Richard Wilkins from the Today Show
MTV Europe reporter Louise Roe
American Beauity Queen Rachel Smith
TV personality Rosci Diaz
Access Hollywood anchor Shaun Robinson
TV host Robin Roberts
Viola Davis in Escada
Giuliana Rancic in Adelaide designer Paolo Sebastian
Kelly Osbourne in Badgley Mischka
Kelly Osbourne getting ready for the Oscars
The Oscars red carpet
Oscar winner's envelopes
Behind the scenes
Raining on the Oscars parade
Maria Menounos and A.C Slater on the Oscars red carpet
So, what’s on your mind this week? Did you get stuck in the Oscar’s hype?
Top Comments
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.