L told me he was taking the day of my birthday off & we would do something nice. I told him not to bother I just wanted to forget about the whole thing.
On the Friday night he arrived home with these saying Happy Birthday to which I replied my birthday is not till Monday & he informed me it was the start of a birthday weekend extravaganza?!
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| Friday night - birthday flowers |
On Saturday afternoon we went out to our favorite cafe Vanilla Pod and while there he gave me a card to which I replied its not my birthday till Monday!! He wanted me to open it & as he always does it was a beautiful card but a the bottom it said turn over here. There was a colour insert telling me I would need to pack a bag as we would be going away in the morning to spend thenight at Palazzo Versace. This is somewhere I have always wanted to stay & until his awful murder Gianni was my favorite designer & although I could not afford it I was Versace mad! I told him it was too much & we could not afford it but I was told to be quiet & just go along!!
The next day we met his parents for lunch at Omeros Bros at Marina Mirage which I have never been to. I was really happy when I saw photos on the wall showing 2 of my idols had dined there Kylie Minouge & Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell.
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| Kylie Minogue on wall at Omeros Bros |
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| Goldie & Kurt on wall at Omeros Bros |
Lunch was lovely then the embarrassig tradition of having a cake come out & people sing happy birthday happened (I would love to get under the table whenever this happens!!) L had send his Mum the recipe of the peach blossom cake I had admired on Masterchef & she had made it for me!
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| Masterchef Peach blossom cake made by L's Mum |
Leigh gave me another birthday card at lunch with another surprise inside - it was informing me that at 4pm I had to go to the Spa at Versace for a 1 hours body treatment, salt scrub, massage, vichy shower.
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| Foyer of Palazzo Versace |
http://www.palazzoversace.com.au/#/explore-hotel
For those who have never been everything at Palazzo Versace is well versace, the cushions, cups, glasses EVERYTHING!! The hallways in the hotel are lined with gorgeous shots from vintage Versace campaigns & there were many of my favorite supermodel Linda Evangelista.
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| Linda in the Marilyn Monroe dress |
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| Linda in the safety pin dress that made Liz Hurley famous |
The room was gorgeous and overlooked the pool area.......
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| View from our room |
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| View of room |
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| Part of bathroom & spa |
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| Versace glasses bedside |
After a beautiful & relaxing treatment at the spa we just chilled in the room then decided to go grab a snack & headed over to Max Brenner at Mirage next door where for the first time we tried fondue (& loved it!)
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| Fondue & Souffle |
We headed back to the room to find turn down service had happened & oil was burning & this was on the bed!
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| Lipstick kiss chocolates left by turn down service |
We then decided to relax and soak in the spa and have a wonderful nights sleep in a very comfy bed. Breakfast was a buffet the next morning and it was beautiful as they also have a chef there to take ordered so you can have eggs anyway or fresh pancakes etc... Mmmm lots of piping hot pancakes & strong cappucinos for me it was. Then more time in the room & in the spa.
We then headed over to Mirage as we had not been there properly for years and all the shops were new. I got this lovely pair of silver angel wing earrings from a jeweller there with birthday money from Leigh's parents. Designer website:
http://www.vont.com.au/
Then we sadly had to head home. We just relaxed with the cats & L did some decorating with goodies sent to me from my friend in the UK & it was time for more birthday cake this time my favorite, Red Velvet from Vanilla Pod
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| L's decorating with stuff sent by my friend in the UK |
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| Red Velvet Cake |
I am very lucky L is so wonderful & spoiled me rotten in the hopes I would have a nice birthday after such a tough year. It was far nice than my plan of sleeping the day away!
