The Barbie Debate Continues...

For Templeton's Fury

Best Wishes,

SR

Pretty Amazing!

Do Clothes Make the Woman?

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This is such an interesting video. We wondered how they would feel in their swimsuit? SR

How To Lose Weight.

There are many things wrong with Barbie (despite how much we may adore her and her designer wardrobe). We've all heard the facts before - if Barbie was real she'd have to:
a) walk on all fours (because she is far too top heavy)
b) have the majority of her organs removed
c) and have her bras custom made as her boobs are just so fabulously large

Barbie probably wouldn't be so attractive walking around Sydney's CBD like this.

We were reading articles on body-image today, and although all these well-known anti-Barbie stats are shocking - I think this takes the flour-less orange cake that is in our fridge:

WHEN BARBIE WENT FOR A SLEEPOVER SHE BROUGHT A...
Along with her pretty pink dressing gown and matching pink slippers Slumber Party Barbie never leaves her house without her toiletries bag. Your toiletries bag would probably have a toothbrush, toothpaste, some make-up and perhaps some face wash. Barbie's is perfectly equipped with pink hair rollers, pink mirror and PINK SCALES THAT READ 110 POUNDS AT ALL TIMES - but of course. And Barbie knows that 49 kilograms is an unacceptable weight to be she brings with her a red and yellow 'How To lose Weight' book.

After this we found Galia Slayen, an amazing young girl who built a life-size Barbie so create awareness about the severity of eating disorders. It's much more shocking when you see it in real life:

There is no doubt that Barbie would turn heads -  What would you think if you saw Barbie walking down your street??

Would you wear a white bikini?

So this is Dove's double page spread comprising of 'Real Women', women all shapes and sizes (sizes 8-16 to be precise). It is refreshing when you flip through the usual magazine filled of size nothings who make you want to skip lunch for the day, and suddenly see this - a bunch of real sized women! Bravo Dove.

However, we do notice something glaringly unreal, while conceding Dove wanted to use white for their campaign.......Real women probably wouldn't choose white bikinis. What do you think?

Best Wishes,

SR

Cake! Cake! Cake!

We enjoy great coffee from next door and one to many gallons of tea everyday - it keeps us going! But nothing is more exciting than when Lisa or Sue bring in their special flourless Orange Cake. It is extremely yummy and very much sin free! Let us know if you'd like the recipe and we'll post it!

we can have our cake and eat it too!

Blogging about cakes is almost as fun as eating them but no where near as fun as googling funny cakes! We found this this afternoon - hilarious! Maybe we should make a flourless orange cake, shaped like this bikini babe, for our customers this saturday?

This has to be a joke...

the cotton ball diet.
We don't know if you have all already heard of this, but we stumbled across this during our daily google today. This is no metaphor, women are actually eating cotton balls! Mainly before meals to fill themselves up so they can't eat as much! Not only would this taste bad, burn your digestive track, make you seem ridiculous, leave you entirely unsatisfied - you could possibly die aswell! Let's leave the cotton balls to the men hey ladies...

Slimsuit.

We heard the phrase 'Diet in a Swimsuit' today.
We couldn't decide if we liked it or not.
Should we be working with what we've got or trying to hide it?
We've decided that this is a silly phrase - we should all be proud
to show, shake and shimmy in what our Mama's gave us.
Whether it be in a bikini, tankini, full piece or the nude!!
What do you think?

If Marilyn could do it so can we!