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Lisa Not of Arabia

Cardigan: Anthropologie Tiny city garden (worn here before - similar here or bolder here or here)

Tank: Old Navy

Jeans: Banana Republic classic skinny (worn here before - similar here)

Belt: H&M double buckle (worn here before - similar here or here)

Boots: Born Taro (worn here before - similar here)

Necklace: UO multi stone bib (worn here before - similar-ish here or here)

Hey all, I'm back! Oh you have no idea how nice it feels to be back home - I had a whirlwind four days in Dubai on business plus a lovely 16 hour flight home so I am exhausted! There's nothing like seeing the BF and the pup again - apparently they fought with each other a bit while I was gone. Sigh, what can you do about kids being kids?

I didn't have a lot of time to do much else than work while I was there, but did manage a trip to Mall of the Emirates and the new shopping crown jewel - the Dubai Mall (what do people do when they come to Dubai? Shop and shop!) Here's a random sampling of pics:

The Burj Khalifa by day and night:

The malls in Dubai contain focal points most other malls would never consider - like the Underwater Zoo with a 107ft x 27ft viewing panel, a full size ice rink and the 80ft tall waterfall:

The Middle East's only indoor ski resort - Ski Dubai (it smells like a fridge in there, because - dur - it is!):

And your choice of touristy take-homes and a high-end gold souk:

And beautiful decadent confections:

If you haven't done so yet, there's still time to enter my giveaway! And I'll be catching up with everyone's blogs over the next few days, Insha'Allah!

Home Viewing in New Zealand

There are frequently property programmes on in the hospital staff room during the day. At the moment, there is often a program on which is about families relocating to other countries and looking at houses abroad. Usually on this program, it is families moving to Australia. However, there were a family wanting to move to New Zealand on today.

Usually when viewing the Australian homes, the participants keep their shoes on. However, in New Zealand taking shoes off at the door is much more common. The family on the show today all took their shoes off, along with the agent. With this being New Zealand where people commonly go barefoot outdoors, they did not bother putting their shoes on again when viewing the lawn and garden and so went outside in their socks!