Well, if you ask my lovely husband*, he'd say yes, that I really am quite bossy. But hey, that's why he married* me!

I had a bossy experience of a different kind the other night, when I was invited, along with Brisbane's Beauty Bloggers, to a DIY Styling Night at Bossy Hair's amazing Training Academy in Kelvin Grove. We were wined and dined (I promise I just had a halfie of champers because I was driving), and we learnt about some awesome and really on-trend hair styles from the great team at Bossy.

Now I didn't need much persuading to attend, as the best haircuts I've ever received were from Bossy salons, but even I was surprised as how much fun it was! The gorgeous Antoinette led the show with grace and humour, and the team was so friendly and generous with their hair knowledge. It was quite an unstructured evening, which was great as we got to ask all the personalised hair questions we wanted! 

Obviously, my big thing was braids. Obviously. If this surprises you, it's probably your first time reading this blog.

I got my Heidi-the-milkmaid on, with some sweet and sassy braids, and then I hung over the back of Abbey while she was transformed into a sweet rockabilly - the volume was incredible and I wanted to learn how to do that!

And learn I did. Check out my attempt the next day, a quiff-braid combo, with a big of teasing and backcombing for volume!

If you want the step-by-step for each hairstyle, there's no better place to learn than Anni's post at her blog Haute & Stylish. Tegan of Tegania's Thoughts has some great behind-the-scenes pics, too!

Lovely Tegan, taking some great how-to pics for her blog!

Bossy Hair prides itself on VERY personalised hair styling, and really fashion-forward stylists, PLUS,  the SUPER-lovely team at Bossy Hair Kelvin Grove have offered my pretty little blog readers the following offer:

There are hardly words to describe the last two weeks... so pictures will have to do.

   

   

This time next week, there'll be a Mr Potaty.

Well, not exactly true, as I'm taking BB's last name, and I'm sure I'll always be known as Katy Potaty. My initials will become KR! But seriously, by this time next week, I'll have been married for about two hours. And right now, I'll be sipping on a watermelon and lychee mojito, just taking in all the celebrations occurring for me. For us. For our relationship.

So DAMN excited. 

Pretty much everything wedding-related has been organised to within an inch of its life, and all there is to do now is sit back and relax, holidaying with our lovely friends and family who are making the journey with us to Port Douglas with us to celebrate. 

I was asked the other day. 'Why a destination wedding?', and it's really quite an easy decision to justify. BB's family are in Tasmania, and all my relatives are in South East Queensland, so half of the wedding guests would have to take a trip anyway.  BB and I spent quite a few weekends touring various Queensland hinterland wedding venues and wineries, and we were underwhelmed by most of them. During the drive home at the end of a day of being disappointed by the service (or lack of) at a reception venue we'd been interested in, my very clever fiance said 'Why can't it all be as easy as getting engaged in Port Douglas was?'

I was proposed to on Four Mile Beach (remember?!) and we spent every evening in Port Douglas dining at world-class restaurants, drinking amazing wine matched with the freshest seafood, and it was truly perfect. We'd been raving to our families and friends about our time up north, so the next logical step was researching whether we could do it. And we could. Our immediate families were thrilled by the idea and that was enough for us to lock it in! After that, it just became easier and easier. It's fantastic that we'll get to share our favourite place with our favourite people, and we'll always have a reason to go back for a visit.

We fly out tomorrow morning, for a week of relaxing and a little bit of preparation, and I'm throwing the last few things in my suitcase now. 

Birth certificates for celebrant to sight. Check!

Wedding rings. Check!

Wedding dress. Check!

I think that's pretty much all the important stuff, but if you think of anything else I may need, please tweet me, post a reminder on Instagram, or leave a comment below!

I would really love to blog a little in the lead-up to the wedding, but if I don't, you'll have to forgive me. I promise you'll definitely get to see a few wedding happy snaps when we get back. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram, and if any of our guests upload pics, the hashtag will be #kpbbwedding.

Also, to my lovely (and truly stunning, I've been told) blog readers, thank you so much for your patience during this recent bridal-blogging phase, we'll return to your regular baking programming shortly!

I'm *finally* getting around to blogging my Style Dare pics from last week! 

As you may remember, I was participating in Fox in Flats' Arm Party Style Dare, and it was SO fab to see what everyone was stacking on their wrists! I ended up wearing more than seven different bracelet / bangle stacks, as I changed them in the evenings if I had plans (like heading to meet up with some of the lovely #BBBE girls at Guzman y Gomez on Wednesday)!

My fave timber beads, tigerseye bracelet that BB brought back from India, and beaten brass beads with dove charm.

Nautical stripes and navy Italian glass mala beads.

Turquoise, timber and red mala beads - the turquoise bracelet was a gift from my dearest high school friend who has travelled through South America.

Rocking some 80's friendship bracelets and faded denim. And that's Molly's GORGEOUS orange handiwork over there on the left!

Black velvet and beaten copper and rose gold. Glam, yet rockabilly at the same time. Is that even possible?

Black and gold, black and gold. (Bugger. Now that Sam Sparro track is in my head.)

Timber and tortoiseshell, such a classic and neutral combination.

Peach and pearls - pretty and flirty with a white lacey dress. And another of Molly's stunning bracelets, this time a white silk and gold hardware piece.

And to finish off the week - here is my FAVOURITE stack. This combination means so much to me emotionally, as well as aesthetically. I do love my coral!

Turquoise and silver bracelet and beads from BB's trip to India, Skagen watch from my Mumsy, and my everyday-loves - my turquoise, coral and timber mala beads. There are some good vibes on this wrist, I can assure you.

Did you get into the Arm Party dare?

This blog post header might have thrown you a bit, I mean, I'm not a style blogger! And you may notice a cute little minty-coloured blog button over there to the left <<< ? You see it? Well, that was given to me by the SUPER lovely Andrea of Fox In Flats who throws a great style dare, and I've managed to complete a few!

And she's at it again - with this week's Arm Party Dare! Yep, time to get your Arm Party on! I *love* a good arm party and I think they are the quickest way to push a cute outfit into the style stratosphere. (Am I talking like a style blogger now? Totally faking it, by the way.)

Oh, what's that? What's an Arm Party, you ask? Well, it's a party of fabulous things on your arm. You know, like bracelets, bangles, cuffs and watches.

And who chucks a good Arm Party? Check out the following babes who I'm lucky enough to be blogging buddies with, they ROCK an Arm Party.

This cutie-pants Adrienne can be found at Lot Deux. And she stacks beads like it is nobody's business. 

The sweet (and sassy) Rosemary of Lashes & Lattes threw this Arm Party.

I am loving this quirky collection by Sarah of Hip and Haute!

And this little stack of happiness was put together by the lovely Molly, who creates these fab bracelets and many more!

So, jump on board Fox in Flats' Arm Party train, and share on Twitter, Instagram, a blog or tumblr. And don't forget to leave a link below so we can find you!

No, don't. Don't blame Canada, but I will be having a little bloggy break.

I have used all my monthly internet (blame gorgeous wedding websites like Green Wedding Shoes and Polkadot Bride!) so will have to wait for BB to get home from his Bucks Party (the Aussie version of a bachelor party) to borrow his internet. Mine is much too slow to deal with blogging and my Pinterest obsession.

You can blame Canada for the very dirty floors downstairs though! I have two Canadian boys staying with us at the moment, they are lovely and very polite young men who are billeting with us while they play rugby at the school invitation carnival that we hosted yesterday. After over 120mm of rain in three days, the rugby fields are more like grassy lakes, and I got just as dirty trudging around the grounds! My laundry and downstairs bathroom looks terrible, but it's nothing that a quick mop and wipeover can't fix. And more importantly, the boys are having a fantastic time in Australia! Apparently a house party last night was a lot of fun and they taught the locals a drinking game or two, then they're off to Fraser Island for the day tomorrow. lucky ducks!

I'm sure there'll be more wedding-related blogging between now and the Big Day, I just need a faster internet connection to get going though!

Last weekend I visited my bridesmaid, who was in turn visiting her parents in the lovely seaside town of Bargara. I had a very relaxing time hanging out with her and her gorgeous mother making fresh pasta, and loved exploring a couple of sweet boutiques down by the ocean.