What a day Packs!

It was cold today so I had a toasted Subway sandwich for lunch. Only because the queue that usually goes out the door at Subway had transfered across the street to the TAB today. Yes, its Melbourne Cup day. The race that stops the nation but manages no effect on my office whatsoever. No office sweeps or even stopping for cheese and crackers. This is the only workplace I've been in where we work right through the Melboune cup race. Its sacrilege!

Actually, It had completely slipped my mind, with talks about interest rates cuts and the US election at the forefront of todays news, It wasn't till I saw women wearing race hats and fasinators on the train that the penny dropped. Women all over North Sydney have thrown on thier pretty spring dresses with paper thin shawls, even though we're in the middle of a cold snap heading towards summer. With style winning over comfort, they soldiered onto thier Melbourne Cup lunchoens cluching thier hats and holding onto the hems of thier short dresses as the cold and blustery winds tried to make them look foolish and ill attired.


(only Jen Hawkins can pull off such a look - taken from the SMH website. Reminds me of that ad where there is this sexy bikini clad model drinking Sprite and the tagline says, 'Drink Sprite, look sexy*' and at the bottom the disclaimer
*you must be sexy first)

I like Mebourne Cup, Not so much for the races, or the gambling but definately for the fashion. For weeks the shops have been selling the prettiest dresses, shoes and fasinators for race day. Its the only day where pple actually dress up for the occasion. There was a lacklustre response to Halloween in Australia because its perceived to be an America tradition but pple pull out the stops for Melbourne Cup. Its so uniquely Australian. I only wish it was a public holiday here like it is in Victoria.

Have just heard over the radio, Bart Cummings horse ' Viewed' has won the Melboune cup.