Olympic Games (in London!)

Ola chica's!

It's time for some sportnews. We know that (we women) think shopping is a sport itself, but unfortunately it's not an official Olympic Game. However, this year is an amazing year for the sport people among us. Let us enumerate some things:

- European Championship (spot the hottest boy's and boddies) 

- Olympic Games (for the real sport lovers)

Certainly, the last event we think is sooooo amazing, it is really a TBYD. Especially now it is being organized in London. Great for the Europeans among us. To make you even more jealous, Anouk is going to London this summer and she has tickets for the field hockey games (women final, women 1/2 final, men last four). So she is really looking forward to the games and you guys know, hockeyers are hot!

It is very difficult to buy tickets, so you should be early with your sign up. However, don't be too disappointed because in two years the Olympic Games will be organized in Brazil, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laaa (reminds us of buying tickets for the Holland Heineken House, la-la), Brazil! So make sure that you are the lucky owner of some tickets for London or Brazil. 

You're no lucky bastard? Don't make it a big problem. You can always watch it online, on tv or you can just visit London and sample the atmosphere. Need some information? Visit London 2012.com !

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Vakantieveilingen.nl

Chica's! 

This time, we have something nice for the Dutch girls among us. We all know that the Dutchies like to save money (certainly if they are student, like us :) ). So someone came on the great idea to let people bid on holidays, restaurants and a lot of other fun stuff to do. This site is called Vakantieveilingen.nl , translated: Holiday Auctions.

Vakantieveilingen.nl is a website were you can bid on great auctions. All site members (you can register for free) can bid on great items, vacations, theater performances, dinners etc. It really is perfect for people who don't want to spend much money or people who don't have much money. The auction takes a certain period of time, varied by subject. The trick is to offer the highest bid at the last moment. This way you make sure that you win the auction for as little money as possible. After some seconds, you can see whether you have won the auction or not. 

Every day there is an 'Auction of the day'. If you visit the website the auction of the day really strikes out. On the picture below you can see an example of an Auction of the day. This is a bid for a hotel in Antwerp, tomorrow there will be another fantastic item in the Auction of the day! By the way, the winner won a weekend Antwerp for only 50 euros. Bargain!

But not only in Holland they came up with this great idea! So luckely for the readers who don't come from Holland you also can search (and will probably find) a great auction site for your own country!

We have told you that there are some categories at this website. 

From left to right:

All auctions - Night out - Beauty - Parks - Day out - Hotels - Dinner places - Vacations (the best category :) ) 

So, is your friends birthday coming up? Do you not have much money to spend? However, you want to give a great and original present to your friend? Or do you want something for yourself? Go to the website and make sure that you win the auction! Good luck!

Tell us about your experiences with vakantieveilingen.nl and leave a comment! 

LOVE! 

PS. We are trying to win the auction of eating Sushi. If we win this auction, we will write a new blog item about it next week :) . 

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Cupcake time!!

Hello cupcake lovers!


Cupcakes, you see them everywhere these days. But did you know that the first recipe about cupcakes was written in 1828 by Eliza Leslie? Cupcakes where served by the tea at genteel tea Parties.
They started as simple cakes, but nowadays you can get them in every size, colour, taste and shape. 

Yes, this really is a dress made of cupcakes! It was made by the girls from DC Cupcakes for the DC fashion week. These two sisters Sophie and Katherine have their own real life serie about their cupcake store in DC. They make the most beatifull creations form paintings till even dresses. 


So after seeing als these beautiful creatations we decided to try it ourselves. We went to the supermarket where they have a lot of handy devices to create lovely cupcakes in a simple way. First we made the cakes, when they were cooled down we where ready with the preparations for the decoration. We used marzipan to make all kinds of shapes with cheerful colours and a chocolate topping simply because we LOVE chocolate. Thanks to the special cupcake package of Anouk we had colourful sprinkels, funny little dolls, flowers and even a professional spatula to make our cupcakes as beautiful as possible. 
To be honest we were quit proud on the results! All those beautifull colours make us happy! And don't forget they are to be eaten! And that is what we did, together with our friends!
So do you want to have a creative and fun activity to do with your friends? Go to the supermarket, choose the flavours you like and start baking! We assure you have a great day!


Visit this Dutch site for some delicious cupcake recipes. Have fun! 

LOVE
The Cupcakes girls,
Anouk & Sophie <3

Some of our home-made cupcakes!

PS. Do you absolutely love cupcakes and you have a theme partie and don't know what to wear? Look at this fantastic costume (not made of cupcakes ;) ) . If you want to know where you can buy this amazing costume, contact us or leave a comment!

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A citytrip to Rome, before you die!!

Sorry, sorry, sorry! It has been a while since we posted a message. So here a long awaited, brand new TBYD!

Like you all know our blog is about things women have to do before they die. We already talked about things like shopping with your boyfriend, carnival in Rio and buy before you die. Something that we didn't write about yet is a city trip. We know that there are a lot of blogs about citytrips but we want to tell you something about our favorite city, the most beautiful city of Europe: Rome!

Rome is a city you should visit before the world ends. You wonder why? THIS is why:

1. You love ice cream? Rome has the best ice cream in the world. On almost every corner of the street you can buy one. A warning: once you've eaten one, it's not the last you buy on this trip ;) . Anouk did the Rome-city-trip with her boyfriend, but she made the mistake to buy an ice dream on the first day..

Anouk eating the lovely Italian ice!!

2. Rome is very romantic, especially at night. The city is beautiful and there are many romantic restaurants where you can eat the most delicious pizza or pasta. Duh, you are in Italy! Oh, and of course there are some lovely must-see attractions.

3. Shopppping. In our last post we already wrote something about shopping, the "Buy before you die" blogpost. But Rome is also very worthwhile to go shopping. It has great shops and stores and knows everything about the latest fashion trends. There is a great shopping street near the Spanish Steps. So make sure you have time (and money) to spend on shopping.

The lovely shopping street!

4. As we said earlier there are a lot of beautifull sights in Rome. So don't forget to go to the Collosseum and the Pantheon, throw a coin in the Trevi Fontain and go to the St. Peter's Basilica, the most beautiful monument in Vatican City.

Sophie in Rome 5 years ago with her friends!

Rome is something you have to experience yourself, the impressive buildings, beautifull sights, lovely restaurants and shops and don't forget the beautiful weather (most of the time). So what do you need more? We hope we conviced you the experience this great city yourself!!

LOVE

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