Clare, the house sounds Divine! I know you would probably prefer to be in there yesterday but the end of October will come around soon enough plus it gives you loads of time to get anything done that may need doing and time to pack etc and you wont have that rushed feeling. I can't believe that you can be that close to the CBD and still have a creek LOL!

H, woohoo for AF! Never thought you'd get so excited about it I bet

You're dead right about some of the more exxie brands being poorly made. I always take extra care when washing something for the first time when I have paid a lot of money for it and there have been very few times when something hasn't run it's colour, shrunk or gone out of shape on the first wash. I love gymboree for it's quality - not one thing I have brought from there has shrunk, although there was a navy top of Erin's that faded a bit but that's to be expected after a while. Pumpkin patch used to be fantastic and I got so much wear out of the girls stuff as I could pass it from Erin to Paige, but now it's just so cheap and shoddy looking and it poorly made, so think they started cutting corners with manufacturing. And JK Clothing is just as bad too.