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We all hear the stories, families that are simply less fortunate than ours because of financial, physical or emotional distress and cannot celebrate Christmas fully. For a lot of us, these are more than just stories, they are our friends, our family, our neighbours.

Thanks to some wonderful sponsors, www.babybites.co.nz has a fabulous prize pack to give away to a family in need this christmas. The prize pack full of gorgeous gifts will hopefully boost their spirits and give them something that they would not be able to give themselves.

Please take the time to remember what Christmas is all about, and nominate a family you know that is less fortunate that yours now here!

the SALE of the year!!

Heidi and I were talking recently that this time last year we were boob deep (ha-ha) in our very first HOTmilk clearance.

It was such an exciting time for us and as we saw the orders come in like never before, it really gave us a glimpse of retailing on a larger scale. Heidi and I were up well into the wee hours packing orders for many many nights just to keep up and we roped in the Mr Belly Beyonds to help as well.

Our systems have improved somewhat over the past year since this shot - hehehe

We reckoned that given the new season HOTmilk is on the way, if a clearance was going to happen, it'd be this month. And HOTmilk have indeed decided they want to clear the shelves and have just confirmed today that it is SALE TIME until 23rd November (or while stocks last!)

Starting tomorrow: 10 HOTmilk styles, sizes 8A-20FF, up to 65%

HOTmilk bra $35,
HOTmilk brief $15

Yip, thats two HOTmilk sets for $100!!!!! Plus Nightie and PJ specials.

But wait, there's more (yes, I really just said that). Buy any two HOTmilk sets and you receive FREE nightwear worth another $85.

IN SUMMARY, over $250 worth of HOTmilk for the grand total of $100.

And for those that are undied out (from our back to back HOTmilk then Womama Sales) we are also specialing selected ERGObaby Carriers and Isoki Bags as well - watch out for a newsletter tomorrow!

Auckland Parent and Child Show

Thousands of mums and dads descended on the ASB Showgrounds last weekend for the Auckland Parent& Child Show.

It was our first time as exhibitors and it far exceeded our expectations! Our Ergo Baby Carrier specials and the Isoki Nappy Bags were definitely the crowd favourite and the gorgeous dulce&zoet slings were also really well received.

So many people commented on how busy our little stand was and we often had queues for people to get in!! Even our fellow exhibitors popped over often to tell us to send some customers their way :)

Fantastic job again to the boys - what fabulous men-folk we have in our lives and also to Judy and Jodie, you guys are STARS!! More and more I am so grateful to be sharing this business with our growing team, everyone adds value and brings something unique to Belly Beyond and we are a better business for it.

We highlighted a couple of new products and there was lots of interest in the Olli&Lime and Tummy Tie.

Lovely to have our specialist team on site too. A big thank you to Amy from Popit, Rebecca from Made4baby, Eva from dulce&zoet, Ute from Mumcho and Jane from Fine Lines.

And a special mention to so many of who you took the time to come up and give us so much amazing feedback about the site and our recent awards wins. It's such a cliche I know, but we literally couldn't do it without our lovely customers!

So enough chatter from me, here are the pics.

Ergo Baby Carrier Heart to Heart Infant Insert

The all new infant insert from Ergo will be here mid-late this month.

It's the Heart2Heart and can been designed in conjunction with research studies, chiropractic support and customer feedback. This means you will be able to cuddle your newborn tummy to tummy, hence the Heart2Heart name.

More details coming soon.

Firing my assistant

So today was the last straw and I've taken the big step and fired my assistant.

Well it had been coming for while. He has no concept of deadlines, doesn't respect boundaries and his constant demands about time off for food breaks and naps just didn't mesh with the high standards the role requires.

We were doing a photo shoot and after I'd asked him three times to finish setting the product up and this was the result when I went back to check on progress.












I mean I ask you - what was I do???? Lucky he's so cute. Please excuse the bad fringe. He went to stay one night with my parents last weekend and came home looking like that. Needless to say Mum was given a written warning and staff discount privileges revoked until further notice ;)

Got the shot in the end though! New Ecotanka Covers with detachable straps - not a bad result for a home job huh?

Top 10 Twitter Abbreviations

There are stacks of Abbreviation or Acronym Dictionary's (just google them) but most users will only ever use a handful of the thousands listed there. So after being asked a few times what common abbreviations are in tweets I thought it time to put together a very brief summary of the ones I come across the most.

1. LOL - laugh out loud: something you or someone else said that you find funny
   
   
2. ROFL - Rolling on floor laughing or LMAO - Laugh my arse off; Something you or someone else said is really really funny. There are stacks of variations of this Clue: if there is an F in there somewhere, it doesn't stand for fridge.
   
   
3. FTW: For the win, use in praise of something. eg, Belly Beyond FTW!
   
   
4. IMO: In my opinion or IMHO: in my honest/humble opinion
   
   
5. IYKWIM: If you know what I mean
   
   
6. OMG: Oh my god or OMFG
   
   
7. WTF: What the f*ck?
   
   
8. BTW: By the way
   
   
9. RT or PRT: Retweet or please retweet
   
   
10. and also worthy of a mention is #fail - it's not an acronym but it represents a statement of failure about something or someone. "Britney's latest music single #fail" or "#epicfail (a failure of epic proportions!)
    

Open Casting Call - Wellington

The fabulous Womama Maternity Lingerie, a great little local company making a name for itself here and around the world, is searching for a breastfeeding mother, a pregnant woman and babies to be a part of their 2010 catalog themed “home is where your heart is.”

Who do they need?

• Breastfeeding woman with baby aged 3-6 months
• Pregnant woman with a tummy at 5- 6 months in November
• Girl 4-5 years old with long, dark hair and dark brown eyes
• New born to six week old baby
• Baby 5-6 months old at the end of November


What do you need to do?

Register your interest THIS WEEKEND.

Where: Belmont Memorial Hall, Lower Hutt (just off motorway).
When: Saturday the 7th of November 2009 from 1pm to 4pm.

Come register your interest and have a snap shot taken.

Details: Photo shoot will take place in Eastbourne 23 and 24th of November.
Applicants must be available both days from 7am-8pm.

Applications for model search close November the 8th. Chosen models will be notified by phone.



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