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This week’s Everyday Awesomeness is for urban gardeners and veggie growers in Cape Town! If you grow your own salads, veggies and herbs, there are two websites you may want to visit: The Food Collective and Soil for Life.

If you’re interested in heirloom vegetables (vegetables that have survived through natural pollination and are often difficult to come by), keep an eye on The Food Collective. Their recent winter Heirloom Seedling Share offered a range of “open-pollinated heirloom seed varieties” in the form of unusual winter vegetable seedlings that you’re unlikely to find elsewhere in the country. This year the seedlings were various types of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and cabbage:

Check their website for more opportunities and events (here’s hoping for a summer seedling share)!

At Soil for Life (an awesome NGO) you can buy vegetable seedlings, worm farms (to feed your veggie garden) and you can pick your own fresh produce from their organic garden. Visit their website for more information on how they’re feeding, teaching and building up needy communities.

If you know of anywhere else to purchase heirloom or organic seedlings, let us know in the comments!

I received an email from an iMod reader asking this very question. The email went on to say that some people say it’s 6 x gross monthly salary, but is someone who earns, say, R50,000 a month meant to spend R300,000 odd on a ring?

It’s definitely an interesting question, one which every man who’s thinking of proposing has probably asked someone about or researched. It was just over a year ago when all these questions hit my mind, what do I spend, what is clarity, what is cut, what is carat?

The truth is that I don’t have the answer, but my opinion about this isn’t so much about how much you spend, because it’s an emotional thing, it’s about the love. That isn’t to say that a lucky packet will suffice, women love their diamonds, ya know ;)

When I bought Fe’s ring, it was expensive, but it wasn’t 6 times what I mean over 6 months, that’s for sure. And, the fact that I didn’t put 6 months of salary into it didn’t stop her from falling in love with it and having every single friend going, “oh wow”. I boiled it down to what I could afford, but I also worked on the design, so it was up to the jeweller to quote me on achieving what I wanted. For those who are interested, here’s Fe’s ring:

I did some further research online to see what other’s opinions were and one that popped up numerous times was that of spending 2 months of salary on the ring and that definitely made more sense to me. However, this is still a great deal of money to spend and would take a lot of time to save up for.

So there are many opinions and my opinion is to make it about the coming together of two people and not about the ring. Yes, spoil your lady, but if she loves you and understands you, she’ll understand what you can afford and will work with you – think about it ;)

So, what do you think, how much would you spend on an engagement ring?

I came across this website called Bra Stick and I had a good laugh at first and then I realized it could actually be quite useful for a number of ladies who require that extra lift.

The Bra Stick is a simple concept which involves the process of using an adhesive sticker to lift the breasts – so, not need for that expensive and risky boob job.

Without going into too much detail, let’s rather look at a video as it paints the picture perfectly:

Pretty neat idea and I reckon it’ll do really well. I did have a good laugh earlier when emailing a colleague with the following, “Imagine you’re chatting to a client and whilst having a laugh you bounce up and down only to find that a few seconds later one boob is hanging 7cm lower” ;)

Interested in learning more? Click here

When it comes to brands such as Prada, Canterbury, Louis Vuitton and others, it’s always interesting to see what ad campaigns they launch, as the campaigns usually set the trends for the months ahead in the fashion world.

This time around it’s Prada with their 2011 Winter Fall campaigns, featuring models, Kelly Mittendorf, Frida Gustavsson, Ondria Hardin and Antonia Wesseloh.

Take a look:

I’m not usually a big fan of her style, but Angelina Jolie has been looking lovely on the red carpet at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Wearing Salvatore Ferragmo from head to toe.

Wearing a stunning Versace Atelier gown - This dark brownish colour is fabulous and compliments her pale skin and current hair colour.

I adore Rachel McAdams – she always picks great roles to play and has fabulous style.

This week she has been looking amazing on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. She is currently promoting her new film “Midnight in Paris” (which is directed by Woody Allen)

* In a white, Maxime Simoens dress and nude Salvatore Ferragamo peep-toes

* in a gorgeous, silk Marchesa dress

* in Monique Lhuillier bustier top and matching wide-leg pants