Cupcakes and Glitter

All in the name of saying a good luck see you later to Pippa, who’s having her last day in the office today while she’s still in one piece…these gorgeous, glitter-covered bundles of deliciousness were sent by P2 since they can’t be here in person for a goodbye cuddle. We miss you already, Pippa, good luck with the birth!

Baby on Board

...but not for much longer! Yesterday afternoon the pr shop celebrated the impending arrival of mini-Pippa. Many delicious pink-and-white foods were consumed (including Whoopie cakes – yum!), and bets were taken on baby’s arrival date, time, weight and name. We can’t wait to meet her!

Kitten C

You may remember the days of Bob the Cat and his regular office bottle feeds. Well, today there’s a new cat on the block (or desk, rather) – Kitten C!
Named in Sally’s (failed) attempt not to get too attached, Kitten C is an SPCA find that Sal is temporarily fostering. Kitten C has captured the hearts and devoted attentions of all the whole office with his sparkling blue eyes and penchant for dancing on keyboards.
There aren’t any complaints about his parrot-esque habit of sitting on shoulders either – aw!

Come peer in our window

This post isn’t quite as creepy as the title may suggest. What we really mean is that we’ve been getting more creative with our window displays! We’ve got a pretty wicked spot with our front window, and we love to watch people peering in at all the cool stuff we’ve got going on. This week, we’ve got a couch and a TV all set up to tempt our passers-by into a night in front of the tele with a tipple of Baileys. Cosy looking, isn’t it?

New crew for P2!

the pr shop is growing! We’re thrilled to announce an addition to the pr shop’s Australian presence (affectionately known as P2) with the appointment of Amanda Kuhn as Head of PR.

Amanda is quite the PR star, bringing with her 15 years of experience in the PR/marketing arena, working with internationally based clients across the EMEA, APAC and US markets (impressive, we know!).

Among other roles, Amanda is the former APAC marketing manager for World Wrestling Entertainment – in other words, don’t mess with her, you never know who her friends might be…

Road, rugby and rain…

Late last week we (temporarily) lost one of our girls to the whirlwind that is the nationwide Telecom BackingBlack Travelling Headquarters tour (hereby referred to as BackingBlack Travelling HQ).

Jumping up, down and around the country, following the All Blacks games, the BackingBlack Travelling HQ is the official All Blacks fan club on the road.

Lysh has literally jumped on the bandwagon, and is travelling the country with the BackingBlack team, rallying up general excitement and good feeling around the country.

Work? Or a road trip? Bit of both perhaps…Either way, it sounds like fun, and back in the office we’re struggling not to feel jealous!

We’re told that activities in the first three stops – Kaitaia, Hamilton and New Plymouth – were interspersed by intervals of torrential rain, but that it was all good fun anyway (not least due to appearances by former All Blacks, especially for Lysh who’s an All Black nutter).

Besides, apparently slippery surfaces make for hilarious falls when you’re trying to knock your mates down in a giant bouncy tunnel…see why we’re jealous now?

Kicking off the kick-off in the best way…

….with cake, of course!

Screams of delight echoed through the office this morning as a more-superhero-than-delivery man breezed into the office, adorned with a giant Samoan flag and holding a very exciting-looking parcel.

Any box decorated with a ‘The Cake Stall’ sticker is certain to be well received in an office full of sugar-addicted women (some more than others, mind).

The box was ripped open, in the typically unsophisticated manner that the pr shop ladies act when in private, and we were thrilled to see the cake was made to an appropriate theme – rugby, of course.

Cakes are just the start. It feels like Christmas in Auckland City today, doesn’t it? Kids wearing top-to-toe black clothing and face paint are yelling ‘GO THE ALL BLACKS!!’ to passing cars outside our office, there’s bunting everywhere and even we’ve leaped on the band wagon, filling our front window with flags and balloons.

Needless to say, it’s an exciting day for Kiwis today. Even those of us who are…ahem…less rugby mad (that’s almost blasphemy to say at the moment, isn’t it?) can’t help but feel the tingle of excitement and anticipation with such festivities.

Hey! Any excuse to celebrate, right? Especially when it comes with cake.

Happy Rugby World Cup opening everyone!