The road to a good time this New Years is paved with gold. Whether you are throwing
or attending a house party, a fancy dinner or hitting the clubs and bars to
celebrate the beginning of 2014 Lakeside Mall has 9 golden essentials for your
New Years shopping trolley.
1. Sparkling wine
No New Years celebration is complete without a glass of golden bubbly to toast
with or chug down for fun. Real deal champagne is a luxury that few can afford
to splurge on and that is why we are grateful for JC Le Roux's extensive
collection of sparkling wines that we all know and love. You can get the party
started, and keep it going until the sun comes up on January 1st, this New
Years with the 1.5 litre bottles of JC Le Roux Le Domaine available from Checkers,
Lakeside Mall.
2. Smell like a goddess of gold
Everyone likes to smell nice so celebrate
the New Year with a signature scent that will force the person who you kiss at
midnight to remember you not just well into 2014 but forever. Two popular glittering
scents are Paco Rabanne's Lady Million and
Golden Delicious by DKNY. Both
fragrances are available from Red Square, Lakeside Mall. Both smell amazing and
will be sure to captivate anyone who you allow to get close enough.
3. A cup of golden goodness
All of us, at one stage of our lives or another, have over done it a little (or
a lot) with the New Years celebrations. There might be nothing you can do to
salvage your reputation but you can take the sting out of the embarrassment as
well as your massive hang over with a good strong cup of coffee. Keep a bottle
of Nescafé Gold in your kitchen cupboard this New Years to help you refresh
yourself the night after your party. Nescafé Gold is available from Checkers,
Lakeside Mall.
4. Bling Bling!
Bling it up by accessorizing your New Years outfit with these chunky gold
bracelets from American Swiss, Lakeside Mall. Nothing makes one feel more
fabulous than owning a brand new piece of jewellery that they can show off and
these bracelets will have your friends oohing and aahing right into January.
5. A little gold dress
Party the night away in a killer outfit that will turn heads and make you feel like a rock star. This fitted little black dress with gold details or this gold pleahter skirt from Exact! Lakeside Mall will have you looking fierce so that you can attack 2014 in style. Also available from Dcmo, Lakeside Mall is this beautiful black and gold sequined mini skirt and this belt with a gold buckle if you are feeling a little more adventurous.
6. Put some gold in your step
Walk with your head held high and your feet glittering with these killer shoes
from Awol, Lakeside Mall. The high heel peep toe with spike detail says, “I
came here to party and I am not leaving until the sun comes up so don’t get
in-between me and my groove.” While the second option of the high heeled golden
sandal is just as beautiful it is a more romantic and elegant option of the two
golden shoes, either of which will compliment you depending on what kind of
celebration you will be attending. 
7. Cocktails
Although this item may not be as golden as everything else on this list, no new
year’s party is complete without cocktails and this book Delicious Drinks, available from CNA, Lakeside Mall has divine
recipes for tons of different drinks that you can make for your guests that are
both alcoholic and non-alcoholic and will leave them begging you for more!
8. Light up the sky
Everyone knows that fireworks are a big no, no over the holiday season but this
does not mean that we cannot celebrate with a beautiful display of light using
sky lanterns available from CNA, Lakeside Mall. A nice idea is write down a
personal wish for 2014 like “Money” or “Love” or “Please let my boyfriend leave
his wife” on the lanterns before lighting them at the stroke of midnight and
watching them drift off into the night sky. Although the lanterns are also not
approved by the SPCA they do still make a better alternative to the noisy
firework displays that get everyone on Facebook so worked up.
9. Ferrero Rocher overdose
The last item on our list should also probably also go on a list as one of the
most indulgent things you could do this festive season. Ferrero Rocher, also
known as, little balls of delicious happiness that help women everywhere forget
their problems wrapped in golden beauty, is now, over special holidays,
available in a big, huge ball, shell thing! And “What is inside the shell?” I
hear you ask, well I will tell you, three regular sized Ferrero Rocher balls!
It is like they took pure happiness and wrapped in more pure happiness. As a
chocolate lover when I saw this in Checkers at Lakeside Mall I almost burst
into tears of joy. I was going to
suggest giving one of these beautiful creatures away as a gift to the host of
the New Year’s party you will be attending but, yeah right, as if that is going
to happen. I don’t know about you but I will be eating my huge Ferrero Rocher
in bed, alone while I watch The Notebook and
I will not be sharing with anyone.
For more information on Lakeside Mall and their
stores call 011 427-1801
No New Years celebration is complete without a glass of golden bubbly to toast
with or chug down for fun. Real deal champagne is a luxury that few can afford
to splurge on and that is why we are grateful for JC Le Roux's extensive
collection of sparkling wines that we all know and love. You can get the party
started, and keep it going until the sun comes up on January 1st, this New
Years with the 1.5 litre bottles of JC Le Roux Le Domaine available from Checkers,
Lakeside Mall.
