Open post of the week.

Welcome to Mamamia’s open post of the week. It’s like a catch up coffee or an after-work drink with friends. It’s my favourite time of the week – some days there can be a million things going on and my head’s spinning and the open post is a great way to bring me back to the ground.

Office life

Sometimes I get home from work and I swear my stomach muscles hurt from laughing so much. Not that we’re all play and no work here, there’s just nice balance of laughs. It makes coming to work very, very easy.There’s always a million things happening in this office – no day is ever the same. Yesterday Mia was shooting a commercial with her dog Harry. Those shots plus what’s been happening around MM HQ this week are in the gallery…

Mia was shooting a commercial yesterday. They brought a lot of make-up. It basically filled her whole office.

And it took about an hour to get it all on.

Then there's the clothes on the rack, and all those make-up brushes.

Almost done!

The commercial shoot, featuring Mia's own rescue dog Harry, moved outside.

Mia got to choose Tracey Devries as her make-up artist.

Which is just as well, because they ended up spending a LOT of time together.

There was a crew of about 12 people.

And lots of still photos needed to be taken too.

The star of the ad, Harry dog!

Checking the final product.

Mia and Tracey, after a long day!

Managing editor Lana in top from Glassons and pants from Zara.

Mia took her mum to see 'The F-Word' feminist talk at Sydney Opera House featuring Germaine Greer and Naomi Wolf.

Writer Nicky is wearing a dress from 3.1 Phillip Lim. The jacket is Edit

A close-uo on Nicky's 2 Baia Vista shoes.

These nail stickers from Kit Cosmetics arrived in the office. We fought over them

Sales manager Vanessa. Shoes from Freelance.

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Site co-ordinator Nat wearing Bardot.

Publisher Mia trying to remember what was next in our meeting.

Necklace from Sportsgirl

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Sales manager Vanessa in dress from Portmans and shoes from a market overseas.

Associate editor Bec Sparrow with her new bub Fin

Associate Editor Bec Sparrow with her new bub Fin.

Mia made it for another baby sniffing visit.

Fin. Just precious

This is what happens when Mia gets bored. Sees Zoe Foster book on display...

... now see them after Mia has left

Marketing Communications Manager Julia with some serious neck style happening.

Marketing Communications Manager Julia in top from Topshop and beautiful necklace from Diva

Digital Marketing Manager Matt in a top he, er borrowed

AND he's rocking a new haircut.

Hanging out with the editorial team in between shooting.

Nat's Lavisa bracelet

And it goes with her nails as well.

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Today is writer Lucy's birthday! Lana baked these amazing cupcakes

Writer Lucy received some gorgeous flowers for her birthday today. Wonder who they were from?

Writer Nicky with her Zara jacket, Sportsgirl jeans and Topshop boots

The birthday

Twenty five today. That’s me. I read some research a little while ago about how a lot of people fall into a quarter life crisis when they turn 25. They wonder about where their life is heading, whether they’ve made the most of their early 20s. There’s something about this age that feels very… adult. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about the 2-5 a lot this week and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m okay with it. If you told my 18-year-old self (who was so worried about whether she’d ever find direction) where I’d be at 25, I think she’d be pretty happy. So I have to be happy with that too.

The celebrity after party

That headline kind of sounds like I went to some kind of star-studded event. And wouldn’t that be cool? Sadly it’s not true. These photo booth shots are from the Vanity Fair Oscars after party (which is the Oscars after party). I like these shots because they show a human side to the celebrities who we so often see posed on the catwalk and in magazines. It’s nice to see people like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes being themselves, but not being followed by paparazzi. (And possibly under the influence of some champagne.)

Kristen Wiig and Emma Stone

Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise

Elisabeth Olsen

Tina Fey

Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb

The cast of Revenge

Salma Hayek

Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas

Amy Adams

Sean Combs

Quinn Lundberg and Zach Galifianakis

Steven Tyler and Erin Brady

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