As it was is the low-season there weren't many people on the beach, but this is the time of year I love most of all by the seaside: cold, crisp air, not many people and warm drinks indoors.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
It was only 3 weeks ago
Time flies by so quickly and I can't believe it was only 3 weeks ago that we were in Lorne, a small town along the Great Ocean Road.
As it was is the low-season there weren't many people on the beach, but this is the time of year I love most of all by the seaside: cold, crisp air, not many people and warm drinks indoors.
As it was is the low-season there weren't many people on the beach, but this is the time of year I love most of all by the seaside: cold, crisp air, not many people and warm drinks indoors.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Quiet times
Our house visitors have left however now myself and Little Miss A have a chest infection. Quiet times ahead to recover from the past 7 weeks and restore our health.
And play with my new toy.
Flowers from Mr Ed xxx
Monday, May 16, 2011
Back and blogging - Autumn
It has been a while since I have put an entry on my blog, between entertaining the inlaws, work and a poorly Little Miss A it has been pretty hectic, oh and also going out having dinner/lunch with friends and Mr Ed, shopping...what's a girl to do!
So Autumn in Melbourne is pretty cold this year, 4 degrees the other morning so I have been searching the shops for nice tights to keep my legs warm. I'm still steering clear of trousers if I can help it, I don't know why but ever since I had Little Miss A I feel more comfortable and prefer to wear dresses or skirts. (ramble, ramble)
The house behind us has the most amazing show of colour in their back garden and we are lucky to be able to see it.
Oh and you know when I said shopping well I have been doing quite a bit, all second hand and Australian desiners though so I don't feel too bad, more consciencious than carefree consumer.
These lovely bluebirds are from Peta Pledger, I just love them and so many people have asked me where I got them from - and I send them straight to Peta's site. She also makes lovely clothes, but I think I have mentioned that in a previous post.
These shoes were my favourite of all my finds this past month. I have been looking for a nice pair of black, lace-up, low-heeled, shoes but they were either too expensive or too high. I found these almost never worn shoes from Lost + Found Market for only $50 and they have bairly left my feet since I bought them.
So it is good to be back posting again, and hopefully I will get a chance to catch up on my favourite blogs (all of which are on the sidebar). My inlaws are here for another 2 weeks so posts might be still a little infrequent but it is good to be back.
I'm going to see John Grant on Wednesday night and then again on Thursday during the day (I won a ticket from my local radio station and luckily I'm not working that day). I hope he is as good live as he is on his album, I love it so much.
Oh my eyes look really bad in this picture - I forgot to take my goggles to the pool this morning and so had to squint under water to see where I was going, I didn't want to crash into oncoming swimmers.
Skirt: Zara
Jumper: Country Road
Jacket: Sportsgirl
Scarf: Some warehouse sale
Brooch: Peta Pledger
Tights: Myer
Shoes: Lost + Found Market
So Autumn in Melbourne is pretty cold this year, 4 degrees the other morning so I have been searching the shops for nice tights to keep my legs warm. I'm still steering clear of trousers if I can help it, I don't know why but ever since I had Little Miss A I feel more comfortable and prefer to wear dresses or skirts. (ramble, ramble)
The house behind us has the most amazing show of colour in their back garden and we are lucky to be able to see it.
Oh and you know when I said shopping well I have been doing quite a bit, all second hand and Australian desiners though so I don't feel too bad, more consciencious than carefree consumer.
These lovely bluebirds are from Peta Pledger, I just love them and so many people have asked me where I got them from - and I send them straight to Peta's site. She also makes lovely clothes, but I think I have mentioned that in a previous post.
These shoes were my favourite of all my finds this past month. I have been looking for a nice pair of black, lace-up, low-heeled, shoes but they were either too expensive or too high. I found these almost never worn shoes from Lost + Found Market for only $50 and they have bairly left my feet since I bought them.
So it is good to be back posting again, and hopefully I will get a chance to catch up on my favourite blogs (all of which are on the sidebar). My inlaws are here for another 2 weeks so posts might be still a little infrequent but it is good to be back.
I'm going to see John Grant on Wednesday night and then again on Thursday during the day (I won a ticket from my local radio station and luckily I'm not working that day). I hope he is as good live as he is on his album, I love it so much.
Oh my eyes look really bad in this picture - I forgot to take my goggles to the pool this morning and so had to squint under water to see where I was going, I didn't want to crash into oncoming swimmers.
Skirt: Zara
Jumper: Country Road
Jacket: Sportsgirl
Scarf: Some warehouse sale
Brooch: Peta Pledger
Tights: Myer
Shoes: Lost + Found Market
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Lots of stuff...
This is a long a post, as I don't know when I will get a chance in the next week to post.
Getting time alone with my little family has been hard while the in laws are staying for 6 weeks. But today they went out!!! Oh my!!!
Yippee!!
I found these cardigan clips last weekend at my favourite shop. I have seen cardigan clips on peoples blogs and thought, what an amazing invention! I don't like doing up my cardigans but they always flap open. Taa Daaa!
These are so cute: a berry, a shell and a piece of foliage all encased in resin.
And while the in laws were out I decided to dye one of my dresses black. Note to all those who dye their clothes, check that your gloves don't have holes in them! Black fingers to match my black nail polish.
It all looked promising, the water was very black, my blue dress was hopefully turning black...
NOPE! Still blue. Damn, I have never had this problem before and the material is cotton, so I don't know what went wrong? Oh well I might try again but in boiling water, fingers crossed.
Top dress: Etsy
Cardigan: Temt
Cardigan clips: Vintage Garage
Belt:from another dress
Shoes: Rubi Shoes
Bottom blue (supposed to be black) dress: Frocks and Slacks
Oh! And these are my new prescription sunglasses, they are a revelation, I haven't taken them off all weekend, besides the evening (I don't wear my sunglasses at night).
Getting time alone with my little family has been hard while the in laws are staying for 6 weeks. But today they went out!!! Oh my!!!
Yippee!!
I found these cardigan clips last weekend at my favourite shop. I have seen cardigan clips on peoples blogs and thought, what an amazing invention! I don't like doing up my cardigans but they always flap open. Taa Daaa!
These are so cute: a berry, a shell and a piece of foliage all encased in resin.
And while the in laws were out I decided to dye one of my dresses black. Note to all those who dye their clothes, check that your gloves don't have holes in them! Black fingers to match my black nail polish.
It all looked promising, the water was very black, my blue dress was hopefully turning black...
NOPE! Still blue. Damn, I have never had this problem before and the material is cotton, so I don't know what went wrong? Oh well I might try again but in boiling water, fingers crossed.
Top dress: Etsy
Cardigan: Temt
Cardigan clips: Vintage Garage
Belt:from another dress
Shoes: Rubi Shoes
Bottom blue (supposed to be black) dress: Frocks and Slacks
Oh! And these are my new prescription sunglasses, they are a revelation, I haven't taken them off all weekend, besides the evening (I don't wear my sunglasses at night).
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sheila's a nice name
Mr Ed and I managed to escape for an afternoon over the Easter long weekend, lunch and a spot of shopping.
This is very exciting to us as we don't have any family in Melbourne so Little Miss A comes with us everywhere. But as her Grandparents are visiting we are taking advantage of the free time this gives us.
I saw this dress outside a second hand shop called Sheila's Vintage (A rack with sale items is something I don't pass by without checking out). I thought if by the end of the afternoon it is still on the rack I would buy it and luckily for me it was still there.
My mum's name is Sheila, she hates her name and always has since she moved to Australia in the 70's from the UK. You see for those people not living in Australia: Sheila is a slang term used for female/woman, not many people use it these days unless they are from the country or 'very Australian' (I don't know what I mean by that exactly, there is a lot of ambivalence about what it means to be Australian, our identity - how we perceive ourselves and how we want the world to perceive us).
Anyway I mentioned to the girl behind the till in 'Sheila's Vintage' that my mum's name is Sheila (I wasn't haggling for a discount, the dress was already only $25) and she said she loved the name and that is why she called it 'Sheila's Vintage'.
So mum, if only you could see some people love your name even if you no longer do.
Dress: Sheila's Vintage
Cardigan: Savers
Belt: ?
Shoes: Oh dear I wasn't wearing any as I just popped out before the sun went down.
I hope you all had a lovely Easter break...work tomorrow boo hoo.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
No more sunshine migraine
Today I managed to go into town to shop for a pair of prescription sunglasses. I have been putting it off for a long, long time but since our long drive on the weekend and the subsequent migraine I suffered from for 2 days I knew I had to buy a pair
So the sun is still out but I have to wait 1 week before I can pick them up. I don't like shopping for sunglasses, I don't know why but the ones I found are fabulous. RayBan's that are light and rectangular, which is a little different for me but I think I remember liking them.
Dress: Etsy
Cardigan: Cheap shop in my local shopping mall
Brooch: Deerfield Vintage - facebook
Shoes: Converse
Bag: TopShop (a long time ago)
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