Things I Love Thursday

Purchasing Cohesion on vinyl!, still paying for everything with coins, Banff Film Festival this week, Roz Savage being my new hero, nice friendly customers that ask how my day is going, cute boys that work at Dick Smith, talking to my sister on msn after work and discussing future kitchen furniture for our house (!), getting dating advice that turns out be about samurai swords and nothing actually to do with boys, finally wearing my pastel peach floral tshirt from Miss Selfridges, talking about the future with my boss and possible interstate transfers, earl grey tea turning into a daily occurrence, pay day and not having $0 in the bank for the first time in a month!, when the dog down the road visits my house, teriyaki tofu, apartment design blogs, finishing books, looking forward to going vegetarian, public holiday pay rates, Dawsons Creek season 6, red photo box from Kikki K, free gifts from Kikki K and this amazing April weather that I never ever ever want to end.

Curious Tuesday 001

Gala Darling saves the day! I feel like I have things I want to say but really there is nothing in particular at all at the moment, or at least I don't know how to put it into words so this post is inspired by this post. It may now be Wednesday in sunny old Perth but this is part of the very first "Curious Tuesday" that I woke up this morning to see on the internets and therefor, todays blog post. (either that or another quote about lying in bed all day..) It will most likely turn into a weekly thing as I love Q & A's!















1. What is the strangest compliment you’ve ever received? An old friend told me last year that I was "so international" which I found a little humorous as I was born in Perth and have essentially lived here (in the excact same suburb) for the past 24 years and I really don't even think I travel more than most people. Regardless, I like being told that.

2. What’s your little-known talent? I am pretty organised. From the outside, my life might look like a mess but it is really just organised choas. I start packing for trips weeks and even months in advance. I write lists everyday for everything. Mainly because I think if I don't write it down it won't happen because I will forget because I forget alot of things and it's almost always because I had not written it down.

3. What do you obsessively search for on eBay? Bruce Springsteen shirts circa 1986. YSL air mail purse. Black and white oxford brogue flats. Vintage suitcases.

4. When you were a child, who did you worship & want to be like? I have always had a soft spot for Pippy Longstockings! Growing up I had ginger hair and freckles and no one else did but Pippy. Pippy was on tv, in the coolest tattiest clothes, she lived by the ocean, in a big old house without any parents just her pets and she would sing and dance and go on adventures everyday! Dream life!

5. What was your palate band? Otherwise known as the first band you heard that made you realise the world of music was larger than whatever the Top 20 singles were! (The idea for this one came from here!) I remember standing in Brashes and I only had enough money for one single and it was came down to Hole - Celebrity Skin vs Billie - Because We Want To.. I am still so glad Courtney won. I remember the next day at school, I think it was year 6 or 7 and no one else had heard of Hole and I felt pretty cool.

Later on I'm crying my stupid eyes out

Somethings I did this week:
-Paid for a cd with all gold coins that I stole from my brothers piggy bank. It was for the new Kate Nash cd and therefor, essential and for the record, so fucking worth it.

-Met up with my best friend from high school whom I havent seen in over a year. It wasn't like "whoa, lets hang out every weekend again" but it was nice to catch up and to know that neither of us hate each other. Up until very recently I used to feel like she did hate me but really, we have just grown apart and I am finally okay with that.

-I bought a one way plane ticket to Melbourne. Because you know, I have been thinking life is too short to spend here living at home, commuting for almost 2 hours a day to a job I almost loathe, to hang out with no friends on the weekends. I leave early June! I will be living with my best friend in her house with her puppy and kitten and it will be a vegetarian house too!

-Laid on a hospital bed to get 2 incisions and subsequent stitches on my legs to save me from possible melanomas in the future. The needles were so painful but the nurse gave me 2 Tim Tams afterwards so that was ok. I was devastated to hear that I would not be allowed to run for at least 10 days though, I am already missing it pretty bad and this also totally messes up my marathon training which I now won't be able to compete in 2 weeks.In fact I am not allowed to run, swim or any lower body exercise.. which pretty much leaves me with.. typing on my laptop?

-Cleared out my wardrobe, well not the clothes side of it but all the other things in there like my old cassettes, old letters from penpals and the 10+ journals I have saved. Most of them are taped shut but I opened a few up to have a quick read. I think if I am going to sit down and really go through them I want to be a bit older and feel a bit more emotionally sorted out because really, at the moment, any old diary entry from 5 years ago could have just as likely have been from yesterday. Not much has changed hey! Although I like looking through my old travel diary at any old time.

I'm old enough now to pretend

"When one is sad, it is lovely to lie in the warmth of one's bed, and there, with all effort and struggle at an end, even perhaps with one's head under the blankets, surrender completely to wailing, like branches in the autumn wind" Marcel Proust

Things I Love Thursday

♥ Crushing on that cute hardcore ginger boy that works down the road, journalling on the train on Saturday mornings, empty buses, Ginnifer Goodwin, getting drunk on sisterhood, Kate Nash fucking swearing, Kate Nash's new album streaming live, ordering Kate Nash's new album from my favorite record store, everything about Kate Nash, imaging how cute a Kate Nash audience would look, planning roadtrip down south for the winter, Masterchef back on tv, Lisa winning Biggest Loser and being first ever female to win!, reading my old blog, anticipating a sleep in, my new polaroid wall, Mettams beach on a Sunday, pre sale tickets, buying tickets for interstate concerts, postcard in the mail to say "the Kate Nash cd your ordered is now available for pickup", cinnamon and honey with natural yogurt for breakfast and The Notebook Doodles blog especially the letters to crushes set from his/her Flickr, awww.


















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This song reminds me of the mid 90's and my old house and my brother.

Things I bought before I ended up with $1.50 in the bank

I don't go shopping very often, I swear I don't. I buy plane tickets before stilettos. I buy hiking equipment before hair spray. I have spent the past 4 years saving and spending for several airplanes in and out of this country. However now I am back home with no trip to save for and sometimes somethings in shops just make me feel weak and vulnerable. If I ever have half an hour to spare in the city I will almost always go and drool over the Marc Jacobs handbags at David Jones. I simply do not know why.. I cannot and will not actually ever bring myself to ever spent such amounts of money on such things, so who knows. So, here is a small collection of where my last paycheck went and why I now have less than $2 in the bank for the next fortnight.

Love Mail tote from Kikki K
This bag is basically everything I want in a bag.. it's big, it's tough and it looks like a huge airmail envelope. It was quite funny as when I first spotted in the shop, I hugged it and then realised the sales assistant was behind me. I laughed at my myself afterwards.

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Birchwood jacket from Macpac

A simple grey coat, ohhhh! Cannot wait to wear this for winter, MMMMM.

Mineral Lip & Cheek Tint by Natio
I am not a make up type of girl at all but I do like the idea of chemical free mineral makeup, plus I am a sucker for rosy cheeks and bright lips. This beauty has a really handy easy to use applicator too (unlike those silly wands and pots), this one is literally like a paint brush and I really like the colour too.
















Icebreaker printed leggings in Daphne Quartz
The moment I saw these I knew I needed them in my life. They are snowflakes! As thermal leggings! It's sweet sweet merino! I also got the the matching top too. I love thermals especially when they are aren't plain black, mmmmm. Now we just need some wintery weather..
























Gyroscope - Cohesion
When I say "my boys" this is the band I am talking about. I calculated that since I first saw them in 2001 I have seen them live 63 times! That may be alot of times, but I will never tire of hearing or seeing them live. I love them more than any other band in the universe and I am so impressed and proud of their new album.

Searching for the missing pieces

"I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while."

Haruki Murakami