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Going One D.
There was only One Direction I was headed this afternoon. And that was straight home, to bed. With a head cold. Scarf – JayJays, T – CK at Costco, sweater – Ralph Lauren. I thought I’d beaten the elements wearing this knitted scarf around my neck yesterday but sadly it was not the case. The…
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The Weeknight Book Club: The Price by Natalie McLennan.
www.amazon.com It’s tough being beautiful, isn’t it? Self proclaimed beauty Samantha Brick wrote recently about how much hatred she received from other women simply because of her ‘pretty looks’. Some may argue that her attitude of expecting hatred may be part of the problem, but Samantha herself does not see things this way. Others of us may…
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Some Long Weekend Snippets.
And just like that, it’s the last afternoon of the long weekend. The beauty of weekends this long is that you can flit in and out of weekend mode when it suits (or if you’re rostered on for work a day here and there) and still feel reasonably rested by the time the official start…
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Sunrise and Chicken Soup.
This weekend, it’s been wonderful waking up with the street rather than racing out ahead of it like I usually do. I have a nifty function on my camera that lets me capture the colour of the sky at sunrise. This was my patch of sky yesterday morning. It’s all about the colour of the sky,…
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Good Friday Thoughts.
Happy Easter! I’ve just woken up from a late afternoon nap…. because I can and because it’s a 4 day long weekend. It’s been pretty busy at work this week and had no idea just how exhausted I was until I got home today and ate a whole series of random meals. Do you ever…
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Summer Lite. Lounging.
Objectively, it was a glorious day in Sydney, wasn’t it? It was summer lite weather with a fabulously blue sky. It was warm enough already in the morning to justify your decision to get a final wear out of your summer clothes without fear of freezing once you stepped out the door without a cardigan.…
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No Needle Tuesday.
A postcard from the land of Sooooo…. Calming image of a glass and pitcher of water in lieu of a proper postcard worthy photo. In the time that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve realized that I’m no good at not writing about what’s foremost in my mind. I start out by planning to not…
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Sticky Notes To Myself. New Shamps Day.
Do you leave yourself cryptic sticky note reminders as well? We all have computers, calendars and smart phones with built in reminders these days but there’s nothing more rewarding than being able to peel a sticky note off something when you’ve completed something on your to do list. At work today, I had to ‘triangle…
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Plans for Easter. A Few Good Oils.
It’s less than a week until Easter! Which means it’s officially okay to be having hot cross buns for breakfast and also to start planning what to do on that glorious 4 day Easter long weekend. Do you think the Hunger Games hysteria would have settled down by then? If so, I’ll try and persuade…
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Contemplating Marni. Better Handwriting.
Not only is it Friday, but we’ve also hit a pocket of my favourite kind of weather in Sydney. Sure the mornings are brutally dark but daylight saving ends this weekend and then we get to have dark evenings back. And yes, the weather each night changes so that often you need 2 sets of…