I don’t get out much.  But when I do, I do like to write about it.  Be warned, this is one of my essay length posts.  It covers a lot of territory as well. I had a day in the city earlier this week. A Day in The City. On My Own. On A Weekday.…

I’m a woman on a mission.  There’ve been a couple of niggling issues in my wardrobe that I’ve put off fixing for one reason or another.   The first is the elephant sitting in my shoe cupboard.  A number of pairs of sensible work shoes that have stretched a half size too loose or the…

via Etsy You know how full-time adulting is hard?  I think it’s such a shame that you can’t sometimes pause your subscription of it like you can a gym or Netflix membership.   Life this week has been a series of reality checks.  It’s been a week of having to adult with every fibre of my…

Maybe it’s because my new baby days are officially behind me now or maybe it’s because I’m more of a softie at heart than I realised but I’m really loving new baby news at the moment. It’s crept up on me.  At first it was just the predictable response to celebrity and royal pregnancy announcements…

When compared to winters on a farm, by the beach or nestled in the forest or mountain ranges, suburban winters do tend to come off a distant second best.  The natural landmarks that set off winter to its best advantage elsewhere tend to be obscured or erased (as the case may be) by the man…

Public Holiday Mondays are my favourite kind of Mondays.  I revel in their energy or lack of it.  It’s probably a very different story to that of the holiday destinations of our state but in the city and surrounding suburbs, quietness and stillness are the order of the day.  The streets are strangely empty of…

There’s something about the start of a long weekend that just calls for putting on your best cape before stepping out for the day. My job as the mum in the situation was to not crush that ambition on a particularly wet and grey winter’s morning while still being true to my mum priorities.  Behold this…

It’s uncanny how June’s weather takes me by suprise every single year.  From the chill that greets me when I wake up before hanging around all day to the way the sun barely has a chance to rise before it disappears by mid afternoon, it’s the way it has been in Sydney since the beginning…

Scenes from the weekend… Daiso has opened down the road from Westfield Bondi Junction.  I’m looking forward to finding myself more $2.80 essentials I never knew I needed.  It’s interesting watching the retail landscape change in the arcade just beyond the major shopping centres.  Who knows what will open next? I discovered COS and made…

It’s early on a Thursday afternoon and I’m at home.  Our plans for today have changed, effectively leaving Preschooler SSG and I with an entire day off together.  It’s sunny outside but the winds are howling as they send icy gusts right through our puffer jackets and fleece.  I’ve caught up on the housework, we’ve taken a…