cover shot

I was just browsing the aisles of a local newsagency and this caught my eye -

Wouldn't this be a fun hairstyle to try for a ball or a special event? Middle part, high hair (lots of hairspray required I would imagine!) and that bed head "messy" look.

She looks gorgeous with the yellow puffy dress- You can never have enough tule I say!

The gloves are the cherry on top. 

P.S. I remember sitting next to a very classy woman on a plane once (with a Louis Vuitton and impectable style) and she was reading a copy of Tatler.

30 day challenge

Well, it is the start of a new month, and I have reached the end of my 30 day challenge to read a book everyday for 30 days!

So how did I go?

Well not too bad.

I read the majority of days of the challenge- definately over 20 days worth (I had lots of motivation to start with and got into a really good habit of reading everyday, then I fell off the bandwagon for about a week, but then have picked it back up again and have been wanting to read my book). Considering I started this challenge at 0%, I think I have made quite the improvement!

The challenge has:

 * Reignited my love of books and reading and that "I can't wait to get back to reading my book" feeling

* Set me up in a nice weeknight routine of reading a book before bed

* Relearned a behaviour- Even though this challenge has officially ended, I am going home to read my book tonight and hope to continue to do so! :)

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So what next? I feel like I gained momentum with this first 30 day challenge and would like to start a new one each month to continue to CHANGE TO A POSITIVE HABIT :) Another one I have started recently in the past month is a  morning and night 3-step skin care regime (which may seem silly but has been on my to do list FOREVER and something I'm proud I have finally begun!) and so far so good. 

For my September 30 day challenge I would like to build from the prior month, and focus on some of my health and welbeing goals and in doing so I will:

* Continue to follow the 3-step skin care regime morning and night

 * Not eat a single biscuit from the work biscuit jar (If my fellow colleague can pledge to do it for the whole of 2011 I can do it for 1 month out of the year!!!!!!)

*Go back to having a budget-conscious relationship with food during work hours and curb spending at Woolworths. (I think I might need to set some guidelines here!)

Wish me luck!

latest purchase

I bought a striped pink and cream top just like this one last week!

I paired it with some turquoise earrings for an extra pop of colour.
Liking it with this pretty coloured green skirt.

dancing beluga

If this doesn't prove animals have intuition then I don't know what does !

 

welcome to a new week!

explore the world...

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

colour co-ordinating

For work, we interview people from various communities around Australia and ask them how they feel about their community- we ask them what they think are the strengths of their local area, the weaknesses of their local area, aspirations for their local area etc. The fun part is grouping their responses where you can see trends emerging which show the underlying positive or negative issues for that community. 

To conduct the data analysis, we enter the workbooks into Excel and and then sort responses alphabetically- however this only gets you so far.. some people might write for strengths of the area: Parks- which would sort under P, but while another might write The parks which would sort under T... so a bit of maual grunt work is needed! And this is my solution below- good old fashioned colouring in :)

Question: What are the key elements you feel contribute to making your work a great place to work?

KEY

PINK: Friendly environment

YELLOW: Accessible

BLUE: Good facilities in and around the workplace

p.s. The photo is one I took at work yesterday- Instagram makes everything look cool!

weekend inspiration

Good morning!!! A few things that have inspired me this morning :)

My new "summer" print from honey and fizz... Just need to find a better sized frame now.

Knowing oneday I WILL make it to Paris!!! Loving the vivid red against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower from decor is like butter

Admiring how gutsy people are to wallpaper their walls with crazy prints like silhouette poodles!! It always ends up looking so good... Or is it just because we never see the distatrous ones ha. Via rue.

The gorgeous cushions over at ada and darcy- I want them all!!!!!!

i want to ride my bicycle, my bicycle

Exploring my new area and rode along the most glorious bike path on the weekend! Green grass, trees, ponds with ducks, scrub turkeys and lots of happy people out enjoying exercising- walking with friends/partners/dogs, jogging, cycling. I had walked along parts of there before with my friend Hannah who was a local of the area at the time, and it was actually one thing I was really looking forward to about moving into the area. I had been meaning to re-discover it for months now and am so glad I did- happy to report it didn't disappoint and I hope to make it a regular occurance :)

P.S. Inspired by this picture from PUBLIC bikes. I think I may have to whip out my yellow dress and jean jacket and give them a second life!

courtyard

Came home to this lovely tea party set up in my courtyard by my lovely flatmate Jess! The pom poms were from a baby shower she attended- aren't they sweet? This was right at the end but still so pretty.