10 WEEKS TODAY

Yep, you heard me right. Ten weeks and I'll be all packed up and ready to go. You won't even recognise me! But you'll feel like you somehow know me better than ever... because I'll be in a place I'm somehow meant to be.

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Ohh, I'm sorry! You wanted a delightful Valentine's Day commemorative post? Go HERE

Much love, B xx

Tattoos, Owl Lifestyle, Babies, Job Applications.

I am sure I'm most productive at night time. This week has been strangely out of the norm with the Boy on night shift - one he rarely has to cover, fortunately. He starts at 10pm and gets home at 6:30 the next morning. I've been staying up late and having a ball... It's alright for me, I don't have to get up til 8:30 most mornings. I love my shifts at work.

We went to Rockhampton on Tuesday to get our new tattoos and T's sleeve drawn up. Haylee took a real interest in his ideas and told us to call in two weeks to check on her progress. Then we ducked into her studio and got our best friend tattoos done. I got a blue classic diamond on my finger and the Boy got one outlined in black, behind his right ear. They look so good, and I'm particularly proud of my foray into the very visible hand tattoo area. I've really taken the plunge now! No more tiny ink... the next one is going to be a big job and I've got some really sweet ideas.

*Oh goodness, I have to squash this is in, but while we were in the City we went and saw the new movie Sanctum in 3D. Wow. I had a dream just like this once, before I even know what cave diving was, and it totally freaked me out. This Aussie movie just flogged the nail on the head. It hit every single nerve at the same time, was action packed, and the Australian actors were unbelievable. You need to see this film.

I've now applied for two main jobs in Melbourne - one at Flight Centre as an entry level travel agent, and my love letter to Tweek was posted on Thursday. Wouldn't it be funny if it arrives on Valentine's Day - Monday? I didn't even think of that. How clever... wish I could take credit for that... But the exciting news is that I've already heard back from Flight Centre, and they want to hold a telephone interview with me later this month. What a huge encouragement, to hear back from such an exciting prospect so soon and so positively. That made me feel just great! I'm still applying for other jobs this week.

My best friend with the baby about to appear is very close. 7 days til her due date. All of us at work have placed bets... with some already folding as she gets closer and closer. She's gone down to Bundaberg to wait it out - that's where she'll be having it. My bet is for the 21st (that's my birthday, but in July) and that it will be a boy. Wish me, and K, luck!
(footnote: I think somehow she'll want more luck than I, when it comes to the baby department!)

Anyway, my current mood is: generally on top of everything. My house is organised, my job is going really well, the Boy and I are happy and I'm mostly on top of my funds. My bank account isn't creeping up any where near as quickly as before (now that I live by myself I have to pay double rent), but the important thing is - it's CREEPING. I've had to buy a few unexpected things to get ahead, such as stationary and postal supplies for job applications, airway membership for cheaper flight deals, more internet for more job browsing and a teeny bit herbal entertainment... but this will level out in the long run. I'm confident I've planned sufficiently, now I just need to have faith in myself. I think this is the biggest issue I have at the moment!

Anyway, I go. Thanks for tuning in. More to come shortly kiss kiss hug hug.

Smok-edy Jigg-edy Kiss-elly Oo

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This week has been a huge one already. I spent my whole two days off getting my CV in pristine order so I may commence to apply for jobs in the Melbourne. Let the finger crossing begin! This is the part I hate the most about this whole operation - the applying for things. I have one hundred percent control over how much I save, when I decide to leave my job here, when I pack up my house and when I go... but this applying business? I have no control over that. I'm a little autumn leaf being tossed around in the big city of Melbourne, it's daunting work force and housing. I know I want to be there... but I don't know for sure yet just where I'll end up. 

Oh well, just relax. What's meant to be, will be!

There's this one place in Melbourne that is my biggest haunt ever. I use the term loosely, because I'm not yet a true, honorary Melbournian... but I've been back there many times with my boyfriend, my mum, my siblings and my best friends. Its just the best. The coffee is insane, the food is just delicious and simple, and the service! The people that work there are just so cool. The owner dude is Irish, and when he comes to get your order, he just plops right down at your table like you've been friendies forever. Perhaps to some uptight individuals this would seem like an invasion of some kind of personal bubble... but to me - this is a friendie for life! The place is Tweek, and it's on Bridge Road, just down from The Vine hotel. 

So as you may be able to tell... I've developed a bit of a crush on dear Tweek, and have been dreaming of working there since the day I first stepped inside. That said - I've written a love/cover letter, to some description, which I intend to post in an envelope with my CV and little pink hearts that fall out when the package is opened. I really want a job there... maybe, just maybe, they'll have a small opening and I can be a barista again!

Otherwise, I think all my plans are so far on track. My mind has been in overload the past few days... thinking about mail re-direction and changing addresses, applications, tidying in preparation to pack and spending invaluable time with everyone here that I love. I don't think that, at this stage, there's a lot more I can or need to do... except spend as little money as possible. 

Oh, PS, if anyone would like to give me house warming/going away presents, there's this cute dome kettle and queen-size cupcake quilt cover set at Target, both of which I really love but can't justify the spending for right now. So there people - don't trip over each other! xx

Nights at Home...

A funny, ice-cream-milo-and-milk weeknight at home... and experimentation with headscarves. This is not a post on my fashion blog for a reason!

Little Blue House

Boo! Long time no post. I'm sorry but you'll have to suck that up. Don't fret though, because as a little treat I'm going to go all Selby on your ass and post some pictures of...

THE BLUTACK HOUSE

And yes, it's very blue. I live in RENTAL, ok, so it's not mine to paint.

The Kitchen Sink

Please note my awesome towels through the window. Nice clean sink (sorry - poor quality)

That's right - they're my kitchen shelves. Removed glass sliders for convenience.

ALF cup (special mention), and sweet blackboard. MY kitchen, one day, will have full walls of blackboard.

My fridge knows what's important in life.

As you can see, the Kitchen Bed has become rather a permanent fixture.

My Dolls-shelf-book-house. Secret massive crush on this piece of furniture.

I have a million books.
Well, lots.

Book Report Assignment from back when I was knee-high-to-a-grasshopper.

My sweet PYE. This is about to be all packed up nice, ready to move. I don't use it too often, for preservation.

The Lounge Room

For comfort - these babies cannot be contested. Best sat on when baked, or very drunk.

Magazines, childhood memories and... the Weed Turtle

The entrance to the Cave

Mm incense, and kid friendies. We were kids in high school, no?

Collage by my bestie Bop. Made for my 17th birthday. Love you Bop xx

Dark Bathroom

Sweet Mug

Doily (for assistance in keeping cupboard door closed) and sweet bath towel.

My delicious scarves (how I love thee so)

Polished Polish (this is not even all of them. Maybe I am a girly Girl)

Outdoor Settee (given to me by the Boy, Christmas '09) 

Candle Lanterns also a present - Melbell, my 21st

Gnomey <3

Full FRONTAL!

Images by Me, with love.

One of my best friends is three and a half weeks off popping a baby out! I'm so excited, and went over there today to catch up, drink coffee and check out their new house. Her tum moves and rolls with the baby and it's so amazing to feel. There's just something about those tums isn't there? People can't help a little pat, no matter how weird they feel the concept is... there's a little alive thing in there?

(or maybe thats just me.)

I thought of SO many things to blog as I was cleaning the house today. If only you could blog straight from your brain to the internet. On second thoughts - actually no, unless the set-up had a foolproof drafting feature. My goodness wouldn't that be a spectacle.

Oh, ok, here you go! I went to the beach with my family last week, for one night and two days. We had fun, except for my eldest brother who is a misery and stayed in the car almost the whole time for petty reasons. I shopped a lot. I found the coolest, beyond floor length, chambray hippie skirt you can imagine - and haven't stopped wearing it. It needs a bit of a wash. But it doesn't matter because it's so HIPPIE. I also discovered a five dollar book sale, emerging half an hour later with forty dollars worth of books (I can feel the weight of those moving boxes stacking up already!), but shipped two of those off to my bestie, Bop, the next day - topics covering Marilyn and Sharks - in which areas she is hugely consumed. So she'll enjoy them sometime this week, hopefully. 

Most of the Queensland floods have subsided and their resulting consequences are being attended too, although now poor Victoria is bearing the brunt (I say poor Victoria because, very soon, that will be the state I call home - eep!). My hometown was very lucky and was, for once in it's history, the most desirable place in Queensland to live - due to its lack of severe flood damage. We almost got off scott-free. Actually, no, we were a bit worried about running out of toilet paper after Brisbane went under, but we managed to get by. 

I think thats about all. Except that we got baked yesterday and watched Cool Runnings again... that movie will never cease to be the most awesome piece of film that ever graced the planet, I swear. That was cool.

New Cool Stuff.

Hey all! Well in the new year I'm all inspired and fresh; not just cos it's the new year - just cos I've found the most amazing bunch of blogs and things over the last couple of days and they are just blowing my mind. So I've resolved to do a better job on my own bloggies. There are several new things I'll be introducing in the next few weeks, and hopefully they will make visits a heap more interesting for your pretty faces!

So I thought I'd kick off this year with a post of brand new things that I think are cool, ci?

This ridiculously photographic family, headed by the beautiful *miss* James. Well, actually her blog, BLEUBIRD. LOVE.

Can't decide whether or not to add your parents? Follow this simple chart. Cheers Failbook.

This is fucking cool - this girl decided she would buy a 1970's Winnebago and just... drive around America and visit buddies, with her little dog and bike. WHAT UP. That is the coolest ever. Read her awesome (also style) blog here, at Delightfully Tacky. More like... delightfully awesome.

BLING. Need I say more? Oh except... vintage... nice. (img sourced weheartit.com)

 (img sourced weheartit.com)

Ponchos = Hippie Love. As my buddie Eman would say: An appreciation for the Lifestyle!

 (img sourced weheartit.com)

Want one! Sweet decals for your Mac here.

Bear Grylls. The next Chuck Norris. YOU WAIT! (my own image)

Hoping you're having a lovely year so far. More to come xx B

Mehrry Christmas and... LAST DAY OF THE YEAR!

Hope you had a great Christmas! I kept busy, haven't blogged for what seems like forever. I scooped out fairly well at Christmas - receiving a rice cooker (hello rice pudding and sushi!), a really good iron, towel sets for my new girly bathroom, Scrabble Trickster (thanks baby hehe), a new chip card for ANIMAL CROSSING DS (awesome!) and chocolates. Oh and a cocktail shaker and recipe card set that I have to share with the Boy, but that's ok, we're good at sharing.

Right now I'm sitting in the lounge, early morning, with the doors thrown open and a sunny breeze flowing through. I've also got a stick of incense in the burner, giving my little apartment a real cozy, homey smell, and I had toast for breakfast just earlier. I wish I didn't have to get up and get ready for work soon, but on the other hand I'm excited as I've just had two days off and we have fabulous food there. 

Along the way, I'm particularly proud of the post I just made at my wordpress blog, so if you're having a fashion moment go there, and leave me a comment to let me know what you think!

Back soon - keep your hats on! B

(imgs all sourced at weheartit.com)

Seriously considering Kittenzenship.

My friend is giving away this kitten, and I'm in love. I just rang my mumma to ask if she thought it would be irresponsible to bring a kitten into my life at this stage, and she said if I was prepared to cover the costs and look after it she didn't see why not. So I'm going to pop up to the vet's tomorrow after Christmas shopping to double check costs, and then I might just do it and say yes.

Look at those flipping eyes.

Dimmeys' Revelations.

Oh, I'm sorry, we just recently had the grand opening of a Dimmey's chain store/cheap shop in our darling little town, and I didn't give you a detailed, documentary style overview of my virgin venture in.

It certainly lived up to it's catch cry - it was more than I bargained for. It was awesome. My only regret is that my boyfriend took me, and I was consequently dragged from the store after only the shortest amount of time ('babbbbe, I'm sick of this shop, lets go!'). I still managed to get some bargains, while he was off buying my brother a $2 bike pump and my dad a tin of shortbread for Christmas.

One LA Lakers Christmas tree bauble, four Union Jack tea towels and a black smock apron (when I cook, it gets messy).

I LOVE my bauble. I hate christmas decorations, but this will hang proudly on the little live Christmas tree my boy swears he will get me for Christmas (he says it is depressing going to my house during the holidays due to the lack of festive decorations). I might even take a picture!

Summer Heat Christmas

It's been so hot here that the candle I keep on my outdoor settee, which is normally the shape of a shiny ball, has melted into a chubby little lump of wax on its plate. Today is the first day in one week that I haven't had all the doors and curtains closed to assist the air conditioner in its war against severe humidity. It has been horrible! Sometimes it is hard to breathe because of the hot, heavy, moist air we have here in the summer.

So we deal the only way we know how: the Boy and I dragged my bed out into the kitchen so we could sleep under the air conditioner, we spend the afternoon in the lounge room in our undies watching movies and blogging, we run in the rain (when it finally comes down) and we drink plenty of beers to keep our minds off the heat. And Christmas is coming! So we've been planning and being all secretive for that.

Christmas day with the Boy's big family is a festive affair. We go in the morning and everyone spreads out on the lounge room floor to open presents, before heading outside to begin with beers and a three-hour long water fight, followed by the biggest lunch and consequent siesta. I can't wait; Christmas day will be my first day off for the last 6 weeks, and I intend to enjoy it supremely.

Daisy Getting Lowe with Esquire

Daisy Daisy Daisy.

I want to show lovely pictures of you to demonstrate why you are one of my dominant style icons... but it is so hard to find some where you have anything on!

My Life According to Facebook

There is an app where you can turn your status updates from the past annum into a page of writing. Check it.

Haha.

There's a Mouse in the House!

The following is an exerpt taken from Beauty.Glam.com, comparing the glam to the BOHO. For me, boho wins. I've never been able to pull off the high-maintenance nature of glam... no matter how much my darling best friend primped me. She gave up after high school and left me to my left-of-center ways (whilst loving me just the same). I like my hair messy!

'Here’s how to steal Jessica Szohr’s beautiful boho look, created by celebrity hair stylist Patrick Melville, of Patrick Melville Spa and Salon:

BOHEMIAN HAIR


"Jessica was going for a rock ‘n’ roll look that was part street, part editorial. She wanted me to create a dread lock effect that was edgy, chic, sexy and very Armani Exchange," reflects Patrick Melville.

Melville took half inch sections of Jessica’s hair and twisted them. He then sprayed the sections withL’Oreal Elnett Hairspray. Finally, he hit the pieces with a flat iron, and pressed down the length of the hair to break it up and create a piecy, almost dread lock-like effect.'

So I really like that effect, and I will try it next time I get out... (no mean feat when you work 7 days). I love my hair scruffy and bed-reminiscent; usually I just spray litres of hairspray and scrunch away at the roots.

Another muse of mine at the moment - the delicious Olivia Wilde. I love her outfit for the Escarda Desire Me launch; she looks fabulous and her dress is a similar shape to what I like to wear.

I do love a good shapeless, silky sack (no sarcasm intended), and those shoes are nice too.

On an entirely different and personal note, I kicked my brother out of the house last week, not on uncertain or really bad terms, I was just a bit sick of being the housemaid. Normally my house is kept magazine worthy - I like it to be as neat and clean as a pin... however whenever my dear brother is around, that is apparently impossible. So I sent him off to live with his more understanding friends, and I hear they are living the dream. I, on the other hand, had a pretty good morning beginning a big 'reset' clean. I can't wait for my little house to be back to normal - we can have a lovely couple of last months together before I pack it all up and move to the Big City!

Something Refreshing? Jessica Szohr's Smile :)

   

It's genuine, happy and ever-present, and it makes me smile just google-ing her. I love this girl! And not only that - her style is impeccable. See my latest JS wordpress post here.

Be As Wise As You Are Beautiful.

Just got back from afternoon tea with my Dad. We had iced mochas in great big cold glasses with milky dribbles down the sides.

He is going to help me with my move. Good old Dad... I can always depend on him to get me from A to B (just not always on time). But its ok, he'll be perfect for the job! We'll use the trailer and tarp it up well so no rain can get in and spoil my things. May is only five months away!

It's rainy here today, but it won't actually rain properly. I like to sit in the lounge on humid, overcast Queensland days like this and just crank the air-con, with all the curtains closed. And snuggle in my feather blanket and blog.

And the baby next door just won't be quiet!

Poor little baby.