Floral Mania
I’m feeling a tad bit of pain at the edge of my throat again, which is not amusing at all considering I’d just recovered from a flu and tonsil infection in a row across the course of 1.5 months. It’s earlier bed times and more fruit & vegies for me I say. I’m still well enough to concentrate and go to work and do the usual things which is good. Which is also great because too many things have been delivered to work these days!
For one thing, one of my younger sisters is addicted to ebay. Lets not point fingers as to who is to blame for instigating that one. The underlying problem here is that she doesn’t want mum finding out about it, so I played nice and said she could get it delivered to my workplace. And she does. Under her name. Total total fail.
So I’ve been collecting a bunch of stuff for her recently, when today a package finally came for me that I had actually ordered! It’s the one that I put in not long ago on Boohoo. I’m going to try them on later and see how they fit. It’s the first time ordering from them too, so very excited. You can probably tell I got a bit too excited with the flower power too, right? :)
Social Flying !
This is the first time I’ve seen this, I’m not sure whether I like it or not but it’s definitely interesting nonetheless. KLM, the Dutch airline now has this new thing called Meet & Seat. Instead of simply picking your seat before boarding, it’s gone one step further and giving you the option to connect your Facebook or Linkedin profile to your KLM account!
What does this mean? You’ll be able to see who else has their profile connected and basically gives you the opportunity to judge whether you want to sit next to that interesting character with the cheese addiction, or this one with the handsomely good looks. I can see some people thinking this would be downright creepy, whilst others heralding the airline industry as taking some innovative new moves. I’m not sure I’d use this, the random flight seat lottery so far hasn’t been too bad.
Has anyone else come across this via any other airlines? I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen this before in the airlines I’ve flown with, but hey, times are changing!
Knitting Sneak Peek
Here’s an early sample of what I’m working on at the moment!
I’m making a snood scarf for myself and it’s this lovely grey thick wool. So if you see me knitting away on the train, feel free to say hello! :)
Hundreds & Thousands
I’ve been on an awesome fashion ride the past two weeks. Taking the chance to wear certain things in my wardrobe that I’ve never worn, such as my great pink sweater and now this vintage shirt I picked up last Christmas in Katoomba when we were visiting the Blue Mountains over a few days.
One of my colleagues remarked that from afar, it looked like I was wearing hundreds and thousands. I thought that was hilarious as I had never associated the shirt’s pattern with that, but now I can’t disassociate the two!
The past weekend was pretty laidback but nice, have managed to get some more knitting done, including also accidentally breaking a new bamboo crochet hook - oops!
Being back at work this start of week, it’ a bit of a quiet one in terms of actual bodies in the office. Reason being is that we have our large annual conference being held at San Francisco this week across 3 days: click here to check it out. Meanwhile, I’m having a gym/fitness comeback which I am hoping to power through the rest of autumn/winter - fingers crossed it lasts!
Vintage shirt // Sportsgirl scarf // Cheap Monday jeans // Pour La Victoire booties
Home Minimalism
New work (corner) space finally set up! I’ve been craving for something simple, clean, white and mine before I moved out of home. Having finally moved out in January, it’s been nearly 5 months but it’s finally real: a dedicated space that I’ve decorated and made up thanks mainly to a trip to IKEA recently. What’s your desk/workspace like?
Last weekend I made a trip to this awesome dumplings/dim sim/buns store in Flemington. I definitely need to note down the name of the store next time I go, maybe in a few weeks? This place looks a bit minimalistic and drab on the outside, but rightly so, as they obviously let their food do the talking. It’s delicous!
This store is not a restaurant, what they do is make and package all the stuff they sell right there in-house and wholesale it out to all the other asian groceries and restaurants. Think a large variety of buns, dumplings, desserts etc. Even better is that they also sell frozen packs of the same stuff directly to the consumer too, and they always have a few that’s readily hot available to eat such as egg tarts (which unfortunately they don’t sell frozen) and asian chive fried ‘donuts’.
G and I decided to have a dim sim like breakfast yesterday so we heated up an array of yummy things. Everything in the photos being heated comes from this shop, except the leafy sticky rice wraps which are just normal frozen ones from a packet you can get at any asian grocer.
Show ‘n’ Sell 2012
I swung by the Show ‘n’ Sell mini market organised by the Sydney Etsy team tonight after work. It was held at one of the upper levels of World Bar in Kings Cross which was much cosier than expected. There were several sellers, a few of them jewellery related, a knitting/crochet one that was very cute and my friend Anna (@oliphantkat) purchased a lovely knitted candle cosy that said ‘Lumos’ on it!
At one point, they also had a paper Bingo game for two people to win some gift packs stocked from all the sellers from the night. That was pretty fun even though I wasn’t lucky. I enjoy these type of events. It’s always fun to see what other people make and be in a crowd that appreciates the handicrafts. Unfortunately, I did find the range of goods on sale a bit lacking, and the venue quite cramped. In any case, it was fun and I enjoyed admiring the goods, taking photos and being inspired to get back to crafting more myself!
Great Big Pink
I decided to wear my brand new big pink woollen jumper today. I’ve had it since around the end of Summer and haven’t really had the chance to wear it. Excuses were a plenty too: it’s too thick, it’s too pink etc. To be honest, I had no idea that it would be this hot a pink when I purchased it on Asos, but hey a little bit of colour never hurt anyone!
Today I finally decided to take it out and give it a go. Pairing it with a white sleeveless shirt, and black harem-esque pants and boots, I went minimal with the rest of the outfit to let the pink shine, and shine it did!
Asos sweater // Asos sleeveless shirt // Topshop pants // Sensos boots
Spotify Oh Yea!
Finally it’s arrived in Australia, woohoo! I’ve been using it since I first got introduced to it by some Finnish and Swedish friends of mine back in 2009 when I was on a university study exchange in Paris. (Thank you Jenni and Dennis!)
It’s a music streaming application and since first using it, I haven’t turned back. I have the paid Unlimited subscription, which means unlimited streaming of its database of music except no offline or mobile mode - that’s kept for the extra special premium kids.
I no longer use iTunes (which I’ve always hated), or any other free/semi-free music streaming/download service just doesn’t compete. Spotify is awesome and I’m so glad that it’s now launched in Australia. So if you haven’t checked it out before, DO IT !
Fashion Friday: Spotty Prep
I’ve decided it would be fun to start documenting what get up I have on on Fridays. I think I’m most adventurous on those days (it’s practically the weekend!) and since most of the time I’m in jeans, a shirt/tee - pretty damn casual, so you probably don’t want to know what I’m wearing EVERY day.
Even though at where I work, we’re pretty lucky to not have a professional corporate dress code (which pretty much means we can wear anything), I like to keep chic but in a comfy kind of way since it makes me work better. This means no tight stuff, nothing overly short and no high heels, unless for very special occasions! In winter, this often equates to boots, a tee/cuffed shirt, pair of jeans and some warm overcoat. Just because 99% of the people I work with are in tees and shorts most of the time, doesn’t mean I have to be. Anyway, it’s so much more fun this way :)
So this is me last Friday, with my awesome iPhone-ography skills obviously ;) The weather was bleary and cold despite it being sunny here in Sydney in Autumn. Layering is key since the office gets really stuffy the instant you get in. I hadn’t worn this top for some time so I decided it was time to bring it out again!
Zara top // Mango cardigan // Dr Denim Janine jeans // Senso Haydin boots
