Little things...

Dress - Quirky circus

Boots - Target

Belt - Myer?

Necklace and bracelet - gifts

My legs do a look a little stumpy with this dress and boots. Ha!

A few things I'm loving lately...

♥ Mint and pale pink (or peach)

♥ Unexpected mail

♥ Game of Thrones (obsessed)

♥ Arrow accessories and items

♥ My Target boots

♥ Bespoke zine (I ordered my first one yay) 

♥ Polaroids

♥ Coloured popcorn

♥ Going to bookstores

♥ Online 'window' shopping

♥ Cute jumpers

♥ Glitter

I want to take note of the little things that I love. I think it helps keep me focused on the positives when you feel down. It's a good habit to form. What little things are you loving lately?

Happy things to end the week with

Hello lovely people. I hope your week has been wonderful. Thanks for your comments in my last post. I think I'm feeling a little better about being a sensitive person :) 

Anyway, it's the end of the working week so here are my happy things...

♥ wearing my Cotton Lane scarf. It brightened up the dreary day we had yesterday

♥ Carrot cake for afternoon tea at work. We seriously have the best morning and afternoon teas at my workplace. 

♥ Leopard Day at work. It seems to be a popular thing in our area :) I'm wearing my little handmade ears that a workmate made for us because we didn't own anything leopard print. 

♥ A close up. I think I need to invest in some leopard print because Leopard print day is a common occurrence. 

♥ This is a house I pass on the way home from the bus stop. I think it's darling. 

So I'm excited for the weekend after a sluggish week. And Jasmine is coming over for a crafty day. She's going to help me make some decorations for my sister in law's baby shower. This will be fun!

By the way Jasmine is having a Spring Giveaway over at her blog. Check it out here especially if you're a stationery fan. 

Have a beautiful weekend everyone!

Happy things to end the week with

Hello hello! It feels like it has been such a long week. I'm so thankful for the weekend. I don't know if I have mentioned that I work five days a week now. My volunteering is off at the moment. I hope to do some volunteering again sometime in the future. 

Anyway, here are some happy things to end the week with...

&heart; I wore my lovely yellow headband from Sweetsandhearts. I love yellow for spring/summer. It's the happiest colour. 

♥ I had a 'healthy' snack of Bacon ball chips and Crunchie chocolate (my fave) at work :p

♥ Today there was a wedding across the road from my work. We heard the church bells ring and had to check it out. It was a beautiful day for a wedding but unfortunately you can't move those blinds from our window. Isn't the view from my window just lovely? :)

♥ A few of us went into the main shopping part of the city in our lunch hour this week and I had to go stationery shopping. These are my purchases from Typo. I can never go in there without coming out with something. 

So this weekend I'm going to take it easy. Do some grocery shopping, clothes washing and I have to spend some time in the sun (it was gorgeous weather today) and maybe go out for lunch with Jason. But relaxing is definitely on the agenda. 

Hope you all have a blessed weekend!

Happy things to end the week

Hey lovelies. It has been a tough week health wise (thanks for your well wishes by the way). Last night I had cramps. I haven't had them that terrible in so long I'd forgotten how bad it can be. So having horrid cramps and coughing my lungs up, it was not a good night.

But there are always things to thankful for...

♥ I bought the girls in my area these cute Smiggle pencil pens. It was a Tuesday afternoon pick me up. 

♥ Recovering in my old bedroom at my parents place. I lived on the bed for those few days. 

♥ A FB conversation with some of my work friends. This was only part of it but I was touched that they missed me :p And it being quiet without me haha! 

I got rid of pics and last names as I'm not sure they would want that displayed :)  

♥ And Jason got back last night! So that makes me really happy!!

So I'm in recovery mode (it's been up and down...feel better than something happens, feel better than cramps). I'm planning to relax this weekend, catch up on my letters and read. Though I have a ton of washing to do and we really need to grocery shop. But it will still be a good weekend. I hope yours is wonderful!

Happy Things to end the week with + Giveaway winners

Hey lovelies. I hope the start of your weekend is great. I had my dad's work retirement dinner last night, which was fantastic. Good food and company.

So some happy things to end the week with...

♥ I wore my big green Muchloveilly bow to work to add some Spring fun into my outfit. They loved it at work. 

♥ I took my mum to watch the Imperial Russian ballet for her birthday. It was beautiful. 

♥ The Wheel of Brisbane is lit up at night. 

And the Giveaway winner is ...

Congrats Amanda :) 

And the runner up is...

Congrats Rhianne :) 

Thanks again to everyone that entered. You're all so wonderful! Have a fantastic weekend. We have another wedding this afternoon :) 

Happy Things to end the week with

Hey lovelies. My happy things list is a little late this week. It's been a more struggling week but that is due to lack of sleep. So it really hasn't been too bad. 

This weekend is rainy and gloomy so I don't feel like doing much. It will be nice to relax and catch up on things. 

So happy things to end the week with...

♥ The daffodils I bought for Daffodil Day, which is the Cancer Council's fundraising day. They are so bright and yellow, though they are looking a little sad here from being held all day. 

♥ My afternoon treat from Gloria Jeans. I bought a $1 lamington from there too. I love that it had a chocolate Australia for decoration. 

♥ My first Book Depository order. This is a pretty book full of Letterpress goods. 

♥ My new Target wedges. I just adore the bows and the inside floral pattern. 

♥ From another angle. I don't wear heels much but I thought I should try to wear them more this summer. 

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

10 Things to make you smile

Hello my lovelies. I thought it would be nice to start the week off with a little list. I was inspired by the swap journal I'm making :)

♥ Cloud watching while walking home from the bus

♥ Unexpected Mail

♥ Random acts of kindness 

♥ Writing quotes on paper doilies with my Typewriter

♥ Friendship bracelets

♥ My afternoon hot chocolate to help me get through the rest of work

♥ Online 'window' shopping (which means putting things into baskets on websites to make me feel like I'm shopping)

♥ Planning a travelling stationery pack for my giveaway

♥ Pretty paper, tiny stamps and sweet letters

♥ The conversation I had with the Kikki.K girl about having special boxes full of stationery. I work towards that. 

What's making you smile this week? 

P.S. I know I am a little obsessed with stationery and mail. 

Happy Things to end the week with

Hello my lovelies. It's been a pretty good week. We had the Wednesday off as it was a public holiday in Brisbane. It was for the Royal Queensland show or Ekka as it's known. Jason and I didn't go. We haven't gone in a few years but we had a really lazy day. We were supposed to have a picnic with some friends of ours but we cancelled it thinking it was going to rain and had dinner at their place instead (and it didn't rain sigh).

Anyway, I have been in the biggest shopping mood lately and went on a little spree today. I think I have made a decision on the pleated skirt and will go with the blue skirt. I usually always buy nude or coral coloured items and figured I should branch out a bit. Plus as part of my happy list I bought a coral pleated dress...

♥ My coral pleated dress from Forever New. (That came with a gold belt but I can change it up)

♥ Visiting Typo and finding a cute heart shaped chalk board (then realising I forgot to buy some chalk too). A few of these bits will be part of a giveaway I'm having soon.  

♥ Carrying this giant Kikki.K bag and lugging it on the bus. I got a lot of weird looks because this bag is nearly bigger than me. You can't tell in this photo. 

♥ Buying some cloth covered A3 boxes to store my stationery. Plus today they had a Happy Hour Special where you get more discounts (the reason I bought two of these).

♥ Just a nice note in the Kikki.K magazine/catalogue. How I feel about journalling.

♥ My lovely stationery goods from Kikki.K. And again some of these items might be in my giveaway coming up. 

♥ These tiny stamps are adorable and they come with some mini stamp pads. I haven't quite decided if this will be part of the giveaway yet :)

So this weekend will be full of washing clothes, writing and catching up with letters, doing my swap journal, lots of reading and relaxing. I can't wait! Have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Things to end the week with

Hello lovely people. I hope you had a great week. Mine was good :)

So here are a few happy things to end the week...

♥ My new yellow dress. It's crinkled because it was shoved in a bag full of things I had already bought. It was a shopping spree day. 

♥ My pretty new floral peep toe flats from Target. 

♥ My new hair. I got it cut today. It's a few inches shorter and I have that small side fringe. I also got a treatment, which made my hair so soft and shiny. Plus they straightened it for me. 

 I have a big weekend. It's my brother Rolf's wedding ceremony on Sunday. They already had a registry wedding a few months ago and this is their ceremony. So I'm sure I will have some news about that next week. Plus Jasmine is taking photos :) Yay! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Things to end the week with

I'm so glad it's the weekend tomorrow. It feels like it's been such a tiring week. I definitely appreciate weekends a lot more (and time in general) now that I work basically full time and volunteer. 

So happy things to end the week with...

♥ This is a piece of chocolate slice I took with me to my desk at work after another morning tea. The second morning tea in three weeks. Hee I love my government job. 

♥ My citrus tart and hot chocolate that I had for breakfast this morning. I usually treat myself on Fridays before I go to my volunteering. 

♥ I have paid off my half of the credit card! It feels awesome.

♥ I got my tax back and my first pay check in the same week. It almost blew my mind.

♥ Email convos with Jasmine through our work emails. Seriously we talk about the most random things on there.

♥ Laughing until my stomach hurts at work (it's a shame I missed out on a mini party in my area today. They told me they ate my share of food lol)

♥ Not having to pay off the loan I owe my parents because they said it is a gift. They are so amazing and generous! I can't get over how wonderful my parents are. 

It looks like I will just have to do a world trip. I can't decide where to go because I want to visit both Europe and the US and Canada. I will just have to do more research I guess :)

What's making you happy this week? Have a beautiful weekend.

P.S. Oh and I did a guest post for Micaela here. 

Happy Things to end the week with

Hello lovelies. It has been a good week. I'm slowly starting to understand everything at work and I did my volunteer at the Mater today. I get so clucky around all the babies.

Here's some happy things to end the week with...

♥ I bought a bunch of $5 tops for work and some racer back singlets. And those shoes were $10. 

♥ I get to hang with Jasmine again tomorrow :)

♥ Jasmine and I have email convos through our work emails. It's nice to see it pop up when I'm typing away. 

♥ I'm planning my sis in law Melly's baby shower!! That's means there is another baby Landicho coming into the family. 

♥ Um...I have no words for this but I can say that I am soo excited. Josh Hutcherson is really living up to Peeta :) I think I love him. 

 Have a blessed weekend.