Something Bigger, Something Brighter

I feel exhausted after this weekend! There was so much running around with early and long days at work and followed by pre-Christmas gatherings and family birthdays. All I want to do is sleep in, stay in my pajamas until 3pm and peruse online clothing stores.

Saturday was the pre-Christmas gathering and I threw an outfit together after a 9 hour shift. In retrospect it appears that I threw together the photo too! Melbourne's weather was too awful to take a nice garden shot.



ASOS Lace Dress with Full Skirt, Alannah Hill Cat and Mouse Game Belt, Wittner Halt Heels, ASOS Earrings

I also baked my first lemon tart, including home-made shortcrust pastry, and a baked caramel cheesecake which was sadly eaten before I could take a photo.


I need another baking project for this week. Does anyone have any ideas?

Design Desire

I thought that with university classes and exams finishing for the year that I would have more free time but with the lead up to Christmas and attempts to catch up with people, I inevitably have less time! I feel like I should write a giant to-do list of mundane things like watching that TV series you bought months ago, reading a classic novel or watching a film your friend constantly asks you to watch. At the top of my (incomplete) list should be Mad Men Season 4, To Kill a Mockingbird and Seven.

For now, I'll stick with what I've been up to, what I've been wearing and what I've been baking.

Yesterday I went shopping, attempting to look for certain things in the pre-christmas sales. However, all I discovered was how much I hate people during peak sales periods. I ended up buying a blouse from ZARA and a skirt from Alannah Hill. I am trying to expand my wardrobe/store horizons but it's hard when everything at Alannah Hill works so well and seems to work for my short stature.

I wore:



Alannah Hill Poker Face Girl Cardi, Black Friday High Waisted Pants, Wittner Queen Heels

My dog, Romy, decided to make a surprise appearance in each photo.

I also had the chance to bake these delicious peanut butter caramel heart cookies. Don't let the peanut butter part put you off; they're essentially a shortbread with a little more flavour.

The Longest Time

I just had a look at the last time that I wrote something here and thought, I'm a terrible blogger. Work, university and general life commitments have prevented me from doing many of my favourite things. I'm on holidays for now, so I'm hoping that I'll have more time to write about what I have been up to as well as what I have bought and worn out.

Something that I seldom have time to do is bake, which is sad because I thoroughly enjoy it. Over the last couple of days I made:

Banana Bread


and White Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies


I was dragged along to a 21st this weekend and with Melbourne's ridiculously unpredictable weather, I threw an outfit together at the last minute. When I had the opportunity to take a photo, I was lacking in a full length mirror and tripod, so the best I could do was a phone photo, in a bathroom...sorry!


I wore: Alannah Hill Foolish Games Blouse, Portmans Black Pencil Skirt, Black Opaques, Wittner Black Patent Halt Heels.

Will definitely try to write and post more this season!