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Where I grew up
The place I grew up is beautiful. One of those places that takes your heart and keeps it. There are farms everywhere and I grew up on one myself. Not with cows or animals of any sort. Pineapples. Hundreds and hundreds of acres of pineapples. It’s a very hard task indeed to not crack a…
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How to wear stripes like a boss!
I’m all about the stripes. Danielle asked on her blog Facebook page yesterday are you into florals or stripes. Me? I’m Team Stripes all the way baby. Aaaaaand I’m all about helping. So today I bring you How to wear stripes like a boss. Because stripes, that’s why. And if you NEED another, it’s because…
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Is bossy REALLY a dirty word?
Lots of conversation at the moment for a push to stop calling girls bossy. Beyoncé, the Scouts, everyone throwing their weight behind it. It’s a conversation I’ve had with my cousin Kylie actually. Her daughter, very similar to my niece Arleigh, is bossy. As in articulate, asks for what she wants and will continue to…
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She Wore What: Ladies Night
Contains an item gifted for editorial consideration. My weekends have been EPIC lately. I flit from one place to another with good friends, good food, always too much booze and all the fun things in life. It has also meant I’ve required SO many outfit. Lots and lots. I was fortunate to receive a huge…
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Are you too attached to things?
I was in my car pulling up at a local corner store to post some parcels, grab a pineapple juice {I think I’m fighting off a cold or something} and buy an exercise book. My car is a sporty, recent model little thing that attracts a fair amount of attention. It attracted mine, that was…
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Making life a wee bit easier
Brought to you by Oneflare.com.au {disclosure} My parents were busy people. Most are, I guess. But between them they had three, sometimes four businesses and us lot. Three kids. A busy schedule of community and sporting engagements too. Busy people. Shorter version. It was a natural progression to bring in someone to help. Common sense…
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How I learnt to cut my losses and move on
This week brought some unexpected changes in life. Changes that will see me once again taking the opportunity to work from home and blog. All. The. Time. Exciting news but when it came down to it, the entire process left that bittersweet after taste in my mouth. I hadn’t been ready and I had no…
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Aussie Curves: Second-Hand
My mother is a real estate agent. In the 90’s she was well into her awarded career and had the power-suited wardrobe to prove it. Jackets with matching skirts everywhere. Jackets in general appear to be her thing. And during a recent clean out I grabbed three {maybe four} from her closet clean out and…
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How to wear your NEW winter 2014 items now
The flush of new season winter 2014 items hit me like a sugar rush. I got all jumpy and excited. A little bit out of control. I plotted and planned hunched over the laptop poring over styles coming to a store near me! But how, when the temperatures are still HOT do you take advantage…
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The Cut for Evans Plus-Size Blogger Review
Well you’ve heard it here before how the blogger ladies have become some of the best friends this girl could ever ask for. And the Queensland folks, well they just take the cake. They are like real life friends you can hang out with whenever you make a plan and swap clothes and stuff. It’s…