1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. Paseo Marítimo(Palma de Mallorca)

I can’t believe it’s already December! Break out those tacky Christmas sweaters!

I leave Sweden on the 7th to go back to little old Adelaide. I’ll arrive on the 9th in the morning I think.

5 more days.

I don’t know what to do with myself! I’ve already made some Christmas cards and organised some present for the family over here. And I have some tacky souvenirs for my family back in Australia. I hope they like them!

When I get back I’ll be totally flat out going to appointments before I go off to the Gold Coast and Papua New Guinea with my Mum and Brother. I’m so looking forward to it! We’re going to go snorkeling and maybe even see live volcanoes! A photographers paradise!

I’m also looking into going to a photography school sometime soon. Not TAFE. I think it’ll look better on my resume if I’ve been educated at an art school. Also my Mum’s enrolled me into a senior first aid course, so then I can be all set to baby sit. I’ve already got several people lined up!

I’ve discovered the wonders of tumblr.com while I’ve been stuck inside when it’s been not so agreeable weather. I’m in love. I have saved and reblogged and found so many beautiful pictures. It’s just a dream!

I also discovered listography.com It’s a site where you just makes tonnes and tonnes of lists! It’s great! You can list your favourite bands, foods etc and also have a todo list and yes, for a control freak like me it’s just a whole heap of fun!

I’ve seen and experience amazing things on this trip back to my home country Sweden. I also managed to travel to Denmark and Germany which I wasn’t expecting. I’m going to miss being here so much, but hopefully if all goes well I’ll be back for Christmas next year!

So bummed I’m not here for actual Christmas eve and day. I’d love a white Christmas! But at least I’ve had my pseudo Christmas dinner and had a bit of snow fall and caught a snow flake. And that’s better than nothing.

I think I’ll go read some more Harry Potter now. I’m almost halfway through the Deathly Hallows!

See you on the other side!

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1. Bovallstrand, 2. Bovallstrand, 3. Bovallstrand, 4. Bovallstrand

I probably should have posted much earlier, but I was too lazy relaxing on the west coast of Sweden.

The trip over was very exhausting, but I only managed to spend one pound and fifteen pence on a bottle of water at Heathrow. The security staff at all the security checks kept swiping my water bottles because they weren’t 100ml ones. I just want a drink! I’m no terrorist! It was boiling in Hong Kong and Heathrow which I wasn’t prepared for. I was lucky as the terminals weren’t as full as I expected, but I was flying at a rather odd time. I managed to sleep for most of the long haul flights which was lovely, the babies I were surrounded by didn’t bother me. They only wailed and screamed when we landed, I think their little baby ears were hurting. It was so nice to land in Arlanda airport. It was lovely and empty when I got there, and my Grandma and Great Aunt were waiting for me. They both looked so shocked to see me, I don’t think they recognised me. I wouldn’t either if I saw me then! I had very minimal hair last time they saw me and now I have a mop of it! Needless to say I’m in no hurry to hop on a flight back to Australia!

I got to soak up the last little bits of Summer just before it went away. Now it’s in the limbo of seasons, it’s trying to be cold and Autumn like, but then the sun comes out and warms everything up.

I’ve been shopping and had a blast! I haven’t bought all that much yet, but there’s lots of time to shop up a storm!

I haven’t been sightseeing all that much yet, as we’ve only been back in Stockholm for a week and a bit. I think we’re planning to go to Skansen sometime soon, I hope to go on a tour bus around Stockholm because it’s just such a huge city. I’ve heard Stockholm is called the ‘Venice of the North’ and I think that’s true, but it’s no where near as cramped! I had a chance to take a gazillion photos on the west coast, but flickr didn’t let me upload them all at once. I’m working on taking lots of photos here in Stockholm too, but at the moment I’ve only been around the local parts in our suburb of Östermalm which is lovely.

I’m yet to take a photo of Karlavägen, which is a beautiful street I get to walk down quite frequently, It’s lined by trees and the trees are starting to turn autumn-y colours and when there’s a breeze some of the leaves float down, it looks like a scene from a movie! Completely magical.

The old people around here dress fantastically! The men look dapper and women chic! They look like the belong on a movie set. That’s pretty much what it’s like here, you wake up and walk outside and it feels like you’ve stepped onto a movie or tv set. It’s something else.

I’m in the middle of reading Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind which is fantastic, I highly reccomend it. I saw the film first not knowing it was based on a novel, and I fell in love with it.

Well I think that’s all for the update, well that’s all I can remember.

Until next time,

Puss och kram

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1. Beckoning Bed, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. Paris

Ahhh! I leave for Sweden on Monday! Ack!!

I still need to buy socks! I don’t have enough. They always, ALWAYS disappear on me. I think there is a universal sock stealing goblin. I really liked those socks too. Oh well… New socks ahoy! I wonder what colours I should get. I’m thinking blue or pink or purple. Nice bright colours will be lovely. I like the feeling of wearing outrageous socks but no one else knows because they can’t see them, it’s your own little secret.

I can’t wait to visit my hometown again. I so very much hope to travel around Sweden. I’ve only ever stayed around the south east near Stockholm or in the west near Gothenburg. I would love to explore the north of Sweden and I really would like to visit family in Norway… taking the train wouldn’t be too much of a hassle. I love the Swedish trains. Maybe I can go visit Princess Mary in Denmark when I go there! My dad used to go to her school, Sandy Bay Primary. At least that’s what he boasts ;) He’s actually met Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and spoke Swedish with her. I saw the palace last time I traveled to Sweden. It’s absolutely breathtaking! I swear the Swedes and Russians do French Rococo decor better than the French!

Lets hope I can use some svenska on the locals ha! I’ll murder the poor language. I hope I’ll be able to read the Swedish blogs I follow after my intensive Swedish learning over there… fat chance!

Hejdå, stor kram och puss!

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1. the old town, 2. lady in red, 3. Bow, 4. Shoes

6.5 days and counting!

I still don’t have a suit case and I’m having nightmares about international travel. I’m terrified of customs and baggage check as I’m taking four months worth of medication (prescription & herbal) through but don’t worry I have documents. Still makes me nervous.. I swear I’m no drug dealer! The good news is that I have finished my packing list so I’m still relatively organised…

I’m officially no longer a student at my High School. Free! Now I don’t know what to put in the occupation part of form filling. Perhaps… Certifiably Insane? Aesthetic Adventurer? Professional Daydreamer?

I bought some carnations for my room 2 weeks ago and they’re still going strong! I did buy them just before they started to bloom plus my room is an ice box so that may have contributed to their still being nice looking.

My dad bought me three Moleskine journals last week and I got them this weekend when he came to visit. I have a two black plain ones and one red lined one. They are so beautiful! I’ve already spruced up the first page of my plain black one. I plan to scan it in and post it here or on flickr at some point.

I finished reading Persuasion by Jane Austen, I’m yet to decide which of my pretty new penguins to read next… I’m thinking something along the lines of… Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh?

Blergh, I need a nap.

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1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. 196

14.5 days.

That’s how many days it is until I leave for Sweden. I can’t wait to go. I’m going to be staying with my grandmother and her sister for four months. It’ll be wonderful! I think I’ll even be able to get a chance to go down to Copenhagen, Denmark!

It’ll be nice to escape for a while. School and me didn’t work out so well. Now I get a lovely ‘letter of separation’ (???) and I will officially be free of that ol’ ball and chain that is school. Now I get the lovely label of ‘High School Drop-out’ yay! I wont even get a certificate for successfully completing years 10 or 11. My Mum and Dad both said that when they were in school you recieved a certificate for completing those years. School sucks. If I plan to finish year 12, it’ll be via the internet and part-time.

I’m so blessed to be given the opportunity to go ’soul searching’ in Sweden. I love my maternal grandmother, and that side of the family. Hopefully I can go see my home town again. Last time I was in Sweden it was Midsommar (midsummer) and it was absolutely beautiful! It’s so different from the Australian scenery. In my opinion it’s much more beautiful, but I guess that’s the European in me that’s coming out ;) Now I get to have my first taste in a long time, of a Swedish autumn and winter.

I’m surprised I still get hits on this blog… I barely post now! Well I hope I can post pictures of my trip on here… but I’ll probably forget…

See you in Stockholm!

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My wishlist;

1. Untitled, 2. coffee and the city, 3. Vintage 80s Brown Leather Granny Lace Up Romanian Pixie Victorian Ankle Boots, 4. Coconut Butter Scone, 5. vogue, 6. The Great Gatsby

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School.

Eurgh.

It prevents me from doing my creative outlets! Even when I do get a chance to do those things… it ends up being for school! Blah. All my drawings need to go into my Art portfolio because I haven’t done enough to satisfy the curriculum thus getting a C for Art -.-

At lease I can’t complain too much about English Studies, I chose to do my individual comparative text assignment on The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I loved the films but I expect the novels to be even better!

In Animation & Games I’ve been drooling over the new Macs they’ve installed. They’re a bit weird to use considering I’m normally a Windows PC kinda gal, but it’s a fun learning experience!

Despite drowning under a sea of school work, I’ve found time to watch the first season of Charmed and am halfway through the new series of Merlin… Time well spent if I do say so myself!

I think I’ll end up spending this weekend watching the second season of Charmed if I can find it at the video DVD store. I still say video store despite the fact they’ve been wiped off the shelves… I still love VHS. I grew up on them! I still get tempted to purchase videos in the thrift stores I find, but then I convince myself not to spend my money on probably damaged and bad quality videos.

Today I’ve taken a mental health day, just to stop and take a breath. This year has been go go go for me. Damn you year 12! I’m lucky compared to a lot of my class mates though, I don’t have THAT many demanding subjects and I’m managing alright, but that’s not to say I don’t still feel the immense pressure that the teachers choose to lay on us.

Even though I’ve been busy I’ve still been following and finding new fantastic blogs, I just wish I had the time to comment on all of them too.

Well I had better go and get a cup of hot coffee and then draw and read and do SOMETHING productive…

I hope I can find the time/energy to write again soon..

P.S I found out how to make mosaics of my flickr favourties! Much faster than making an image from scratch :)

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This year I started my goal of getting into shape. I had many obstacles such as many a broken fitness equipment and numerous maladies caused by my body’s constant battle with itself.

Despite all of these troubles I managed to get a great Cross Trainer to replace the previous 2 broken stepper machines. This was 5 or 6 weeks ago, now I’ve lost 4 kilos and I’m feeling so much better. I’m not going to lie it is hard and a lot of work, the motivation especially. For a week I was on heavy duty anti-biotics which liquefied my brain and made me feel like poopie, but I got back on the trainer as soon as I had the energy to and now I’m back to going on it for 30-40 mins a day. I’m eating better and I’m more aware of what I’m eating. Sure I get a few low days where I’m all huffy and puffy and moan about it not being worth it, and it’s not working bitch bitch moan moan etc etc etc. To get through those days I remember my inspiration. I get it everywhere, from friends, family even the internets! I think that is vital point. You really need inspiration and motivation. I’ve learnt to draw it from within now, which I think is a big thing. I used to make excuses for myself and I was stuck in a rut.

My battle with the pudge is still in it’s early days, but all the sweat and tears I’ve been through, they really are worth it.

/end rant.

In other news, I went op-shopping this weekend and boy did I get lots! I found ANOTHER thrift store in my dads area, still on the same strip, I went to 4 in all and they are all within walking distance BOOYAH! I wanted to take photos of my little collection. The new one I went to was and RSPCA thrift store, and it had a 50% off sale! It was just the perfect little thrift store. There was a tonne of cassettes, records, shoes, millions of belts, and shoes and lots of other things. I found this cute little t-shirt with square neck-line, it’s kind of weird but it reminds me of a sailor shirt. It’s cute, although I think I might pin a navy bow to it.

I was under my budget, I have $15 to spare! I think I’m going to start a super-mega-happy-hair-dyer fund. I need a new one that doesn’t fry my hair so much…

All in all my weekend was fantastic and restful!

How was yours?

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Ahh the weekend, how I love you!

I super hope I can muster up some creative energy this weekend… I have a lot of Art homework and Animation homework. I wouldn’t mind doing some now actually, but I don’t have much inspiration. I think thats a large part. That and motivation.

I think next weekend I’ll go op-shopping again, see if I can find some more obscure gems. Ooh I saw the Balmain spring 09 collection today. I think I’m in love. It’s soo pretty, I love the shoulders. Normally I don’t like accentuated shoulders/shoulder pads, but this time I think they’ve persuaded me with their shiny clothes! It reminds me of the outfit Anne Hathaway’s outfit she wears towards the end of The Devil Wears Prada, y’know the black suit combo thing? No? Okay! Well it’s pretty, trust me.

I saw Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist a few days ago, and I loved it! I really reccomend it. It’s similar to Juno in that it’s not super hollywood-ised which is rather refreshing considering there are so many of those around these days. It’s a typical boy meets girl kind of thing and they go on an adventure! Whee! But it’s done in a not so hollywood way. I wish there were more movies like that out now, I feel like watching more in that style. I still don’t mind the odd hollywood teen drama/romcom movie.

I really feel like reading, but that takes os much effort! It’s so much easier to vegetate infront of the TV than read a book. I have a huge stack of borrowed and recently bought ones. Blah! Oh well, I guess I’ll get around to it at SOME point…

Hope everyone has a  lovely weekend :)

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It’s been too long, I’ve been so busy with school and homework and such.

This weekend I went op-shopping and got some nice, but obscure things. A doll with matching hair and pants, 2 more historical/romance books, a necklace with 2 sparrows on it, a green patterned scarf and a really nice white slip/nightie. It’s really comfortable. I also got a disposable camera at the supermarket on friday, with the pretense of using it for art, but I kind of wanted it for the novelty… I still will incorporate it with my art project though.

I also went late night shopping on thursday last week, I needed under-garments so I went with the lovely Scottish Stacy. I found a great pair of boots for $35 that were $130!  I love closing down sales, I can’t wait to whip them out this autumn/winter.

Tomorrow I only have 2 lessons, which is great! Hopefully we receive our year 12 jumpers tomorrow, the silly school has been promising us them since last week. Eurgh! I want it, even though it’ll be too hot to wear it to school, I still want it now! Gosh I’m so impatient.

I’ve replaced coffee with tea now, and I’m surviving! I love coffee, but it’s not good for me when I have lots of milk with it (mild intolerance) so I decided to replace it with tea. I like having lemon iced tea when I get home, and a big mug of hot tea with honey for breakfast. It’s lovely, try it! Ooh I can’t wait till it gets really cold and I can make hot cups of tea at recess and lunch in the seniors kitchen, that’ll be scrummy!

I like being a senior, but at the same time I don’t. I’ve been aching my whole high school life to be a year 12. To have all the privelidges we get and being the seniors of the school, but now that I know I wont have the routine of school and being able to see my friends so easily, that scares me. I’m so used to it! I know I’ll adjust in time, but I’m still scared.

Let’s hope I can find the time/energy to blog again soon…

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Well here we are, already into the second month of the new year!

I’ve now completed my first week as a year 12, it’s going okay so far, not dying of stress just yet! The heat wave has made it harder, but knowing that it’ll let up soon is good! Let’s hope I’ll have time to blog more regularly now, fingers crossed!

All this heat has leeched my creative juices or something, or maybe just my energy. I have some ideas for photos and blog posts but I just haven’t been bothered to carry them out. Yes, lets just blame the heat…

I really want to change up my wardrobe in these coming months, I need to sort out all of the clothes I just don’t wear… I just really want to change the clothing style I wear or work on my personal style a bit, just develop it. I have a mental image of the style I want to wear, or the vague style I would like to wear, but I just don’t think I would be able to pull it off because I don’t exactly have a model’s physique who can wear whatever style they want. Oh well, I can worry about that after I’ve cleaned out my wardrobe and saved enough money to go on a shopping spreeeeeee!

Can I please have these shoes?

I’m reading a book called The God of Small Things, for english studies this year. So far I really like it, I just can’t believe the woman who wrote it had never written a novel before and she hasn’t written one since. It’s about the caste system in India in the 60’s and it flips back and forth between the 90’s and 60’s. It’s quite good so far, sometimes it’s a little hard to read as you can’t skim read or you’ll get completely and utterly discombobulated. Let’s hope I wont end up disliking it, as is the fate of most books you need to read for school.

I need to go put some food stuffs in my belly now, but lets hope I’m able to blog again soon.

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I’m a super silly head. I took lots of pictures on holiday and I stupidly left my camera cord at my dad’s apartment in Melbourne! I wont be able to upload/edit them until I see him on the Australia Day weekend.

Anyway, sorry for the prolonged absence! I’ve been jet-setting for most of the school holidays, fun but tiring! My routines are all out of whack and I feel just eurgh. But I’m getting it back into orderly shape! I’m hoping to blog much more now.

I had a ball in Melbourne/Phillip Island! I was only in the city for 3 days though, for 5-ish days I was on Phillip Island. The weather was superb! It was sunny and warm but with a cold breeze. I got a tan/a touch sunburnt and terrible but hilarious tan lines on my chest and shoulders!

I got a little shopping done in the few days I was in the city. I found some nice pieces. At the Queen Victoria Markets I found my dream dress for $35 when in Sportsgirl where I first saw it it was $120+! I also went to Savers in Footscray,  it’s my thrift heaven! I don’t have an income per se, but I do get some money here and there, so I love to thrift most of my clothes now, with the exception of some chain store pieces. Savers was like a huge department store of clothes and pieces of fabric. I purchased a pair of pink flats, a belt, some long dress gloves just for the hell of it, a big grey woolen cardigan for winter, a strapless dress with a crazy pattern on it and a long sleeved high-necked cream satin-y shirt. I think one of my favourite Melbourne shopping strips is Brunswick street in Fitzroy. It has great independent labels and cute little stores tucked away in little nooks and crannies.

My favourite market in Melbourne is the Camberwell markets, I may have mentioned them before. It’s only on Sunday’s from 6am-12.30pm. (There is a lot of junk there, you need to be patient and sift through lots and also fight people for pieces! Patience really is essential to a thrift shopper) This time round I didn’t have any money but I saw some great bags, shoes and dresses. There’s some great eclectic pieces there too.The people watching is great, everyone is so well dressed. There was one couple that caught my eye, their outfits complimented each other perfectly. The man was in a waist-coat and dress pants combo, which was a beige-y colour paired with lovely brown leather shoes with a red tie and white shirt. His girlfriend was wearing black opaque tights with black boots, a brown skirt, a sweater layered with a white shirt underneath, and a woolen shawl/coat similar to his suit colour, over the top. I think she had a little red bow arount the collar of her shirt. I was too embarrassed to ask to photograph them! Next time I go to visit my dad in Melbourne, I plan to come with lots of money dollars to spend up on some pieces from Camberwell.

I think I prefer winter fashion, I the love heeled oxford boots (I don’t know the technical fashion name for them) with tights and a skirt with layered cardigans/jackets/shirts/tops, kind of look. I have been enjoying the sun though! But I guess we get sun all year round pretty much down under.

School is going to start in a few days, I’m not an anxious wreck like I normally am. Which is a nice change. I guess it’s because I know it’s the last year and I only have 5 subjects and no where near as many contact hours as the previous years.

What’s everyones plans for Australia Day? I don’t really have any, I think I should be more patriotic. I’m too lazy to do anything like back yard cricket/being social. I’d rather crack a beer with my dad by the pool, than play cricket or aussie rules or whatever it is we’re supposed to do. I guess that’s the foreigner in me. I wasn’t really brought up in that much of a patriotic house-hold, we’re more of a global mix than any one nationality.

I think this epic post makes up for the lack of posts these past few weeks!

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I’m off yet again, I was too lazy to post properly this week.

Maybe if I’m lucky I might be able to get a chance to post in Melbourne/Phillip Island.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!

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Merry Christmas!

I have all my shopping done and have given out a lot of presents already. I do enjoy Christmas, but I think I enjoyed them a little more when I was younger. I liked opening the stocking first and waiting for my mum to get up and have a coffee before we opened our presents. The anticipation was terrible, the nagging and waiting until it was time to rip open the wrapping on that first present. I miss that feeling now. I sleep in and don’t get up early to open presents. It’s a lot more relaxed now, which isn’t a bad thing.

On boxing day my family and I are going to the coast for 10 days until the 4th so I don’t think I’ll be able to report in here until after then. I’ll post as much as I can before I leave again on the 9th for Melbourne for another holiday on Phillip Island with my dad and step mum.

I plan to take lots of photos on my trips. I don’t know if I’ll follow through, but hopefully I’ll be able to take some nice shots and show you a few.

My family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve Day, which we call Julafton. Our Christmas is usually spent in the Swedish way. We open our presents late in the afternoon and watch Christmas movies during the day and spend it eating, drinking and being merry. To make this even more Swedish my grandma from Stockholm has come down for 2 months to spend Christmas and New Years with us. Which is just lovely seeing as we don’t really see her all that often. Ikea certainly helps in our Swedish Christmas cause! Our family isn’t really your conventional family. It’s really super extended. Lots of my dad’s side of the family is spread all over the world. One of my 3 grandmas lives in Papua New Guinea, she and her partner are here for 2 days and are coming to visit on Christmas day. My Aunt lives in New York with her husband and baby son, Noah. My first cousin! There are many other relatives spread out in different states or countries. I like spending my holidays catching up with family rather than friends. I have/had the whole school year to spend with them and I love and miss my friends, but school and minimal time on weekends make it hard to find time to see my family. That’s why I love Christmas. I’m also lucky enough not to have grandparents who knit me awful Christmas sweaters!

I recently acquired on DVD, A Muppet Christmas Carol. It’s one of my favourite Christmas movies! “Bah! Humbug.” The Muppets are great, I really like the story and the Muppets make it even better. Animal is my personal favourite. I think we have the first Muppet movie on video lying around somewhere! I’ve also seen the Muppet version of Treasure Island and that one about space and where gonzo came from… I forget the name… Speaking of Christmas movies, I saw the Barbie Christmas Carol on TV recently. It wasn’t half bad and the CG animation sure has come a long way! I remember Barbie as Rapunzel and Barbie as the Nutcracker, the graphics were really good for their time, but the recent Barbie movies have gone up a notch. Yes, I still enjoy a Barbie movie. It’s a nice reminder of my childhood, unfortunatlely when we moved house this year mum decided to throw them all out. Oh well.

I already know some of the presents I’m getting this year. Namely because my dad took me out to buy my present(s) from him! I have 2 lovely new pairs of shoes sitting under the tree for me :)

Hope you all have a fantastic Christmas filled full of fun! And a very happy New Year!

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~Jules Renard.

I’m a hopeless romantic, I think that’s why I have a partiality for Jane Austen novels and any romantic novel. I tend to like Historical Romances more than Modern Romance because I prefer the customs and the courting that come with the Historical Romances. I admire how it was back then. With manners and etiquette taking precedence and I do like the fashion to say the least. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to live in the Regency or Victorian era. There are flaws and drawbacks in some of the ways in which they functioned back then, but I still think it’s a romantics dream era. I love the beautiful English countryside scenery and English estates in the film or television versions of Jane Austen novels. It looks just beautiful and makes me wish I lived in Europe. I get sick of the dry browny Australian ‘green’ sometimes. I find the bush scenery to be a bit boring now. It doesn’t catch my interest as much as European forests. Maybe that’s my inner European side coming out to play. I plan to go to Europe in the near future on a career venture or the like. That’s one of my main goals.

I haven’t been doing much else these holidays apart from reading. I’ve devoured 5 or 6 books already, and I’m hungry for more! I plan to go out to the library before this week is through. I also plan to go to shopping at my local shopping centre, hopefully there will still be some stock left in the stores I like… I’ve had my eyes on these sandals at sportsgirl for a while, I think they’re on sale now. I really hope there will be a pair left for my little ol’ feet! If not it’s not a huge drama, I saw a pair almost identical in another shoe store thats around the same price. I don’t have a picture to show you of them, sorry! But they are unusual and not really my normal style, and I think thats why I like them.

I’m looking into getting a new perfume. I still have lots of my Vera Wang, Princess perfume left from last Christmas but I think I need a new scent. I’m looking towards Euphoria by Calvin Klein, I think thats who its by and there are a couple of others I like. I love it how a perfume smells different on other people. The other day, after catching a whiff of a lovely perfume on a friend, I discovered she was also wearing Princess! It smelled completely different on her. On me, the base notes really come through and I think the heart notes on my friends came into effect more so than the base notes. I love vanilla-ry scents and slightly heavier scents.. I’m not the biggest fan of really flower-y light and fluffy perfumes. I just don’t think they suit me.

I really need to get my butt into gear and write out a list of Christmas presents I still need to get! Eek!

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I’m sorry I’m so slack with posts.

I’ve currently got a cold, so I can’t blog anything worth while at the moment.

So this is a filler post. I’ll try my best to come up with something worthwhile tomorrow. I plan to spend it in bed rugged up with a cup of tea and a good book or two. That’s my getting-over-a-cold routine, as well was taking vitamin C.

I think one of my new years resolutions is going to be to write down a list of long term and short term goals. I’ll post them here when I decide on them. I think it’s about time I got my butt into gear as my final year of schooling comes into view, I still have no notion of what I want to study, I think the most likely path for me to take at this point is a TAFE course and not go to University just yet. I have a feeling I’m going to have a few career changes in the the future. I can’t see myself sitting in a strict office building typing numbers all day. I can only see myself in that environment if it were involved in magazines/graphic design but I don’t think that’s likely.

I think I shall take to my bed now and read some more, and then sleep!

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Today I did nothing!

I finished one of the books I borrowed from the Library, and made a start on the other one. I took photos of my new top and dress that I purchased yesterday. My grandma is over from Sweden for 2 months now. She gave me my late birthday present which is her charm bracelet that she got when she was 17 or 18. Each charm has a different story behind it. I’m in love with it! It jingles and jangles and makes pretty noises. I’ll have to take pictures of it tomorrow. The light today wasn’t so good, it’s all cloudy and rainy today which isn’t all together a bad thing. Sure I love the cloudiness and rainy-ness but it’s not so useful when you want to take photos, well depending on the look you’re going for.

This is my top from K-mart. I saw it and squealed! I love it! My spidey senses are tingling!

Here is my new dress from target, I feel like a stepford wife in it. I was too lazy to actually put it on.

And here is my Blondie top that I got last weekend.

Spontaneous playlist time!

♥ Finch – Gavin Coetzee

♥ Incapable – TrembleBee

♥ Tell Me – The Beeps

♥ Lola’s Theme – Shapeshifters

♥ The Moneymaker – Rilo Kiley

♥ Bulls On Parade – Rage Against the Machine

♥ Spotlight – MuteMath

I really love my mascara, it’s done me well! It’s lasted for a long time, well for a mascara. I bought a $20 one which came to no avail, but my relatively inexpensive Maybelline mascara hasn’t clumped up or dried out after 6 months. The name has rubbed off but I believe it’s called Maybelline Unstoppable Mascara. I really don’t see any point in splurging on mascara because it doesn’t really last all that long. I believe in spending on foundation/concealer. I go for Clarins Paris because that’s what my mum uses. I’m really lucky in the way that my mum used to be a Make-Up Consultant for a brand called Colour Me Beautiful and she had heaps of products left over, including my current collection of brushes, eyeshadows, eyeliners and more. Most of my make-up is hand me down, but it still works perfectly fine. I have a huge collection of make-up now. Thank goodness for the capacity of my dressing table draws! My essential make-up is my Clarins matte liquid foundation, Clarins matte compact, Colour Me Beautiful smudgeliner in Esspresso, Maybelline Unstoppable mascara and sometimes some brown eyeshadow from Shisedo, I think.

What make-up do you use?

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My first Monday of the holidays hasn’t really been manic, it’s been good! I slept in until 12, had a shower, I watched 9 episodes of Sex and the City, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I finally joined my local library. I borrowed 2 Historical Romance novels, not like I need any more! I bought up big on the weekend on books, because at my local charity stores/op-shops there were book sales. I found 2 Mills & Boon Historical Romance Omnibuses for $1 each! So essentially, that’s 6 books for $2! I was really Christmas shopping, but as usual I couldn’t help but treat myself to Christmas presents from me. I found a BLONDIE t-shirt, with Debbie Harry’s face on it. I’m in love with it! I also found a Victorian inspired blouse, it’s a little big for me.

My dad gave me his tripod to use, which is handy because I plan to post some shots of my thrifted outfits to show you all. It’s in really good condition and it extends to a good height. I’m going to use this week getting settled and rested, then I plan to photograph a whole lot more, and I plan to get a grip on my camera too! Although, this Wednesday I’m going with a few other people to see the possible locations of next years’ Formal. Should be good I think.

I feel like I need to do something to my hair, I was going to grow it out but now it’s being über difficult. It’s not sitting right, I can’t even style it right. Maybe it just needs a trim. I don’t know. I’ll get back to you on that.

I’m so glad that holiday TV is getting a little better, but that doesn’t really matter as I have a huge pile of lovely novels to read! *glee!* I don’t plan to be a total recluse these holidays though. I do plan to see people and hang out. Hopefully go to a few soireés etc.

Fingers crossed I can think of a better blog post soon!

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I’m sitting here having coffee and biscuits, procrastinating as usual.

I have four exams in the next week, I’m not too stressed as I know whats coming this time. Which is really helpful. My first one is my French exam. I’m not particularly talented at french, but I’m not terrible either when I set my mind to it. I just have to memorize the millions of verbs and conjugations that come with them! I’m definitely luckier than some who have 2 in one day or have 5 or 6 exams squooshed into that one week. Hooray for freedom after that! 2 sweet months of freedom! I fully intend to go op hopping again, maybe try and discover some new stores and go beyond my suburb! I need to find some good Christmas bargains for my friends. I’m sure I’ll be able to find things to suit their taste. I really love Christmas. I love shopping for gifts for everyone. Sometimes I’m completely lost as to what I should get certain people.

A few of the bloggettes that I have been following have decided to trim their lovely locks in favour of a more minimal look. I cut my hair short at the beginning of this year and at times I did regret it and wish for my luscious locks back, but I really am enjoying the shortness. I have had it at different degrees of short through out this year, only a few months ago I cropped it real short. It was fun for a bit, but I’m growing it out to a long bob now. Just to see if I prefer it. If anyone out there is contemplating chopping off their locks, I say go for it! Ask around for peoples opinion on it, just try it! If you’re super hesitant maybe try on a short wig to see how it will look, or pin up your long hair underneath to get a feel of what it would be like to have short hair. What I did was slowly trim off the length, so I had time to get used to it. Rather than going the whole hog and shaving my head! But that really helped me cope with going shorter from relatively long hair. It also helps that my hair tends to grow quite quickly, which is helpful! But really do try it, maybe not right now, but do try it sometime in the future.

I can’t wait for twilight the movie to come out. I think it’s coming out in Australia in early December. I’ve read all the books and I can’t wait. Seeing the music video for Paramore’s new song Decode (featured single on the twilight album) just made me want to see it more. I’m not obsessed as such, but I really want to see what they’ve done and if they’ve changed much in regards to the plot or the time line. I mean, I’m sure they’ve cut things out to make it shorter and in compliance to Hollywood. Speaking of Hollywood, I watched You, Me and Dupree last night. My god, it was completely predictable! I was really disappointed by it. It’s so cheesy and eurgh. I was tempted to watch Clockwork Orange last night on SBS with their whole tribute to him. My mum dissuaded me from watching it. She really didn’t like it and thinks I should wait. I agree. I read the synopsis and plot summary on IMDB and it didn’t sound nice at all!

Funny isn’t it, how when you should be doing other things, you get inspiration to blog? My brain is silly. I promise, well I will try my very hardest to post pictures of my op shop finds (which aren’t very exciting) after exams.

Random Playlist!

♥ See The Sun – Pete Murray

♥ Army of Me – Björk

♥ Wild Eyed Boy – Birds of Tokyo

♥ Vampire – Antsy Pants

♥ Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have) – The Buzzcocks

Off I go to procrastinate further!

P.S Happy Birthday to the wonderful Fi!

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‘Cause I don’t have my fangs!

I like that song, Vampire by Antsy Pants. It’s cute!

I have been so slack with getting a post in regularly. Sorry! It seems everyone is getting more and more busy now that it’s very close to Christmas/exams/end of the year. I know I’ve been busy finishing things off, but I’ve be extremely fortunate in that my teachers haven’t made me do anymore assignments etc in this last week of school before my exams. I think I’ll do okay, if I study well enough! Thank goodness I only have one year of school left, I have no idea if my uniform could last that long! I need a new pair of school shoes… again! I need a new pair every year practically. I should treat them better! I can’t wait to get my year 12 jumper next year.

For some really odd reason I feel like next year wont be as stressful as year 11, I think part of the reason is that it’s so stressing this year is because of the anticipation of next year and that the teachers push the fact that you have to do really well this year (but really you don’t!) to be able to succeed next year.

My hair has grown out a whole heap! It’s back to being longish short! I cut it really short again a couple of months ago. Now it’s back to the same length, if not longer than what it used to be before I attacked it.

I can’t wait till exams are over. I really miss taking photos. I haven’t had the time or energy to take photos lately. Well with my DSLR camera anyways. I have some happy snaps I still need to upload from my other camera. I really want to go out and take some photos now, but I’m too tired. I think after I’ve finished this post I might have a power nap! Nap attack! Naps really do help I find.

I had a really good time going on a shopping spree at Goodwill and the Red Cross near my dad’s. I got some nice things and some weird shoes that I couldn’t help but buy! Maybe someday soonish I might post a picture! Maybe, just maybe.

Eek almost Christmas! And a few birthdays in between! Ack! I should have saved more…

I really hope we can get a nice pretty tree this year.

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