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Would it be bad of me to spend $500 on a pair of shoes?

Would it be bad of me to spend $500 on a pair of shoes?

It's a public holiday in Melbourne today, one of the few that my work actually gives us, and so I celebrated by getting up early and making rhubarb and ginger jam. Bread and jam is never better than when the jam is warm out of the pot it was made in. I've also done the dishes, made coffee, watched an episode of of Magnum PI (and oh my, didn't the guys wear short shorts back in 1980!) and phaffed around on teh intertubes for a while. It's been a pretty successful day off so far and I haven't even gotten dressed yet!

My next trick will be a trip to the gymnasium and a wander around Brunswick St for a while. After that I'll come home and bottle the jam and then have a go at making crumpets. Yes, crumpets! I found a recipe last night and really want to give it a go. Plus, now that I have all this jam I need something to eat it with. And my sourdough won't be ready until Thursday because it takes five days for the starter to ferment.

I've also been spending a large amount of time at the Spence St DFO the last couple of days, shopping for FIVE HOURS with A & H on Saturday and returning a dress that looked way better in the shop than it did when I got it home on Sunday. I didn't buy much either day, but on Saturday I found a cute hippy-esque tunic that can double as a beach dress in the summer as well as the one I returned, and when I went back yesterday I found a pair of boots to replace my favourites that died this time last year and a new pair of sneakers for gym. The boots look a little like this:



There was a couple of other pairs of shoes in the same shop that I really loved. It would be bad of me to go back and buy them, right?

Yeah.

Last night they screened the recent Ballet Shoes telemovie on ABC. I must now re-read the book to remind myself when I loved it so as a child, because god knows those whiny brats on my TV screen in no way resembled the characters I desperately wanted to be when I was ten.

Ah Castle, gotta love him...

It's a public holiday in Melbourne today, one of the few that my work actually gives us, and so I celebrated by getting up early and making rhubarb and ginger jam. Bread and jam is never better than when the jam is warm out of the pot it was made in. I've also done the dishes, made coffee, watched an episode of of Magnum PI (and oh my, didn't the guys wear short shorts back in 1980!) and phaffed around on teh intertubes for a while. It's been a pretty successful day off so far and I haven't even gotten dressed yet!

My next trick will be a trip to the gymnasium and a wander around Brunswick St for a while. After that I'll come home and bottle the jam and then have a go at making crumpets. Yes, crumpets! I found a recipe last night and really want to give it a go. Plus, now that I have all this jam I need something to eat it with. And my sourdough won't be ready until Thursday because it takes five days for the starter to ferment.

I've also been spending a large amount of time at the Spence St DFO the last couple of days, shopping for FIVE HOURS with A & H on Saturday and returning a dress that looked way better in the shop than it did when I got it home on Sunday. I didn't buy much either day, but on Saturday I found a cute hippy-esque tunic that can double as a beach dress in the summer as well as the one I returned, and when I went back yesterday I found a pair of boots to replace my favourites that died this time last year and a new pair of sneakers for gym. The boots look a little like this:



There was a couple of other pairs of shoes in the same shop that I really loved. It would be bad of me to go back and buy them, right?

Yeah.

Last night they screened the recent Ballet Shoes telemovie on ABC. I must now re-read the book to remind myself when I loved it so as a child, because god knows those whiny brats on my TV screen in no way resembled the characters I desperately wanted to be when I was ten.

Ah Castle, gotta love him...

Today's weather seems determined to make up for all the rain we haven't had since the beginning of December. It is bucketing down out there. Best work friend was supposed to go sailing today, but when I texted her to see if it was still on, she called me back all disappointed and crushed because the sailing guys had called it off. So we're going to go shopping instead where I will buy a new purse and maybe some shoes. When in doubt retail therapy is always a good solution. I've just glad I've still got the giant umbrella I stole borrowed out of the lost and found at work.

ETA: Now there's thunder!

ETA2: Now I've just gone and spilled a cup of tea all over the kitchen floor. I need me some coffee!

Today's weather seems determined to make up for all the rain we haven't had since the beginning of December. It is bucketing down out there. Best work friend was supposed to go sailing today, but when I texted her to see if it was still on, she called me back all disappointed and crushed because the sailing guys had called it off. So we're going to go shopping instead where I will buy a new purse and maybe some shoes. When in doubt retail therapy is always a good solution. I've just glad I've still got the giant umbrella I stole borrowed out of the lost and found at work.

ETA: Now there's thunder!

ETA2: Now I've just gone and spilled a cup of tea all over the kitchen floor. I need me some coffee!

I was watching The Bill, but the shrieking teenage girl who is tonight's main protagonist was giving me a headache so changed over to Iron Chef instead. Tonight's theme ingredient is shitake mushrooms. Mmmm, mushrooms...♥

Anyhoo, after my traumatic (embarrassing?) morning, the day turned out to be not so bad after all. I did a whole pile of laundry, went to Organic Gertrude for breakfast where I ran into my friend A and her husband, found a new supplier for my current favourite chocolate confection and paid a highly successful visit to a little bric-a-brac shop in Brunswick. There I found a mint condition powder compact, never used and complete with the little cloth cover it would have arrived in from Germany.

( Isn't it cute? )

I also found some fabulous vintage fabric to make a cute summer dress, and this wonderful old coat pattern by Vogue which I am totally making for next winter.

( See? )

I want it in red, with a pair of black gloves, black, glace kid heels and a matching handbag. Very Doris Day.

Speaking of shoes, I finally found a pair to wear with my new dress for my sister's part next week. They're a colour I don't usually go for, but when I tried them on with the dress they worked so well I couldn't say no.

( What d'you think? )

Right, now I'm going to finish making cupcakes, do the dishes and then ice the cakes with rosewater glace icing. How yummy will they be???

I was watching The Bill, but the shrieking teenage girl who is tonight's main protagonist was giving me a headache so changed over to Iron Chef instead. Tonight's theme ingredient is shitake mushrooms. Mmmm, mushrooms...♥

Anyhoo, after my traumatic (embarrassing?) morning, the day turned out to be not so bad after all. I did a whole pile of laundry, went to Organic Gertrude for breakfast where I ran into my friend A and her husband, found a new supplier for my current favourite chocolate confection and paid a highly successful visit to a little bric-a-brac shop in Brunswick. There I found a mint condition powder compact, never used and complete with the little cloth cover it would have arrived in from Germany.

( Isn't it cute? )

I also found some fabulous vintage fabric to make a cute summer dress, and this wonderful old coat pattern by Vogue which I am totally making for next winter.

( See? )

I want it in red, with a pair of black gloves, black, glace kid heels and a matching handbag. Very Doris Day.

Speaking of shoes, I finally found a pair to wear with my new dress for my sister's part next week. They're a colour I don't usually go for, but when I tried them on with the dress they worked so well I couldn't say no.

( What d'you think? )

Right, now I'm going to finish making cupcakes, do the dishes and then ice the cakes with rosewater glace icing. How yummy will they be???