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Monthly Archives: January 2019

Adelaide’s Best Burger Joints

I’m a burger fanatic. I own burger leggings and a burger dress and I’m on the hunt for the perfect burger dangle earrings. I stop just short of my best friend’s obsession—she has a burger tattoo on her thigh that I admire at every opportunity. I tell you this, just so you can feel reassured […]

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Holiday Guide: Darwin

What do you think of when you imagine the Northern Territory’s capital? Humidity, crocodiles and other dangerous creatures? You’re not far wrong. Chuck in a bucket load of mosquitos, some very, incredibly dangerous box jellyfish, and six months of monsoonal rain, and you almost have it right. However, there’s also a lot to like about […]

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Talking To Cats

I meow back at my cat a lot. A LOT. Sometimes I wonder if he’s offended at the things I say, but it’s honestly the only way I get a response unless he’s hungry, so I’ll just keep doing it!

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Packing Your Life into Boxes

There’s something tragic about setting out a certain number of packing boxes and trying to squish your entire life into them. Just the fact that my life in Adelaide (the last seven years) can be disassembled into material items makes me sad. But it’s necessary. I’m moving interstate. I need to cull some of my […]

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Best Matte Foundations

I’ve talked previously about how obsessed I am with matte makeup—check out my post on the Top Three: Matte Liquid Lipsticks for more inspiration. Summertime makes me especially self-conscious about my shiny, oily skin, so being matte becomes even higher on my list of must-have beauty product requirements.

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Sunday Scheduling

I love scheduling. It helps with my mental health and my psychologist’s much-stressed delight in ‘living in the moment’. Spoiler: I’m not good at living in the moment or appreciating the small moments in life. I tend to worry about the future far, far too much. But scheduling helps me to live from week to […]

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3 Reasons Why Baths Are Weird

I can smell it, this is going to be my most popular post. I know everyone wants to know exactly why baths are weird, and it’s absolutely the questions on every person’s lips. Baths are super weird, but what makes them that odd?

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Have an Eco-Friendly Summer!

The sun’s out, the fire ban is set to high. The beaches are scorching wastelands; soup is out and fish & chips are in. You like your coffees cold and milky, preferably with a generous scoop of ice-cream. It’s summer. The time of sunburn and sunglasses and other sun-related items. Here are some tips to […]

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New Year’s Resolution: Cutting Down Screen-time

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to cut down my screen time—mobile, laptop, TV, the lot.

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Instructions for Cherry Picking

After waiting a whole year, finally I can pick cherries again. There are tricks to help you enjoy this wonderful season of cherry. The first thing you need to do is to find out which cherry farms you want to go to. When you try to find your destination please make sure it is a […]

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