shopping

Ventured out to the Handmade Markets this morning, to have a wander and get some Xmas shopping done!

Handmade Markets

Hot day – wouldn’t want to be in the shed later this afternoon. Ugh. Got a yummy cold chai from the Real Chai stand free when I bought some tea from them, that cooled me off and kept me going a while longer!

Handmade Markets

Ran into Jen from Red Instead (recently relaunched to focus on her passions for print, web design and photography)…running around helping here and there. Also saw (or was seen by) Julia helping at another friends stall. Also was able to scab a lift home from a workmate and her family (I walked there this morning!)

Handmade Markets
My haul!

I won’t tell you what’s gifts and what’s for me, but they came from:
Chin Chilla Creations
Created for You (I think I’m going to end up with a very large collection of button earrings if I keep visiting her stall!)
moyou
Real Chai
Wombat Heights Orchard
Lakeview Estate Winery

:)

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Finishing Touches

November 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Finally got around to doing my tax yesterday – after hitting the shops and buying three pairs of summer sandals and thinking I needed to pay for them somehow!

Bag from Jen @ RedInstead.com.au

I also got a cute little parcel from Jen @ Red Instead

Bag from Jen @ RedInstead.com.au

Looking forward to the Christmas Handmade Markets on Nov 21 (yes, Jen’s stall will be there, I believe!)… will get all my Xmas shopping done there – though I might not have the car that day, we’ll see if I’m up for the 6km walk (take a backpack!)

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Rewards of Stalking

October 22, 2009 · 0 comments

So many good things come from stalking. You make friends, you win bags, and you get the thrill of tracking someone down :p

Jen and her little (and rapidly growing) boy were some of my first “Real” clients as a “real” speech pathologist. Aren’t they lucky getting me as a new grad? ;) Pop-up pirate is still my favourite therapy game, but my skills and range of activities have grown – I hope!

Jen’s shop Red Instead Handmade is having a 20% off sale at the moment (I’m not sure if it’s til the end of the month?) so it’s a great time to check out Jen’s cool little shop :)

Text Graphic Handbag

How geek-cute is this Text Graphic Handbag? :) I could see a couple of you with it, bag in one hand, twittering on your iphones with the other…

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A wiki… for shopping?

January 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Just having a browse at the Health and Beauty buying guide over at ShopWiki.com… mostly because I was trying to find out how much it would have been to replace my bathroom scales if Rish hadn’t found them for me the other morning! From quite cheap to thousands if I want all the features… I’ll just stick with having the weight and body fat monitor, thanks!

(And Rish with his tape measure. I’m sure that, along with fitness changes, means more, right?)

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Cherries!

November 17, 2008 · 0 comments

It’s definately cherry season… you just have to know where to buy them!

A local guy was selling them – 2 kilos for $8 at the Kingston Old Bus Depot Markets yesterday… so Mum (who was down for the weekend) split a box with me. I just might have to go back next Sunday for another box full. Other than that, I don’t think I was exactly inspired at the markets… a few cute bags but I’m scared I’d destroy them in an instant!

On shopping, I’m also after a pair of bown summer sandals to replace my current pair that did last summer and did Greece. Before they fall apart. But again, not inspired. And the ones I did like were in “old lady sizes” as my mother put it – a C fitting that slips off my skinny foot. Yes, I have somethign skinny. :p When I was a kid, I remember wearing A fittings in the Clarke’s school shoes. Given I used to also walk on my toes all the time, it’s no wonder I was falling down a lot. Just don’t know my excuse now…

So I’m sticking to safer pursuits. Like Scrabble. :)

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Okay, I’m sure I’ve mentioned my periods of being banned from doing household tasks such as the dishes (relegated to wiping up), and doing Rish’s washing due to one too many tissue incidents (bans have been lifted due to the necessity of me being available to do these tasks).

I was just putting out washing, a couple of loads (second load took ages – you kind of have to lean on the washing machine to stablise it sometimes when there’s larger items like towels, sheets, or jujitsu stuff)…

Putting a denimn skirt on the line. It’s a nice sunny day, over 20 degrees, so I think to myself “Oh I should change out of these jeans and into that skirt, would be much better for spring”. I moved on fromt hat and completed the hanging of the washing.

Walked back into the house and realised that, actually, that wouldn’t really work, as the skirt is WET and that’s why I was hanging it out. *shakes head* It seemed like such a good idea too. Maybe tomorrow?

*ahem*

I should stick to tasks I seem to be very good at. Like shopping for shoes and underwear :p

(But no handbags. Why are all the handbags so ugly at the moment? I want a new one sometime soon, but awesome Kathy Van Zeeland one is starting to get all tatty… want a new one before summer. Any suggestions?)

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Evactuation? But it's my day off!

September 26, 2008

All I wanted to do was to get a cheap hair cut from Just Cuts, so went on down to Westfield at Woden this morning to do that… but nooooooo… we had to be evacuated (4th time for me in 2 weeks) due to a fire in a candle store (Dusk). At least there were [...]

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Banana it is

September 21, 2008

Just back from a lake loop jog with Rish. 31:06 for the 5kish loop. Not bad not bag, considering external factors such as a late night drinking at the cocktail bars of Canberra (Muddle then Hippo), a feeling that I’ve got some sort of bug still in my system (wussy coughs that make my brain [...]

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Not the City 2 Surf

August 10, 2008

Got back to trying to improve my 5km time today. I’ve had a couple of treadmill sessions since coming back, but both were more interval training pace and fitness rather than trying to get my distance going. I was meant to do the run outside, around Lake Burley Griffin, but with reports of snow this [...]

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Sleep? What Sleep?

June 29, 2008

Had a lovely weekend *grins* I finally watched Fight Club on Friday night. Excellent movie (not partial to the beating in of heads, but you know, have to deal with it to get the rest of it). Can say that I’ve seen it :) And could return the DVD to a friend we’d borrowed it [...]

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Sale Shopped

June 14, 2008

I have some awesomely cheeky new lingerie – little white sailor bra and undies. There’s a little anchor on the front. No, no action shots (unless you ask nicely and privately ;) or bribe me with chocolate *giggles*) These would have really been good for the party the other week. And I have yet another [...]

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More for your money

May 21, 2008

At the news that the Australian Dollar was trading around 95-96 US cents, I of course have seen this as an opportunity to revisit some of those online stores that I love to see if there’s anything they may be worth buying at such a competitive price. (also, I’m home alone, and will be for [...]

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