hey big spender

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzND-m2yTNAQHsEdtarG6_Q2U7n5jxs_6C37nHs02NtTKJu-NDIq3Z2OEKeTyxAvkVirRarxXmk15K-7ADz3jJKku37EwYJnWTgiCLErkswJ-1ANsdmW3tF3_EjZDJ2cXez8nucvz8PQY/s1600-h/IMG_0071-pola.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I have a theory about pay day: it's always the first weekend that ruins you. Every month it follows the same pattern... a nice little lump sum lands in your account, the numbers glow and you feel... RICH! it's at this stage that I start to fantasise about all the things that i could do with my loot. a weekend away in melbourne perhaps? oooh witchery boots! or that new art book in Ariel that I've been coveting...<br /><br />But then I remember that paying rent and bills and groceries and insurance and train tickets leaves nothing more than a sad little pile of dirty coins and a couple of tenners. sigh. so I pledge that for the first weekend after pay day, my purse strings will stay tied tight. NO spending, I tell myself, and usually I stay true to my promise for a coupe of days at least. This month? Well, it's officially a record. That's right my lovelies, I lasted exactly 32 hours before blowing a significant amount of my pennies at Country Road. A couple of the girls in the office are bestowed with little gold country road VIP cards which entitle them to a veeery nice 30% off. How could a girl resist? (and, I convinced myself, I really really needed more tops). I loveee everything that they have in store at the moment, spesh all those fab chunky knits. I scored a long sleeve silk white blouse, a little grey and white pleated camisole that will go very nicely thankyou with my black blazer and the cutest blue and white cap sleeved blouse that boasts a high neck and floppy bow.<br /><br />hmmm two days into the pay month and only, what? 28 to go? i predict a "how-to-do-a-weekend-on-a-budget" post coming very soon...<br /><br />oh yes, also wanted to share this photo with you. Snapped at approx 5pm from my office window; isn't this the most luminous sunrise you've ever seen? </span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363492398057507170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzND-m2yTNAQHsEdtarG6_Q2U7n5jxs_6C37nHs02NtTKJu-NDIq3Z2OEKeTyxAvkVirRarxXmk15K-7ADz3jJKku37EwYJnWTgiCLErkswJ-1ANsdmW3tF3_EjZDJ2cXez8nucvz8PQY/s400/IMG_0071-pola.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px; " /></span><div> </div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ness x<br /></div></div></div></div>

hey big spender

I have a theory about pay day: it's always the first weekend that ruins you. Every month it follows the same pattern... a nice little lu...

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for the love of music

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheh8p9Hj1uUCGEO-odJoURP84VOzHTGHvH5wHEFwHqzDZGO2HfAbGFxUmMxuU-dwRJY204n8ngOeB777peTs2DKGlaGYZyS2fmv5z1Dqx8POf9suq1NT5esNVerNsHOYWMTjwPONQtsFw/s1600-h/IMG_0069-pola.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">any sydney-ite who supports local Aussie music would've heard that radio stalwart FBI is in deep financial strife. Not-for-profit and privately owned, they're poor as church mice and need our help. From weekly cheapie gigs to fundraisers and auctions, there's stacks of fabulous things YOU can do to get involved. head </span><a href="http://www.fbiradio.com/content.php/3.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for more info. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A couple of weeks ago they announced that the Chaser boys had </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">offered to dedicate all the tickets from their July 14th taping to FBi.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> My darling friend Philly, ever the generous soul, snaffled up a couple of tickets in the blink of an eye and offered one to yours truly. The taping of the chaser is harder to get into than APEC so I was pretty stoked.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Make sure to tune in tomorrow night to watch the episode; much better than previous ones i thought...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363493479874354850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheh8p9Hj1uUCGEO-odJoURP84VOzHTGHvH5wHEFwHqzDZGO2HfAbGFxUmMxuU-dwRJY204n8ngOeB777peTs2DKGlaGYZyS2fmv5z1Dqx8POf9suq1NT5esNVerNsHOYWMTjwPONQtsFw/s400/IMG_0069-pola.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ness x</span></div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>

for the love of music

any sydney-ite who supports local Aussie music would've heard that radio stalwart FBI is in deep financial strife. Not-for-profit and pr...

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a reunion of sorts

well, hello. it's been a little while, huh? I've been waiting for a long time to get my blog mojo back and somehow tonight - in between being a complete uncoordinated spaz at boxing class and scoffing a cheese & tomato toastie - it zoooooooooom came flooding back. It's just a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">little</span></span> spark at the moment but hoping praying wishing that I'll be blogging daily ever so soon.<div><br /></div><div>See, i am ever so lucky in that i get paid every day to write and sometimes i find it a little difficult to come home at the end of the day and... write. It's sad but often my brain feels so drained and empty and devoid of anything intelligent and/or witty and i really didn't think it fair to subject you, my darling readers, to my incoherent ramblings. But (there's always a but) i've really missed blogging. So i'm going to stop writing bloody essays and instead just post a little something every night. A deliciously decadent recipe. A new designer. A wintry Sydney night that has me twirly twirling in the rain gutters. Milky tea. A film that makes me cry. A book that makes me think. A salsa-dancing sangria-drinking saturday night adventure. </div><div><br /></div><div>i do so hope that you'll come back and re-visit me again. i've missed you all!</div><div><br /></div><div>ness x</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>

a reunion of sorts

well, hello. it's been a little while, huh? I've been waiting for a long time to get my blog mojo back and somehow tonight - in betw...

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