+ my cat's seemed oddly intrigued by the items I brought home - Morrissey seems to love the smell of daffodils.

Jodie Kitty Robot does lovely sporadic Thrifty Thursday posts and it seemed like a good coincidence that she did one today and I also did some thrifting myself today. I only got to go to one op-shop in the op-shopping strip on Invermay Road today but I think I'll visit the others early next week. I picked up a bundle of manchester-y items; green love-heart pillow cases, a sweet pastel orange ric-rac trimmed tablecloth and a crocheted lap blanket, as well as a pretty lined basket and some bright plates (we only have about three plates in our house because C says that way you wash your dishes more often, pish!). I almost forgot to mention The Head. C does not like The Head (I'll admit it is slightly creepy), so I had to have it. I was following him around the store with it and he got upset. I attached the head comically to my bicycle, filled up my panniers with the rest of the items and rode home, like so...





+ P.S. I cropped out the edge of that Bio-Cycle sign because in big letters underneath it was advertising "Environmentally Sustainable Composting Toilets!" but now I'm mentioning it I may as well have left it in :P

You know when people 'pimp their rides' and end up adding so many customisations to their cars to the point that they just look ridiculous? That's basically what I aim for with my bike. I'm not a great big fan of the colour pink - I don't hate it, but I didn't really want a pink bike - I'd have preferred red. So, I kind of try to make fun of myself for riding such a pink bike by accessorising it with as much pink ridiculousness as possible. It is girly and bright and "flamboyant" (as they boy with the brown bicycle that parks next to mine every Monday morning at uni said) and I have a lot of fun riding it.







C recently bought these wonderful Basil panniers (above) for me as a gift. They fit a great deal of things inside them, have a million pockets, are waterproof and feature a sweet Cath Kidston-esque pattern. I was a little worried about them being stolen when I park my bike (they have buckles that attach to my bracket) so I cable-tie them on in a million places very elaborately, but I'm considering buying a little children's bike lock to fix them a bit more permanently (like Julie does with hers).





Months ago, I bought the pattern to make these crocheted skirt guards (above) and hoped that I'd be able to teach myself to crochet. My lovely friend Sara has taught me the basics, but I'm not really a natural, so I asked the lovely Dorien at Just Do if she could make me the skirt guards to match my bike and she very swiftly crocheted these ones for me in a gorgeous colour scheme. Attaching them was a bit of a test of my patience, so I won't be taking them off any time soon! They are waterproof and protected against dirt and grease and you can just take them off and throw them in the wash if they start looking shabby.



My bike now has panniers AND a skirt guard AND a decorated basket AND paint chart spokes. I really don't know how I can make my bike any more pinkified except perhaps for some cutesy handlebar streamers or maybe even bright pink wheels like lovely Julie? Any suggestions? :D

Sometimes it is very difficult not to dress entirely in red. I was originally wearing red stockings and red shoes with bows on them too, but I thought it was probably red/bow overkill. I bought these super comfy brogues at Rivers, of all places, for $30 and they're my new favourites - they were the only pair left in the store (Rivers is notoriously like that) and so I had to buy them one size too small, but they've stretched perfectly. I don't think I own comfier shoes. Today I'm going op-shopping (or thrifting as Americans call it).

Blazer & Dress; Nanna's
Hat; K is for Kani
Belt; Ebay
Shoes; Rivers

+ morrissey hiding in my desk mess.