Have you seen anything lately you'd recommend? I intend to bunk in this Dec 25 and watch some movies on my to-watch list. My sister and brother are in NSW and my parents are in Japan and I've given most of my gifts already, so I'm going to chill out next weekend.

I've been on holidays for the last 5 days in Hobart. I have been a bad blogger, but I make no apologies as I had a grand old time away. I hope to do some kind of mini-post about it. I hope you're having a lovely festive season wherever you are. I will be working the next 5 days straight. Remember to be nice to people retail at this time of year! We're not machines! So many legs of ham! So many turkeys! So many Christmas puddings and pavlovas! So many badly glad-wrapped plastic plates of oysters that leak all over the conveyer belt! I actually really enjoy working in retail at this time of year. Guess I'm a masochist!

+ frame from mellowmint

+ the view from my (kitchen) window.

A fun little project has popped up lately called Yours and Theirs. Each week on their Facebook page, you are given a prompt of something to photograph. Last week it was the view from a window in your house and this week it was a recent gift you've been given. You take a photo and email it to yoursandtheirs@gmail.com and at the end of the week all of the photos are uploaded to the Facebook and the blog to see. It is still in its early stages, but I think it is a promising and very fun project and I'm excited to be a part of it. I think it's a really nice way to notice and document little bits of normal everyday life. Feel free to join in :)

Here are some of the photos participants have sent in:

Week One: A View From A Window In Your House


Week Two: A Recent Gift You've Been Given



+ a recent gift I've been given (by C).

Today C and I are going for a little bike ride around town to look for some of those hard-to-buy-for Christmas gifts. We've been going for rides together a couple of times a week lately, which I really enjoy. I'm kind of obsessed with finding new places to ride to - places in Launceston we've not explored before. There are only so many places to explore on a bike because Launceston is surrounded by hills. We go house-watching (in the same vein as people-watching). I am in love with all of the one-of-a-kind round-edged art deco homes. I like to imagine what they would have been like when they were first built and the families who would have lived in them.

I bought the skirt and cardigan in these photos last week during Nanna's 50% sale. Yellow and mauve are my favourite colours at the moment.

I really enjoy the fact that C's cat Mesca hates my guts but is always trying to get in my photos (she doesn't have many poses does she?). My friend Sara patted her the other day and then when I tried to pat her she scratched me, then Sara patted her again and she was fine. She would rather be patted by a total stranger than be patted by me. Bitch. I guess we are both vying for the attention of the same man - and she had him first.

+ shirt: thrifted, stockings: sussan, shoes: vivienne westwood & melissa, belt: ebay, cardigan & skirt: nanna's.

+ clip arty bits from pugly pixel.

Anything on your list of things to learn lately?