1. The Scrapbook Of Frankie Pratt - Caroline Preston
2. The Vintage Tea Party - Angel Adoree
3. How To Draw Classic Heads and Faces - Walter Foster Publishing
4. The Family Law - Benjamin Law
5. Patch - Cath Kidston
6. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling
7. Keepsakes - Frances Hansen

These books are in the things-I-should-buy-myself-as-belated-Christmas-presents list.
What's on your book-wish-list at the moment? Anything you'd recommend?

+ dress: revival from dangerfield/myer, belt: thrifted, collar: romwe, shoes: vivienne westwood & melissa, tights: sussan, bow: diva, petticoat: vintage, lipstick: mac ruby woo, earrings: top shop (from messy carla).

C's parents took us for a drive to Hobart today (our second trip there in a week!) to visit the Taste Festival. C and I devoured some chocolate covered raspberries, then headed back into the city where we visited Love and Clutter, Ruby's Room, The Letterbox Emporium, Lush, JBHifi (C's favourite) and we didn't get to visit Hello Gorgeous (which was closed - I'll have to peruse the vintage goodies next time).

I bought this dress in the basement of Myer where all the lovely Dangerfield dresses hang out, in a great haste while C and his parents were waiting for me outside. There wasn't a version of this dress in my size but it had to be mine, so I just grabbed the size 10 (which is definitely not my usual size) and ran out the door, but fits really comfortably. I'd probably go up a size just for a bit more bust room, but I am 100% smitten (even if it did send me a little broke after my day of spending). I'd love one in yellow too. Pretty sure I'll have to go back to Hobart again soon to visit the dresses.

This is sort of my round-up kind of post for 2011. I thought I'd choose a photo from each month of the year. One of my unofficial new years resolutions is to take lots more photographs, I love being able to look through them at the end of the year. I didn't pick necessarily meaningful pictures for each month, just something that stood out for me, some kind of memory attached to it. If you feel like doing the same I'd love to see. I hope you had a safe and happy day today whatever you were up to :)


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+ December

I entered my first Lush store today. Oh my. All four of the store people came up to me at different times and applied various delicious potions onto me. It was unfortunate that I visited the store on the last day of my holiday as I certainly could have spent a lot of coin there. I am very keen to read Marieke Hardy's book that I picked up at the markets and I adore my new backpack. Also, I really think that wearing an eye mask improves my sleep. This was me going on holiday with not very much money and I managed to spend a lot of my not-very-much-money (especially on food).

Some Hobart highlights:
+ Visiting the Museum of Old and New Art - one of the most incredibly wonderfully bizarre places I have ever been. I am still amazed that it exists in Tasmania and not in New York or London. Coins, sculptures and sarcophaguses from a several hundred years BCE juxtaposed with machines that make poo and a video installation of 30 German people on televisions singing Madonna songs, among other things. I'm still thinking about the things I saw. I don't want to share too much or I'll spoil it!
+ Riding a bike to the museum along the awesome innercity cycleway. I thought that being someone who cycles daily, I'd have no trouble on this rented bike. As soon as I got on it I backpedalled (my bike has hand-brakes) and smashed into it with great speed. I'm waiting for some pretty intense bruises to show.
+ Riding atop a ferry home from the museum along the river. Beautiful.
+ Visiting the Salamanca markets.
+ Buying my first Mac Ruby Woo lipstick.
+ Watching people dance at Rektango.
+ Attending the Gotye concert in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hobart with 5999 other people. It ruled.
+ Drinking a smoothie in a restaurant called Drifters, dedicated to Errol Flynn (they even have his real birth certificate on the wall).
+ Eating a superb lunch at a restaurant called Machine which is part laundromat part cafe (Miss Piggy does a great post about it here).
+ Staying with our lovely friend Mel.
+ Wandering a lot.
+ Getting caught in a huge flooding hail-storm on the way home (submerged cars!).

Happy to be home and I hope to return to Hobart in the next few months. I didn't even get to go vintage clothes shopping!