Any cats to add to the list?

Speaking of cats, C has this silly on-going award he 'gives' to one of our cats each month called Cat Of The Month. We have four cats, and based on their behaviour over the month, C chooses the award recipient. He asked me to make a picture each month for the 'winner' and then he puts it on Facebook with a little paragraph about why X cat won this month. It's pretty cute, I thought I'd share January and February's ' 'winners'.

+ illustrated lists
+ sleepovers with my (sadly soon to be moving) best friend
+ bright yellow nails
+ delicious salads that convert salad haters
+ cut flowers that last for weeks
+ a fresh new hard-cover art journal (will share soon)
+ new classes, new teachers, new friends
+ exercise being slightly more fun (wii fit)
+ life drawing (challenging, but i'm improving)
+ trying out lots of new soup recipes
+ sticking 50 stamps on 50 red envelopes
+ meeting my boyfriend for lunch at his uni campus
+ crisp, fresh sheets
+ mail from old penpals
+ woodley (i laughed an embarrassing amount)
+ finding out my blood type (i gave blood last month for the first time!) A Pos!
+ when you come home and open your front door and your house smells awesome
+ favourite fonts: wisdom script, print clearly & dubtronic

Last month:

+ I got some pretty new shoes and my cats were very lazy in the heat.


+ I went to see a soccer game with some new friends and admired pretty sunsets.


+ I read an excellent book while devouring some afternoon tea at Nanna's and also had an impromptu dinner (with green tea) at our favourite restaurant to celebrate C and I being together for three years.




+ My bike felt photogenic.


+ My couch felt photogenic.


+ I received a sweet package and baked red velvet cheesecake brownies.


+ I saw these amazing dresses in a shop window by Mackenzie Mode ($500 each! Whaaaaa)


+ I drank cute pink drinks and bought a new dress.



+ I gave Dexter numerous baths and took numerous pictures of him.


+ I did some collaging (and found this terrible advertisement).



+ I fell in love with the mustard and red combo.


+ C and I went opshopping.


+ My friend Sara and I held a market stall with some of her pretty wares.


+ I saw these two things at the markets (the second image is a used train ticket from my home state for sale for $1).


+ I acquired two pretty blankets.


+ I climbed up a tower.


+ I had my first day back at uni.


+ A lovely co-worker left this in my bike basket and I saw a very gendered bathroom.


+ C wore a cool shirt I bought him for Xmas and I painted his nails silver.


+ I cleaned my desk and rearranged some pictures.


+ I admired the colours at the paint shop.


+ We attended Nanna's first birthday party and got free tiny cupcakes.

February:
Watching: Woodley, Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight, Outland, Life's Too Short, Outnumbered, Jane Eyre, The Illusionist, Tucker & Dale Vs Evil.
Purchasing: Red dresses, red shoes, Wii Fit & 50 stamps.
Listening to: Big Scary, The Frames, The Civil Wars.
Loving: Being back at uni and planning for the future.
Wearing: Mustard tights and floppy hats.
Making: Dinner.
Consuming: Frittata tarts, Up & Gos & homemade minestrone.
Wanting: June/July (& the accompanying weather).

This week I chose the idea: Go to a paint store and collect chips of all your favourite colours.

I went to the paint shop in town today (after my first day back at university) and nervously approached the paint chart section and started picking out a few colours. I always feel a little uneasy sneakily taking a bundle just to decorate my bike - even though I know they're there for the taking. I had about ten picked out and I heard a man say my name behind me (and I thought, "crap, I've been caught", haha) and it turned out to be one of my regular customers at work, who happens to work at the paint store. The first thing he said was "you can take as many as you like for your bike!".  It was so nice to take them guilt free and we had a lovely chat. So, the moral of the story is make friends with the man at the paint store so you don't feel guilty taking all their paint charts. If you're ever in Launceston and you need paint, Andrew at Inspirations Paint & Colour is lovely - go to his shop.


Inside the paint shop.



I thought I'd give my bike a wash (only its second in the year and a half I've owned it) before I put the new spoke cards in. It was so filthy, poor thing. My bike weighs a tonne (I guess it was probably light when it was built in the 70s) and I am always knocking it on things and roughing it up. For a bike that is ridden every day of the year, it has held up exceptionally well. I'd love to get a lighter back-up bike, but I don't think I could ever sell this girl.



Bath time!




I layer the paint charts around the spokes, slotting them in close to the middle of the wheel, then I tape the backs and fronts of the cards to hold them in (if you don't do this they do come out and fly away down the street).


I decorated my basket last year with fabric yoyos (tied to the cane).



Freshly washed and spoked.