+ A lovely gift from C (even though I know he really bought it for himself).


+ A beautifully addressed card from Katyha.


+ C likes to make me stop the car when we see cute cats on the street so he can go and pat them.


+ One of the bosses at my work gave me this Christmas tree that had been set up in the store (including lights and decorations) on Christmas Eve.

Watching: Peepshow, Homeland & Dexter.
Reading: Ready Player One, Rookie Yearbook One (I highly recommend both) and zines.
Making: Lots of little drawings with my graphics tablet.
Visiting: Hobart and the East Coast with my parents.
Consuming: Many icy poles and peanut butter on celery sticks.
Buying: A cute new diary and cute new Melissa shoes (and still preparing for buying baby stuff).
Looking forward to: Travelling home next month to see family and getting to find out what sex the tiny human is next week. We've been playing with some names lately!

Thanks to everyone who entered! Lucky Laura, I'll be emailing you soon.

I set myself the task of drawing a print for each member of my family by the time I fly home to see them next month. Possibly an overambitious task (I have many family members), but one that I think will challenge me in a good way. The print above is for my step sister. I'm not sure whether or not it's finished yet. I find it hard to be objective with these kinds of things. I might tweak it some more before I get it printed. I thought that perhaps Christmas Eve would be a fitting time to share it.

I hope that whatever you're up to you have a pleasant day tomorrow. I'll be working Christmas evening and then will be straight back into it on Boxing Day. We don't really do Christmas, but I'm hoping we'll spend the day going for a nice drive somewhere, possibly to the beach!

My mum bought me these shiny Diana Ferraris shoes when I was about fifteen. She was obsessed with eBay and I had an amazing shoe collection thanks to it. She was great at finding bargains and some odd things like a sickle! I had half a dozen Doc Martens and Converse and a pair of weird Japanese platform sneakers (which I still have and have only worn once). I probably haven't worn the shiny red shoes since high school and they sadly had their last wear today and I threw them out when I got home due to much of the shiny fake leather all chipping off the bridge of the shoes on my walk. Still, I'm glad I got one last walk.




My Nana made my scarf and I bought my little purse at the markets, made from an animal feed bag. We went for a walk just after these photos to face looking at baby items again. We got a better idea of what things we might need, but I still feel thrown in the deep end! There seem to be so much unnecessary stuff - I feel like I need a baby mentor to help me wade through all the nonsense!



Boo!