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adventures of the ordinary
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a blog about a girl stumbling about in melbourne | all my adventures in food, fashion and furnishing – with some ordinary life thrown in
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a minor place – a delicious bagel

Brunch – there is no better meal. It is by far my favourite meal to eat out for, and I just love Melbourne’s abundance of brunch locations. I must say though – I am running out of C...

3 days ago

catching up again

Phew – now back to catching up on my posts… On Sunday, after I had successfully slept 14 hours to recover from the Friday (see the story here), I headed to Southern Cross station to pick ...

5 days ago

the beginning of catching up

So it seems that I haven’t yet been able to bite the non-blogging demon and it has again been over a week since I last posted. As such – below is the beginning of me recapping the occurre...

6 days ago

new fringe!

So I have a lot of recaps coming of my past week and a bit (as I have been a very lazy blogger) – but just wanted to post a quick photo of a hair change-up I had last night. My hair was in desp...

25 may 12

life vs blogging

It seems like the above has been a constant battle for me the past two weeks. Starting a new job, having a roommate move out, and a new one move in, catching up with old work friends (because now I d...

14 may 12

prints and prints

I still have a few blank walls left in my house that are just begging for some art love – mainly my two large walls in my living room. Right now they are both facing each other in equal blankne...

01 may 12

a brother visits

This may be delayed by over a week – but even so – better late than never. My brother came over from Perth for an extended weekend visit and shared the time between my sister and I. I pic...

25 apr 12

diy ombre hair

Now I now I am extremely late to this trend – so this is nothing new – but I was getting a bit bored with just growing my hair (which meant I couldn’t change it up with a cut) and I...

09 apr 12

more comedy

So Thursday night was a big one, I ended up spending most of yesterday recovering from it – and when I say most I really mean all. There were only a handful of times I got out of bed, and that ...

07 apr 12

round two at jackson dodds

Being the closest brunch destination to me always meant it was going to get a second round – so last Sunday I headed back to Jackson Dodds in Preston for an early morning brunch (thanks dayligh...

04 apr 12

mad men style

So after a whole lot of hairspray – and even more bobby pins, I left my house on Saturday night channeling Joan Holloway: A closer image of the hair (some of the poff had died down by then): Th...

03 apr 12

tommy little

Last night we kicked off the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with probably the best of the bunch – Tommy Little. His act was at Arthur’s Bar in the city – a small room under...

31 mar 12

mad men party

Tomorrow night I am heading to a house warming with a Mad Men theme and I am struggling to think of a low cost outfit to wear for the evening. I have sourced some images of the beautiful ladies to ho...

30 mar 12

big news!

So one of the reasons I have been a bit everywhere lately is that I have been in the process of change – and that change finally came through yesterday when I handed in my resignation! I am mov...

27 mar 12

April is going to be a laugh filled month

One of the reasons I love living in Melbourne is the yearly International Comedy Festival. One of the reasons I usually curse myself at the end of April each year is that I haven’t gotten aroun...

22 mar 12

two birds, one blog

I have decided to kill two birds with one stone off my 25 before 25 list by creating a cooking blog that will chronicle my adventures through my cookbooks (which will enable be to cross off #2 and #6...

08 mar 12

when you have ingredients left over from a pizza party…

…you make pizza toasts! I had a pizza party type evening on Sunday with a few of my friends to break in my new floors. This had left me with a lot of leftover pizza toppings – but no left...

06 mar 12

a bit of a recap

So the past few days have been a bit hectic – so I decided to do a bit of a photo recap: I discovered an awesome food truck when I headed to Preston Markets on Friday evening. Cornutopia is hea...

04 mar 12

finally – new floors

So if you have been a follower for a while you would have been aware of my floor dramas. If not, I will do a quick recap for you. I bought my house in June of 2009 and moved in in the September. When...

29 feb 12

what I am thinking for my work wardrobe

As the title suggests, below is what I am considering for building up my work wardrobe as: Now you may see a fairly obvious theme running through this. I was originally wanting to work with black, ne...

26 feb 12

back to the books

I can cross number 25 on my 25 before 25 off – yesterday marked the official start of me going back to uni. Now I am doing the course completely online, so technically there is no going of anyw...

21 feb 12

a graffiti opening

Last Thursday night I headed to a gallery opening for Da Mental Vaporz Crew at the Rtist Gallery – and wow, I really need to get to more of these, it was absolutely amazing. Below are a few sho...

19 feb 12

so now that you’re two!

My blog is officially two years old! How time flies – this time two years ago I was just returning from my trip to Japan and decided it was a good idea to chronicle it in blog form… Filed...

16 feb 12

back on the pedal

In the past few weeks I have suddenly rediscovered my love for sewing. I had discovered a new sewing pattern blog – pattern runway – and I fell in love with this Easy Kimono Dress: It is...

14 feb 12

whether you’re coupled or singled…

(yes I realise singled isn’t really a word for a single person, it just works in the title well) Filed under: Misc. Tagged: valentines day

14 feb 12

cupcakes cupcakes

#8 on my 25 before 25 list is to make beautifully decorated cupcakes. I was given for Christmas my first piping bag set by my lovely parents and last night I gave it its maiden run. Now I don’t...

09 feb 12

bill’s everyday asian

As I mentioned in my last post I am back on the cooking bandwagon and last night I tried my first recipe out of one of Christmas presents – bills’s everyday asian. The cookbook looks real...

08 feb 12

chilli, lime and mint chicken with watermelon, haloumi and red onion salad – or yum

So I got a bit of my cooking mojo back last night (somewhat lost over the Christmas and Thailand holiday period) and cooked up a recipe from my latest Real Living mag - Chilli, lime and mint chicken ...

07 feb 12

simplicity and the cat

Sometimes I think we have a lot to learn from our pets. Like how to have the time of your life with the simplest of things (in this case my gym bag). Filed under: Misc. Tagged: bailey, pet, simplicity

06 feb 12

minimalism vs. marketing

As a part of my quarter life crisis I have been reading up a lot on minimalism lately, and something is definitely resonating. The vogue forum thread on minimalism (see it here) has really sparked m...

06 feb 12

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