Home comforts

Cute postcards from my boyfriend

Dotty washi tape. I can't get enough!

My first charm for my charm bracelet. A sausage dog from Selfridges!

Rilakkuma slippers keeping my toes warm on cold nights.

I've become a little bit obsessed with Baba Yaga. So creepy and fantastical!

My Shironeko holga. Hilarious and ridiculous. Especially when the button is accidentally pressed while in my handbag and a little 'meow meow meow' slips out.

Happiness (to me)

I found this list that I wrote way back when. 

My Dad said to me once, out of the blue, "you have to enjoy it, all the time, because it goes so fast and we can take that for granted." It was advice that struck me as both simultaneously inspiring and terrifying but it pushed me to try and cultivate a sense of appreciation.  In dire moments I hang on to Dad's words because when it comes down to it, we are incredibly lucky people.

What are the little things that make you happy?

Brightening my day

Pate Tapes. I've been dancing around my apartment this afternoon. The Soul Stax Motown and John Peel sessions are amazing. Thanks for the tip Lucy!

Finding out about this movie.

Lusting over these rings via So Much to Tell You via Topshop

Catching up on my afternoon reading. Ku:nel, So En, Jill and Vogue Nippon. Bliss!

But ...

I once dated a guy with an ingrained aversion to spreads, spreads, never did he eat toast or a sandwich with any spread whatsoever bar perhaps butter

... but what is toast without a hearty coating of vegemite or jam?

Then I dated a guy who strongly attested that he never had nor would drink hot drinks. Or soups. Something about hot liquid in his mouth gave him the heebies

... but what is a miserable wintery day if you can't cradle a hot cuppa in your hands?

Please, don't get me wrong, I didn't hold either of these curious idiosyncrasies against either man, in fact, in both cases it was they who revoked said dating.

But I consider it a blessing in disguise as my absolute favourite morning ritual on rainy days, at the moose and pooses, on trips to the countryside and when I was on vacation in Bali, is to drink cups of fresh, hot coffee and munch toasted 5 grain with lashings of butter and jam. Nom nom nom.

It just would never have worked out.