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Hi ladies! How was your weekend? Here in Sydney we had a 3 day weekend to celebrate the Queen's birthday but unfortunately I spent most of it sick. I did manage to squeeze in a spot of shopping at World Square on the weekend though with my sis and D in the city! I thought I would share with you a few Winter finds I stumbled across!

We started off with breakfast at Palate cafe which I've wanted to try for ages. My sis gets lunch from Palate most days she's working and she RAVES about the green tea latte. My sis and D both got the Palate big breakfast while I had eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and a chai latte. Unfortunately my poached eggs were a little overdone but all in all it was delicious and very reasonably priced too!


My main shopping objective of the day was to get the Napoleon Perdis Blush Patrol but unfortunately they didn't have any in stock!! I've put my name down for one and fingers crossed they'll be in stock by the end of the week. The makeup artist tried it on me and it is SUPER pigmented and gave me a wonderful glow - perfect for Winter. It also lasted all day until I took my makeup off at 11pm which is fantastic!

Napoleon Perdis Blush Patrol and Bronze Patrol
Napoleon Perdis Blush Patrol:


Next stop was Priceline to check out the sales. Lanolips are currently having a buy 1 get 1 free sale (A STEAL!) so I picked up the Lemonaid lip aid for my sis and one for a friend too. I have about a million lipbalms but I love the smell of Lemonaid so it's a staple in my handbag.

Hello ladies! For those of you celebrating Christmas, how was your day? I hope you had a wonderful day and enjoyed being in the company of family and friends. I had a very quiet Christmas Day. Since it's Summer here we have a cold lunch of seafood, salad, cold meats and dessert of pavlova (except I totally forgot this year so we didn't have it BOO) and then I usually visit the boy's family for dinner. This year however most of his family is overseas so we didn't do too much. I received some wonderful gifts from the boy and my family. We don't usually do big gifts as that's saved for birthdays and anniversaries ;) I also received 3 wonderful swap packages on Christmas Eve which I'll post about later!


My parents gave me a Country Road voucher as the tote bag I had my eye on was out of stock so this way I have a year to choose a style I like yay. You'll notice an I.O.U from my mum for a bottle of nail polish LOL. She rocks! My sister's present isn't pictured because it's being shipped to me from JB Hifi - Criminal Minds Season 4! Woot. The boy was very naughty and gave me the newest Maroon 5 album as well as the Marc Jacobs Daisy Pop Art edition EdP!

Daisy is one of my favourite perfumes and how cool is this red and black bottle! It came in a really cute clear bag and had a small sample bottle of Vera Wang perfume too.


The boy and I went to check out the Boxing Day sales early in the city as he wanted to purchase a few things. So many people! I only picked up 2 things as I bought too much stuff in HK and I also didn't find the savings to be that much. I guess I expect dirt cheap prices haha. I did pick up a pair of black Miss Shop heels for half price which was nice. I wasn't even in the market for these as I need a pair of nude heels but these looked great on and I do need to replace my pair of black dress heels so it was perfect timing!


I also got these cute pair of bow studs from Sportsgirl with an extra 30% off. I have a thing for bows =p


I've been wanting to go to the much hyped about Charlie & Co. burgers at Westfield Sydney and finally got the chance to try it out for lunch. I got the Wagyu & Co. burger - which comes with beetroot relish, pickled gherkin and aged cheddar on a sesame bun:


Also the parmesan and truffle fries:


I was underwhelmed by the food. Maybe I chose the wrong burger but it definitely didn't live up to the hype or the price for me. In all honesty my local seafood shop does MUCH tastier burgers! The bun wasn't soft and the patty wasn't very flavoursome. The pickled gherkin and beetroot relish just didn't really blend together well for me either. The parmesan and truffle chips were delicious but not worth the $8 price tag. Rather disappointing as I was really looking forward to it.

What did you do on Christmas Day? Did you check out the sales too? What did you buy?

I hope everyone has had a lovely start to the week =) Mondays are always the toughest day of the week! Autumn is underway and Winter is coming and Sydney weather has cooled down with temps of about 22degrees compared to the sticky 28-30degrees of the past weeks. Which means lots of scarfs, knits and coats! Don't get me wrong I love summer for the cute summer dresses but weeks and weeks on end of sticky humid weather is soooo not my thing.

There are a few items I'm lemming for the upcoming season. I'm very choosey when it comes to buying clothes, I usually only purchase a couple of things per season if that to update my wardrobe.

Here are a few pieces that I'm lemming for the upcoming season so far:

Black solid stripe scarf - photo courtesy of www.countryroad.com.au
I am totally loving this look from Country Rd! It's simple and looks super comfy yet stylish, not to mention it's very "me". I already have most of the items ie. a black coat, white/cream top, black skirt and leggings so I'm only lusting after the cool scarf which retails for $59.95.

Next up is these over the knee black suede boots also from Country Road. I think these retail for about $299(?) and I know I won't shell out for them but they are very nice to look at indeed =p

Amelia over the knee boots in black - photo courtesy of www.countryroad.com.au
I'm a big fan of bows and this season bows are in! Bardot has alot of cute tops featuring bows and I'm totally lemming the Dot and bow tee, contrast bow knit and half bow skirt. With the contrast bow knit I'm in 2 minds about.. is the bow TOO big and weirdly angled? Guess the only way is to try it on!

Dot and bow tee RRP $44.95 - photo courtesy of www.bardot.com.au
Contrast bow knit RRP $79.95 - photo courtesy of www.bardot.com.au
Half bow skirt RRP $59.95 - photo courtesy of www.bardot.com.au
Lastly is a gorgeous blue dress from Saba. The whole outfit is gorgeous - the dress, the accessories and the boots! Dresses teamed with stockings and boots are such a practical solution for Winter when you want to wear dresses but don't want to freeze to death!

Streep navy dress RRP $259 - photo courtesy of www.saba.com.au
What are you after for the new season?

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I celebrated my 24th birthday this week with a low key dinner at Hurricanes Grill at Darling Harbour. Hurricanes Grill has THE BEST RIBS IN THE WORLD. I am not kidding you. The pork ribs are so tender and flavoursome and just plain addictive!

I had 2 separate birthday dinners this year - one with my family earlier and one with the bf on my actual bday as my sis started year 12 exams this week. It was stinking hot so we sat outside at the restaurant and enjoyed the lovely view of Darling Harbour.

Darling Harbour
I started off with an Oriental Mule cocktail:
Belvedere vodka, crushed limes topped with ginger beer and served with lychees
We had a starter of the garlic mushrooms:

I can never ever decide whether I want to get steak or ribs whenever I go there! I was starved after work so I decided to go all out and go with the best of both worlds and ordered the steak and pork rib combo which consists of a 200g steak and half a rack of ribs.

Steak and pork rib combo with mushroom and monkey gland sauce and chips
The red sauce in the above photo is called "monkey gland sauce" (NO monkeys in it!) which is absolutely delicious with chips and I get it everytime. It's a chunky bbq sauce with chunks of onion and chutney in it - a must have at Hurricanes! The ribs are basted in this wonderful marinade which smells and taste so divine and the steak is heaven too.

The boy had the 350g prime rib eye which was delicious as well:

The portion sizes are HUGE as you can see so you don't need to eat for 3days afterwards! I could barely make it home after dinner as I was just so stuffed! =p

I recieved a Superdry bomber jacket I've been lemming for aaaages (but just too stingy too buy!)


I can't wait to wear it out! It's the coolest item of clothing I own and I just feel like a total biker chick in it. I was sweating like crazy trying it on to take the photo so bring on winter. I also recieved a Thomas Sabo nail polish charm for my bracelet! It's so cute =)


I had mentioned in passing to my sis ages ago that Breadtop make an adorable puppy cake that I'd love to try. You can imagine my suprise when I get home and there's a puppy (cake) waiting for me!



I really dislike the fact that I'm getting older (but hopefully wiser!) however I'm blessed to have reached another year surrounded by friends and family =)

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