finding style in and amongst the chaos and joys of family life
Picture this. It's Boxing Day 2017, and while still recovering from the food coma of Christmas Day, you're leisurely scrolling through the list of discounted airfares and you find a deal to Hawaii that is SO GOOD you book it on the spot. (OK, maybe it was a few hours later once Mr SnS caught up with my enthusiasm). In fact those airfares were cheaper than flights to Bali in August - say … [Read more...]
Can you believe it's the final month of Winter already? Can you hear me cheering from here? I do love Winter fash but I confess I'm ready for a change and some serious simplification in the dressing department. I'm over the layers and washing - it NEVER ends - but those chilly mornings and evenings here in Melbs won't been going anywhere for a while, so I've decided to suck it up and try … [Read more...]
Everyone loves a great story, right? And as far as stories go, I think the old saying is right on the money: truth IS stranger than fiction. Perhaps that's why I find myself increasingly drawn to non-fiction, investigative/true crime podcasts and Netflix docos these days. The stuff that people have lived through is often mind boggling, not to mention inspiring, thought provoking, challenging … [Read more...]
It's no secret around these parts that I'm rather partial to a print or three - occasionally contemporaneously - let alone a pop of colour. And while I will always wear and advocate for All Of The Above, a girl also needs the "right" pieces to set off said prints and colours. For me, those "right" pieces are great block coloured basics. Plain but well cut tops, bottoms and frocks that pair … [Read more...]
Welcome to the post school holiday/week one of term 3 edition of A Few of My Favourite Things. Well, the holidays are done and dusted as is the Shenanigans Central Birthday Festival for another year. It's a relief to be on this side of the festival although I can hardly believe that I can now say my boys are aged 12, 10 and 7. As the saying goes, the days are long but the years are … [Read more...]
I'm a frock girl from waaaay back, but I do give my jeans a pretty good work out over the cooler months, which in Melbourne is from April through to October, give or take. And while I'm committed to diversifying things in the Pants Department (check out this post Five Winter Pants I'm Loving Right Now That Aren't Jeans), a great pair of jeans is definitely high on my list of Wardrobe … [Read more...]
