Reading about real people and real events can be interesting, inspiring and informative. After all, it’s one thing to watch the news or read an opinion piece. It’s another thing to …
Where to Buy Affordable Home Wares
Once upon a time, designer home wares were out of reach to your average Josephine. They were carefully housed in sparsely furnished warehouses in trendy inner city suburbs manned by intimidating …
What to Wear on Valentine’s Day
Once upon a time, Valentine’s Day was a rather significant event on my social calendar. Back in the day (AKA my early twenties), I’d either hang out with my single buddies (we’d …
How to style your bed
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while and following me over at Facebook and Instagram, you’ll have seen me post a few pics of my bed on “clean …
Summer Salads: #Jansaladaday
I totally loved my fab friend and blogging pal Colour Me Anna’s #jansaladaday challenge over January. Like a lot of other folks, I always make an effort to increase my …
3 Autumn Basics 3 Ways
The weather sure keeps you guessing, doesn’t it? It’s been hot and humid in the northern states of late, but here in Victoria, the calendar might say February but the weather …
Summer Brunch
It’s no secret around here that I love a spot of summer entertaining, especially over January. With no swimming lessons, sport and fewer birthday parties, it’s been nice to have …
Books and Flicks: The January Wrap
If there is ever a month that I can hope to read more than my usual monthly quota, it’s January. It’s also the month in which I see loads of …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Australia
Updated July 2016 In today’s post, the third in this series of How to Holiday with Kids, I’m sharing some of our favourite family holiday destinations within Australia. (I’ve previously covered …
What to Wear to an Australia Day BBQ
This time next week, we will be enjoying another well earned day off. After all, it will have been 25 days between public holidays. Right? And that’s as good an …
What to do on the Mornington Peninsula with Kids
Updated December 2016 I’ve been holidaying on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula my whole life. As a child, we spent summers visiting our cousins in Dromana, spending most of our time in …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Victoria
Updated September 2020 Welcome to this second instalment of my series: How to Holidays With Kids. Thank you for the great response to the post How our holidays have changed …
Easy Summer Dresses under $100 from Luxe to Less
In breaking news, apparently it’s almost the middle of January. And I’ve been wondering. Where has 2015 gone already? Just quietly, I’m still getting over the end of year/Christmas/New Year’s Eve …
How to Holiday with Children Part 1 – How Many Kids
Since we had our first child nearly nine years ago, our holidays have changed. A lot. We’ve had some OK holidays, some mildly enjoyable holidays and some downright shockers. Big …
What to Read in 2015
January means a lot of things to a lot of people. For me, it means slow mornings, no deadlines, commitments and guilt free reading. Yes, reading in the morning, during …
Summer BBQ
When it comes to summer entertaining, it’s hard to beat a BBQ. The alfresco factor, fresh salads and fewer dishes are the major draw cards for me. So NYE was …
The Best of 2014
Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999. Well, perhaps that should read “like it’s 2004”, the last NYE I celebrated before I first fell pregs. Truth be told, however, things will …
Happy Christmas from Shenanigans Central
Well after months of prep, planning and festive shenanigans, Christmas is almost upon us. Can you feel it? Can you believe it? Today, like many others, I’ll be doing some …
Everyday Style @ Shenanigans Central – Gorman
It’s been a busy social time around these parts. Christmas do’s, end of year break ups and for me last week, two 40th birthday celebrations for friends in addition to …
Christmas Gift Guides & Fashion 2014
Over the last month, I’ve published a virtual sleigh full of gift guides. I’ve tried to cover all of the possible gift giving scenarios – work Kris Kringle, women, men, kids, …
What to Wear on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve
In my circles, at this time of year – the last week before Christmas and the week to follow – it is Casual Central. Generally speaking, we have all almost …