Category: Shopping

  • Hooray for the post

    oooh this is what I’ve been waiting for!!!!!! Need I say anything more ? : )

  • Once in a lifetime

    Well, I hope not. But I think the private garage sale we went to last Thursday was indeed a bit of a once in a lifetime event. Polly and I trotted over to her neighbour’s house to go through an entire room brimming with bin bags full of retro fabric, sheets, towels, kitchenware, toys and…

  • Astrid’s ebay loot

    Well, we have been so excited all day. The Svan bouncer has arrived from the states – 5 weeks after we bought it off ebay and with an absolute treasure chest of free presents for it being late!!! We got heaps of amazing little Haba toys, a sleepsack and a cute pink sheet with little…

  • It’s fun having fun!!

    Gosh. What a week of blur. Astrid had her first virus – caught, of course, from the hospital. Yes, the respiratory ward. She’s shaken it off very quickly clever girl. We went to Salvage in Mt Eden the other day and picked up a bargain piece of barkcloth (now a tablecloth) for only $15. I…

  • Miu Mius from Bath

    Today I have chosen my miu miu heels. Bought in Bath when Ben Seymour and I spent a mad weekend there one Winter. We went there in, 2002(?) I would say, or was it 2001? These are probably my favouritest heels. Their heels are high, the leather cracked and distressed. On purpose. Some people don’t…

  • My birthday wishlist

    Just for fun here is my imaginary birthday wish list: This necklace a glue gun ($2.95 from TradeMe) a lomo holger camera and some film for it ($99 from TradeMe) some new sewing scissors that are never to be used in the kitchen ever a pair of pinking shears (as above) a reel of red…

  • Knitting and Stitching Show – London

    Just got an email from Loop that the Knitting and Stitching Show is on in London this weekend at Alexandra Palace. Just when we are getting a wee bit homesick for London! We did think though if we could have London in Auckland that would be good. But then it wouldn’t really be London now…

  • Moo cards

    Got my free Moo cards yesterday – hooray! They are really cute and cool. And, the good thing is they are cheaper than getting them done here. They’re about half the size of regular business cards (good, saving paper) and it’s US$20 for 100 for double sided colour printing, and laminated. Compared with I think…

  • Avondale market loot

    We got off to a most excellent start today when we found a free parking space just outside the market. I was a bit worried as I only had $25 in cash – what if we saw something really good that was expensive!! The first thing we saw was $45 – an old magnolia painting…

  • Shinzi Katoh Japanese shop tutorial

    First you’ll want to follow this link to get to the shop. Then you’ll want to add some stuff to your cart – that’s the really fun part ! ooh, and the scroll box at the bottom of the pages holds little secret treasures – ignore at your own peril… Once you’ve got everything you…