10 Things that made me smile!

Happy Monday!

1. 3 more weeks of work left! Hooray. I can't wait to finish work and have time to do all of the left over baby things like setting up the nursery! 
2. Homemade Chicken burger with fat chips. Although I don't really think that I have experienced any pregnancy cravings, I must admit that I have been kinda obsessed with hamburgers. The really good pub or fish & chip shop variety that comes with cheese and salad with a side of chunky chips. Last week B cooked me up the most delicious homemade chicken burger with G'rilled style chips- the BEST husband in the world. 
3. My Topshop Maternity purchases. Everything has been worn at least once since last Tuesday- so comfortable and have had compliments on each item I have worn. 
4. Weekend dinners at my favourite Cottesloe haunts- Vans on Friday night and il Lido on Sunday. 
5. Singing along to Pnau at Splendour in Grass on Saturday  while doing the house work.
6. Madelines. So easy to make and so so delicious 
7. My shiny Shellac manicure- it will be a test, but they say it will last for 10-14 days. Hard to believe...I will keep you posted. Genius if it does. 
8. Holiday dreaming. It's still a while off, but we are trying to devise a holiday plan for March 2012. So excited already, I love holidays!
9. The baby boom. Loving all of the news of friends babies being born and all the exciting announcements of more babies to come! Very cute knowing that our bebe will have lots of little friends (& cousins!) to play with.
10. More Melbournites moving across to Perth.

Have a great week.

10 Things that made me smile!

Shoestring Chic-101 Ways to Live the Fashionably Luxe Life for Less Kerrie Hess. I LOVE Kerrie Hess's amazing vintage fashion inspired illustrations, and I swooned over her stunning Melbourne apartment, complete with picture perfect family (not to mention a wardrobe to die for!) in the June/July edition of Harpers Bazaar . Kerrie is a true fashion lover, and I can't wait to read through her fashion on a shoestring secrets. I just ordered a copy through Booktopia- a steal at $18.75. This would make a gorgeous gift for a fashion loving friend, or as I see it the perfect addition to my growing book collection.


A lazy Saturday morning lie in. Much to my husband's annoyance, I don't really like sleeping in. I wake up at pretty much the same time of day every day of the week, especially now I am quite pregnant and not as comfortable lying in bed. But on Saturday I got up at the usual time, ate my breakfast  (as I was absolutely ravenous!) and then went back to bed. It was so nice, normally I get anxious that I am wasting the morning, but this time I grabbed my book and snuggled back under the doona and read until I had to get ready for Pilates.


Pregnancy Pilates. This was so much harder than I thought it was going to be! My leg and arm muscles are so sore, and it was such a  good stretch....really should have started doing this much earlier in my pregnancy. Oh well better late than never.


Scrambled Eggs with Vegies. Delicious and a easy way to incorporate more vegies into your diet, something I am making a concerted effort to do. I quickly whipped this up for lunch on Saturday, with red capsicum, spring onions, mushroom, cherry tomato, fresh parsley and chives from the garden.


Matchbook Magazines- Wardrobe Essentials. I love the idea of perfectly edited essentials that make up the backbone of your wardrobe. I feel a project coming on- perfect for post pregnancy wardrobe reorganising!


Health and Wellbeing Blogs. I have been reading these all weekend. There are so many out there, with so much useful health information and interesting healthy recipes- to my surprise I am also loving the inspirational and motivational posts as well.


Beautiful fruit for breakfast. Pineapple, honeydew melon, strawberries, thick  Greek natural yoghurt with a sprinkling of muesli on top. DELICIOUS


Sunday Lunch. Yesterday we went to Harvest in North Fremantle for a delicious Sunday lunch. Ben had a yummy slow cooked pork shoulder sandwich with pickled cabbage (I had a taste and it was to die for!) and I had a scrumptious Mushroom Risotto.   It is fast becoming my favourite meal of the week.


The Tour de France- and I am not just saying this because Cadel won! As I am mildly obsessed with all things Gallic, I just loved watching the beautiful towns, mountains and countryside of France in the background. And WOW-the competitors are truly amazing, they are so dedicated and focused- tres inspirateur.


My Topshop purchases arriving today- what a way to finish a Monday!



Have a great week x

Le Bump

Winter has well and truly arrived in Perth over the past week or so- and I was caught with no long sleeve tops that accommodate my rather large, 29 week old baby bump. 

So far I have survived by working my way through my non-pregancy wardrobe, but now that my last top was snugly fitted on "le bump" (and short sleeve) I knew that it was time to concede defeat and buy some maternity tops.

And I tell you, once I got started I could not stop.....here is what I bought:

Mayreau - Ella Nursing / Maternity Wrap Top in Purple $79.95

Mayreau - Mia 3/4 Sleeve Nursing Top $89.95 (I bought in Heather Grey not blue as above)

Trimester Panache Jersey Wrap Blouse- Black $59.95 (On Sale!)

All of the tops above are from a fantastic Australian maternity website- Queen Bee. Queen Bee has a fantastic range of clothes, reasonable prices and best of all my purchases arrived within 24 hours. I can't tell you how excited I was, as I literally had nothing to wear to work the next day! Then all of a sudden I had options- I was so pleased with myself that I even preached to my husband that night "how did people live before online shopping!". 

To make things even better the tops are all so comfortable to wear, with great fabric and very clever design features that will make them perfect to wear whilst feeding. Note: Never thought I would be so practical, very scary things happen to you when pregnant!

Anyway, chuffed from my Queen Bee purchases I headed to Topshop Maternity for more retail therapy. Now we all know Topshop is amazing- great fashion items that are up to the minute and the price points are even more amazing.

But there are two important things to remember- Number 1: Opposite seasons- make purchasing clothing for wearing now tricky, and Number 2: Delivery to Australia, although free over 75 Pounds, can take a while......like 3 weeks to Perth! So make sure you allow for delivery time.

Topshop Maternity Cream Contrast Cardigan- 40 Pounds

Topshop Maternity Cream Sheer Embroidered Blouse- 40 Pounds

Topshop Maternity White Grandad Shirt- 35 Pounds

and I couldn't resist a black pencil skirt from Topshop as well...

Topshop Maternity Black Pencil Skirt- 25 Pounds

So now I think it's time I put the credit card away! But if you are pregnant or know someone that is make sure you send through the links to Queen Bee and Topshop Maternity I have listed below xx

Queen Bee- www.queenbee.com.au

Topshop Maternity- www.topshop.co.uk

I'm having a blue moment

Hot blue shoes via Tommy Ton

My new blue dress from Topshop.com

Love a blue polka dot- Alexa via Who What Wear

Gorgeous splash of colour via Stockholm Street Style

Inspirational interior colour combination Black, White and Blue via Pinterest

To die for Blue Celine clutch via Pinterest

Gorgeous Taylor Tomassi Hill via Pinterest

Cute colour blocking via Asos.com

Love the blue pleats and white t-shirt combination via Pinterest