That being said, if you enjoy setting up everything first and following instructions flawlessly, I envy you! I feel baking should be something that makes you happy so you do you and have fun baking!
But can I just say that finding a handbag that I loved was a challenge. Seriously! Blood sweat and tears! (Well maybe not the blood...)
Even though I don't classify it as my handbag, recently I have been carrying around this little calico bag so I figured considering I am a super impatient person and this is my unofficial handbag. Today is the perfect day to tell you what's in my bag.
Tomorrow I am going to buy a handbag.
There is no doubt about it. Tomorrow I WILL be the owner of a new handbag.
Since graduating last year I have been spending a lot more time at home. University timetables just don't run the same as school does so there would be some days where I'd be there all day and others where I wouldn't at all. Also, summer holidays are SUPER long! (already on break now... don't go back till March...)
So yeah, a lot more time at home...
Which is absolutely great! I have so much time to do so many different and new things! For example; My baking skills are so much better and I more confident tackling those harder recipes knowing there is a higher chance that things will turn out ok. (Provided I just have one recipe going at once... B two or three different things at once is not the best idea...). I have had time to begin to teach myself piano and sew dresses and even had time to seriously rage a war on my room which is going to be amazing really soon!
But it can have a negative effect...
So yeah, a lot more time at home...
Which is absolutely great! I have so much time to do so many different and new things! For example; My baking skills are so much better and I more confident tackling those harder recipes knowing there is a higher chance that things will turn out ok. (Provided I just have one recipe going at once... B two or three different things at once is not the best idea...). I have had time to begin to teach myself piano and sew dresses and even had time to seriously rage a war on my room which is going to be amazing really soon!
But it can have a negative effect...
As a child being given gifts was one of the greatest things to happen. There was such an excitement surrounding the event and you knew that it was going to be totally awesome.
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| Why can't I find overalls like these anymore!?! |
That being said...
Just because it really should go, doesn't mean I don't love it...
My friends and I are planning a murder mystery party which, may I say when it came to adapting a small party so that it would work for 30+ people is not an easy task. I have to confess I didn't have a lot to do with character creation or evidence development so when the opportunity came to making fancy invitations for the fictional characters dinner party to go with their character instructions, I gave myself willingly.
I had an exam this morning... ew
Then I spent the rest of the morning and
the hot afternoon walking around the city looking for a place that sold nice
cardstock and pretty craft supplies for some invitations I'm making.
About halfway through my trek, I realised
the exact store I was looking for, a Paperchase! I tried to remember the last
place I'd been to one because I knew they'd have what I needed.
...
...
...
Then it dawned on me...
I live in Melbourne, Australia.
The land down under that has ZERO
paperchases.
When it comes to afternoon teas with friends or family I will
never turn one down. It's a chance to get together and talk and most of the
time, a chance for me to bake some sweet treats!
Today I made these delicious Gingerbread cupcakes
with lemon icing which could be one of my all-time favourite recipes. I know
that there are people out there that don't like ginger but I do and combined with the golden syrup it makes these super moist cupcakes that are the greatest!
So my birthday is coming up soon, (actually now I think about it,
really soon!) which means that it's time for the annoying 'what do you want for
your birthday?' questions, from everyone you hold dear.
Gone are the days where your birthday came
and you were surprise with the lovely collection of gifts. Now days, you have to come up with your own ideas. You can't just say 'nothing' because then people will do one of two things;
1. Take you seriously
Or
2. Get super dooper frustrated with you and then wait for you to actually come up with something.
My go to answer is a KitchenAid because it's true. I would love a KitchenAid but they tend to be a bit out of peoples' price range.
That usually is enough for people to either come up with their own idea or realise I'm not going to be as helpful as they hoped because I don't really want any physical 'stuff'.
Which gets me too my point for
today...
Even though I'm not a major animal nut the zoo still seems to be one of my favourite places to go and I always find myself wanting to visit every couple of year. Personally, the zoo is one of the most fascinating places in the world. Every time I go it has changed (although the last gap between visits was about 5 years so change is understandable). It makes me realise how little I know of the animal kingdom.
On the most recent of my trip to the zoo I took a tonne of photos which i thought I'd share with you here.
