panda.

You know it's going to be a good day when you're friends come over with belated birthday gifts and spoil you with things that make you say "how, how did you know i wanted one of these!?" or "i couldn't have asked for a more perfect present!". Well, i am absolutely smitten with this panda beanie my friend alex got me from her overseas trip. I'm aware that it may look strange and slightly attention seeking but it is so perfect for when the temperature suddenly decides to drop around here and i can't seem to take it off. Plus, this little guy comes with extra long sides with a pair of mitten attached, genius much? A little too perfect for when i have an extra large mug of hot english breakfast and i can safely wrap my mittens around it to keep me nice and toasty.

This is the beautiful gift laura gave me today. Don't worry, it took me a while to understand why she gave me a ball of red yarn too, it's actually a flight to melbourne! I've never had the time to make it to melbourne so i couldn't have asked for a more perfect present. I didn't know if i was crying at the sight of the cute little oragami plane she made or the fact that i get to spend a long weekend away with my best friend. I'm going on a major road trip down the coast on monday to find more country based op shops so we're planning to be in melbourne in two weeks time! Where to go, what to do, who to see! If you happen to see a small asian girl with half a panda on her head walking around chapel street, please don't worry, it's just me appreciating two wonderful gifts from friends i am so lucky to have :)

birthday.

I spent yesterday running around in the sun with my beautiful boyfriend and the nine helium balloons he bought me for my birthday, some pink, some pearl. We were celebrating a handful of things: my birthday, our 3 year anniversary and our last night together before he flew out to hawaii for 5 weeks to shoot the surf contest over there. We got a beautiful room at the crowne plaza and were upgraded to a room overlooking the ocean. We spent the rest of the night on the balcony with some take out thai, a bottle of wine and giggled at the fact we didn't have any plates to eat our food with. In the morning, i attempted to stuff myself silly with banana bread, fresh scrambled eggs, hash browns and fresh orange juice but was so disappointed by how weak my effort was. All you can eat breakfast is a hard thing to conquer! For some absurd reason i had my auction finish on my birthday and was unfortunately glued to my laptop the entire night, but business comes first and i could not be happier with all the amazing feedback you're all kindly giving so it's makes it all worth while. Oh, and i've had a couple of questions about this already so to clear things up, i turned 21 :)

New listings will be up tomorrow night, friday the 29th from 7pm so don't forget to have a look! Gary Pepper has just warmly welcomed some new international friends with parcels being sent to the united states, london, canada, switzerland, norway and singapore so make sure you get in early so you don't miss out.

{Dress: Thrifted, Bow: DIY.}