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Time for another round up of all the best bits of January, some of which included;
Bonding time with Osgood (my sister's love bird) while the rest of the family was away, catching up with some of my best friends, keeping cool in the heat by eating way to much ice-cream and taking a fun trip down south.
Yup - it was a good month, and looking back at these photos makes me feel so lucky :)
I hope you had a fabulous January and that February is even better!
Lots of Love
Lauren
xxx
Hello Hello!
It's Friday night! Yay! :)
... I actually have work tomorrow (but can't complain too much - I've had today off), so I'm having a nice quiet night in.
I've spent the afternoon helping my littlest sister get ready for her Year 12 ball, which is very exciting but also makes me feel very old!
A bunch of her friends came over for Before's and they all looked so beautiful all dressed up.
I'm feeling quite nostalgic at the moment - it's hard to believe it's been seven years since I was heading off to the ball with my friends...
Anyway... this outfit was from last weekend. Can you tell by now I like shorts? I feel so much more comfortable in them than I do in skirts. I would love to be able to wear skirts more often but whenever I do I feel so constricted and just a bit too self conscious, so shorts are my go to most of the time. To mix it up a bit though I pulled out these patterned ones that I picked up in Malaysia last year but for some reason hadn't worn yet (clearly I have too many clothes). I love the muted colours and abstract sort of floral pattern - it's a bit of a change from my usual denim shorts.
That's it from me for now - Happy Friday night!
Lauren
xxx
Top - Country Road
Shorts - Seed
Shoes - Therapy
Bag - Jigsaw
Some of my favourite blogs to read have such stunning outfit photos, with amazing backdrops of beautiful natural landscapes, exciting city locations, fun colourful doors or other interesting settings (all of which also happen to look just perfect with their outfit).
Two blogs that immediately spring to mind are
and
.
They're such an inspiration to me and I would love if my blog could one day be even half as beautiful.
When Tom and I made our way up to the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to snap a few outfit shots in front of the bright red door. There's something about having a different location that makes outfit photos so much more fun and interesting.
I really need to start venturing out more and finding new, different locations to take photos, but first I need to get over worrying about people watching me!
Any bloggers out there that have any tips for me? I know I just shouldn't care about it, but it's easier said than done!
I hope you're having a lovely Thursday!
Lots of Love
Lauren
xxx
Top - Sportsgirl
Jeans - Siwy
Shoes - Converse
Bag - Jigsaw
Oh - and here's Tom's outfit photo! hehe ;)
I just had to include it 'cause he's such a cutie!
Hello!
Today I have another set of photos from our little trip down south to share with you.
We had a lovely start to our Saturday with breakfast at The Margaret River Bakery, which is my absolute favourite place to visit when I'm down there. It is such a cute little place with great atmosphere - old chairs and sofas on the veranda, photos, artwork and plates covering the walls and quirky mismatched mugs and tea cups. Not to mention
the best
tasting food!
My drink of choice is usually tea which is always presented so beautifully in one of their many adorable little tea pots. This time though, I had a chai latte (which was soo good), and avocado and feta on sourdough toast with cherry tomato salsa. Such a simple dish but it was done so well and is truly one of the best breakfasts I have ever had.
Tom had the banana and honeycomb pancakes which were also seriously amazing!
After breakfast we decided to explore somewhere different, so after a bit of a drive we ended up at Cape Naturaliste and had a nice walk up to the Lighthouse. The view from there is so beautiful, but it was extremely windy so we didn't hang around for too long. Tom did snap a few photos for me though so you can expect an outfit post coming up soon!
Tom loves his beer so next it was on to the breweries (I'm not a beer drinker, so was happy to play the designated driver for the afternoon).
We stopped in at the Eagle Bay Brewery where Tom enjoyed the beer tasting plate and I cringed and pulled funny faces when he convinced me to take a sip (nope - beer is just not my thing).
I did however like the chalk board out the front - "I'm not addicted to beer, we're just in a committed relationship" -very applicable to Tom!
Then, after driving around and stopping off at a few other random spots, we headed to the Bush Shack Brewery which had a really nice, laid back feel, and spent a lovely afternoon just relaxing there.
After a very fun but quite busy day, we headed back, cooked Spaghetti Carbonara for dinner and spent the night watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower (which has now been added to my list of favourite movies - partly because it has Emma Watson in it and partly because it was just an awesome movie).
All in all it was a pretty perfect weekend away :)
Now I'm just daydreaming about the next one!
Hope you're having a great night
Lots of Love
Lauren
xxx
Last week Tom and I decided to head down south to Margaret River. It's so nice to get away for a bit, even just for a few days, and Margaret River is truly one of my favourite places in the world.
On the way down we stopped in Busselton to stretch our legs, and while we did contemplate walking the jetty, seeing as it's 1841m long (the longest wooden piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere) and it was a crazy hot day, we decided to save ourselves from sunburn and leave that for next time.
Instead, we had a lovely little stroll along the beach, while indulging in some delicious Simmo's ice-cream.
Tom can be such a little kid sometimes and gets very excited about ice-cream - you can tell from the giant smile on his face that he was pretty darn happy about it! :)
I had the Orange Choc-Chip flavour and it was soo good!
Ahh Summer... blue skies, beautiful beaches, sand between you toes, melting hot days and scrumptious ice-cream to cool you down ...
Life doesn't get better than this!
Lots of Love
Lauren
xxx
Top - H&M
Shorts - Cotton On
Hat - Sportsgirl
Bag - Jigsaw
PS - A bit random, but I found a pretty cool
of melting ice-cream. It's quite hypnotic!
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