Got these from the 📕 swap back in early March on my way to 📕 club at my friend Shanthi‘s beautiful 🏡 that I also looked at buying many moons ago. I had to perform the next day & promised myself I wouldn‘t make it a big 1 but I‘m a yes woman. A bottle of plonk later I was in a taxi before Cinderella hour. This completes my collection of Helen Garner‘s diaries. All of which I‘ve managed to get from book swaps! She is one of my favourite authors.
pickAfter my pole dancing class on Monday, I walked home via the Book Swap. Here are my scores. I love a random free cd to hear some different music to what I normally listen to. It‘s getting darker earlier which I hate.
pick1. First comes the heady scent of jasmine then the stunning wisteria. The jacaranda flowers get stolen by a storm then boom it‘s summer. Heavenly.
2. The tagged book reminded me of the movie Stealing Beauty in places. I love both. Maggie is my second favourite author after Margaret Atwood.
I wish it was coming into spring again in Australia but unfortunately I have a cardigan on this morning on the tram on my way to work. Winter is coming 😭.
pickThat was a perfect w/e. I ❤️ an Indian summer. 🩰 & op shopping on Saturday followed by a lay at the 🏝️. A lay in & a pot of tea on Sunday morning before Pilates then a visit to the French market for a madeleine, raclette & olive & cheese bread before a bookstore visit followed by another lay at the 🏝️ then my online ballet class followed by a wine & stretch then a yummy dinner before an early night. Bliss. If only everyday could be a w/e.
A spot of op shopping yesterday after Friday work drinks with the new girl at the yacht club. Grand total 🟰 $43. I did the whole of Lifeline over in an hour. That‘s impressive for one who wishes to escape with a slow shop as often as time and funds will allow.
pickStarted this yesterday arvo after my zoom 🩰 class. I had a weird experience with a 🐕 following me onto the 🏝️. He was too excitable for my liking & eventually zoomed off & I was able to relax. God knows where the owner was. I think everyone thought it was my uncontrollable 🐕 off leash at a no 🐕 🏝️! Anyway 📕 is for Hornbag‘s Book Club & I‘m enjoying it so far 🐙 Really should have been doing house work but also needed a rest after a big w/e.
Yesterday‘s LFL scores on the way to a big 🩰 day yesterday. The Wally 📕 is for my nephew & the other 📕 is for me to use at work. I went to 📕 club the night before preforming. Despite telling myself I was only going for 🥃, I helped polish off the 4? bottles of 🍷 we got through. I managed to make it home before the coach turned into a 🎃. Just! I was up again at 5 to practise before rehearsals then onto the stage at 11:30 for a half hr.
Gifts from the 📕 Swap gods on Wednesday night after Reading between the Wines Book Club at Modus Brewery. I‘d never been there before. My spicy margarita and tuna ceviche was yum and it was the perfect late summer evening for a stroll home before bed. Lily Brett has been a favourite of mine since I was in my 20s and I enjoy a good magazine and loose leaf tea on the train to work to make me happy during the working week. These are some of my favs.
More summer holiday Red Cross Dubbo purchases I didn‘t get around to posting. Mum has the blue dress as well. She looks lovely in it so I decided I needed it too. Nan and niece sat outside while I shopped.
I live for the weekend & tried to rest & reset yesterday as this week is going to be a hectic one with rehearsals & performances next Saturday. So glad I walked up the hill to the Little Free Library as look what I scored! I‘ve wanted Red since it first came out! The day started out perfectly with a pot of tea in bed & ended with a few red wines. In between there was some glorious beach time. I even got some lunches cooked for school this week.
pickFirst 📕 finished for ‘25 from a few wks back. I ❤️ 📚 about the 🖼️ world & I so needed a happy ending with all the crap going on in my life & the 🌍 lately. I can‘t believe Bri gave me 1 after reading her non fiction. The weather has turned early this yr & autumn is already upon us. I‘ve been wearing a cardigan to work this wk & reminiscing about the 🏝️ days. Hopefully the change is just 1 of those tricks the weather man sometimes plays on us.
Book swap presents for the little people in my life from earlier this month when I went to visit them on holiday on the central coast.
These are from 2 different Little Free Libraries on my way to ballet towards the end of the holidays. The black thing is full of dvds. The math books are for my math obsessed nephew.
so-soThis one is a challenge. Picture taken last Sunday when I gate crashed my sister‘s family holiday yet again. The place in the pic is gorgeous and so great for families. So close to the beach and has different temperature swimming pools. The eccentric man who owns it lets my nephews and niece feed his fish at 4 in the afternoon. They love it. The apartment has plenty of space and there are nice walking tracks. It‘s the Star of the Sea at Terrigal.
Last night‘s scores from the Book Swap on my way home from pole dancing. I love a good magazine.
Books I found in the Little Free Library on my walk yesterday arvo before my paddle at the rock pools. The perfect way to finish a Sunday before my first full week back at school for the year.
pickIt‘s been a hectic month so apologies @monalyisha & @Deblovestoread but I only started this one and am yet to finish it. Mainly listening when cooking, cleaning or walking as I was yesterday. I did become a widow though which is a bizarre experience to say the least. #auldlangspine
How I spent the last day of my summer school holidays. I restrained myself and only borrowed this many books from the book nook. Ha!
Yesterday‘s spoils from the book swap after ballet. The activity books are for the little people in my life.
These are from the Little Free Library closest to my place this past week.
Got these from a Little Free Library on the way home from ballet this week.
Found this on my phone from a couple of years ago. I can‘t even remember what op shop it was from! I did well that day though.
pickGuess what Satan‘s Little Book Coven are reading this month @Rissreadswithcats ? Perfect timing on your part. I‘m enjoying it so far. Here I am with dad on holiday last week at Mookerawa on a windy day that wasn‘t good for water skiing comfortably now I‘m getting a bit old. Dad‘s reading his beloved Peter Watt.
A book for my sister and some lovely smelling toiletries for me at the second last op shop I went to yesterday arvo. Grand total $10.
Before op shopping today I had a peak in the Little Free Library and scored these. 36 degrees in Dubbo today and I loved every bit of it. I‘m staying with my nan at the moment. This is one of her spare rooms. She took her car to be serviced so this is how I filled in time. We spent the morning running errands as she is hard of hearing and less mobile so needs more help nowadays. We had a delicious pub lunch. She was buggered at the end of the day.
Saturday‘s book swap finds. Lots for the nieces and nephews.
pickOp shop scores from a wk ago at Salvos Charlestown. Sometimes I‘m lucky enough to find clothes that fit me in the kids section which means they are cheaper eg. The striped 👗. I bought it to wear to work as it‘s cotton & we don‘t have air conditioning in many rooms at 🏫. It was only $4 & is size 16 kids. I did a demi character in my last 🩰 exam as a kid to 🌅 Boulevard 🎶 so keen to 🎧 to that again after so long! The socks are for my nephew 🎣
Yesterday‘s op shop purchases after ballet. Grand total 🟰 $17. It was another fabulous day at my ballet school‘s Summer Intensive. Pilates to warm up then a repertoire class learning the Aurora wedding variation from Sleeping Beauty followed by a mindfulness session. Then home for a wine and stretch. I‘m pretty sore.
I picked these up from the Book Swap on the way home from pole dancing on Monday night.
pickToday‘s after ballet op shop purchases for the grand total of $23. It‘s Summer Intensive week so I had 2 hours with an ex Australian Ballet and cirque de Soleil dancer and then an informative hour long lecture from a dietitian. She gave me some great tips. I was instantly hooked when I started to read the tagged book on the beach before my first pole dancing class in quite a few years! I love holidays and being able to do what I want when I want.
pickI virtually squealed when I saw this in the Dubbo book swap over my Xmas holiday there. It is every bit as wonderful as I imagined. Love this stunning creature‘s music and it turns out her poetry too. Think it will be a keeper. That‘s something I don‘t say often!
pickDubbo‘s book swap delivered the goods while I was home for the holidays!
Was 🏡 for the hols but leaving 2morrow. Went 2 Salvos with mum 2day. She found me the linen tea towel (a steal at $2) of my fav country & godson & I scored some $1 📚! Lots of dvds to watch over the school holidays plus some crafty projects. The 👖 are Uniqlo for $6 & perfect 4 work. They‘ve functional pockets! There r some travel sized toiletries 4 my waterskiing trip in a wk or so & 1 can never have enough tea strainers. Total🟰 $34.40.
pick#aussiesecretsanta sorry for my late post. The holidays got hectic @CarolynM @Rissreads but I have started the tagged book in the brief moments I can escape. I got straight into the tea too. Thanks Carolyn for organising and Nerissa for wonderful presents yet again. You always nail it. British Rose is one of my favourite Body Shop smells. The fold away bag is perfect for carrying home books from Little Free Libraries on my wanderings. Merry Xmas!
pickAfter Saturday ballet op shop spoils from late November. I love a loud print. Total = 40.50
After my skin check yesterday (I have a script for some chemo cream for my nose to start next winter) but before my next appointment with the building manager in my other apartment block to change the battery in the smoke detector as I can‘t reach it) and my 🩰 performances last night, I managed to fit in a trip to Kmart where I got my babies some cheap outfits and an op shop. I think the earrings will work for one of my Xmas dos. Grand total $15.
pickMet 1 of my idols tonight at my library. The gentle, talented, all round good human above. I saw her on Gardening Oz once & have been collecting her 📚 since. If you aren‘t familiar with her work you have to see it to believe it. Tickets to her exhibition & talk were free & afterwards there was 🍾 & nibbles to finish a gorgeous week night off. No school tomorrow as I‘ve a couple of appointments & performing 🩰 at night. No rest for the wicked.
pickSunday‘s Little Free Library finds on my way to the flea market. It was a lovely, long day with rehearsals for my ballet recital next weekend in the afternoon. Then a visit to Kmart afterwards where I got some arty farty stuff and my notebooks for next year.
pickI went for a walk up the hill to the Little Free Library in early November and this is what I scored. It was a nice, hot afternoon so I went for a paddle in my pond for the first time this season afterwards.
These are from 2 different book swaps I raided one night after ballet.
Saturday after ballet op shop purchases. In an attempt to destress before my ballet exam yesterday.
pickTuesday evening discoveries in my building‘s book exchange.
so-soYesterday was a massive day that ended with a tequila courtesy of Stew & a dunk at my ocean 🛀 out front for the 1st time this spring. It‘s the small things. This was last month‘s #authorofthemonth that I picked to read. I can‘t say, a 3rd of the way through, that I‘d read 1 of hers again. A surprising plot twist has just happened so I‘ll persevere like I always do. The 💦 was 🥶 but refreshing after my arvo walk & housework that morning.
Last Saturday‘s Little Free Library scores on my way to ballet. One of the beginner ballerina‘s Nans was giving away her handmade blankets. Yes please!
Very happy with these Salvo purchases from last term. Some good brands.
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