A Quick Spring Picnic

Luke & I had such a perfect little day together on Monday. We were dressed, ready and out the door relatively early (for a day off) so we could have a little breakfast date at Lotus cafe. We've been meaning to cross that cafe off our list for some time, and now we can and know not to go back. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't what we were into. The food was lovely and super quick, so quick we received it within 5 minutes or ordering, but the coffee tasted a little stale as though the beans had been ground weeks before or something. After breakfast we went to some furniture stores in search of a decorative sitting chair. Our flat is really small, but we've come up with a way to change it up so we can fit a cute chair in. Our last stop was Freedom where we found the perfect lemongrass coloured chair. I never think to go into Freedom because it always looks a little too pretentious and expensive, but their current stock is just perfect. My sister is also in the process of redecorating so I'm hoping she'll go there to so the things I can't fit in my current flat, she might get for herself!

Once we found what we were looking for, we did a quick grocery shop, banked two months worth of coin collecting, did a quick tidy up and washed some clothes. Once all that was out of the way we packed some sandwiches + fruit, grabbed some coffees and went on a little picnic! We found the perfect little nook in the park to lay our picnic rug down and play cards on. The few times Luke & I have had days off together throughout the year, it's either rained or we've had to do other things and our picnics have been put on hold. So it was just the loveliest afternoon to be out in the park, laying down in the sun. 

When we came home we decided to do some baking together, and we made the most delightful hazelnut cake. I'm going to post the recipe soon, because it would be absolutely selfish of me not to! And we finished our day off with some lasagne Luke made while I finished up on an illustration. It was extra delicious because my boss picked me a huge bunch of home grown organic silver beet from her veggie patch! 

Oh, Hello Spring!

[Photo by Mari Crea / Type by me]

Today was one of the busiest Saturday's I've had at work in a couple of months. It was such a beautiful day with the sun out, the markets on and lovely people everywhere. It would have been a fantastic day to be sourcing fresh produce at the local markets along the boardwalk in the sun and reading magazines over coffee. But alas, I was on the other side of things. When the morning began to pick up and we started to get busy, a customer commented how it was the first day of spring, and it took me by surprise. The past week or so I've been keeping busy finishing off an illustration and logo design that I completely forgot to get the last good wears out of my winter dresses! It hardly feels like winter was here at all this year it flew by so quickly! As much as I love winter, I think that spring is my new favourite time of year. Luke & I have been casually trying to rid our spare room of unnecessary things we've been carting around from house to house over the past couple of years to make the room a more practical space. I'm almost positive my clothes collection needs a good spring clean to make room for some new season dresses too! I also put up my new sponsor swap buttons for September, make sure you visit some of these fancy ladies and say hello!