MY FAVOURITE "NEW" STORE...& A FEW OTHER THINGS.. ~~~

Gee Wiz...

I cannot quite believe JANUARY is done & dusted, and we are now approaching February...~~~

AS the saying goes "TIME FLIES"~~!!

My watching the Australian Open Tennis has finished...OOHHH~~~

still a few more cricket matches... YEAH~~~~

(yep..I am a SPORTS FANATIC)...~~~

Anyway, I have to say I just LOVE LOVE this shop...

I have purchased a few goodies before..

BUT TODAY I HAD AN EXTRA GOOD TIME..

I think it is an Aussie owned store...

www.typoshop.com.au...

I had a TOTAL TREAT in there today...

New french chic TOUCHPAD...

MONOPOLY LETTERS on BIG CANVAS...

Awesome "TAPE MEASURE" ribbon...

RECYLCED cards...

& ALL just soo cheap...

The canvas letters were just $4.95 EACH~~

I LITERALLY could have bought sooooo much MORE stuff....

So to ADD to my little shopping sojourn...

with many highlights therein...

I came home to the postie having delivered TWO OF my ALL time FAV mags..

Jeanne d'Arc Living...Latest issue...

Where Women Create...Latest issue...

So I am in heaven with all my goodies today...

But I have to say my "ebay" desk area is ONE TOTAL MESS re my Cross stitching...knitting Rosettes...& other things...

have a great week...

& A special hello to ROCKATANSKY..!!(he knows what I mean!!)...

xx andrea

MY PSYCHO HAIR!!~~~only COS I NEED GLASSES!!!

Well I have been wondering the last three days why my hair is just sooo greasy & kind of limp looking??

I wash it every night & then condition it & then do 4 x plaits (braids for american readers), which I sleep in...

Un plait in the morning & my hair is nice & kind of curly (ish)..~~

the last few days it has been like a big mop of GREASE~~~

I thought to myself, I am NEVER buying this brand of shampoo again...

BUT, alas i went & got my glasses, and of course i was washing my hair with CONDITIONER & then conditioning it with MORE conditioner...~~

Soo hopefully tonight i shall be washing my hair with SHAMPOO (which I hope i purchased today) & then conditioning...

OOHH!!! I have learnt my lesson....

I HAVE to take my READING glasses with me EVERYWHERE now , otherwise who knows what I will be buying at the supermarket??/or anywhere else for that matter..

the mind boggles~~~~~~~

xx andrea

LOTS OF VINTAGE FINDS THIS WEEK~~~~

Hi ladies..

I haven't posted for a while as NOT much to talk about really....~~~

Just doing my usual ebaying whilst watching the Australian OPEN tennis tournament & the cricket!!

I have done some fabulous Vintage "OP SHOP" shopping the past few days, in amongst dying some of my vintage linen..cloths ....

re OP shopping... I did find the following.......

GORGEOUS BIG BIG LOT of vintage LINEN roses material...7.5 metres worth!!

Delightful vintage BALLET print....

Lots of wool.....21 skeins...Made in Italy...~~~

Tablecloths....(dyed ONE gorgeous shabby PINK..)..

Velvet curtains....x 2....sooo heavy...~~~

& my other goodies which I am listing on ebay with some of my other finds!!~~~

what vintage finds have you found??

xx andrea

MONDAY'S GORGEOUS VINTAGE FINDS!!~~

Well, i still cannot quite believe how Australia has gone from horrible droughts for the last several years....

To now kind of RAIN non stop...

(spare a thought for Queenslanders in their time of need right now with the horrible floods engulfing large parts of their state)...

I ventured down the "highway" today to one of my favourite haunts..

AND IT was just pouring down all the way..

I actually HATE driving too far any more, BUT in the rain...pouring down...I was in TOTAL CONCENTRATION mode as visibility was almost NON existant!!~~~

Anyway , I did arrive safe & sound and found some lovely vintage goodies...

From vintage tins featuring roses,kittens and a delightful minuette "ballet" couple...

A gorgeous shabby PINK 'STREVENS" french lady BIG print...

A delightful blue/white french chic crochet tablecloth...( which I have cut up into individual centres to sell on ebay)..

metres upon metres of delightful (on original cards...Spanish)...tassle edgings..

RICH PINK & GREEN....

(plus a wonderful big suitcase & another crochet cloth which i shall be dyeing)...

So it was worth driving in the RAIN...!!~~

I was very happy that the rain had stopped whilst driving the 60 kms back home!!

I hope WE ALL have good vintage finds this week~~~~~~~

Happy Vintage shopping...~~!@@

xx andrea

VERY BUSY THIS SUNDAY~~~~~

Hi ladies......

I am having some friends over for lunch today, with my mum & dad...

flowers at the minute are NOT too good re heat/floods etc..But i did pick up some lovely deep purple dahlias, which i mixed with some yellow gerberas for a bit of fun re the table decoration... (all from COLES!~~)..

So i have been busy cooking....

lasagne is in the oven ready to go..with homemade garlic bread...

(I have to admit I have cheated on the chips from the freezer section of the supermarket...

ALAS that is my ONLY SIN)..!!!

Homemade lamingtons...fruit salad platter...greek style salad & a bean/pea/mint salad...

My dad was THE ELDEST competitor in the WORLD's LARGEST ocean swimming event yesterday, swimming 1.2 kms in 25 minutes...(Lorne pier to Pub swim)..

there were 4200 COMPETITORS...~~~~~

Dad made the news!!~~ & i have a picture of him today reading about himself in the SUNDAY paper!!~~ lol..

(he even went swimming again this morning at his local pool & swam 1 kilometre)...

I am tired just typing about it all...let alone SWIMMING IT~~~~ & at 87 yo to boot~~

Sooty..my 12 yo poodle.. (now totally blind)..just "hanging" around!!~~

Anyway...off to put the oven on....

hope you all have a wonderful creative/productive week...

I have lots up "my sleeve" this week...or hopefully~

I have been doing a LOT of knitting...not sure what i shall do with them...?? toying with the idea of a KNITTED BUNTING..

xx andrea

SWIMMING 1.5 KMS IN THE OCEAN EVERY WEEK..??~~~

Hi ladies....happy New Year...(actually glad it is ALL over & the TENNIS is on tv ad infinitum for the next few weeks!!~~ )...YEAH!!~~

Anyway, I am just being a tad self indulgent & paying tribute to my GORGEOUS/HANDSOME/WONDERFUL 87 yo dad...

He has had TWO x COMPLETE new knee operations this past year...

In hospital for 3 weeks each time..

Lost 2 stone (old language)..EACH TIME...

BUT he is back on board & has completed TWO summer swims in Victoria's beachside/bayside swims..

He completed the Angelsea swim on Tuesday just passed (1.5 kms)...& this sunday did the Point Lonsdale swim of 1.2 kms..

He has another swim this sunday...(not sure if the pier to pub)..BUT WHATEVER..~~~another BIG SWIM...

What an inspiration my dad is??..

87 yo...always the ELDEST competitor...

SWIMMING in the sea...struggling with the wind/tides etc...SHARKS????.

GO DAD....~~~

just shown photos of dad from his pilot air force days to him now in his "BUDGIE SMUGGLERS"~~~

(he hasn't changed that much??)....

xx andrea