SATURDAYS

We have a little Saturday morning ritual, this family of mine. After scrambled eggs at home, we head out for morning tea to Red Door Bakery in nearby Croydon for takeaway coffee and delicious pastries (Mark, an almond croissant; Everly, a plain croissant; and me, always a fruit danish). We walk around the corner to the playground where Everly is usually content to play by herself on the equipment for a few minutes, giving Mark and I precious relaxing time to sit back on the bench and sip our coffees. Then we take it in turns helping Everly up the rock wall and cheering her on down the slide, until she's had enough and it's time to go home. It's such a lovely, relaxed start to our weekend. I love Saturdays!

*More pics of Red Door treats in an old post here (mmm... pies and crème brûlée tarts!) It was one of our weekend regulars, even before Everly came into our lives. We ate there so often I wrote a little story for Adelaide's Five Thousand magazine.

Vintage finds

Yesterday was a whirlwind day of vintage shopping with my friend Tess and her baby girl Dahlia (well, not so baby anymore, she turns the big '1' next month!).

First stop, Littlest Vintage where I pounced upon a set of six Japanese cups and saucers. (I'm sure those triangles would have this lady a bit excited!)

Next stop, Queen Street in Croydon to Red Door Bakery to refuel. Two pies, three tarts, one sandwich and two lattes between us later (oops!), we checked out Hype & Seek. No spoils for me, but Tess bought a gorgeous vintage suitcase to store Dali's toys.

Final stop, Hawker Street in Bowden to Vintage Carousel where Tess found this lovely plate for me on the shelves. I've been searching for horse figurines for Everly's room, so I think this would look lovely hung on her wall.

Tomorrow, the husband and I are taking Everly for her first trip to Port Willunga, where we were married (almost) two years ago. (We officially celebrate on Monday the 24th.) We plan on feasting on fish and chips in the sun, while Everly feels sand between her toes for the first time.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! x

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The bargain-hunting week that was:-

1) new shoes (only $18.99. I love Big W!)

2) finds from Vinnies at Port Adelaide (two beautiful crocheted blankets, a Golden Book, a cute toy, plus not pictured some cute leggings, a Bonds top and maracas, all for Everly and only $16)

3) broad beans ($3/kg from the farmers market, to be used in a spring chicken soup, and the leftovers frozen for weeknight impromptu pasta).

Now we are off to my folks for Sunday night dinner so Everly can play with her Oma and Nonno.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend x

where's the sunshine

Nothing exciting has been happening, but I have been crazily busy - my life is a little bit of an oxymoron at the moment. We have been painting the house every spare minute we can get - as soon as we get home from work, and all weekend. I am exhausted, to say the least. The plan is to have it all completed by Christmas, as we have a few busy weekends coming up where we will have to put the painting on hold temporarily. I'm most looking forward to finally unpacking some boxes, which means photo frames, artwork, ceramics and things. Here's to eventually living in a home, not just a house.

Above are photos from our first wedding anniversary getaway to Port Willunga and Goolwa. The weather was warm and beautiful. Very different to the horrible cold and rain we are having here in Adelaide at the moment. Will summer hurry up and get here already?

ray of light

We had such beautiful weather this weekend but again I couldn't fully enjoy it. I still haven't managed to shake this flu and am finding myself sleeping most of the day, unable to get out of bed from exhaustion. Blood tests have shown various things that I am trying to improve with vitamin supplements and diet, and one of them is a deficiency in Vitamin D. I am now taking it in pill form to boost my levels but have also tried to sit out in the sun a little each day. On Saturday I laid out on our concrete and took photos of the sky and our garden (or The Jungle as we often refer to it, as we are very slack at mowing...).

I am looking forward to feeling perkier so we can enjoy these sun-filled weekends at the beach or the park. I'm sure the husband is too - he is being ever so patient at the moment, making me breakfast in bed on Sundays and ignoring my grumpiness, but I imagine there're only so many weeks you can wait on someone hand and foot!

I did manage to drug myself up enough to attend the wedding of a beautiful couple we have known for many years (aren't they always the best ones?) and I also managed to squeeze in a super fast look at the Bowerbird Bazaar on Sunday before I started to wilt. I will take some pictures of the things I bought at the design market and post them later this week. Right now, I am going to drag myself back to bed for a wee snooze...

(P.S. Thank you to the lovely Kerry from The Seventy Tree - I feel so very honoured to be mentioned on your beautiful blog!)

party

Yesterday was our nephew's 4th birthday. Cake, a piñata, lollies everywhere, and a new cool race car. Oh, and let's not forget the jumpy castle! (Unfortunately my camera battery died before I could capture evidence of my husband and brother-in-law doing backflips on it - ever so young at heart!) The birthday boy looked quite dapper in his navy corduroys and shirt - it is rather frightening how suddenly grown up he is. I am sure it will be his 18th before we know it. 

what a hottie

Saturday was spent in bed fighting the flu, but it wasn't all bad - a package arrived from Elk Accessories with the gorgeous mohair blend Hottie water bottle I bought on sale (only $34, usually $88 - Billy took a liking to it, sniffing it curiously then spending the afternoon cuddled up with it). I laid in bed the whole day, enjoying the warmth from the sun on the window, browsing blogs in my pj's and snoozing in between.

I am forever falling ill and taking antibiotics, but this time I visited a naturopath and loaded myself up with olive leaf extract, echinacea, vitamin c and iron, with the occasional Lemsip. I really felt the difference - I was feeling perkier by mid-Sunday so we went out for an hour to check out a bookcase at One Small Room in Croydon (alas, sold!) and buy Dulux paint samples from Bunnings (Lexicon, White on White, Vivid White, Natural White - who knew there were so many whites?!) In the afternoon I cleaned up this little fan I picked up for only $10 in a little shop in Yarraville, Melbourne earlier this month. Not sure where it will live yet, but I'm sure it will come in handy when the warmer weather hits, seeing as we only have one small aircon in our new house. I'm sure it won't be long - the first day of spring is almost here...

sunshine

One of the things I love most about Adelaide is that it never stays wet and dreary for long. We have been spoilt this weekend with glorious weather and
, blue skies - the first sign that spring is just around the corner. We didn't get much achieved this weekend - no puttying, sanding and painting like we intended - but we did snap up some bargains at Country Road (some cheap t-shirts for the husband, a new bath mat, and some cute red and white striped bowls), chowed down on pies and crème brûlée tarts from Red Door Bakery in Croydon, and spent hours in the backyard playing with Billy and relaxing in the sunshine.