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Current Obsessions: breakfast, enamel pins, and learning Spanish

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Going out for breakfast

Shout out to my favourite meal of the day: breakfast.

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Not only is breakfast the best meal to go out for (in your face, dinner!), but something about taking myself out for breakfast just makes me feel like I have my shit together. Also I feel all inspired and writerly if I write in a cafe. Yeah – I’m that guy.

For those playing at home, my fave local weekend breakfast hang out is The Middle Store on Winston Avenue at Melrose Park. Try the beetroot hummus bagel and the baklava. Yums.

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Enamel pins

My denim jacket has never looked cooler. 2016 sure has shades of the 80s and I’m pretty happy about it. Enamel pins clustered together appeal to my insatiable urge to collect things, my love of brooches, and my propensity for online shopping. I’ve been so impressed with so many designs, I just can’t stop. Favourites:

Just make sure you that if you are shopping for pins you are supporting independent designers and not the big chain stores who are ripping off their designs.

 

Learning Spanish

So, back in the day, I studied Spanish at uni and promptly forgot it all. Well, all the useful stuff anyway. I can still sing the first verse of ‘La Bamba‘, but that wasn’t exactly on the curriculum. It’s just fun to do.

Cut forward to now and I’m trying to learn again, this time using the Duolingo app which is free, super easy to use, and something I got hooked on really quickly. Still, better to be addicted to something where you learn valuable skills than something like, say, Candy Crush (and trust me – I’ve been there, it wasn’t pretty).

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Anyway, remember: para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia*.

Which counts me out, frankly.

‘Til next time,

Sig

 

*  In order to dance la bamba, you need a little grace.

 

Current Obsessions

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Cadbury Mini Eggs

What can I say? ‘Tis the season. That crispy sugar shell. Yes. A thousand times yes.

Gilmore Girls

I haven’t watched Gilmore Girls since it was first on telly back in the early 2000s. I’m binge-watching it from the start because, you know what? It’s pretty great. I want to live in a perpetual autumn / perpetual coffee wonderland where I too can dazzle people with my witty banter and effortless hair. It’s a sweet show, and a smart one, and I’m finding it thoroughly worth revisiting. (Side note: how had we all forgotten that Sebastian Bach was a recurring actor in this? How, I ask you?).

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Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes

I love a good nail polish and I am loving these! The wide brush makes for easy application, the colours are opaque after two coats, and they come in a nice range of colours that are reasonably long wearing. Berry Important has been a staple on my nails the last few months.

My planner

I’m a busy person. Last year I struggled to keep everything organised and I was the queen of double booking and forgetting when things (like… bills, for example) were due. This year I am making sure I am super organised thanks to my big ol’ planner. I’m very visual and a bit old school, so having a physical planner works for me. I have a red Debden exec-style one which ran the risk of being a bit drab, but I’ve updated it with some Kikki-K dashboard accessories and some other doodads which make it my own.

Autumn colours: Mustard

Red hair and yellow anything is a precarious combo at the best of times, but I’ve latched onto this whole autumn / mustard trend revival with some Mamas and the Papas level appreciation for all the leaves being brown and the sky being grey. There is apparently just enough brown in the shade to work with my weird freckly / ginger complexion – I just wish I was whimsical enough to pull off a wide brimmed winter hat.

‘Til next time,

Sig