Retail Therapy in Rundle Mall

The above shots are me showing off my new clothes that I brought after spending an afternoon in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. My family is currently on holiday in Adelaide, and my mum, my sister and I did the first bit of our shopping this afternoon. I found the skirt in Copycat Fashion from $45, which was only $5 more expensive than skirts of a similar style in Supre, and the Supre skirts weren't as nice and flowing. I also got the wide black belt with the gold cross clasp from Copycat Fashion, and that was $28. After Copycat Fashion I went off to Supre with mum and my sister, and brought the black singlet top for $10, and the blue over top for $25. So, to put both outfits together cost only $109, which is pretty reasonable considering how good both of them look. 

Tomorrow I am going back into the mall to buy some jewelry and maybe a body product or two from Lush, as well as checking out the Oxfam Shop, which I always do when I come to Adelaide. I am also going to meet up with a friend in the mall tomorrow, and we will probably do lunch and a spot of shopping. I haven't seen her for ages and I am so looking forward to catching up with her. We met on a YMJT social justice conference and she is the only person from that group that I have managed to stay in contact with since the conference ended late in 2010.

Well, I'd better go now, my grandparents are coming around soon, so I have to get ready to see them.

~ Australian Kiwi 

Lyrics from Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift (feat. The Civil Wars)

Tears on my Keyboard

Currently, I am sitting at my computer working on the first draft of a novel, writing a section where the wife of a warrior succumbs to childbed fever after the death of their newborn son. To tell you the truth, it is heavy going, I've got tears running down my cheeks as I write the scene of their final parting. I have lived and breathed these characters for so long that I feel like they are part of me, and killing off this woman feels like killing off a part of me. I can feel her husband's pain as he holds her hand and tries to calm her while she calls out in her fever, and I can feel as his soul is ripped to pieces when she slips away. Maybe I'm getting too deep into my writing, but maybe not, if I live and breathe these characters than perhaps they will feel more real to my readers. Well, I'd better get back to writing, there'll be a few more tears before the end.

~ Australian Kiwi

Getting Crafty with Junior Guides!

Ladybug Pot Plant Decoration (from DLTK)

For those of you who are unaware, I recently became a Girl Guide leader with the Sunraysia Junior Guides. I got an email from my district leader today, asking me to sort out an activity to do with the girls on Tuesday when we meet again. As it is Valentine's Day next Tuesday, I wanted to do something with a Valentine's Day theme, and I found a craft site called DLTK, which had a whole heap of printable crafts for kids and, in the Valentine's Day section, I found templates for heart shaped animals. After falling in love with the heart shaped ladybug, I printed one out and made it myself to show the girls on Tuesday, and then my mum suggested that I tape a straw to the back of it, and so make it into a pot plant decoration. I am super-excited to help the girls make their own ladybugs on Tuesday, but I'm always looking forward to seeing the Junior Guides.

~ Australian Kiwi