30 for 30 days 12 and 13

there aren't any!
i spent today (day 13) and yesterday (day 12) at home! and it was brilliant. the mr and i cleaned the house from top to bottom, vaccuuming around and under everything, getting all our washing done and away, mowing the lawn (mostly a mr job there) and, my favourite part, fixing up the garden! i spent a good part of today with my hands in the dirt, transplanting little seedlings and building the garden bed up for planting. since my last garden foray, we had a new arrival to the family (our puppy), and she decided that the garden bed was a lovely place to dig, so all my previous efforts got thrown all over the place along with the dirt from the garden. i also had a few other things on the go this weekend, including painting my friends 21st present (sorry, this won't be posted as it's a surprise for her!) and making a shopping bag from a singlet. here's some weekend activity photos in lieu of myself dressed up and pulling funny faces or a dorky pose.

 from left to right: baby strawberry bush, cos lettuce and basil

 freshly cleared and topped up garden bed! 

(needs a few more layers yet, but i'm getting there :P)

  

 and of course we stopped every now and again for freshly juiced oj

and beach walks

i hope everyone had a brilliant weekend, because i really enjoyed mine :)

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30 for 30 day eleven

OH MY GOSH. it was so cold today! it started out at 14.5 degrees at 7:30 am, and by 12pm it was down to 12 degrees! this is starting to sound like a weather report blog with all the temperature updates, but it's the most relevant thing to my wardrobe choice of each day. i liked today's outfit quite a lot, and it's one that i will do again, post 30 for 30 days. i like the colour combination of the light and dark denim with neutral black and the eye grabbing cheetah print scarf. a few other touches of colour (the belt and thongs) and a pretty plain outfit that worked as meeting, uni and afternoon tea attire quite nicely :)

 denim jacket, singlet and scarf (old work), belt (mum's), jeans (lee), thongs (hand-me-down)

one thing i did wish i'd remembered was a big jacket to pull over the whole outfit to stay warm!

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30 for 30 day ten (double figures, woohoo!)

little bit grey, little bit chilly today, so i snuggled back into my jeans and a 3/4 jacket to keep away the goosebumps.

jacket and singlet (old work), jeans (mums 2nd hand store), thongs (hand-me-down).

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30 for 30 day nine

another jigsaw day, but for a totally valid (and funny) reason
i was on my way home, and eating an orange in the car when it EXPLODED all over me. orange everywhere, over everything. me. my clothes. the steering wheel. the inside of the windshield.
needless to say, everything is in the wash now, and noticeably unphotographed. sorry, again! :(

singlets (old work), shorts & thongs (hand-me-down), tights (mums 2nd hand store), jacket (second hand store)

it was meant to rain all day today. instead it was sunny and warm. i'm glad i spring layered. i wore the beige spaghetti strap singlet (which is now beige and orange) under the cream singlet for a bit of extra warmth (for the supposed cold??) and the tights under my shorts for the same reason, the tights came off around midday anyway because it got too hot! as i was around kids all day, it was a comfort and practicality outfit, but i threw the jacket in as an attempt at some style.




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30 for 30 day eight

i made it through a week (doing well so far).
today was warm, sunny, and lush! however, the weather report looks down from tomorrow onwards (culminating in 14 degrees on saturday??!!! is that even possible?). looks like a return to the hermit days for kim.
but back to the positive! today was a summery pleasure, so i dressed the part :)

dress and denim long shirt (old work), thongs (hand-me-down)

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there's something about the smell of freshly cooked (banana) bread...

it makes your mouth water...

i bought a few too many bananas on my last shop, and the stragglers have started to go a little funky now that the temperature is moving up (instead of hanging out in the back of my freezer with the ice cubes like it has been all winter). the best way i know to use up overripe bananas is banana bread! this one is actually more of a loaf... but it is sooooo tasty.

ooooh it's moist and sweet and banana-ry and yummy!!

 ingredients:

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 125 gms of butter (or butter substitute)
• 1 cup of mashed bananas
• 2 tablespoons of milk (or milk substitute)
• 2 cups of sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
•  1/2 a teaspoon of bi-carb soda
• and any extras you want to add (i added walnuts)

and here's how you make it!
 but first! preheat your oven to 180 degrees C (350 F). then

1. mix the butter, sugar and egg.

 2. beat until creamy.

 3. add the banana (noticeably unmashed in my mixture haha), and milk to the mixture.

 4. add the flour, baking powder and bi-carb soda and mix really well.
5. stir in any extras you like.

6. grease a baking tin and pour your mixture in. load it into the oven for an hour. it's cooked when you stick a clean knife in and it comes out still nice and clean! then proceed to feast. and then perhaps feast some more.









... guess who had banana bread for dinner tonight?

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30 for 30 day seven

oh my gosh! i am a week in. i had the impulse to go second hand store browsing this afternoon, and i even walked into one, but i was well behaved and didn't buy a thing!
mondays are now officially jigsaw day! (sorry... lack of photographers in the house again!)

IT WAS SO WARM TODAY!!! i had both the windows down in my car! summer is coming! i am so excited!!!!! (excessive exclamation mark excited!)
okay, sorry. i'm calm now. today really was super warm, so it was all singlets and shorts for me. i wore a black boob tube under the singlet. and my karate hoodie for inside or in the shade :)

              singlet (old work)                                                                                 shorts (old work)

thongs (hand-me-down)

 hoodie (cotton on)

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