Ladies Room Treasure

I've never really taken that much notice of the vending machines on the wall in the ladies room at shopping centres, but I did today. There are more things to choose from other than just sanitary bits and bobs. Curiosity got the better of me and these are the little treasures that popped out the bottom when the correct money and correct buttons were pressed. Yes, Monkey had to press the buttons and took great joy in doing so.

We have here, a survival kit, lip gloss, perfume, breath freshener and mints in a cute little tin.

All very handy items to have in ones handbag and they are very cute too. I will have to hide them from the kids.

                                                  

Still Messing with My Blog Look

I'm still messing around with the look of my blog. I think for me to be truly happy with it I am going to have to learn how to create my own template. Who knows how long that will take. There are free tutorials available, so I should be able to work it out...maybe. So, what do you think?

New Look Blog

You may have noticed that I have changed the name and look of my blog. Yes, I am one of those people that gets bored easily and likes to change things around. The name came to me like a bolt of lightning yesterday morning while I was standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom putting on my makeup. I had to stop what I was doing then and there and go to the computer and change it. I had been trying to think of a new blog name for a while.
I've been messing around with colours and header pictures too. I'm not sure if I'm totally satisfied with this one, so don't get too used to it. This header is a bit wide for the blog and I don't know how to shorten it, so I had to make the header frame wider to accomodate. I don't know my way around HTML very well, so I don't even know how to make the actual blog wider. I suppose I can work it out by trial and error. That's how I work out most things on the net.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment. I love comments!

Savers

I am learning the joys of op shopping. The joy of finding a treasure! A bargain! I op shopped when I was living in Brissy, but I'm enjoying it much more here in Melbourne. There is an op shop here called Savers. It is an op shop superstore. There are several of them in Melbourne and on Sunday after we had finished at the zoo we popped over to Brunswick so I could check out the Savers over there. It's an op shoppers heaven. Racks and racks of clothes, shoes, bags, scarves, bric-a-brac, underwear, toys, books, furniture, manchester, all in an orderly fashion. Everything is hung in type of clothing, size of that type and then in colour of that size. Very well organised. I was only supposed to be browsing but walked out with 7 items of clothing and a pair of shoes, all for the princely sum of $50.02.

These are two of my purchases. A vintage denim, fitted jacket and a fitted cordaroy jacket. The cordaroy doesn't look much until I put it on. It's a great cut and I love it! I love both of these jackets and I'm sure I'll get a lot of wear out of them. I also bought another cordaroy jacket. It's a UK brand that is fitted and lined. Really nice, but sadly it is a size too big for me. I'll have to try and find a home for it, but am not sure who will fit it.

Monkey even scored some new clothes. A cuddly, warm hoodie, a pair of Milkshake jeans and a cute, green cordaroy shirt. I just can't believe the treasures you can find when  you look through everything. All the clothes I bought look barely worn, if at all. Seriously, nothing gives me more of a thrill than a dead set bargain!

Japanese Garden

The Melbourne Zoo is fast becoming one of our favourite places to visit. We bought a 12 month family pass that gives us access to all 3 zoo's down here as many times as we like.

We visited the zoo again yesterday and finally saw Mali, the baby elephant. We also walked through the Japanese garden, which we hadn't done before.

I love gardens and took some photos yesterday and thought I would share them with you. Of course my little pocket camera doesn't do the garden justice, but you get the general idea.