hawker food at newton circle carillon arcade city

when we go into the city this is one of our favourite food haunts. i had the combination hor fun and hubby had the char kuay teow with chilli, the food here is really good and made to order. i also like the 'help yourself' chilli counter - coz i load up on the pickled green cut chillis n drown them in soy sauce- goes perfectly with the hor fun.... mmm im drooling just thinking about it now. hor fun has been a childhood favourite of mine and i can never get enuf of it.. its always something i look for in any hawker place in any country ... if u have never had it before, give it a try. xo

graduation cupcake

2 weeks ago the yr 6 had a graduation party, this cupcake was part of their souvenirs. it was part of their chinese oriental theme, it feels weird knowing u arent going to be part of the whole graduation thing again- guess i was a part of it for so long, i just got use to it

more tummy pics

just some more tummy pics :) funny i dont feel so weird about it anymore xo wish i started taking pics ages ago

my tummy

my very large and pregnant tummy, sometimes i cant believe im pregnant. and! i cant believe my little bubs is coming out soon, it wont be long till we meet each other face to face :)

xxoo

my tummy from a couple of weeks ago [i think?! could be more - im much bigger now]

baby shower at school

i had the most amazing surprise baby shower at school last week with all 60 yr 6 students. one of the mums organised it with cakes and everything, this is the last thing left of that super yummy cake, my cake topper ... its sooo cute! more pics to come of my baby shower haul ( its huge!)

my baby haul from my year 6 baby shower!
amazeballs no?

birthday dinner with the family

foo wah chinese restaurant collins rd willetton, not cheap but nice food

shopping!

we all know i have a not so secret stationery obsession, which is one of the reasons why i teach,
i stay nice and close to cute stationery - whether they are totally functional or not..hehe

anyways, the stationery scene in australia is getting better and better
we have 3 dedicated stylish stationery stores that target different categories of the market, plus we have officeworks, target and kmart dabble a bit here and there with their own budget collections.
this keeps a lil stationery whore like me on her toes - keeping up to date with sales and the latest collections.

anyways, in my email box the other day i got notice that 'typo' is having a 30% sale [online store www.typo.com.au] and if you spend over $55 they throw in free shipping!!

nothing like a sweetener like that to get me going!
anyways, i dutifully checked out their website and sussed out all the great bargains, and here are some of them

white magnetic tree, will hold necklaces and stuff, very decorative and not much function
$10.95 [ i wanna order 2 for my baby shower but i dont know if i will or not...]

made with love aprons $6.95
these will be super cute as the prizes for the baby shower

white lace filigree pencil holder $3.47

baby blue duffle bag $17.47

birdcage key organiser and hanger $20.97

filigree heart book end $20.97

babushka book end $20.97

pink heart lanyard $2.07
i need one of these, my old one just died - keeps my keys organised

after spending too long browsing and chucking things into my cart, i ended up with 25 items at a total of $109.95, which i must say is pretty darn good...

happy shopping y'all

xoxo clio