Excellence

I remember a few years ago, when my sister was my age, that she always had troubles closing her wardrobe. Here I am on the other hand, having troubles finding places for my books and pens instead. I'll admit it - I'm a serious hoarder where it comes to stationery.  And where stationery is concerned, Kikki.K is my favourite.

Kikki.K can be a bit pricier where stationery goods are concerned, which is a downside seeing how most of my money ends up being spent there where cheaper alternatives can be found elsewhere. It does help though that Kikki K gives out vouchers twice a year to its members - $10 vouchers, which does not sound like much, but it did give me the free polka-dot tote bag shown below that was $9.95. They also do have good sales, which I always look out for.

Their products are definitely pricey, but they do come with the promise of quality. I tell myself this all the time as I line up to pay at the registers, sure to get another berating from mum when she sees that I’ve bought yet again more stationery.

Aside from stationery most of the money I have, that is supposed to be redirected into my savings account, is often spent on useless products as these. To be honest, I wonder why I buy these things sometimes. The $2.80 solar sunflower bobble below unfortunately does not work.  However, it is cute as it is, so it now sits on my tabletop as a little decoration piece.

On a side note, Melbourne's going through another heat wave again. This is by far the worst summer ever, with over five days of 40 degree weather. It's been a total killer. Frankly speaking I can't wait for autumn and winter!

Bloo.

All The Wiser

After putting it off for months on end, I finally had one of my wisdom tooth removed. I've never known somebody else having to remove it when they're just 20 - most people I know, like cousins, only had theirs removed in their early 30s.

The entire process made me nervous, especially since stitches were involved and while I'm not scared of needles, I am scared of stitches! Nevertheless it was done, the extraction took about half an hour, which was much quicker than expected. Recovery however took longer and it was more the inconvenience that was annoying to deal with than the pain.

In fact, I'm still 'recovering' from it now, it's been exactly one week, and the self-dissolving stitches are still there but will be gone in another half a week or so!

My mood had been fairly down because of it, since I couldn't eat as much as I wanted as quick as I wanted because of the healing gum. It was lifted though when these came in the mail, which I snagged for $8 on eBay. It's a snug fit, since I purchased a size 39 under the Asian standards rather than US one. It does fit very well though, and I am very pleased with it!

The shoes and the cute little cartoon-like faces are supposed to be of Boston Terriers. They also come in a cute cat version. Being a dog-lover though, I picked the Boston Terriers.

On the note of dogs, mine is next on the list for dental surgery. He needs to have two of his teeth extracted, since it's been put off for too long. He's a bit of a scaredy-cat, so hopefully he'll do fine!

On a side note, I'm just writing up the continuation of the terrarium post. My plant arrived early (and in very good condition!) so I'll be posting that soon!

See you in the next post!

Bloo