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Loves

* The above postsecret. How spectacular! It totally made my day.

* Pearly pink, short and clean, ballerina-like nails. 

* Morrocan Soup Bar - The best takeaway in Melbourne EVER. You have to take your own containers but they fill them up with couscous, rice, vegetables and chickpea bake. Funnily enough they don’t seem to serve soup…

* Melissa clogs. I need sensible covered shoes to wear in the workshop and I just can’t bring myself to wear steel caps or crocs. I think these shoes shall be my next important purchase… yes they shall. 

* My decision to join a gym despite the fact that it really is a luxury expense. I need my spin classes. So sue me. 

* Girls who dress in a million shades of grey. 

* My GPS. Seriously, it’s the best thing that’s happened to me since I moved to Melbourne. 

* That seductive skyline of the CBD I can see outside my apartment. When Melbourne’s giving me a good kick in the teeth I just go out on the balcony and I immediately feel better. 

* My course. I’m not great at saw piercing (cutting metal with a VERY fine blade. I get too excited and snap around 10 blades a day) but I LOVE drilling (makes me feel like a man) and melting shit with this big mofo of a flame. I’m also rather fond of the guillotine. 

* The lovely receptionist at the school I went to today who said that we should be best friends because we both have curly hair. What an adorable cause of friendship!

Loathes

* The heat. We’ve been up in the thirties for DAYS now. I just want to wear a freakin cardigan. Is that too much to ask?

* People who beep at me when I don’t drive off a nano second after the light has turned green. Also people who beep at me WHILE TALKING ON THEIR MOBILE PHONE AND DRIVING!!! Yes I’m talking about you Bleach Blonde Nicotine Addicted Hag. 

* The word ‘panties’. And when people figure this out and keep repeating it to me.

* The fact that Carrie left Aiden for Big. Aiden is divine and Big is a dick. I don’t care how many people scream ’soulmate’ at me I think she made a ‘Big’ mistake. I get that this is like, so five minutes ago, but I’ve been watching the boxed set (as one does when one is broke and unemployed) and it just stirred up all that anger again. Grrrr!

* My inability to stay focused for longer than 20 minutes. Melbourne is doing my head in a little. 

Love Lady Smaggle

P.S A few readers have asked what has happened to Mr Smaggle. Despite the distance between us we are still very happily together and still the disgustingly blissful couple that we always were. I’ll send him your best! xxx

This morning I had an interview with a school and it went really well – I’m on the books which means I might get to earn some money so I can support my extravagant student diet – Aldi beer and two minute noodles. Sweet. 

* Dress thrifted in Auckland in New Zealand

* Obi belt from DFO in Melbourne

* Vivienne Westwood for Melissa shoes

* Bangle from Diva

* Ring from Roomy Smaggle

Co-Dependent Smaggle is coming around for dinner tonight to celebrate my state of almost employment! Yay!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Whoa! Lady Smaggle updated! Shit yeah! Sorry bunnies. Been a busy, busy beaver. This is what I wore for a full school day of saw piercing, tech drawing and drilling. It was rad. 

* Dress thrifted at Salvos in Canberra

* Necklace from Itrip Iskip in Canberra

* Obi belt from Salvos in Canberra

* Boots from Target in Canberra (I have to wear boots in the workshop because of a fashion killing bastard we like to call OH&S. This outfit was accessorised with safety goggles and denim apron too. Chic.)

This afternoon Roomy Smaggle and I are off to Co-Dependent Smaggle’s house to have lasagne and beer while watching Underbelly. It’s our new Tuesday tradition. After the roast that Co-Dependent Smaggle’s housemate made last week Roomy Smags and I are setting up camp there!

Hope you are all well and happy! 

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Etsy

Roomy Smaggle (my super awesome Melbourne housemate. She’s a Japanese/German goddess glass artist/jeweller who spews sunshine all day long. I love her) and I caught our tram a mere two stops down the road to eat dinner with Co-Dependent Smaggle (one of my gorgeous best friends from Canberra – we’ve found ourselves as new Melbourne residents and we are clinging to each other like children being ripped from their mother on their first day of school) and her delightful house mate. We ate roast, drank wine and chatted the evening away. The delightful housemate of Co-dependent Smaggle then asked the following question – ‘What is an appropriate word for female genitalia  when having a casual conversation? Specifically, the equivalent of dick or cock?’

As dirty minded as I normally am, I have to admit I was stumped. We bandied around the usual – vag, pussy, pink bits, beef curtains… But none of them seemed appropriate. Certainly not the dreaded ‘c’ word. So my lovely readers I’m turning it over to you. When having a casual conversation about the lady… area… what word do you use?

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

p.s Melbourne is going to do wonderful things for this blog. Can’t you tell?

Hello angels! I thought I’d give you an outfit shot because I’ve been such a bad, bad blogger. EVERYTHING has been going wrong on the job search from not being able to get my resumes printed to serious amounts of red tape for certain jobs to my internet being temperamental but I’m back on track today! If my internet holds out… And look! I have a new wall to sprawl against artistically. It’s rather more Melbourne than the industrial blue one right?

* Dress thrifted at Salvos in Canberra

* Belt from BCBG in Canberra

* Shoes from Big W in Canberra

* Ring from Mr Smaggle from Dubai

* Earrings from Etsy

This afternoon I’m job hunting. As usual. Then I’m off to meet my friend Fliss in the city for a drink and possibly dinner. She has been AWESOME since I got here. Kind of like having Mama Smaggle around…

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Picture from Etsy

Lady loves…

* Cider on her balcony overlooking the Melbourne skyline. 

* My friend’s necklace that she made. A tiny silver wheelie bin with a gold lid that you can open and close. Tre chic!

* Having three of her favourite people living so close. One of them in the bedroom next door!

* Mr Smaggle. 

* The girl at school who doesn’t wear a bra and and it looks TOTALLY hot. Like Angelina Jolie rolling on a bed in nothing but a singlet and underwear. 

* That the stinky Melbourne heat wave is over.

* Her new school. Peacocks roam free on the lush green grass and it’s covered with exotic plants from the horticulture department. Sigh!

Lady Loathes…

* Job searching. Please let this hell end soon!

* Financial uncertainty. It’s such a yucky feeling. 

* Neglecting her blog. 

* Missing Mr Smaggle. Ow. 

* The Melbourne CBD. Every time I go in there I get lost or yelled at. 

* The amazing shopping that I will never get to do in Melbourne. 

How about you my angel? What’s making you smile and frown at the same time this week? 

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

p.s Again, sorry about not replying to comments. I do read them every day so please don’t stop! 

I’m on a short break on my first day of school so I’ll give you the goss quickly. My school rocks, my housemate is amazing (as is my super school apartment with views of the Melbourne Skyline), most of my favourite friends are here and I’m keeping really busy. I still don’t have a job but I’ve only been here for four working days so I really do need to take a chill pill.

As for the weird phone thing – We are blaming Mr Smaggle. He is my site administrator and he has sorted it out now but we’re still not quite sure what happened. I’ll get more info and let you know.

I promise to be back asap when I get working internet at my place. I have a little key thing that was working brilliantly but it stopped working yesterday and that makes me sad. Anyway!

Love to you all, thanks for your gorgeous comments and I’ll be back in full swing as soon as I have my life back in order!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx