Levi and I getting a good photo together is a once in a blue moon event so we have to make the most of it when we do!
October. I feel like October was a very intense work month, but in a productive way. Work has been good and challenging and fulfilling lately. I've been enjoying it.
As for my real life, it was pretty low-key throughout October. I have been prioritising weekends with little to no plans, to make way for taking it easy. Slow morning starts, reading in bed, visiting the park, having a coffee, and then getting another. It's been a month of that kind of thing.
There was one big weekend where we went to the beautiful wedding of Yvette and Dave, then I kept the celebrations going by heading to Hamish's birthday afterwards, and then finishing up at 4am on the famed Oxford Street. Sometimes, you need a big night out. You need a dance. You need to get naughty and let it all go and leave it on the alcohol-soaked floor. Despite being a zombie the following day, I still managed to make two loaves of bread and my lunch for the week so it wasn't all bad.
Our friends Meg and Ben came down to Sydney and we got to show them our new place and neighbourhood which was really fun!
Levi and I also went to The Other Art Fair and walked away crushing over two artists: Michael Stiegler and Marisa Mu.
The month finished with two black tie work events within two days. I'd never been to a black tie event before and then suddenly I had two back-to-back!
~ New in - The Secondhand Edition ~
Camilla & Marc full length dress from eBay ($175) - because of said two black tie events, I needed a black tie dress. I looked into hiring one, but didn't find anything I really liked. I thought I'd try my luck on eBay and the secondhand fairies were on my side - I snapped up a beautiful full-length Camilla & Marc dress in excellent condition for a small fraction of the RRP, AND to recoup costs I have uploaded it to the dress sharing site Designerex!
Sol Sana white high heels ($190) - the Camilla & Marc dress called for open toe heels, which I don't own a pair of. I have been thinking for some time now that I should buy a second pair of high heels to interchange with the black closed toe pair I bought from Sportsgirl and have been flogging since I moved to Sydney nearly six years ago! Levi always says that you should spend money on good shoes so I followed his advice and splurged on this white, block heel, pair of sandal heels. They're simple, very comfortable (surprisingly) and classic. I know I will have them for at least another six years, and have already worn them three times within the first week of owning them!
~ Read, watched and listened ~
Baby - Season Two - I haven't binge-watched in such a long time but I couldn't resist starting and finishing season two of Baby in 48 hours. Baby is an Italian Netflix Original, that has been dubbed in english, about two high school girls from a wealthy area of Rome who at first unknowingly, then knowingly, fall into prostitution. Once you get past the english dubbing, a thrilling and often shocking storyline awaits, accompanied by beautiful cinematography and a killer synth-driven soundtrack that you'll need to seek out on Spotify!
~ Eats ~
Kindred, Darlington - A really quaint restaurant on busy Cleveland Street serving delicious homemade Italian. The homemade sourdough is the benchmark I hope to get my own bread to, and the carrot triangoli was sublime.
Levi's bibimbap bowl that he made at home, plated up, and then we took it down to the park for lunch. I love our little apartment by the park life so much.
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