Thank You...

Hello,

Thank you all so much for your congratulations and for those Sydnians (is that what we call you?) who put up your hands to offer some help in our move. I will be in touch with you all shortly :)

David and I are slowly starting to sort out the things we are taking/not taking to Sydney with us. I have to try and sell my car and we need to sort out sending our cat over to Sydney. It turns out that sending fluffy balls of cuteness to Australia is pretty darn expensive! But I can't leave her.

We got her from the SPCA when she was about a year old. She had been abandoned with her litter mate at a house, where she caught the feline flu and could have died if she wasn't rescued by the SPCA.

I've also been looking at the rental situation in Sydney basically everyday since we found out and I've been looking at the job situation - living in Sydney is going to be rather more expensive than it is here and so a job is the second biggest thing on the 'to do' list after finding a place to live once we arrive.

On top of all that, its pretty darn exciting, and I'm looking forward to meeting lots of new people and doing something new, somewhere new!

David and I are off to Naseby for the weekend, so I'll hopefully see you all next week (I'll be officially on holiday!!).

XX
Jen

The Time Has Come...

Hello Everyone,

Well, the time has indeed come. The impatient planner in me can now set to work planning for next year. On Saturday, David and I found out that we will be moving to.......

Sydney, Australia!!!

David has been awarded a PHD scholarship for three years to study with the University of Sydney, and I'm packing my bags and going right along with him.

I can't tell you what a relief it is to know exactly where we will be going! We booked all our flights last night, and so now its very much real! We leave for Sydney on the 13th Feb, 2010.

Moving to a whole new country is a little mind boggling and I feel an urgent need to write everything down in a list! I'm a very big list person - I tend to find old lists in my bags and pockets all the time. Its comforting having a list.

I won't say that I wasn't a little dissapointed that we didn't end up going to Melbourne, but its only a hop skip and a jump away, and at this stage, we know four people in Sydney, which is four more than we knew in Melbourne.

I guess what I was really looking forward to if we ended up in Melbourne was meeting some of the Melbourne bloggers. I've tried finding some in Sydney and have only found a handful. So, um, if you're in Sydney and would like to catch up/show me around, please feel free to get in touch. It will be nice to see a few friendly faces - I'm a little nervous about not having any friends in a huge city like Sydney.

So, off to Sydney it is! The date is really not all that far away...

XX
Jen

ps) My dress is one from Vogue Vigilante, check them out, they have some gorgeous vintage pieces!

David and I are lucky to have Peonies growing in our garden, this is a rogue one who left the masses behind the house to live on its own. I took this photo the other day after it had stopped raining...

Insert Funny Title Here...

Hi everyone,

After yesterday's terrible weather, today is sunny (although, I am currently spying a mischievous looking grey cloud hovering in the sky, looking like it wants to have some fun...).

I finally gave in and bought some Tara Starlet sailor shorts a few weeks back. They arrived last week, and my goodness they are comfy! I wore the same pair two days in a row (hence why they look a little wrinkled). I am now rather tempted to buy the red pair too...

Hope you are having a great day,

XX
Jen

In Which I Join Twitter...

Hello All,

Long time no outfit post - what can I say?

This darling little dress arrived on the weekend from Q's Daydream. Its a lovely little green gingham sundress and Saturday was the perfect day to wear it. The bust is a bit big, but nothing that stopped me from wearing it!

Photos were taken by David, and our 'new' vintage picnic basket got a look in too :)

Also, I was bored last week and so signed up to Twitter. If you would like to follow me my name is Jenniferlauren3 or if you would like me to follow you, let me know what your name is and I'll try to find you.

XX
Jen

Shop Update...

Hi everyone,

My weekend was spent furiously sewing and organising a surprise Hen's night for a friend on Saturday, to which I have just witnessed some incriminating photos that will sadly, not make it onto the blog... Oh dear, what girls will get up to when there is punch and are left alone to be silly...

Anyway, in other important news, I have just updated the shop with three news skirts and a Peterpan collared t-shirt. I had so many convo's about the t-shirt I wear with all my listings so decided it was high time I drafted up a pattern and made one. They are made to order and currently come in the white shown and a red ribbed fabric (photo to come).

And one other piece of important news - my fringe is finally long enough to put into a teeny little pin curl! Finally I say...

XX
Jen

Not So Victorian...

Hello Hello,

I know, this post was supposed to go up on Wednesday wasn't it?

These pictures were taken on Sunday in the Oamaru public gardens, it was a beautiful day and the park was essentially empty so we had fun taking photos in lots of different places.

As you can see, my dress really isn't Victorian in the slightest - oh well. Once I take those sleeves in a bit and the dress up a bit, I'm sure I'll get lots of wear out of it otherwise.

I feel a little like Wendy with the Lost Boys here...

David and I have had the first bit of fantastic news on the 'whats happening next year' front. But I'm going to tease you and keep it to myself until we have heard more, the first bit of news hasn't really sunk in yet. But fingers crossed, baited breath and all that...

Edited to add - Tehee, no, its not a baby! Sorry, I forget that sometimes I get new people reading my blog (hello to you out there!). David and I are waiting to see whether we are off to greener pastures next year in terms of him getting a phd scholarship. And, as I said, we have had the first bit of good news back regarding this. Yay...

XX
Jen

PS) Happy Thanks Giving to those in the US

Full Steam Ahead...

Hello Everyone,

Again, I have to apologise for my lack of posting - all I can say is that I'm feeling a little restless, a little bored and a little bit like I want things to hurry up.

Things like Summer to actually get here (this week is the last week of Spring), holidays (four weeks to go!!), my last day of work (22nd January), David handing in his masters (this Friday, so no seeing David this week unfortunately), finding out if David has been awarded a PHD shcolarship (in a few weeks time hopefully), and just other general little bits and pieces.

The Victorian steam train ticket man in the background let me take a photo with his hat on, only, I was blinking in the photo so it doesn't look very good. Oh well...

But enough of that and onto the weekend spent at the Victorian Heritage festival in Oamaru. Saturday morning we left Dunedin, and it was lovely and hot and the perfect weather for driving. We got to Oamaru, and watched the Victorian parade with yet again, beautiful hot weather. Then, all of a sudden, in the blink of an eye, a naughty little southerly swooped in off the ocean and it was freezing!!

We did manage to go for a ride on the steam train though!

Photos by David.

I'll post about the Victorian Fete and my not so Victorian costume on Wednesday,

XX
Jen