young, broke & fabulous.

Over the weekend, the girls & I had a Sugar Skull party. It was perfect. Everyone looked incredible, and as always, our night was fun, relaxed and happy. Every few months we have a themed occasion at my place (the last one we had was a Fabulous Hats at Brunch, and before that Stepfords), and I think I look more and more forward to them as the months go.

Now to decide what the next theme should be?

1. Spend more time outside 
2. Save money for our Wedding
3. Read books more regularly
4. Wear my hair down at least once or twice a week instead of my usual top of my head bun 
5. Ride my bike to work, once I’m more confident of course
6. Start personal photography projects so that I’m always feeling creative and/or inspired
7. No more unnecessary clothing purchases (this is probably going to be the hardest)
8. Stop letting my nail polish chip off and leaving it like that for weeks
9. Keep the kitchen cupboard and fridge properly stocked like adults
10. Sort out the business side of my photography

So. I was having a look at my resolutions, to see how I was going at sticking to them, when I decided that each month I am going to blog on my progress and if I am succeeding/failing at my goals for the year. The above 10 resolutions, are ones I have stuck to pretty awesomely so far.

I am definitely spending more time outside, still not as much as I should, but we just had a boiling heat wave in Perth so staying inside hiding was my only option. Our savings for the Wedding are coming along nicely, because I started reading more regularly - I just finished The Hunger Games - why did it take me so long to find those amazing novels? Seriously I was hooked within the first chapter and now I am embarrassed to admit how inlove with the series I am. (Which I just admitted to.) Although while I type this, my hair is in a bun, I have totally kicked ass at this resolution. My hair is down, or in some kind of style that isn’t a top knot, at least 3 or 4 times a week. I’ve ridden my bike to work twice, but I couldn’t for a while due to a flat tyre - I am back on the riding bandwagon this week though. After a photography Workshop I went to in Melbourne recently, the photography side of things are looking awesome too. I have a lot of personal projects I am working on, one to be posted about soon, and my business side of things are coming along nicely. When I’m happy with the progress I’ll post about properly too. I’ve had one or two minor clothing purchases, but I’m proud to say they were NOT unnecessary, and I’ve done so well at avoiding sales and being stricter with my spendings. The cupboard might not be stocked so well at the moment, but I DID clean it out entirely and reordered everything so it’s the neatest ever - the stocking will commence shortly :)

But the resolution I am most proud of keeping so far? My beautifully polished nails. These babies haven’t been chipped once!

Aren’t you the proudest?

This year, Rick and I have jumped right into Wedding planning. We have possibly found our venue, I’ve got a few deadlines set in regards to my Wedding dress, we’ve started our designs for invites and favours, celebrant & photographer are sorted, and I’m spending a lot of my spare time researching and putting together our ideas for our special day so they can become reality.

I kind of loving Wedding planning. But maybe that’s because I love my future husband so much?

Did I tell you guys I got a bike for my birthday present last year? (Of course I did, but because I haven’t blogged in forever, I’ve only had one chance to brag about how perfect it is. Don’t worry - I have so many posts lined up (not all about the bike btw), so no more blogging block!)

Anyway. I did. And it’s amazing. Rick bought it for me along with my first piece of Tiffany & Co jewelery, and I think it’s safe to say that my 24th birthday present from my boy was the best ever.

I’ve wanted a bike since forever, and found this yellow beauty online and fell inlove. We went to three different stores, and called about seven different shops before finally finding the ONE shop in WA that had the last yellow one available. We went that very day to pick it up. I haven’t had a bike in years so the first few days were a bit scary riding, but I’m a lot more confident now and love going for rides with Rick. Even Rigby is slowly coming around to it - he hates bikes you see, he loses his mind when he is out the front and someone rides past, or even while walking - he cares not for cyclists.

I of course need to get some streamers for my bicycle, and a cute helmet to match. In my head I ride around with books and flowers in my basket wearing 70s inspired dresses. In reality I ride around looking scared in my Aussie summer clothes with toilet paper in my basket instead.

Now we just need to get Rilla a matching bike, since even though our bikes look cute together, it’s just not the same. I am looking at this bad boy.

Okay okay okay. I KNOW I’ve been totally slack in the blog front lately. It’s the 10th of January and I already feel overwhelmed and swamped with how busy my year is. Sometimes in the good way, sometimes in the “please let me stay in a ball on the couch” way.

I know I promised posts of everything that I got up to over the Christmas break, and I promise (again) they are definitely coming. It’s just finding time to do them. I need a clone.

Regardless of all of that, I wanted to post about my celebrity crushes. The guys & gals that I love reading up on, stalking in magazines and stealing fashion tips from.

So, here they are, my top 10 celebrity crushes, ever. (Okay probably not ever, but this is my recent list, okay?) (In no particular order.)

1. Nicole Richie - my style icon.
2. Emily Blunt - I love her accent & think she is gorgeous.
3. Sienna Miller - love her fashion, & love that she is dating Tom Sturridge.
4. Mila Kunis - hilarious & gorgeous.
5. Rachel Bilson - another style icon, plus she is so tiny & cute!
6. Colin Firth - my older man crush. I just love everything he does.
7. Ryan Gosling - I don’t even need to explain why.
8. Mark Salling - I love me some Puckerman. A boy singing while playing guitar. Swoon.
9. James Franco - I don’t think this will last though. He’s kind of becoming a douche according to the gossip sites I read? Unfortunate.
10. Orlando Bloom. Dark curly hair. Enough said.

Who are your celebrity crushes?