Instagram - Week Six & Travel Questions Answered!

It's a time for another snapshot of my week - via the wonderful world of instagram!

So I won't be picking up my tickets for my flights to the USA until about two weeks before I leave - but I do get an electronic ticket and that's pretty exciting.

I thought I'd see if I could pull off wearing a headscarf - I'm still undecided.

A pair of glasses I ordered online from Clearly Contacts arrived this week - but I need to take them into the optometrist as they don't fit quite right. Also - there are HEARTS on the frames!

I bought this cute little sweater clip from Sucre Noir - so creepy cute!

It was Rich's Birthday last Tuesday - so I bought him this wee cupcake on the way home.

My Mum and Dad bought Rich some art supplies for his birthday - including this cool sketchbook.

So the previous tenant put butterfly stickers on the bathroom mirror - also I look really intense.

I FINALLY go my boots fixed - so I can wear them again - yah!

The next few pictures are all of the BEST Halloween package EVER from Alicia - creepy cute sewing themed doll, pop rocks, Hello Kitty Halloween stickers and cute card!

I had a girls night in with my friend Jaimee on Saturday night, another old friend Emily that I haven't seen in AGES came along too. It was so rad - I want to hang out and have girls nights all the time now. This is the view from Jaimee's apartment.

Jaimee made vegetarian lasagne and it was awesome.

This is Jaimee's cat Luca - she's pretty darn cute. I hate that I'm allergic to cats!

I saw this t-shirt in a shop window in left bank arcade - I don't really need to say any more - do I?

Rich and I went to a Mexican Restaurant at the weekend - I had mandarin soda to drink and a Mexican Jandal to eat. I also thought the big sugar skull was SO awesome.

On Saturday night we went to see Billy Bragg with friends and it was super awesome! We started off with a few drinks at the Little Beer Quarter and then went to see Mr Bragg at the opera house. Such a good night out.

Rich and I went to feed Luca on Sunday as Jaimee was away - she did her best to make us feel super bad for not spending the day hanging out with her.

I had to do more study on Sunday - eventually I will finish up this course.

We went to the Indonesian festival and got free noodles.

I got a late birthday present from my dear friend Alaina in Melbourne. It included basically the best tea towel in the history of the world and boxing kangaroo gummies.

Walking home tonight - blue skies! The days are getting so much longer - summer is almost here.

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my travel post - a few of you asked me where this photo was taken and was it in the sleeper car of a train.

 It's not in a train at all - its a Japanese Capsule Hotel - that's right, this little space was our room for about three nights. Accommodation in Tokyo is VERY expensive! So we decided to spend a few nights in a capsule hotel to cut costs - it was also a very unique Japanese experience. Here's a few more photos.

The nights we stayed the capsule hotel was pretty quiet - which I was actually pretty thankful for. You had to keep your belongings in a locker because there just wasn't any room. We also had traditional Japanese bathrooms - which are communal (men and women are separate of course) and a wee TV in our room. Fun but also crazy times.

Meg asked if I could do a post about "looking adorable" whilst traveling - I think I will do that closer to the time I leave for my trip. I've actually already started to think about some dresses I want to sew for the trip - what a geek!

I hope you all had a super Monday xoxox

Napier Op Shopping

Hello All! Rich and I had a super time in Napier - I can't wait to share my photos with all of you - but there are a LOT of them so I think I will need to wait until the weekend to go through them all and sort them out. I am a little snap happy - but if you follow this blog you will know that already.

I do love op shopping (or thrifting as my American friends would say), but op shopping in Wellington can be hard. Often the store have been well picked over by the time I get to them! So when I travel to the smaller cities I do like to take the chance to do a spot of op shopping.

On this trip I actually didn't come across and epic finds, but that's the nature of op-shopping (or any shopping really).

I did however come across a couple of wee sewing related finds I thought I would share.

Firstly is a vintage pattern - the white and red versions of the dress actually have shorts underneath! I am not sure if I like the idea of this or not - I haven't worn shorts in YEARS. It could work though. Or I could just make the green one - no shorts required.

I also found this fabric which is cotton and just adorable! I got about a metre and a half so that's enough for a short dress I think.
One of the reasons I love it so much is because when Rich and I were in Korea the song "Heart Breaker" by "G-Dragon" was HUGE. It seemed to be in my head ALL the time. Prepare yourself for some K-pop people!