for a post about love..

Given that Monday is a confessional and I must not lie (not that I have a habit of lying) I will start by confessing that when I saw the topic posed by Kirsty at My Home Truths...

share a post about love

my first thought was *uggghhhh great* because of course as soon as I read it I immediately thought "I'm not in love, have no love life, am all alone...(blah blah blah.. cry me a river..)" but the more I have mulled over the prompt all week the more I realised I had to broaden my thinking - obvious to some...not me apparently.

So while I may still be on the lookout for the love of my life, there is so much to love about my life, so much I love, so many people I love and things I love to do....

I started to make a list but it was getting too ridiculously long and I feared I would miss something or someone. So with Winter upon us and everyone giving it a bit of a beating I thought I would share 5 things I love about Winter: 

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1. Birthdays - there are some lovely people in my life who celebrate their birthdays in Winter (me included...hehe)

First Day of Winter is also my niece's birthday!

2. Hot drinks - Nothing better than cuddling up on the couch with a nice cup of steaming hot green tea after dinner, or meeting friends in a nice warm cafe for a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.

3. The Fashion - I hate being cold and I LOVE the fashion of winter...in case you haven't noticed I have a little obsession with scarves and I just love a big warm scarf with jeans and boots.

Love me a good winter scarf outfit!

4. The Food - I do love a good salad in Summer, but I think I equally love a good stew/casserole/soup in Winter. I love getting the slow cooker out and having it cooking away all day!

5. Fireplaces - I don't have one but my Mum and Dad have one at their place and my sister has one at her place. I love the warmth of the fire and watching the flames and wood crackle away.

So while I would probably never chose Winter as my favourite season, I am trying to look at things more positively and focus on the good things about the season ahead, and if I fall into the trap of hating it, then there's always this:

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or this

Do you love Winter? What do you love about it?

Linking with One Mother Hen for Open Slather Monday and My Home Truths for I Must Confess!

to take a peek inside my wardrobe..

This week over at My Home Truths we have been asked to confess our go-to fashion accessory! Well I have a bigger confession to make..... but first...

I have blogged about fashion before. Those of you that have been following my journey from the start may remember a little challenge a friend of mine set me. She was appalled amazed at the amount of clothes I had and challenged me to see if I could wear a different outfit to work everyday for the whole of Term1, and not buy any new clothes for the term as well.... Apart from purchasing a green shirt to wear on Gonski Day at school (because believe it or not I did not have a green shirt!), I succeeded at both challenges. You can check out some of the updates here and here..

Then my friend Marleisa over at This is who I am... started selling scarves on the side which prompted me to write about my obsession with scarves! (I am a little embarrassed to say I have more than 48 now...)

Now for the even bigger confession...... This is my wardrobe as of 10 minutes ago...

(covering my eyes in shame!)

Yep...you could totally be excused for thinking that that is my wardrobe, I promise you all of them are clean (not that that's really something to be proud of!)... when in fact this is my wardrobe....

Not much better really!

This is not something that always happens, the life of a teacher at the end of a school year is crazy busy and it's often things like housework that is the first to go! The life of a Guidance Officer is not as busy at the end of the year, but the life of a GO who's sister was living with her while she waited to have her gorgeous twin baby boys was, and so once again the housework suffered!

Since we are all about confessing on a Monday - I must confess the following...

* I do not remember the last time I folded clothes up and put them away... I fold them and put them on my blanket box or leave them in the basket but then I just never quite get them into the cupboard...

*There are clothes in there that have never been worn...

*There are clothes in there that still have the price tags on them...

*I often forget what clothes I have - and when I 'discover' them again it feels like Christmas...

When it comes to accessories I am usually a scarf or jewellery type of person and always matchy matchy with my shoes (that in the pic by the way is only about half of it - have another basket of shoes by the front door)

Just some of my collection!

Cleaning up my wardrobe, going through all my clothes and having a BIG cleanout is definitely high on my to do list these holidays!

So there you have it...I confess...I have a serious clothes, shoes, scarf, jewellery addiction! But the way I see it, there are worse things I could be addicted to and spend my money on!

What's been your go-to accessory this year??

to discuss scarves....

48......

That's the number of scarves I have just counted hanging in my closet.... some might call that extreme or obsessive... I call it the perfect accessory! (or accessories as it turns out!).

a view inside my wardrobe at some of my many scarves.....

I just love how a scarf can brighten up an outfit! So when my friend from Scarf Girl offered me a scarf to give away on my blog it was a no-brainer! She has some beautiful spring scarves ready to sell to you. I had such a hard time picking one that I, of course, walked out with 2 and one to give away..

So here is my attempt at my first ever blog giveaway! be kind

1.  Head over to Facebook and 'like' Scarf Girl
2. Comment below about your favourite accessory and why..

**Conditions of entry (now I feel like a real pro!)
You must like Scarf Girl on Facebook. (and while you are there check out some of her new scarves)
You must be an Australian resident (apologies to all my international fans! lol)
Winner will be drawn via the old fashion way (all legitimate entrant names put in a hat!)
Competition closes 5pm Friday 13th September 2013.
Only one entry per person


Linking up late this Tuesday with Essentially Jess for IBOT!