Lula Magazine Issue 9 - At long last!

I subscribed to magazine Lula over 6 months ago (in March), not realizing they only release an issue biannually. I had almost given up on receiving it when lo and behold, I found Issue 9 in my postbox yesterday. I am in love with their romantic and beautiful photographs and detailed interviews...makes for a gorgeous coffee table 'book'. Am seriously wishing I had the previous 9 issues. There are at least two more pages I would like to post, but scanning them didn't quite work, so will try to take pictures for next time...

Award & Tag

Speaking of beautiful photographs, I recently discovered The Photodiarist's amazing blog via H of PretaporterP , and I absolutely love it! Absolutely stunning photographs that paint more than 1000 words, often followed by a little anecdote with the inspiration behind the picture. The Photodiarist kindly awarded me the Kreativ Blogger Award, do check out her blog if you haven't already! Recipients of this award have to disclose seven things about themselves and then pass the award along seven others.

Here goes:

1. I have a bad habit of cracking my knuckles (started when I was 7)
   


2. Speaking of bad habits, I also bite my nails (bad!)


3. I love midcentury Danish furniture (just bought a dark chocolate brown sofa fitting this criteria)


4. I can be very undecisive, so in order to speed things up I often resort to 'Eeny Meeny Miney Mo' (or sometimes: "Minha mãe mandou eu escolher esse daqui!")


5. My favourite gelati flavour is pistachio - I use it as my 'benchmark' when rating a gelateria, it must not be 'fake pistachio green', or I will not touch it.


6. I have never had a facial or massage (received a voucher for my birthday though, so that may change soon).


7. I am loving the new TV series Glee! 'On my own' was my 'theme song' for so many years!!!

I pass this award/tag to:

1. Deanne of Dream Sequins


2. H of PretaPorterP


3. Hrose of Capture the Castle


4. Martina at The Little Fashion Treasury


5. Sofie at Modediktat


6. Coco's Tea Party


7. Tanya at Captivate Me

Also, I have been meaning to answer these questions asked by an 'Anonymous' reader (thanks for your questions, sorry I took so long to address them):

What are your 5 all time favourite pairs of shoes?

At the moment:

1. Dries Van Noten beaded/sequinned sandals


2. Dries Van Noten black buckle sandals


3. Christian Louboutin pumps (both the electric blue & the patent baby blue)
   Stella McCartney mesh & lucite heel sandals


4. Dior Extreme Pythons

What Australian high street shops are your faves?

I must admit I do not shop at Australian high street shops much (especially in the last few years). The main reason being that I find high street pieces overpriced for what they are. Most of my previous high street shop purchases were on sale, and nowadays, I prefer to save my pennies for something else...10 years ago things were definitely different though!

My last high street shop purchases were earlier this year at SABA, for staples (merino wool turtlenecks), but I would not call them my 'favourite' high street shop. I like Veronika Maine's pieces (but have never purchased anything there), sometimes I see nice pieces at Country Road (again, have never purchased clothing from there). For 2-3 years I purchased a few items from Cue, but have not done so in 3 years or so...Occasionally I stroll into Sportsgirl and Witchery, but my last purchases from these stores were 5 and 3 yrs (respectively). So if I were to pick any high street stores, these would be it...