Come with me - Instagram #6

Hi everyone,

This week's 'Come With Me' post is highly coffee infused. I really do have an unhealthy obsession with a good coffee. I find that in the cooler winter months I just want to constantly be drinking hot drinks....coffee....tea....milo....hot chocolate! Whatever I can get my hands on. Do you share the same experience in the cooler months of the year, or am I just odd? Hmmm maybe don't answer that one (O.o)

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1. Latte for one. A mid afternoon caffeine fix whilst out shopping in the city one day

2. Got my tickets to see Pitbull in August! I'm going with a few girlfriends - it is going to be a hilariously fun night I imagine. Pre-concert-pre-drinking will be happening

3. Tea for two

4. My hangover cure, Mr Caffeine

5. Pancake flavoured shots! Yes, they were just as delicious as you are imagining  : P

6. Ummm coffee again. Switching it up with a Cappuccino. Please don't judge me......

7. Discovered my favourite new place to satisfy my always present Dumpling Desire

8. Dumplings R Us on Rundle Street in the city. Fresh decor, excellent customer service, mouth-watering food, all I need.

9. Forever waiting for a bus

10. Baking gourmet cherry tomatoes with zucchini for a late lunch

11. Revlon nail polish in Blaze - a fantastic electric red/orange pop of colour. I went through a my nails have to be orange for the whole month phase :)

12. Burning one of my favourite candles by Dusk in 'Osaka'

13. The tedious task that I always put off - cleaning my makeup brushes.

14. Who's that? I made a little Casper the ghost in my latte. I'm very mature like that.

15. My budgie Angas

16. Retro kettle

17. OPI Shatter bargains at Priceline

18. Hot freshly brewed coffee and scone toast for breakfast

19. Jasmine Green Tea with homemade Apple & Oat Muffins

20. Bok Choy & Organic Udon Noodle Stifry

21. Hazelnut Macaroon treat whilst out thrift shopping with friends

22. A little corner of my bedroom. I love this candle I got from Target - smells like a baking cake

23. Homemade Lemon Butter my mum made for me

24. A little creaming soda and cupcake break whilst at a Vintage Fair with friends

What adventures have you been on lately? I would love to hear from you :)

Let's be friends, you can find me on Instagram: @profound_feline

x.k

Vintage Thrifting Finds #3

Hi everyone,

So after talking dreaming about it for many months, my good friend Matt from Milkseeds and I went on our thrifting adventure together! As you know, I am a great fan of thrift shops and basically anything vintage :) So, I'm overjoyed that I have a fellow thrifting buddy in Matt.

Before we set out on our adventure we got lunch at a beautiful cafe on Prospect Road called Muratti Cakes & Gateaux's  This cafe has the largest array of cakes and biscuits I have seen and I love that everything is freshly made in their expansive kitchen daily. The atmosphere is cosy yet bright, and the staff are very friendly and attentive. Here's a picture from their website to help illustrate the array of goodies on offer!

Muratti Cakes & Gateaux's

But before this turns into a critic of food I will post a few pictures of the mouth-watering food we ordered and then get back to the thrifting adventure.

I ordered a Turkey and Vegetable Sandwich on Rye Bread & also a Coffee & Hazelnut Macaroon. Yummy!

Matt ordered a Veggie Pasty and Watermelon Macaroon. I wanted to try all the flavours, but unfortunately time was ticking by. We were also joined by my dear friend Nikki - who was tempted by an Orange Macaroon :)

Milkseeds

 After our time at the cafe Matt and I set off on our op-shopping adventure. Unfortunately, we only had two hours until closing time and we were afraid we had left our adventure too late. In the end, we both collected a few great finds and it has definitely excited our thrifting taste-buds for MORE!

Today we made it to a Vinnies Store, Salvos, and Red Cross shop. Here are a few pictures of the goodies that I picked up from our 3-venue thrifting adventure. Please go and check out Matt's thrifting post too, the link's above :)

 This was my only purchase from the Red Cross shop and I am overjoyed with it. I have been on the lookout for a vintage picnic basket like this for a while now. At ($8) this was a bargain. It was nearly overlooked by Matt and myself as it was sitting on the floor and not at eye level. I will definitely be checking out the shop again. It was our first visit and we were awed at how huge the store was and the amount of quality stock that is carried.

As soon as I opened up the picnic basket I fell in love with the blue and white check material lining and brown leather buckles to fasten up plates/glasses etc. So vintage - so in love with this one!

I picked these up at a tiny Vinnies store run by the sweetest of older ladies :) The dish on the left was ($2) and has a delicate stem base. I'm most likely going to store/display lipsticks in this on my beauty desk. On the right I have 3 small bowls with a sweet pansy design detail in the base. The set of 3 only cost ($2)! I thought they would be good for desserts, nibbles or even small candles.

I love collecting eclectic mugs for my collection and I fell in love with this blue mug. As it is quite over-sized I immediately thought of a mountainous hot chocolate (with marshmallows) in winter. One of those mugs you can clasp in your hands and sip away at. It was ($0.99). On the right is a medium sized handmade dish with lid. I adore the intricate embossed blue patterns :) it was ($2.99).

A close up of the beautiful details of the pattern.

I have to admit I have become slightly obsessed with collecting cassettes. It started with vintage vinyl records but when I saw these cassette titles I just had to have them. I think of it as buying a moment in history :) I could not resist Dirty Dancing, Whitney Houston, and Star Wars. At (0.99) so collectable!

I actually purchased this leather cuff bracelet at my local Vintage Fair last week but thought I would include it. I love how the details of the pearls contrasts with the leather stud cuff. I found this one for ($5).

I found this claw clasp bracelet in the small Vinnies store for ($2). The gorgeous green caught my eye!

One of my favourite finds for the day was this pastel pink, yellow and blue scarf for ($2) I'm loving these colours at the moment, even if we are heading towards winter I'm looking forward in wearing this one!

Overall, Matt & I had a fun and successful thrifting adventure. I have a feeling we will be doing this again ;)

Do you fancy thrifted vintage pieces? Have you been thrift shopping lately & found some treasures?

x.k.

Come with me - Instagram #3

1. Latte deliciousness at Jamaica Blue
2. Me after going to the Tom Green concert - cheeks hurt so much from laughing! :)
3. Picturesque lake at the Botanic Gardens in the Adelaide Hills - a great day with friends
4. Zak Bagans doing what he does best - hunting some ghosts!
5. New releases at LUSH - the Bubbleroons are amazing and come in 4 variations! What's your favourite? It's so hard to choose
6. Lazy Sunday breakfast out - Poached eggs sprinkled with dukka on a bed of wholewheat toast, beetroot puree and spinach. Yum yum!
7. Coffee time again
8. Healthy lunch - 3 seed roll with feta and tomato. It tastes so good!
9. Loving glitter accent nails at the moment. Wearing Models Own 'Role Model' & Sally Hansen Gem Crush nails in 'Big Money'
10. Baby gnocchi
11. New cosmetic purchases :) a few newbies and a few tried and true items
12. REAL macaroons from a local cafe! What's your favourite? I adore pistachio mmmmmmmm....

x.k.