A burst of sunshine

When Brisbane hits single digit temperatures, it's safe to say it's officially winter! People in the streets are rugged up,  donning scarves and beanies, ugg boots and asking strangers on the street "gees, how cold is it!?"

I've always loved winter time, the clothes, the crisp air and the beautiful cloudless days. Unlike other countries- especially the US and Canada which we've just come back from holiday- winter is a stunning time of year. To embrace the change in season I thought I would do a few DIY changes in our little living area.

I'd recently bought a cute little owl figurine from a dollar store, along with a metallic silver flower ornament that I thought could do with a little burst of colour.



Not an exact replica, but close enough to my original



A trip to Bunnings to pick up a bright yellow can of spray paint and I was half-way to finishing! As I'm still a novice at the ole DIY projects I'm not ashamed to admit that I made a bit of a mess spray painting in the backyard. Despite laying out newspaper, I underestimated the spray zone and needless to say the grass and a substantial part of the green hedge is now a brilliant shade of yellow!

I had read about the need to keep the can at least 15cms away from the object while spray painting but I got a little close which causes a dripping effect. But nothing a paint brush can't quickly solve.

About three coats of paint and my little objects were shining as bright as the sun!

Meeting Milestones

Payday is a great day in anyone's book, but I get particularly excited every fortnight these days because it means I'm putting another chunk into our joint savings account and slowing chipping away at the end goal- a home deposit.
Recently Steve and I discussed what we should do to celebrate as we reached the big savings milestones. And while the idea of going away for the weekend or buying ourselves something nice all sounded like great ideas, we must admit it sounded a bit counter-intuitive celebrating saving by spending. But Steve being the genius that he is decided perhaps we make a small investment in a case of wine from a winery we visited during our Christmas road trip through the Barossa Valley to Melbourne.
This week the case of Langmeil Orphan Bank Shiraz arrived!

And mark the milestones with a couple of simple labels!

Every ten thousand dollars we get to drink! It's like a really fun drinking game!

We are approximately 3 weeks off from popping the cork on the first bottle!