Hi friends and welcome to Friday favourites! Today I’m excited to be sharing some spring school holiday favourites! So get ready to be bombarded with a whole bunch of sunny pics!
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I started the week shopping with my super fun cosmetics guru friend.
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We spotted these hilarious shopping bags and now I know that I want one of these for Christmas!
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We both bought the same jeans! I love the flared 70’s look with the two front pockets and they were reduced from $79.99 to $49.99. I also had a $10 Myer voucher so I got them for $39.99!
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After all that shopping we were both starving so we stopped for lunch at a cafe in the QVB. I ordered the delicious chicken and leek pie with Mediterranean salad because I have a clear obsession with chicken and leek!
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On Thursday I caught up with my lovely friend and her dad for lunch and a visit.
Earlier this year my friend gave me a beautiful painting her dad the artist had painted. It wasn’t signed, so when I went to visit him, I took my treasured painting for him to sign. I love going to see him but I always feel sad saying goodbye.
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I went to Williams Sonoma and loved their Christmas table setting and famous peppermint bark display. I’m still having trouble getting my head around the fact that it’s that fun time of the year again when the shops are full of festive decor!
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We had a fun game night with some friends. We started by playing Speed Monopoly which wasn’t so speedy because two of us couldn’t get the hang of it. So we switched to Bananagrams and that was way more fun!
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I had a fun Friday with my cousin and her kids. I also got to meet her sweet mother-in-law who is visiting from Ohio. I could listen to her speak all day long because I just love her accent! The first stop was Ikea to pick up a couple of things and of course to look at more Christmas things!
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The next stop was a visit to The Grounds Of Alexandria. They always have the best themes and this time it was all about Candyland!
It was so warm and sunny! A perfect spring day.
Burgers and fries for lunch.
They have a florist inside The Grounds. These rainbow roses were so beautiful.
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Our last stop was Costco, so many favourite places to visit in one day!
More Christmas decor. This giant Christmas Mini Mouse was over $1000, we said hi and bye!
This week was full of so many spring school holiday favourites. I had the best time hanging out with some of my favourite people and to top it off, the weather was amazing!
I don’t think that I will have such a busy second week of the school holidays but you never know! I do however want the time to slow down a bit because before I know it I will be back at work! But I don’t want to think about that just yet!
Thanks for hanging out with me and letting me share some of my favourites today.
Happy Friday everyone!
Linking up with Andrea and Erika
Looks like so much fun! I can’t believe you have so much Christmas out. I guess it’s different here because we do fall/Halloween so big and then comes the Christmas stuff. Those rainbow roses are to die for and I would totally get some if I see them here!
It’s all about Christmas from September onwards. We have some Halloween things but no fun autumn/fall decor. I always think that Autumn looks like way more fun in the Northern Hemisphere!
Christmas?!? I can’t!!
What a lovely week!! Dolce and Banana!!! Haha
What a wonderful week you’ve had! I love seeing you in the sunny pictures. I know you enjoy that weather! We’re supposed to be having cooler fall weather here right now, but our temps have been near 90 each day. I have to say, I am ready for cooler weather! I have all the cute clothes that are just hanging sadly and unworn in my closet. 🤣 I love that you had lunch with your friend and her dad, and that you went to see another friend’s dad to sign your painting. My heart ached a little at you saying goodbye to him. It’s so hard watching people age! I hope you enjoy your weekend, my friend!
The candy land display looks so fun! Those bags are funny!
What a fabulous start to the week! Shopping for matching jeans with your cosmetics guru friend sounds like a blast. And that chicken and leek pie—divine choice! The story of the signed painting adds a beautiful touch to your day.
Have a wonderful weekend ahead!
#MMBC
Those bags are funny. They did make me chuckle. It sounds like a fun day of shopping.
How wonderful that you got the painting signed.
Christmas in the shops seems to be getting earlier and earlier each year.
I saw the matching Mickey Mouse at our Costco. The chicken and leek pie looks amazing, there’s a new pie shop open in our area and we’re heading there this weekend. I love Williams-Sonoma at the holidays, such beautiful displays and those wreaths, oh my goodness, I need to go to IKEA asap. Have a great weekend!
Sounds like the perfect week Ruth! I love that you got your artwork signed by your friend’s dad. What a beautiful piece to treasure.
I LOVE those shopping bags haha. I’m always buying quirky stuff like this.
Christmas is now in the majority of our shops too. I was eating mince pies last weekend! It’s crazy hehe.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. xx
Those rainbow roses are so pretty and those mis-named bags are hilarious! I haven’t been in any stores lately so I haven’t seen any of the holiday stuff here but I do think they’re so full with Halloween stuff that only a small selection would be out (though I could be mistaken!). It sounds like you had a lovely week’s break.
You shared lots of fun and great photos. The leek and chicken pie looks so good too! #MMBC
it does feel a little too early for Christmas but you have spotted some lovely decorations. Those bags are funny and those rainbow roses just beautiful!