• a red olivetti valentine typewriter (or any colour for that matter)
• an eames rocker reproduction
• a chaise longue in velvet or brightly coloured floral
• cuckoo clocks
• old film posters
• sad children prints
• big framed maps
• enamel brooches esp. flowers
• 40s, 50s & 60s dresses in my size
• nice old suitcases, hat boxes and cosmetic cases

• monsieur lazhar ♥♥♥♥
• silver linings playbook ♥♥♥♥♥
• a royal affair ♥♥♥♥
• lore ♥♥♥

• felt ball garland
• teardrop cushions from printed fabric
• painting a big wooden toy box
• fluffy cloud shaped rug from furry fabric from spotlight

• keri smiths's 100 ideas
• vanessa berry's weird disasters
• sarah rooftop's out of the ordinary moments
• woody guthrie's 1942 resolutions list
• mocking bird's reasons i love record stores list
• susannah conway's abc of important things
• austin kleon's how to steal like an artist list
• all of hula seventy's lists - there's no way i could pick just one.
• her library adventures' 30 fabulous fun goals for 2012
• elsie's 28 before 29 list (because she gets the things on her lists done!)
• the oatmeal's the pro's and con's of making a pro's an...
• glossary's 101 things i like
• pantagraph.com's 100 best first lines from novels

• jeff buckley
• nick drake
• elliot smith
• nina simone

tbc

• 50/50 x
• restless
• extremely loud and incredibly close
• being elmo
• red state
• happenstance
• secretary

• a stuffed rabbit toy from childhood (i remember being really frustrated as a kid not being able to find it again)
• my friend turk's clerks dvd (i put $40 in the case and gave it back to him without saying anything. He later said that $40 was way too much but that he spent it on food and has still never replaced the dvd)
• something like 10,000 bobby pins and hair bands
• my favourite doc martens from when I was a teenager (actually, a couple of pairs)
• a courtney love cd from the library that was really terrible and then i had to pay to replace it
• my friend sarah's digital camera while we were on the scooby doo rollercoaster ride at movie world on the gold coast in 2006 (i still feel really bad even though we're no longer friends).

• i'd read books in single sittings
• travel everywhere with lots of aimless wandering
• obtain several varied degrees & try out lots of interesting jobs
• learn many languages & instruments & crafts
• take long, aimless walks/drives/bike rides
• have endless tv series marathons
• exhaustively research my family history
• record albums & write books
• read entire libraries
• follow my favourite bands as they tour
• live in each country for at least a year
• relax & take time to appreciate each day
• stay up late every night & sleep in every day (& not feel guilty!)

• what their handwriting looks like
• what their bedroom looks like
• stories from their childhood/youth
• bizarre facts about them
• favourite cafes/places to go
• politics/values/beliefs
• what they were like in high school
• what their parents look like
• their music taste
• their vice/s
• what makes them laugh
• what makes them cry

devonport:

• laneway cafe - steele st (coffee + food + live music]
• (on the way from dev > laun) house of anvers chocolate, ashgrove cheese farm & christmas hills raspberry farm.

launceston:

• milkbar cafe - st john st [coffee + cute stuff]
• nanna's coffee & vintage - coulter court [vintage + coffee + sweets]
• cataract gorge [pretty 15min walk from city + peacocks]
• city park [it has monkeys!]
• fresh - charles st [best veg/vegan food in town]
• the royal oak pub - brisbane st [live music + hipsters]
• evandale markets - sundays in evandale [cute markets just out of town]

• a teepee
• kites
• dollshouse
• big wooden toy box

this clever list belongs to sarah - posting here so that i can check things off the list :)

• smile at your own reflection every time you see it
• do something on your own
• send postcards; consider postcrossing
• leave an old book in a public place
• get eight hours sleep a night
• do one of those craft projects you've pinned or drooled over in a book
• play a board game
• try a new cafe or shop
• put the cheap chocolate down and buy the good stuff
• eat something you've never tried before
• set your camera to black and white and find a reason to use it
• cull your contacts lists; weed through your RSS feed
• that item of clothing you bought but are too scared to wear? wear it this week