• Normandy, France
• Giverny, France
• Marrakech, Morocco
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Greek Islands
• Cairo, Egypt

• spend more time in front of the monets at the musee d'orsay in paris
• visit the agora at the foot of the parthenon in greece during sunset
• pick flowers from the side of the road in luang prabang, laos
• take an art history course in florence, italy
• not eat fish and chips in an english style pub in sorrento, italy
• make the effort to find the V&A in london instead of spending all my time in tour buses
• kiss an Italian boy in rome
• have stopped moping about the boy i felt behind on the bus trip to oxford
• eat at more street stalls in Shanghai and buy that scarf with bunny ears attached from the dodgy guy on the sidewalk and that dirt cheap jade bangle
• drink more beer in thailand
• frown less at sihanoukville, cambodia
• cross the streets of hanoi, vietnam over and over and over again until I got over the thrill
• have checked the opening times to see ho ...

• framed picture 1 - Monet in his Garden, autochrome, by anonymous. Frame is plain white.
• framed picture 2 - Postcard of a painting of a bouquet of flowers. Frame is hot pink, curlicues
• framed picture 3 - mounted Lemon Emigrant butterfly. Frame is square and black

“Once, in my father’s bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or later—no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget—we will return.” The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

For such a lofty quote, I fear that my earliest book choices didn't so much as sculpt a palace but rather, cobbled together a Barbie mansion

• Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High series
• Ann M Martin's The Babysitters Club
• The entire Sweet Dreams series (my favourite being one where someone dies of cance...

It takes a while to make peace with the fact that some of the things you love, in fact, makes you look like a lump of lard.

• strapless dresses
• high necklines
• white
• black
• flat shoes
• mini skirts
• onesies/rompers/short suits
• overabundant frills and ruffles on anything
• white button downs
• high waisted pencil skirts
• wide waist belts
• asymmetrical necklines
• dresses with silhouettes a la Luella S/S 2010

• go lightly
• it's a cakewalk
• lemon emigrant
• lord chester and lady elegance
• gormless cats
• bordello lamps

• 2011 Calendar (Iko Iko)
• Embroidered Clutch (Iko Iko)
• Superheadz Wide and Slim 35mm Camera (Trademe/Harikin)
• Polaroid 600 film (ebay)
• Fuji Instax film
• Ipod dock for bedside table
• Leather satchel messenger bag (Fiorelli, Farmers)