Complete. For now.

Current love of my life. It's amazing. A Christmas present to myself. 

I love everything about this bag. 

Its mustard colour, different shape and its awesome gold studs!

Merry Christmas to me!!

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Exams.

How are they not over yet?

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LOVE!

Lovelovelove this Eddie Borgo bracelet. 

I found it on Net-A-Porter! There's an excellent little collection of funky jewellery on his page at- http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Designers/Eddie_Borgo/All

Definitely on the wish list!!

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Plans.

For months I have been researching amazing things to do on my USA trip. I have come across so many amazing restaurants, shops and places I thought I should share!

I'll let you know how good they go!

This is one of my favourites. It is on the Hudson River in Brooklyn, just under the bridge from NYC.

The River Cafe-

It looks so beautiful! 

I am so excited to eat here. I predict I will be filling up on hot-dogs on my way, it looks out-of-my-student-budget.. 

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So lucky.

I have a habit of collecting photos of the sunset... It looks so beautiful from my balcony.

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Woooo!

Love how my blog posts exponentially increase when I am 'studying'! I wonder if I can find 'significance' in that?!

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Rager!

Last night my brother and I were left to fend for ourselves as our much cooler parents went out for mid-week drinks and stayed out for dinner. After a small amount of self-deprecation (I mean our parents are clearly cooler than us!), we pulled it together and made these amazing ham steak burgers! We even had chopped up watermelon as a side (how healthy is that?!). 

Our pro set-up!

Roll or bread?

Yumm!

These will definitely be making an appearance in our summer recipe collection!

Thanks for the company Will! 

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This Looks Familiar.

I get this face a lot... I am an over-enthusiastic story sharer. I also inappropriately giggle when telling jokes. It will not phase me! I will stand strong in my inability to effectively articulate stories and jokes!

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Red Tiger Fashion Fun.

It is done. Being oh-so-very productive during study week, I have figured out how to upload my photos! 

Here are the ones promised from the Red Tiger Fashion Night!

Dearest Sophie and I.

Some pretty for the catwalk.

A Kubank Design.

Lovely Nicole dressed in Cappuccino Girl!

Gorgeous Jenna dressed in Cappuccino Girl!

Beautiful Nicolette dressed in Cappuccino Girl!

Honestly amazing Honey dressed in Cappuccino Girl!

Head CEO, CFO, Creative Director Extraordinaire- Myself.

Boy and I.

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Finance.

Dearest Finance Gods,

I feel over the past fourteen weeks, we have reached a mutual understanding of each other. I call on you today to bless me with a week of easy study, an exam that will breeze by easily ending in a high distinction. If you grant me this one thing, I will forever leave you alone after December the 14th. I promise.

Lots of special blessings (including those flower things found in Asian countries, your favourite foods and my special mars bar slice),

Samantha ox

Re-Below.

I meant I think glasses are super sexy!

Optical Friends!

Evening Friends,

I have very exciting news! I will from next week forth be needing to wear glasses to read and work on the computer. I have always wanted optical companions. I'm definitely of the 'glasses are sexy' team. These are them!

Happy Tuesday-ing!

Samantha ox

Boy.

BOY MADE AN APPEARANCE ON THE BLOG! :O

Below. A small comment on a post. That's about it.

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Ahhhhh!

One month from today I will be departing this beautiful city to gain some 'experience'. Experience in life and travel.  My travels will take me across the wondrous US of A. I will start in LA, then head onto San Fran, Vegas, Chicago, DC and end in New York for Christmas and New Year! 

Honestly it's all crept up. I have had so much to work on with University and the Fashion Night I completely forgot about time! I have so much to do!!

Does anyone know of a good restaurant for Christmas night and NYE? I have been looking online for a couple of days and haven't found the right place yet! Any tips at all would be muchos appreciated!

I am off to my second last Finance tutorial (hooray!). It actually started making sense... Only took two months...

Samantha ox

PS I found out Lady Gaga is playing Times Square on NYE in NYC! 

Greetings everyone!

Red Tiger Fashion Night was amazing! I had so much fun with all my glamorous Cappuccino Girl's! I will figure out how to upload all the pics soon!

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Tiger Fashion Night!

A few Cappuccino Girl Originals are very excited to be heading to the Red Tiger Fashion Party next Saturday! Cappuccino Girl will have a small range of clothing pieces and some fabulous accessories! Stop by the Red Tiger Facebook page for some very important details! 

There will be a small WA designer showcase partnered with some champagne and yummy foods! 

Hope to see you all there!

Samantha ox

Rager.

Today we are spending sometime in the library. I'm not admitting I like going to the library on a Sunday, but there are definately some positive bits.
 
Two- People watching at UWA is so much fun. Everyone here is so serious. I mean it's a Sunday and there's not one empty table at the library... You'd never see that at ECU...

Three- I usually get my work done, or at least started. It does take me a lot longer without the looming due time. My work is always better quality at the library too. I like to think the knowledge from the books soaks in through an osmosis-like process.

Four- One session at the library usually covers me for the week. I can live stress-free for seven more days until I have to return.

Five- The library saves me from myself. I can't spend money whilst I'm here because everything is free!

No, I don't really like coming to the library. I do hope it likes seeing me though!

Samantha ox

PS You may notice my number one point missing. I've been officially censored. :o(

Pizza & Cranium.

Last night I had some casual drinks with some very cool people.
It was so nice to spend time with old friends and meet cool new ones.
Long live nights filled with homemade pizza, good company and board games.
Thanks to all who made it!

Samantha ox

Update.

McDonalds has $1 cheeseburgers from 12-1pm EVERYDAY!!!!

Shop.

Boy.

Boyfriend looks so pretty in the mornings. In the middle of the night he must expend all of his sleep energy into waking up with perfect skin and the just right amount tousled hair. Or his excellent genes are even more than excellent than previously anticipated.

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Lost Things Necklace.

Handmade brooch.

Price: $18.50 AUD

Made with a hand selected collection of lace, fabric, vintage beads and buttons.

SOLD

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Etsy.

WOOOOO! First listing! This is so exciting! Stay posted!

I'm now off to dinner to celebrate!

Samantha xo

PS sorry it took so long!

lost your way?

Ever feel like your MacBook cover could be pulling its way a little more? Or that your passport cover never knows where it is going? My Paper Garden has these cute little creations for your everyday map needs. Some people are so imaginative!

MacBook cover!

Travel wallets!

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etsy

Will not be done tonight :o(

Or tomorrow night. Maybe on Thursday.

Sorry!

Samantha ox

Ps promise to do something better tomorrow!

done.

All finished my journal entry. So proud of myself!

I am now going to try set up a sellers account on Etsy... Let's see how successful it is!!

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bleh.

-I have 20minutes before my next class.
-I should be writing a journal entry due tomorrow.
-I haven't been on here in 2 WHOLE days.
-I did watch the new TB (Trublood) last night.
-I have two Oreo cookies in my bag.
-I'm going to finish my journal and a census form tonight.

That's about it for now....
I'll post something way more radically interesting later. Right after my usual procrastination cup of tea.

Samantha ox

coffee review.

Type: Soy cappuccino.

Purchased: Dome Subiaco

Score: 7/10

Comments: Yummy fresh taste, a little cold though.

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Finance.

I am are sitting near the back of my finance class after rushing in ten minutes late. There is a timid first year sitting next to me. The first words I register are-

"Fifty percent of everyone in this class will fail, look at the person next to you. It's you or them."

"It has happened, several times before, that students fail three times and are, therefore, kicked out of their major"

"Most of you will cruise through the semester work, then fail the exam and remember you must pass the exam to pass the unit"

I am also informed that the $200 text book is a must for a minimum pass grade and the course requires a $100 calculator. I'm starting to think this unit was a really bad idea. Then I remember it's a pre-requisite. I have to persevere. Damn. I begin to wonder what I'll do. What is my plan of action? What are my options? How will I survive this ghastly unit?

1. Do as I've always done and get by on the class notes, get the book from the library and read-up online.

2. Buy the book I'll never look at again after November. Then bargain with myself that I can always use the calculator as a vintage artwork in twenty years. Proceed to cross my fingers and hope that vintage will be cool again by then..

3. Withdraw. Do it next semester. Surely things will look better then?

When I come out of my thoughts I realized I've missed half the lecture... Hmm. Maybe I should just pay attention and make it to class? If I go surely it will be less stressful and I'll somehow absorb the knowledge in some osmosis like way....

Haha... Let's see how long it lasts...

Samantha ox

inspired.

I made cupcakes! I'm so proud of the way they turned out. I love putting lollies on cake! I think it looks so cute!

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butterflys.

And there will be cake! Lots of cakes covered in these!

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STRAWS!!!

As promised! A post about straws!

I found these (again) on Etsy, at The Bakers Confections. Great procrastination tool!

These would be so pretty at a garden party!

I want to plan one around the rainbow straws!

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stay tuned!

Next post will be on straws! Woooo!

boredom.

Sooooooooo bored.

Woke-up late. Raced to Uni. Sat in class for 20min. Attempted to fill a 2.5hr break with fulfilling study. Realised I have yet to learn any content from my units. Gave up. Found myself online and hour later.

Still very bored.

On a higher (higher!!!!!!!) note, I am going to the caberet downstairs at His Maj tonight! Wooo!

Thank-you family up the hill. Not only did you give me an awesome boyfriend. You are now taking me on extra fabulous adventures!!

Samantha ox

cute buys.

Do you have a cold fruit problem? Are your apples suffering in this chilly weather?

Does your fizzy drink suffer from identity issues? Would your fizzy drink be happier as an animal?

Does your baby complain of boring bottles?

Is you iPhone hiding the urge to be a monster? (This is a legit question... Mine has been playing up for weeks! Callum if you're out there, I'm too scared to restore old settings! There has to be another way!)

No fear! Handamade is here!

These little furry creations are too cute! Perfect for a small gift or a cheer up pressie. If only Loverboy liked apples or drinks in a can...

Get in now for a Christmas in July sale! Save these for the procession of Christmas parties you're bound to be invited too in December! (If you're not into Christmas just pretend it's a woodland animal with a penchant for red scarves, like those indie boys that ride scooters..)

In all seriousness I think these little woolen creatures are adorable, even if they are a little unpractical...

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hair.

I really wish that newly cut hair feeling would stick around for longer. My hair never turns out as nice as the hairdressers do it :o(

ps.

It's overcast today. Also the weather man can't decide if he wants it hot or cold.... How annoying.

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overcast.

I dislike working before an afternoon at University. I like to be well rested. I like to spend the morning getting everything ready for the day.

Today however I filled in a few hours to help my boss out. This was fine until I got cash out whilst purchasing my lunch and left it at the shopping centre. No-one handed it in. Surprising.

Then I drove all the way to the other end of town for class. I needed an exercise book that I forgot to get earlier (as I was at work). After purchasing one from my University's book shop I realised I had only bought a 2-subject version instead of the 5-subject version I wanted. After walking all the way back to the book store, thinking simply switching the books over would be an easy enough task, I was in no nice manner told by the lady behind the desk it was 'negligent for me to not pay better attention when buying stationary' and 'there is no way I can return that'.

Well. Aren't. You. Just. Lovely.

Who can't trade a text book over? It's the same price! Same shape! Same everything, except one has five different coloured tabs.

Grr. I know lawyers you know.

Samantha ox

ps.

Those photos to the left are a little bit old.... My bad... I haven't had a fringe in a while... ;o)

fringe.

I got a fringe this afternoon!

It's a bit new. A bit different.

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my poor boy!

It is so cold, rainy and windy outside today! I was supposed to watch Loverboy play hockey this afternoon but piked last minute, upon the realization how terrible the weather is going to be utterly terrible...

Sorry....

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bright start!

Rockstar parking!

The free coffee from my brothers thermos!

It's the simple things!

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info.

If you don't know much about these subjects, feel free to explore-

- Trueblood

- Washington D.C.

- The Metaphysical Club

Maybe I'll add some images later.

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current love.

Due to various happenings of late, I have developed this strange liking to the US. Specifically, the politics around the Civil War, New York and Washington D.C.

This started because- I LOVE (and watch) Trueblood. One of the main characters was a soldier in the Civil war. This sparked my interest because of my lack of knowledge on the subject...

This grew after- A friend posted her fabulous pics of D.C. on FB and I subsequently found a fabulous blog about D.C. (http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/)

This became legit after- I found an educational book at lover's house called The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Lewis Menand.

And now- I am super excited to see 'The Conspirator' at the local 'arty' cinema with a friend on Sunday!!

I might even plan a trip there...

Samantha ox

blog neglect.

I've been reading a few satisyingly interesting blogs lately and realised how much I neglect my own. There are some very dedicated bloggers out there....

I will try (as a new August resolution) to blog more. :o)

PS. check out http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/