Where is home?

Where is home?

This is not a review. This is a personal post.

Something a little different for me, but I like to sometimes vent a little and post things on more of a personal note. This way I am able to vent and others can also relate and maybe take some positive advice from it.

I have always lived with my Mum and up until I turned 18 I used to go to my Dads every second weekend. I didn't stop going to my Dads every second weekend because I didn't enjoy it, I LOVED it.. I just found it hard to keep visiting when I had work on weekends and a social life.
Dads house was always a good getaway as he lives a minute walk away from the Port Melbourne Beach. I like Port Melbourne as its so relaxing yet so city! But as my Dad lives with his partner and her family, living with him was never an option (wasn't a room for me to live full time).

My Mum was quite gypsy like as I was growing up, I have literally lived in SO many places I could forget. I have been too 3 primary schools & 3 high schools. But from about 13 too currently, I've lived in Melton (eh I know). If you're unaware of the town Melton, heres a description;
A 40 minute drive from the CBD, located on the outer Western Suburbs. Melton is a fast growing 'city' that is the home of many.... uh well, ferals. Im going to put it honestly because thats exactly how I feel. The potential of the town is just fantastic but the people that live here just ruin it all.
To give you a bit of an example of why a lot of locals in Melton are feral I'll tell you some events that have been happening in my town as of lately..
Just last week there were two shootings in Melton; a man shot in the face & another man attempted to shoot someone at the petrol station. Also last week, my house mates car was stolen from the front of our house. Her LOCKED car was stolen... From out the front of our home.
The list of horrible events go on and on and on, and too conclude my thoughts of this town is- I hate it.

About 6 months ago my Mum moved in with her current partner. This meant moving to Inverleigh, a small country town about 20 minutes from Geelong. This also meant I was left to be independent and live with house mates. This was so very new too me but I have adapted fine. It has taught me a lot of life lessons and I'm really thankful for that.
But like I said, I really just hate my location. At times I feel unsafe and everything around me is just so negative. I am a person who cannot live around negative things or negative people, my environment is so very important too me.

Staying at my Mums farm as a little getaway has just be so lovely. I love being surrounded by nature and surrounded with beautiful animals. Staying on Acrege makes me miss the privacy that you get when living on a farm. Not having to listen to your next door neighbours every move and being able to just do whatever you like (also the fact that my car wouldn't get stolen from out the front of the farm).
An the conversation about me possibly moving here has come up. An then I ask myself, would I make the BIG move?

CONS:
- Boyfriend wouldn't move away from home
- Would not see my boyfriend often as he has commitments back home
- Missing my boyfriend
- Travelling to the city for events could be extremely time consuming
- Leaving my job
- Far from shopping, duh
- Social life

Obviously the main factor is leaving my boyfriend. So all thats on my mind is whats more important? Being happy in my environment or, my relationship.
My relationship means everything too me, but so does my happiness and surroundings.
Ah, my problems..

So my advice to others; 
Follow your heart, sounds corny but so true. Your mind can tell you a thousand things, but the feelings in your heart will never lie. 
Your environment is so very important. If you feel in danger or just really, really unhappy then MOVE. Make a change, even if its a big one. It will truly be worth it and your whole mindset and attitude will change when your happy. 
But what I still can't figure out myself is; Where is home? 
Is it with your family? Is it simply just where you are happy? 

For now I will continue to live when I am currently, but moving will forever be on mind.

Clean Treats by Charlie de Haas

#charliesballs 

#eatmyballs

Its the Instagram trending hashtags! 

Clean Treats are becoming more and more well known, 

as Charlie de Haas continues to dominate. 

The health coach, author, speaker and skin expert has created 

an amazing brand; clean treats. 

This woman truly is an inspiration. To have at least one of her job roles,

I would be so proud, let alone all of her job roles!!! 

I was so happy when I received an email from Charlie herself, 

asking if I would like too review her Clean Treats.

Hell yeah I would, I thought to myself! 

I love trying new healthy products and reviewing them, 

its one of my favourite things to review.

But why are Charlies Balls (clean treats) so great you ask?

Well charlies ball are Gluten, dairy, refined sugar, preservative 

& guilt free....

These healthy, happy balls are the perfect addition to your day.

 

I was sent three delicious flavours of Charlies Balls!

- Cranberry coconut love balls 

- Peanut Butter muscle balls 

- Chocolate nut love balls 

Cranberry coconut love balls were my fav! So much flavour 

and its 100% gulf free. I find these clean treats perfect for when 

you get home from a tiring workout at the gym &

you feel like a bit of a snack. 

All of the orders have a used by date on the package, 

and a hand written description of everything ordered. 

This gives the perfect touch, and really shows how much love, 

time and care goes into the making of these products.

Clean Treats not only have the very popular charlies balls but also; 

slices, cakes and pro muffins! 

I am also very pleased to announced that Clean Treats 

will have a stall at the Arnold Classic! 

I'll be sure to stock up on all of my favourite 

Clean treats products!!!

 

To order, see a full list of products and everything else Clean treats visit their website; 

http://www.thecleantreatsfactory.com/#!/c1949

Haystac Blogger event

I thought it would be necessary to share what I got up to last night, a view like I had has to be shared. 

I was kindly invited along with my sister to the Haystac event. The invite said;

"Meet the team over  glass of Brown Brothers sparking wine and hear about some of the exciting clients including Melbourne Racing Club, Melbourne International & Garden Show, Officeworks, and San Churro."

Thats exactly what we did! We joined all of the Haystac girls and fellow bloggers for drinks and light canapés on their amazing terrace over looking the city. 

Events like these are really a fantastic opportunity because not only do you get to meet other bloggers who think alike and share many things in common with one another, but you get to meet PRs and put a face to emails and really connect for possible further opportunities.

To be honest, I have never worked with Haystac so I wasn't really sure what to expect. But I walked away from this event with a whole new perspective on PRs. They were absolutely LOVELY and it was so easy to get stuck into a really good conversation. All of the girls I had met from Haystac were down to earth and well, honest. 

This was our beautiful view.......

A fantastic night in the end! I really enjoyed getting to know the PRs, because like I said they're so down to earth you can just speak to them like friends. 

I also enjoyed chatting about their clients. Us bloggers were lucky enough to have been given a gift each which included some goodies from their clients. 

Our envelope included; Two tickets to the Mornington Picnic (a very exciting event, must look into!), two tickets to the Melbourne International Garden Show, Free Churros for one from San Churros and a $50 gift card for Office works. 

I defiantly will be making a trip to Office works today (with maybe a sneaky visit to San Churro). 

I am now looking forward to using the tickets for the wonderful events and making a great day out of it! 

Thank you Haystac for a lovely evening. 

I had a wonderful night & look forward too working with Haystac in the future. 

XX

Barkers of Geraldine

       What a great brand, again from the beautiful NZ.

After 45 years, Barker’s of Geraldine is still on a corner of the family farm, 8km from the South Canterbury town of Geraldine. The farm sits in the lea of the Four Peaks mountain range, beside the Te Moana River and surrounded by rolling pastures.

The farm is now a thriving business, making world class jams, chutneys, syrups and condiments. Barker’s supports the local community employing around 150 local people, and always buys local produce whenever possible.

I love the fact that this brand has been created in the family and stayed that way. SO much love and care goes into these products when being produced through a family. 

Its so special receiving products for brands like this, it might sound silly but I feel honoured to be able to promote them.

I was sent out from Barkers of Geraldine a lite squeezed Blackcurrants syrup, and to be honest usually I wouldn't buy a fruit syrup. But this was a great opportunity to try something I had never tried before! 

With the same great taste and half the sugar, there is even more reason for you and your family to enjoy Barkers Blackcurrant. The natural sweetness of the stevia plant replaces half the sugar in our lite Blackcurrant, with no artificial sweeteners and no compromise on flavour. Vitamin C in lite Blackcurrants contributes to healthy immune system , recution of tiredness and fatigue and cell protection from free radical damage. * When diluted as directed and consumed as part of a healthy diet. 

So many benefits I would never have thought that a simple Blackcurrant juice would have. The flavour is quite different than I had imagined. Its quite strong and full of flavour, you can just tell its real fruit. Its a juice that I would have a glass with a nice heathy lunch!

• Low calorie
• 50% less sugar than regular Barker's Blackcurrant
• Rich source of vitamin C

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• No artificial sweeteners
• Natural source of antioxidants
• No preservatives
• No added colour or flavour
• Gluten free

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• Contains Honey.  Honey contains bee pollen which can cause severe allergic reactions.

Stockists

• New Zealand: all good supermarkets
• Australia: Coles

For fantastic recipes for Barkers products, for products & shop and all things Barkers related visit there webiste. 

http://www.barkers.co.nz/products-shop/fruit-syrups/lite-squeezed-new-zealand-blackcurrants-fruit-syrup-710ml/

I am so very pleased to have had this opportunity to review Barkers Blackcurrant juice, and this will not be the last time you'll see Barkers reviews. I am so keen to try other products in their range, I will be keeping an eye out of what products they have stocked at Coles. 

Thank you for reading and thank YOU Barkers of Geraldine for a wonderful product experience. 

Anathoth Farm

simple ingredients. nothing more, nothing less

Beautiful, beautiful New Zealand. A place that I can almost call home. 

I have a lot of family that were born and still living in New Zealand, and all though I have only visited the beautiful country once, it feels like a second home. 

One thing I enjoyed the most about New Zealand is their food! Their fresh produce and their unique kiwi brands. Thats the sort of stuff I miss about New Zealand!!!

Luckily, I got the fantastic opportunity to review some NZ brands which I have surprisingly never tried before. Starting with the fantastic Anathoth Farm- New Zealand Jams and Pickles. 

I had the absolute pleasure of reviewing the sweet chilli relish, which has actually been voted for product of the year, impressive huh!!!!

To be honest, this isn't the type of product I would usually go and purchase, but I have been highly impressed with the unique taste of the relish. I personally enjoy it just on some crackers, as its quite a sweet fruity flavour. It is quite hard to explain the taste of this relish, as I've never had anything like it before. 

The texture is a bit thick and lumpy, kind of like a fruity jam!
After opening, the tub is to go in the fridge, and to be kept refrigerated.

To see a full list of all of the Anathoth Farm products, recipes, history, to purchase the products & all other handy information visit the website below!

http://www.anathoth.com.au/products/
In conclusion, I must tell my readers that this really is a brand you can trust. Its one of those brands that you can read every single ingredient thats been put in, and exactly how its been made. Their are no dodgy secrets and ingredients, its all natural and every single product is made with love and care!
I totally recommend going out and trying this relish or even one of Anathoth farms other products. Personally I can't wait to try the jams, they look amazing!!!

SEXERCISE REVIEW

Sexercise the musical. To be completely honest with you, I did not know what to expect.

I was aware Sexercise was a Melbourne musical comedy, but I really didn't know what I and everyone else would think of this show. 

But.... IT WAS HILARIOUS. The whole entire crowd would be in laughing fits, it really was just fantastic. 

Let me share my experience of the Opening night of Sexercise.

We arrived at the Alex Theatre, which is quite a beautiful theatre. I did notice it was a lot smaller then a lot of the other Melbourne theatres, only having minimal seating. But I guess the Alex Theatre will only host the smaller theatre shows. The venue had a wonderful "after party" area, which was huge area with a bar and disco lights... Yes their was disco lights, I felt like I was back at a blue light disco!

Back to me arriving at the venue! So we picked up our tickets from Box Office and after a few bubblys (complementary of course) we were able to find our seats and await the show. 

Our seats were up the back of the theatre but because its quite a small theatre, it was in perfect view of the stage. 

I was very excited to notice that Paul Robinson from neighbours was sitting in front of me!!! (Sorry I would rather call him Paul robinson then his actual name) 

THE STORY is placed in the fast-paced world of married professional mid-30s couple Joe (Lyall Brooks) and Sam (Nicole Melloy). There's no place for seduction amid the juggling of school runs, work schedules and their personal exercise regimes.

Like so many things that are stretched to a breaking point, Joe and Sam are failing to deliver to each other what they used to give away so freely - time, affection, spontaneity and, of course, sex.

Well-meaning friends Tania (Lulu McClatchy), Shane (Kristin Holland) and Andy (Cameron MacDonald) try to help Joe and Sam work through their problems.

At couples' therapy Joe and Sam take a new approach to repairing their relationship when their counsellor, Rhonda (Fem Belling), offers them a self-help book about sexercise.

Why work out as individuals when they can burn kilojoules together to stay fit and find happiness?

It was quite hilarious because throughout the show you could see couples nudging each other relating to certain things. It was really quite a relatable show. They often talked (should I sung) about different problems a married couple or relationships can have. An as I was watching I could even relate to some of the stuff. Couples not making compromises for each other, making excuses for each other and sometimes not having enough sex! 

In this day an age sex isn't a controversial topic at all. Its something that a lot of Melbournians are open about. An the fantastic way that this theatre show made the audience laugh but sit down and think about their relationships! I also saw a lot of oldies purchase the Sexercise book... but hey who am I too judge!

A lot of swear words, sexual scenes and laughing fits later and this show was just great. The one thing that I really loved about this show is how the audience could relate in regards to it being made in Melbourne. Their were a lot of references that only Melbournians or Australians would get. They referred to places like Taylors Lakes,  Narre Warren. References to people like Nikki Webster and all sorts of Australian icons, which I loved! 

After the show we got to hang back at the After Party and meet the cast. Food and drinks provided and it was a fantastic time. It was great to see the Actors of the stage and see their real personalities. It really makes you realise the talent they have to act their part on stage. 

I had a fantastic time and recommend seeing this show to everyone, what a great night! 

WIN A DOUBLE PASS x2 TO: Red Dress

CHINA ARTA AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (CAEG) PRESENTS THE NATIONAL AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION

THE RED DRESS

A TALE OF LOYALTY, TRADITION AND LOVE

The Red Dress by the China Ningbo Performance & Arts Group tells the touching love story of a young man and a young woman from two rich families in an ancient town in southern China. Sweethearts since they were young, they fall in love and then move apart. The promise of marriage makes the beautiful bride-to-be wait for years with her dream of a red wedding dress. The production consists of four acts including “Dream Love” “Dream Farewell” “Dream Return” and “Dream Wedding”. Through the unique Chinese folk dance language—with a combination of southern China’s folk customs such as “Daughter’s Wine” of Shaoxing, “Descendants’ Bucket” of Ningbo, “Rolling Silkworms” of Jiaxing, and others—the production presents this most cherished ceremony of a southern Chinese girl’s life, and paints a vivid picture of the special wedding customs of southern China. It conveys the grandness and exquisiteness of China’s folk culture, as well as the dream and pursuit of the Chinese for peace and happiness.

RED DRESS IS ONLY PERFORMING TWO SHOWS IN MELBOURNE!!!!

SO MAKE SURE TO BOOK BEFORE TICKETS SELL OUT..... 

OR OF COURSE ENTER IN MY COMPETITION TO WINNNNN!

SEASONAL DETAILS

Venue: Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda

Date: Tuesday 10 and wednesday 11 March 

Tickets: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136100

Show Times: 7.30 pm

Prices: Tickets from $24.00 to $70.00 

Website: www.palaistheatre.net.au

COMPETITION DETAILS:

I have been lucky enough to give 2x double passes away for the Tuesday, 10th March show. 

This competition will be a little different and it ends in only 3 days so HURRY AND ENTER!!!

Simply email me at evieince@gmail.com, and tell me why Red Dress would make a wonderful night out for you and your plus 1.

GOOD LUCK xxxxxxx

Scentcillo

Scentcillo

Pure scents inspired by our world

HAND BLENDED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

 I love that, pure scents inspired by our world; Different smells created too remind you of a certain place somewhere in the the world. 

Today my house had the beautiful smell of Greek Islands-

Timeless and Tranquil 

All I did was put a few drops of the strong scent into my burner (5-6 drops), simply lit the candle and let that scent burn. In the matter of not even 10-20 minutes, my whole house hold smelt like this beautiful scent. 

The scent in a way can literally take you places.

As I've talked about in one of my previous posts, about how your room or surroundings can really effect your mood. Well its quite the same with scent.

Whether its the smell of a particular food you love, or a cologne on a boy your mad about, all smells have an effect on you, these in particular will make you feel happy. 

Where as the strong scent from a garbage truck or animal droppings stuck to your shoe, isn't going to make you quite as happy is it...

I have been given 5 Beautiful scents to review, all in which take me places.

They make me feel different emotions. For example, when I burn Oracle I feel relaxed and very calm. Here are the five scents I have been given to review:

•  Tango: romantic and sensual
• Oracle: mystical and meditative 
• Shaman: uplifting and dynamic 
• Starlet: feminine and enticing 
• Greek Island: timeless and tranquil

All of these fantastic scents can be used to set a mood, its quite self explanatory actually. 

Setting a mood with your partner, Tango is perfect for the evening. 

If you like to practised tarot cards and readings, Oracle is a beautiful scent to burn. 

But if you're just wanting to make your home/room smell beautiful,then simply burn whatever appeals to you at that time! They really are the best gift or best thing to buy for yourself. 

If you're thinking WELL how do I order these amazing oil blends!!!!?

Simply order online, its that easy. 

For how to order, styling ideas, prices, and blog posts on Scentcillo visit their website below;

http://www.scentcillo.com

Just Bedding!

                                                      http://www.justbedding.com.au

Personally I believe a room impacts your mood. 

For an example; if you walk into a dirty smelly room, you're not going to be over the moon to spend time in this room are you? 

Thats why I LOVE new linen. Fresh sheets, new bed cover, new cushions, maybe a new colour scheme for your room, its just the best feeling. 

When you walk into your room and every things neat and tidy you feel refreshed in a way and it really does impact your mood. 

As of lately I've just been buying K-marts cheap bed covers, because well... there cheap. 

BUT you can tell there cheap as they don't last long. 

When you spend a little extra money and buy a quilt bed cover set, you can really notice the difference in quality. 

I luckily got the opportunity to review a quilt cover set from http://www.justbedding.com.au. There was something about the Bali Indigo set by Logan & Mason that jumped out at me. 

This bed covers the type of cover that makes me feel refreshed when I walk into my room, the colours and patterns are beautiful!

As soon as I put it on my bed I feel in love. It goes with my room perfectly and it really does just brighten my room! 

The quilt bed cover is quite thick and you can really tell that its great quality. I can't wait to be under these bed covers in Winter when its freeing cold. 

Brands that just bedding sell:

• - 1D
• - Anne Stockes
• - Annoying Orange 
• - Cubby House Kids
• - Da Vinci
• - DG37
• - Hiccups 
• - Hyde Park 
• - Hyundai A-League 
• - Jiggle & Giggle
• - KAS au 
• - Kooky 
• - KS studio by KAS
• - Logan & Mason
• - Me to You
• - Plaxton & Wiggin
• - Platinum Collection
• - Sheridan 
• - Shuteye 
• - Tontine 
• - Tranquility 
• - Ultima 
• - Whimsy 

Personally I find online shopping a lot more convenient and lately way better with stock. Stores often sell out of the things I look for and majority of the time they'll tell me too look online anyway. I also love that when shopping online it will include all of the information you need to know, rather then sometimes reading a packaged item wrong at the shops. I also love that when shopping for your bedding/linen online, the pictures always give you so many ideas and suggestions on how to decorate your room! 

Just Bedding are always having exclusive online promotions, and you can save so much. 

Right now they have an extended promo for Free Shipping, so I suggest you place your order in quick! 

I honestly will continue to buy my bedding from Just Bedding now. I've learnt the lesson that spending that little more money can really be worth it in the end. Not to mention that I had my quilt cover set at my door in the matter of 2-3 days!!!! 

Here are some photos of my new quilt cover set on my bed, yay! 

Please keep in mind that I've moved into a smaller room so I really couldn't get the perfect angle for this beautiful bed cover. 

 

Bali Indigo (Logan & Mason) $79.95

Thank you Just Bedding, you've made one happy customer!

MOOCH + ME

MOOCH + ME

empower - nourish - create

Mooch & Me is beyond a beautiful brand, selling Candles (soy wax) & body scrubs. 

Therese Pitt has really created a brand where you can feel how much care and love goes into the products. 

Today I was sent a beautiful hand poured candle with the Japanese Honeysuckle scent. 

I instantly fell in love with the strong beautiful smell, you can tell its 100% quality. 

But let me touch base on why candles are so great. 

When the house or your room is smelling a little, or it just needs that burst of a fresh scent what are your options? 

Air freshener sprays often don't last long & in-scent sticks always come with a smokey smell. Burning a candle with an amazing smell literally freshens the whole house. The strong scent lasts and who does't love a pretty candle to add to the home deco, I know I do!! 

Benefits of Soy Wax:

 Soy wax is non toxic and burns cleaner than paraffin wax. Soy candles burn slower and cooler than paraffin, creating a longer burning candle. Its really important to avoid buying paraffin products because petroleum is NOT a renewable source and burning petroleum products created air pollution and contributes to global warming. 

Mooch candles are made using only the highest quality soy wax on the market and are fragrances with cosmetic grade, skin safe fragrance oils. Our candles are so safe, you can use them as a body moisturiser!!!

The first time you burn your candles, make sure you allow the wax to melt right to the edge of the jar, this will prevent the candle from "tunnelling". It is also VERY important to trim the wick with a Mooch Wick Trimmer each time before you burn to help prevent the blackening of your pot, to reduce soot and to prevent your gorgeous candle smelling like charcoal. 

Empower? Nourish? Create?

As I keep learning about this brand and whats behind it, I fall more and more in love. The Mooch and Me company generously donates to charity on a regular basis. The money they donate is to empower the charity with their cause, whether is be helping research for a curse, or to help a sick child to have their wish granted. Isn't that beautiful. 

All Mooch products are completely natural allowing their customers to nourish their body and their mind y relaxing with a beautifully fragranced candle or a rejuvenating body scrub. Mooch & Me love to create a "feeling". Whether it be a beautiful gift basket or a wedding favour, they can create a memorable experience. 

What a wonderful brand, and such beauty behind it. Its rare to find a brand that does so many good things for there customers and like they said, create a wonderful feeling. A Mooch & Me product would make an amazing gift! I know I would love to be given something like this on a special occasion!  I know they succeeded with creating a feeling for me. Such a simp thing like lighting a candle can change my mood instantly, and thats exactly what Mooch & me's candle has done. I 100% recommend this brand, so happy with my beautiful gift. Thank you Mooch & Me xxxxxxx

If you would like to help support this wonderful brand and help the charity continue their amazing work, consider a small donation towards Mooch & Me. 

CONNECT:

Instagram: @moochnme

Facebook: Mooch & Me candles 

www.moochandme.com.au

Where to buy your stationery!?

STATIONERY SHOPPING...

Is it just me, or is stationery shopping the funnest thing ever?
Studying might not be quite as fun... but at least buying stationery FOR study is fun, right?
There's something about buying new stationery that gets me so excited and motivated to get into studying, I just love this time of year.
But the question is, where do we shop for the best stationery!?

In past year I've always shopped at Office works for my stationery. Office works always have the best of the best and none of that "no brand name" type of cheap stationery. But after many years of buying from Office works for school stationery I've realised that its nothing but a waste of money.
The other day I walked into Office Works and was just shocked at their prices, it was crazy expensive. Heres a link to their website:
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/school-art
(All though I must admit, Office works have awesome desks)

So this year I've decided to sort of downgrade for my stationery shopping.
But first I HAD to have a look at Typo, one of my favourite shops I like to waste money. It seemed like an obvious option to shop at Typo seemings as I get 50% off their with my Cotton On discount card. Typo had a new Lunar range out, with all galactic and space related stationery. This didn't really appeal to me all though I loved the new notebook with three internal pockets, an a universe picture on the front cover. Have a look at the link here to see what I purchased:
http://cottonon.com/AU/p/typo/a4-collegiate-notebook/2013626607988.html#start=1
$12.95 full price, but I got 50% off. As well as that purchase, my partner chose a few notebooks too!
He brought the thin notebooks that have less pages then the ones with pickets and dividers.
Anyway all together we paid $20. My opinion? Not really worth it, very over priced even WITH my 50% discount, I can't imagine paying full price! Besides the price though I'm happy with my purchase :)
Then we decided to have a look in BIG W for things like pens and stuff. This was a great idea!!! I am very impressed with BIG W's prices and range.
When it comes to pens I can't cheap brands as they always run out of ink quickly or just don't feel comfortable when writing. I love pen brands such as BIC and paper mate & Big W and all of those very cheap! But then.... I had to go down the book isle didn't I!
An then I regretted shopping at Typo because the prices were solo cheap at Big W. The binder notebooks with lots of internal pockets and heaps of pages were only $5, BARGAIN.
So make sure you check out Big W, won't regret it. If I had've had a look around before buying at Typo first, I would've brought all of my stationery at Big W.
Have a look at there website:
http://www.bigw.com.au

 I wish everyone good luck studying this year and remember to stay motivated and don't give up!
Long hard work pays off and in the end you will be very proud of yourself.
Hope my stationery advice helps if you haven't already shopped around :)

Homemaker glass jug blender

Homemaker- 1.5L Glass Jug Blender 










K-marts catalogue:
http://www.kmart.com.au/catalogue?cm_re=Home+Page-_-Top+left-_-LivingCat110215#view=catalogue2&saleId=7958&page=1







Thanks too K-MART for another good buy! I love finding a worthy K-mart bargain, and yet again I have! K-mart has brought out stacks of amazing Home ware in there new catalogue so I thought I'd get down their and have a bit of a shop, an how could I not when its so god dam cheap.

I had a $100 voucher too spend, so it was a hard decision to narrow it down to a few products.
This is what I brought (all which have been great purchases);
- New bed cover set $10
- Two new pillows $13
- New rug $29
- An of course the Home maker 1.5L Glass Jug Blender $29

ALL of that an I still had a little bit of money left over. What a bargain!
But I was very excited to test out my new blender, as my old one was having troubles blend properly.
Every morning I have a smoothie so its really important I have a good blender if I'm going to be using it every single day. But right now I can't financially buy one of those really really expensive blenders that'll last you a life time (good investment but).
So the $29 Home maker blender will have to do me.
An its perfect, gets the job done great!!
Of course for the people who have troubles setting things up, theres instructions but its super simple and will take you like 30 seconds.

The blender is a glass blender, which I really prefer. It has 2 speeds and a pulse, an a handy plastic lid which can easily be altered too poor your drink. For $30 I find the Home maker blenders quality fine, and its really doing the job great.

I have seen a few bad review on this Home maker blender a few years ago, and it even had a recall for being faulty BUT K-mart has obviously fixed this issue and is now selling a very good blender that has fantastic quality. If you're wanting to read a review don't bother with anything that is past 2014.

I recommend visiting K-mart asap if you're wanting trendy home ware and you're on a budget. They have so many cool things out at  ridiculously good price.
Thank you K-mart! I will never stop shopping at K-mart as they've always made me a happy customer.

Travel Expo 2015 Melbourne

TRAVEL EXPO, Melbourne 2015

The Travel Expo! 
I was so excited to attend this exhibition that I even went on my birthday. 
We got up nice and early and set off to Melbourne Exhibition Centre. 

Personally I hadn't seen much hype about this specific exhibition. I had only been told about it by my local travel agent. But before visiting I did some research online and there was some very exciting companies attending. 
The companies that I were interested was Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Contiki and I was keeping an eye out for different volunteer companies. 

The travel expo was great to attend for exclusive deals. If you were looking to book a holiday and put down a deposit and SAVE then it was a fantastic opportunity. It was also great for gathering information, but the deals were only that weekend. Unfortunately I couldn't book a holiday as the people I wanted to travel with weren't able to book then and there because of there financial situation. 
I was so shattered because Carnival Cruise lines had some awesome deals! 
They had half price deposits, free upgrades and cheap deals. It was perfect because i've been wanting to go on a cruise for ages now. 

For those who love cheap deals and budgets I suggest always looking online at last minute cruise deals. Its a perfect way to save but you have to be flexible to be able to leave in the matter of say 2 weeks or a month. So if you do want to save that bit of money on a cruise deal, then save save save and maybe even take work of a specific date. Keep looking online and a last minute deal will come up! 
The reason they have such cheap deals a couple weeks before the cruise is so that they can fill spots on the cruise. 
I personally think that a cruise would be fantastic, and have heard from so many others as well. 
There is so much onboard entertainment and some of those cruise ships are HUGE. 
All of your meals are included, as well as your entertainment. You just have to bring spending along for alcohol if you chose or activities for when you arrive at a certain destination. 

So unfortunate that I didn't get too book on the day and save, but I did get a LOT of information. I came home with I think 12 different books and it just made my travel motivation 10x as big. 
The Travel Expo also had a lot of competitions to win different things such as vouchers and even a holiday to south africa!!!! 
Oh boy, who ever wins that will be one lucky soul.. (pick me, pick me!!) 

Personally I think that Expos are great!! They're so fantastic to motivate you to do something, save on products, get loads of informations and just have a great entertaining day! 
For upcoming expos visit this website:
http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Exhibitions/Expos/Pages/ExposTradeShows.aspx