I thought it would be appropriate to start my brand new website with an ode to Gala Darling. The person who made me want to quit my job and become a blogger!

• Having my own website. It does mean that I have to figure everything out by myself, and a job that would have taken 5 minutes by someone familiar with php and css instead took me approximately 15 hours.
  But I finally figured it out and I’ve got lots more php knowledge and a great sense of achievement.



• Babycham shoes. The desperate search for pretty sneakers started a number of months back. Even before my trip to Melbourne, because my beloved chucks were starting to fall apart. Eventually I found some Babycham shoes in Wellington store and proclaimed they were my ideal sneaker “if only they came in adults sizes”.
  The next time I went into that shoe store the I noticed the sizes were actually in UK sizing so they were bigger than I first thought. I asked one of the staff if they came in adults sizes and she told me they were, in fact, adults shoes!!!!!!!
  I snapped up my favourite pair right then. At only $70 they were much cheaper (and brighter and more comfortable AND velcro) than anything else I’d seen. Even the packaging was totally cute.♥

• Daylight savings. Because it got moved forward daylight savings now starts on the last Sunday in September…this Sunday the 28th. We lose an hour this time around (your clocks go forward) but it means the start of the great kiwi summer and days which last forever.
• V from a can. General consensus is that drinks from cans taste tainted and therefore less good. Well, I actually love the tainted taste. It gives it an edge, like sucking on lemons.
• TV’s getting good. Or more accurately, American TV, and therefore downloads (for those of us in the antipodes). Gossip Girl, Heroes, Prison Break, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice!
• The Veronicas. When my sister came to stay recently we had MTV on quite a lot and in between all the ‘Nexts’ and other assorted reality TV gems I realised I actually quite enjoy listening to The Veronicas. Turns out my sister is a big fan so I bought their latest CD and have been listening to it constantly. My favourite songs are Popular, Untouched, I Can’t Stay Away, I Don’t Wanna Wait.

xoxo Ms Constantine