Being Basic Isn't A Bad Thing


For no good reason at all the term basic has gotten itself a bad name. I honestly have no clue why it happened, or who started it, but I'm here to defend basic when it comes to fashion, because let's face it I am basic/100 and I love it.

When I think of dressing basic, it's always about the neutrals. I honestly own the same shirts in 3 different neutral colours because I know it looks good, and no matter what I pair it with it's going to match no matter what.

The end goal of dressing basic is ultimately to have a comfortable and killer outfit everyone is jealous of. 

Stay Gold

I'm not going to lie, I am really bad at keeping my veeeery long paper trail of receipts, invoices and well...just anything made of paper organized. It's mostly due to having an inadequate place to store things. I work in a very small space so if my papers aren't neatly tucked away in a drawer or sorted, everything ends up in a paper box and never to be seen again...until I desperately need it and I'm frantically sorting through a years worth of junk. It's a problem.

So instead of sorting (pun intended) my problems out head on, I came up with this cracking idea to DIY a pretty looking box to store all my papers in. This is all in the hopes that one day I will sift through everything - so far, it's working out pretty great.

Magically Delicious

In my Youtube subscription box this week from TeenVogue, popped up this amazing video for Lucky Charm ice-cream sandwiches....Lucky Charm treats are something that I make on a decent basis using this super simple recipe here! Think Rice crispy squares but substituting one childhood cereal for the next. Amazing. Now taking something so gooey, sugary and delicious to the next level was almost too much for me to handle, which meant I had to share it with you!

For The Love of Scrunchies

Scrunchies. Like it or not, they're making a come back and I am the biggest fan

I remember being probably 6 or 7 and owning a tie-dyed orange red and yellow scrunchie that matched my bright orange and red beach sarong with outlines of geckos on it. Extremely fashionable, I know. When I was that young I had absolutely no reason for liking something unless it held a certain function, and this scrunchie, simply kept all my hair back(which, at that age, was just as a large of a task as it is now). There's not a defining moment I can think of when I stopped wearing it, I just remember it being something I loved and then totally forgot about.

Just A Snap Shot In Time

Walking into our basement, you are welcomed by a shelving unit that is filled with 20 plus photo albums from our childhood. Last week my sister was flipping through them and sent me a picture of our old kitten wrapped.. or smothered in my blanket with my arms wrapped around the poor thing (I was potentially obsessed with the kitten). It's such a goofy picture but it reminded me how amazing film photography is and how I have been more inclined to reach for my Minolta XG1 and shoot with a roll of film rather than my DSLR.