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I'M BACK!

HELLOOOOOOOOOO, it feels as though it has been forever since I blogged, and what a few weeks it has been.  My last post I had a sick little poppet and of course it was inevitable I was going to end up with it-and that I did, and of course if would be when hubbie was away.  I can honestly say it is only now after 3 weeks that I feel back to my old self-I know I am not alone, I think half of Australia has had the dreaded flu-and I mean the flu not a cold!!!!!  I will be the first one in line next year for the flu shot as I don't ever want to feel like that again. 
Anyway I discovered a few things while I was not well and here they are;

• I am definitely in a cooking rut - after watching the cooking shows on TV I realised I am very predictable with my meals, you know the red meat Monday, fish Tuesday, soup Wednesday - I can always remember growing up how predictable our menu was (sorry mum).  I am not sure how I have ended up like this-I could blame it on the girls multiple allergies (chicken in particular) but I think it just comes down to lack of planning.  Look out google mince meat recipe here I come!!
• I need to make more of an effort with the girls hair of a morning.  This hit home when p2 came home from school with a beautiful inside out braid that her beautiful teacher had done-I know she would not have wanted me to feel like.  I did ask P2 if she carried on a treat when Mrs J did her hair, like she does for me - of course we all know the answer to that question.
• Shawn the Sheep on ABC for kids is really funny!  I have never really watched it before, it is very clever
• NEVER EVER make an online purchase when you are not well-very bad choice.  I thought I would get on board the neon trend with a pair of multi coloured high tops - someone please humour me and tell me you have done the same as I did.  I originally wanted the gold ones which I blogged about here.  When I had a look at the neon pair I noticed they were sold out in every size except mine as opposed to the gold ones which had multiple stock-my rationale the neons must be awesome as they were nearly sold out-I must get those before they all go-yep and that was the big mistake.

I also had given some thought as to the direction I would like to take with this blog-I would love some feedback on your thoughts and what you would love to see on here.  Here is what I have planned;

• My personal guide as to how I Op Shop
• Labels to look out for when Op Shopping
• A focus on a particular Op Shop each week
• My fabulous finds

Of course there will be other posts on all sorts of things.  Please let me know your thoughts.

Some of you observant little people may have noticed my new blog header-Katrina from the block did a brilliant little tutorial showing how to use PicMonkey, you can find it here. I have challenged myself to learn one new thing each week in this blogging journey!

Have a lovely Tuesday!

Mel xx