Stationery....don't fall asleep.

Yes, I may be mad...writing about stationery of all things. But it does go with my case for the red obsession. Purchased these little beauties for my previous job, as it was forever becoming a hassle to find a stapler or calculator when you needed one...they liked to go on wonderful adventures usually into other people's drawers. So naturally I went out and picked the biggest(Actually it was the second biggest the first was A4 size!) brightess calculator, a tiny little stapler and a hot red sharpie to mark everything. Wait, before you start thinking OCD, there was method to my madness; for the year after that until I left, no-one stole my things. They borrowed but always returned. Unfortunately they may not suit my new company....they have Blue in their title and have a blue themed office...ironic!

Loving Blood Red Shoes

So this year when I voted in the Triple J Hottest 100, for my top song I voted for 'Light it up' from a little duo from Brighton UK called Blood Red Shoes. Laura-Mary Carter on guitar/vocal and Steven Ansell on drums/vocal. I am forever amazed by little duos/trios who make such a big rocking sound. I lived in Brighton for a year and some, got up to mischief  there before I found my husband and now we happily get up to mischief together....but I am still kicking myself for not taking up a friends offer to go to Blood Red Shoes back then when I'd never heard of them...argh. The love affair would have began much earlier. Not to worry, lately I've enjoyed Blood Red Shoes' two albums - Box of Secrets (2008) and Fire Like this (2010), can be played together on shuffle, and still share an amazing sound with each song holding it's own. Follow them on twitter if you like www.twitter.com/bloodredshoes 
Recommend listening whilst commuting, cleaning, studying and ballet....rock ballet, fuck yeah!

Trusty Red Bottle

On stinky hot humid days like today in Melbourne, drink, drink, drink. Naturally I have my trusty red drink bottle, but it wasn't always around... I used to buy water in a bottle then refill it for a few weeks until it smelt bad and looked unsightly. 


My guilt of continually buying plastic started to eat away at me, and then I read some things about a nasty chemical BPA, which is found in clear plastic, so this was the deal-breaker. Off I went in search of the perfect reusable aluminum bottle, found my lovely red Laken at a camping store, it's now paid for itself....and the water tastes lovely with no yukky plastic smells, the other benefit - when I decide to have a baby there's now a better chance it will not be hormonally imbalanced...the other other benefit, it matches my lipstick ;)

New Look Red Blog

Just a nice little quickie to introduce my new look new themed blog. Red being the key word in the title, my favourite colour, why not talk about since I am subconsciously drawn to it most of the time. Maybe I'll get bored of it, or maybe I'll embrace it even further and you'll find me it a manic state writhing on the floor in red silk laughing like a crazy person.
For anyone interested in the colour obsession I found an interesting blog/website today http://www.colourlovers.com/
Feedback on the design, needs a bit more red perhaps....?