Moving Home!

Not me but a very good friend of mine is moving back home, to complete her study. We meet on our very first day of classes at university, three years ago and have been friends ever since. While she had finished her degree and is moving onto more study (she is going to be a teacher) I'll still be here in Melbourne trying to complete mine, which is okay, I'm just going to miss her. Her family live on a really lovely block of land outside of Wangaratta, they have a pool, some lovely puppies and some of the best op-shops I have ever explored. I just know she is going to have the best time.

I really like like living in the city, but I must admit there is a huge part of me that sometimes feels like packing up and moving on to a place where I can live in a small town, go on lovely walks, and have lots of room to move.

One day but not today.

Meaghan.

Our Weekend

We arrived home from our lovely weekend away in Daylesford on Monday but have been to busy to post about it since then. These are just a few photos of the different things we got up to, we visited may op-shops, stayed in the lovliest little cottage, browed old things for hours, drank some wine, enjoyed some cheese, visited markets and ate delicious local chocolate. We even visited Hepburn Springs and had a relaxing time sitting in the spa. We also brought a lot of things to which we will share a little later.

From Meaghan

Ps. Thanks so much to Pip & Cam for hosting such a lovely christmas party last night, it was such a fun night filled with amazing old time favourite sandwiches and some of the lovliest cupcakes i have ever seen.

Leaving Today!

In just a minute Claire Josie and I are about to leave for a weekend away in Daylesford, while there we plan on doing as much op-shopping as possible,visit all the markets and definitely the vintage warehouse too. We are probably most excited about visiting the makers market for the first time though, where we are hoping to view lots of lovely local crafty things!

Bendigo...Again!

The other day some friends and I visited Bendigo again. We stopped at Woodend along the way and had some morning tea in their great bakery. We visited as many op-shops as we could, but one lady told us there were a total of 17 in the area, one day i hope to get to them all.

From Meaghan.

Happy sun!

While I being Happy in country Towns I also hope to get even Happier by seeing fields of Flowers and visiting lots of markets, where I'm sure I will eat lots of Dutch Pancakes, eating those little things have always made me very happy!

Happy about the Country!

I'm defiately happy about the thought of visiting lots of country towns over the holidays, and finding all of thier op-shops, and buying lots of lovely old things.

Were joining in with Mikes 'Week of Happy'

Tesselaar Tulip Festival!

Yesterday, my friend Josie and I spent the day in Monbulk, walking amongst fields of tulips. We sampled some Dutch, Poffertjes, and cut our own tulips from a field. The drive up to Monbulk is especially lovely too, with ample opportunity to stop at many op-shops along the way. 

From Meaghan.

Op-shopping in Ballarat and Daylesford!

Yesterday, my housemate Josie and I visited Ballarat and Daylesford again. This time we brought Josie's French friend Lucy along, who is down visiting from France for the winter. It is really nice visiting places you have perhaps visited a thousand times before with someone who hasn't even sen them once, things become exciting and new again. On this particular trip we introduced Lucy to some extreme op-shopping, and Australian Bakeries, both of which left a good impression I think. We all managed to walk away with some amazing purchases. I collected some great serving trays, a number of dresses, and some lovely novels.

P.S. The shoes I mentioned in a couple of posts below were purchased from the big shoe shop on Brunswick st. just down the road from Meet Me At Mikes. I'm not sure what the shop is called but its signs are blue, and it sells heaps of shoes.

From Meaghan.

I Love Country Towns...

...and Bendigo is probably one of my Favourites. I first visited Bendigo about a year ago and instantly felt happy. I always said I was going to go back and yesterday I finally did. The drive up there (or the train in my case) is so lovely, the countryside looks really wonderful, very green and fresh, and i saw at least three families of Kangaroos looking back at us along the way. Bendigo is quite a large town giving you lost of things to fill your day. There are art galleries everywhere, a ton of op-shops (8 at last count), and some really great bakeries, essential components of a great country town i think. Yesterday I visited as many op-shops as i could before my train left back to Melbourne and manged to find some really great things. I got lots of books, a few dresses, lots of fabric to pass on to Claire and some great handbags. Really Bendigo is fabulous, everyone should visit.