HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN

jacket: borrowed from my dad | t-shirt: thrifted | skirt: friends of fancy | socks: jox & sox | shoes: asos | skull necklace: diy | crystal necklace: borrowed from my sister

As great as GTM was last weekend, each and everyone of my friends suffered from post festival sickness. Alexis was sick during the trip, Rory got a cold on Monday, I started sneezing Wednesday, and Kim just caught on today. Still, no regrets. From time to time it's kind of nice to be able to pause life and sit in bed and watch endless amounts of movies and tv shows with a cup of chicken soup or a large mug of ginger honey & lemon tea. I finally finished watching himym and that last episode almost killed me. That ending?!?!? Don't worry, no spoilers here. But yes, the problem with temporarily pausing life is that eventually that play button needs to be pressed. Next week I'll face pissed off lecturers, assignments and deadlines, and enough stress to last a lifetime. I guess that's reality though, it's a reality I chose, and a reality i love. Well, most of the time anyway.

ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE

ROAD TRIP | DEAD WITHIN THE HOUR | GTM13 | FOAM | LOVE JUNKIES | LAST DINOS | THANK GOD IT DIDNT RAIN | HUNGRY KIDS | SNEAKY SELFIE | PLAYING TIMES | THE KOOKS X3 | YAY FRIENDS | LUKE PRITCHARD THE SEXY BEAST | FIRST MEAL IN ALMOST 12HRS | BACK TO PERTH | THE KOOKS... AGAIN | AND AGAIN | I MADE A FRIEND AND SHE CAUGHT THE SETLIST | AND I GOT THESE OMG OMG OMG |ALSO CHECKOUT MY INSTAGRAM @DONNA1111111

It's 11:59 and the best weekend on my life is coming to an end. It consisted of bands, booze and babes and nothing more. Okay well I didn't drink, my friends did, I prefer being sober at festivals it makes it easier to take it all in and remember everything.

Basically I headed down to Bunbury with my friends for a festival called Groovin' the Moo. It was only a two hour drive but we decided to leave early, and so we stayed over Rory's house on Friday night. It was also his birthday so we had a little pizza and movie night to celebrate. Saturday was a fucking great day, saw some kick-ass bands like Foam, The Love Junkies, Last Dinosaurs, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Tame Impala and The Kooks. We waited four hours for Tame Impala and The Kooks and by the time they started we were front row, right on the barrier. And that's why there's so many photos of them he he he.

When we got back to Perth the next day I decided a 50 minute set from The Kooks at GTM just wasnt enough, so I hopped online and grabbed a ticket for the show that night. I literally got my ticket an hour before the doors opened, (I'm terribly disorganised aren't i?) and this meant I had to go alone cause all my friends were busy. But I did not regret it whatsoever because I was front row smack bang in the middle (again), and I swear to god Luke Pritchard made eye contact with me. Several times. I also touched his guitar, and caught his pick and a fucking drumstick!!! Now I have two drumsticks from bands, one from The Kooks and one from Dune Rats, and it makes me want to have a collection of beaten up drumsticks touched by musical gods sitting on my desk.

So that was the past few days for me, and now it's back to reality and waking up early and catching peak-hour trains and putting my brain to good use. How were all of your weekends?

YESTERDAY

On Sunday my friend Shez left for London for a 6 month long internship. Even though we only met 3 weeks ago it strangely feels like we've known eachother for years, literally years, and i miss him so much already! It's okay though we're going to be penpals (yeah my idea cause penpals are cool and I love receiving stuff in the mail). Anyway enough procrastination I have been putting off my illustration assignment for the past... uhh 4 weeks. And it was due yesterday.

HARD TO EXPLAIN

army jacket: kmart | oversized t-shirt dress: thrifted | bike shorts: borrowed from my sister | clear boots: ebay | sunnies: friends of fancy | bracelets: gifted/ebay

I got these boots about 3 weeks ago and haven't taken them off since. They're uncomfortable as all hell and to avoid blistered feet I have to wear 4 band-aids and 2 pairs of socks. BUT JUST LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THEM! Oh how I love you imitation doc marten gumboot hybrids. Yeeaaaah I just made that up. But seriously. Best. Purchase. Ever.

OUT THE DOOR

t-shirt: thrifted | jacket: vintage | high waisted jeans: factorie | boots: doc martens

More photos from last weekend at Northbridge O-Day, here you can actually see what I wore even if they are a tad grainy. Photos by Melissa Parkin Photography.

PROOF

I'm having a serious financial crisis a.k.a. I went online shopping and realised how much stuff I don't need but argh i just cant resist!? Plus the Kooks are coming to Perth and seeing them play this live is something that must be done before i die. And so to solve all of my current life problems I cleaned out my closet and am selling tons of kewl shit on ebay. Alright I confess there isn't tons. And they arent that "kewl". Parting with clothes is a hard task I tell ya.

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