with whom I have a very close râship. Nothing chic-er than taking your worn-in leather boots to be re-soled! Look after your things and theyâll look after you.
Very cool to me that this is a centuries old trade untouched by technology and whenever I go it feels quite charming. These dudes work magic every time, itâs awesome. Do not buy new shoes, let the cobbler save the old! Up next: going to the tailor.
Get your boots fixed! Mine are fixed now! They were broken and now I can wear them again! (Iâve linked my local cobbler as if that will be useful for literally anyone hahaha)
Yes, itâs 5 hours without an intermission. I saw it in Melbourne in 2013 and went back to see it again in the same run. Itâs been over 10 years (wowwie!) and I canât think of another piece of art that has imprinted on my imagination the way that performance did. I was also eighteen years old and green and wide-eyed! What a time that was.
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Boring meals/leftovers delight (less time fussing over the stove)Â
Underwire bras
Yuzu-flavoured everything
Jewellery with a historyÂ
Dark painted interiorsÂ
Bare nails (preferably bitten, shows character)Â
Self-publishingÂ
Re-reading books you love and ignoring TBR lists
On that note, not reading books youâre âsupposed toâ have read
Too many coffees (weâve been playing it too safe, people. Let your heart remind you it exists, like a pitter patter of rain inside your chest.) đď¸OutsÂ
Kitten heels
Long manicuresÂ
Natural deodorantÂ
Linen sheets (cotton percale all day)Â
Wolf cutsÂ
Pay-in-4 - itâs a money trap, friends. Save your coins! By the time youâve saved up the $, you might not want it.
Dogs with backpacks (smelling treats but not being able to access them is a special kind of torture)
Carrying everything you need (then you miss out on the beauty of that spontaneous Duane Reade trip where you leave with mint-flavoured toothpicks and a bag of gummies! What were you there for again??)
I have to start off this recommendation with an apology, as for all your Northern Hemisphere-based folks wont be able to find this easily as I stock up when I go home to Australia. BUT, in all my years of hunting for the perfect white t-shirt that hangs just right, I have found my holy grail. Specifically, the Boody menâs crew neck t-shirt (NOT the new âclassicâ which is mostly viscose, ew), bit the original which is 95% bamboo. I buy them in a Small and they are the perfect oversized t-shirt. Buttery soft, expensive-looking and, most importantly, stay looking fresh after theyâve tumbled about in a washing machine. Iâm hoarding a few!