Thrifty Thursday

After the Bunnings workshop we popped into an op shop for a quick look.

Pyrex dish $4 -the photo doesn't show how pretty the blue is and there is no dishwasher damage on it!

Home decor $3

Craft items chipboard doiley $1, storage case $2, canvases $2

Books for Clay $1 & $3

$3 and $4  - I'm not sutr I'll use the carols book gor crafts or display.  Found a new Australian author and thought I would see if I like her.

Everyday Moments

Clay went to a leadership conference on Friday with all the school leaders from the primary schools in our town / district.  He was really excited to go and had a great time.

My brother and family were in town for a few days so we popped over to see them all few times. My great niece Ellie and Clay had a wonderful time playing together :)

Clay made frog hotel at a Bunnings workshop - it turned out really cute!

Clay had his 2nd week at pickelball and is loving it - they got some cute stickers.

Tabs brought me this gorgeous flamingo garden ornament - I love it!!  I'm going to keep it on the verandah so it doesn't get damaged from the weather.

Thrifty Thursday

I popped into my 2 favw oppies on Sunday. At the first shop I found -

Pot plant $4

Homewares were 50% off and I brought these 2 small Tupperware containers for $1 each.  They are the perfect size for dressings.

A container full of twines and a packet of brooch backings $6

At the 2nd shop was the most exciting find....Disney Twisted Tales books $3 each!  I've been looking for these forever and these are in nearly perfect condition!  Even better - I had a $20 credit :)

Brooch $1

Book $2 - I'm going to use this to make a junk journal 

Clay found these $3

Large gift bags $1 each 

Everyday Moments

I finally started building one of the Creator sets I got for my birthday.

The current minifig series are too cute to resist- I brought 3 more LOL

Chris surprised Clay with an amazing parcel in the mail - a box full of footy membership merchanise.

I'm making it a goal this year to spend less time mindlessly scrolling and start reading the ever growing collection of books on my shelves.  So far this month I've read 4 Fleur McDonald books.  They were all a great read and I'm looking forward to reading more.

I started building a new Creator set and needed to open all 5 bags - this baking tray was perfect to be able to sort through all the pieces.

First design from the ocean themed series built - crab and a cute jellyfish!

I was spoilt with "just because" flowers - how cheerful are these sunflowers?!

Yesterday we babysat Torrie while Tabs cleaned the unit ready for the move out.  The kids played on the VR headset, then we took them to lunch and grabbed some groceries.  The new Woolworths brick promo started - so we let the kids get a mini brick set each.  We all built lego at the table, then the kid's went for a swim.  Tabs arrived just as we were all having waffles - fun finish to the day :)

The 2nd design from my birthday Creator set.

Decluttering - Games Shelf

Next area to declutter... the games shelf in the loungeroom. 

I found this perfect sideboard online from Kmart (and ordered a matching hutch). We put it together last weekend.

I sorted through all the board and card games.  I put the small / card games in the thrifted basket to keep them tidier.

I've started to put some of my Harry Potter stuff out to display - still working out the set up.

I decided to take my HP Funko Pops out of the boxes and put in this Kmart display stand - it takes up so much less room :)

First Day of School 2026

First day of grade 6! Clay is now a senior and he was so excited :)

School posted a welcome back post on FB with the Pricipal and 4 school captains.