All my cares disappear

Thank you for your birthday wishes on my last post - I really appreciate it! My birthday was on Monday so after work I came home to a lovely dinner that my mum made - stuffed peppers, my favourite! My cousin surprised me by coming over for dinner. I was happy to see him as I don't get to see him as much as I'd like. We chatted away, laughing at out crazy childhood stories. Afterwards I was thinking about how important people of our childhood can be. There are a lot of people that I treasure from my childhood - cousins, aunties, uncles, friends and their parents, family friends - they always seem to hold a piece of my heart. 

I was so excited about this chocolate mousse cake. It had a layer of caramel and tastes like a Mars Bar! I had first tried it when one of the teachers at school brought it in for another teacher's birthday. I was thrilled to hear it was a Brunetti cake - I love going to Brunetti.

I was planning a birthday day out to Daylesford last Saturday but it was 9°C - way too cold for me! So my family and I went yesterday. It was still pretty cold - 11°C but we had a nice time.

First my mum and I rummaged through The Mills Market and I came away with this Elvis LP. 

It's a bit sentimental to me because a family friend, Adrian, gave me a CD of this album in 2011 and it turned me onto Elvis' music and led to my discovery of lots of other old bands. Thank goodness for that, as I might have still been listening to the cringe-worthy bubblegum pop that I used to listen to as a teenager!

My mum is posing with my bag! She's cute, isn't she?

Next we went to a honey stall, stocked up on honey (I drink it in hot drinks every day - I'm obsessed!) and then went to the Jubilee Lake. I enjoy returning to Daylesford and this lake time and time again - it's my happy place. 

My sister found a few peacock feathers that the peacocks had shed and I was amazed to see baby peacocks - I've never seen them before.

I loved walking around the lake and hills but after a while my dad declared, "It's too cold. My head's frozen!" Earlier in the week, a workmate laughed when I told her that I was hoping it wouldn't be cold in Daylesford because my brain freezes. She thought I was joking, but the cold is more severe there, your head really does freeze!

Anticipating the cold, I decided to rug up in...

Over the knee suede boots - market find.

Afghan style coat - opshopped on the way home from NSW years ago.

Vintage plaid skirt- another $5 secondhand market find (which my mum's eager to steal! Ha!) 

Beret- handmade treasure.

Before heading back home, we had souvlakis and fish and chips for a late lunch. And that was my idea of a perfect day out! 

See you next time. X

Title: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You by Elvis Presley.