sassiefox & 21st's

Meet Sassie's friend Rufus (top of the photo). Rufus is my best friend Lani's dog, well technically her Grandparent's, but it still counts. We pretty much have matching dogs, and it's pretty entertaining when we have puppy sleepovers.

Spoon buddies forever.

I have no idea why but I have always called Rufus 'Oscar'. It literally happens every time I see him. I just can't help it. When I look in to his big cute eyes all I see is Oscar.

Two sausage dogs to spoon is better then one.

Rufus is a lot fatter then Sassie, and closely resembles a slug in his movements. It is so entertaining watching him though.

If you own a sausage dog you will most likely know by now that this is one of their preferred seating arrangements. If anyone is in the market to buy a new dog, I give a gold star recommendation for you to get a long haired miniature dachshund. Not a short hair, they are snappy and bark more. These dogs are pretty much mini humans. There is so much personality packed in to each little pup. I will probably always own sausage dogs, they really are the best.

If you want to see more photos of my little special pup, check her out on Instagram @sassiefox.

Dominating sushi train with my favourite people in the whole world.

My local cafe changed their acai blend, so not happy. Was proper obsessed with their old blend 

Spent over an hour playing with makeup trying to make my lips look like Kylie Jenner. I wish I was her.

We had two 21st's this night. One was my nextdoor neighbour Justin's and the other was my cousin Dan's. Both of who I grew up with. Justin's theme was "when I grow up" and Dan's theme was "movie heroes and villains". So we decided to go as robbers because it seemed to kind of apply to both themes. Well to be more precise we were Bonnie and Clyde. 

Did we dress the part?

On the run

The first party we went to was my next door neighbour, Justin's. You should have seen it! This was just a table to make your own candy bags.

Sorry for swearing, but sweet lord they had fairy bread. I haven't had fairy bread since I was 5 years old. So many good feels.

They had a bucking bull which I fell off three times. My personal best score was 20 seconds. They also had not only one, but TWO jumping castles!! One was an obstacle course and it was so much fun!! Even if I had to do these things alone because Luke couldn't play with me because of his knee. 

There was also a spinning ride which was next level intense. The whole ride we were in so much pain. It was like the tango train at Luna Park, except worse. For some reason there were bars between your knees, so while your getting swung to one side of the ride, your knees are getting pushed in to these metal bars. 

After Justin's we went to my cousin's 21st. Some of my work friends from Gloria Jeans were there which was pretty great. I don't have any photos because they haven't been uploaded yet.

And now I will spend some quality time with Sassiefox before I leave for my Crusie on the 28th!! So excited!!

erica

Behind the Scenes: Nicole Millar Photoshoot

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to style one of my closest friends Nicole Millar. She needed some new press shots for the upcoming months. We sourced clothes from a few PR companies including Sweaty Betty, Torstar and Under the Wing.

She is such a babe.

This is one of the jumpers from Torstar. It is Adidas x Jeremy Scott and it's pretty delicious. Apologies for the ridiculous photo.

My best friend Lani did the makeup for the shoot. She has done my makeup for outfit posts before and if you don't mind me saying, she is pretty dam good at it. She hasn't officially established herself on social media yet. But it looks like I will be helping her out with all of that when I get back from my cruise. I will update this blog post with the links to her social media pages when I get them up and running. 

Completely obsessed with this Emma Mulholland one piece from Under the Wing.

This is Jack Toohey, he was the photographer for the day. He has taken all of Nicole's press photos so far and he is pretty talented.

Another incredible Emma Mulholland piece.

This was our half way point cider celebration.

She is such a good time. I can't believe how talented and beautiful she is. When she arrived I asked her if she was wearing makeup. She wasn't. She didn't even need makeup. She is so ridiculously flawless.

In the afternoon we went 'on location' which was pretty much Jack's friend's pool.

Partner in crime

The dream team.

After the shoot we went to the Stoned Crow in Lanecove to celebrate with a few drinks and some pizza.

Lani and I got berry and watermelon frozen cocktails and then we had Hubba Bubba and a Fairy Floss cocktails.

Oh yeah we also met up with Nicole's baby boy Ned e.g. Kilter. Ending the day with excessive amounts of sugar and cuteness.

That's a wrap! Can't wait to see the Tropicool photos!!

erica

Amity Red Wine

Goodmorning Spring!! So nice to see you again! Spring and Autumn are by far my favourite times of the year. Not too hot, not too cold, but just right. Perfect cardigan weather. I picked up a really bad habit when I was in London of stealing flowers. I would walk home from the station at 11pm and pick the prettiest flower I could find to help brighten up my lonely one bedroom. Here is my latest steal, it's off the beautiful plum blossom that grows next door.

This is my pretty little bedside at the moment. The candles are from Glasshouse (Coconut & Lime), Ecoya (Lotus Flower) and Bondi Markets (Lime, basil & mandarin). The shells are from my mum, and the Coral is from Fitzroy Island. And my pen pal has the matching Bambi that we bought from Cronulla when she visited.

This is my new bedside table from Ikea, it is so cute. My precious stone/ coral collection is underneath in a shell that mum gave me during HSC to bring me luck.

Yol and I met up with Saya after work on a Saturday night. As we were driving to Saya's we made the spontaneous decision to meet up with Nicole at Carmens. Our night quickly turned from eating chocolate and watching tv to putting on makeup and getting ready to go out.

We got in for free which was a bonus and then Nicole got us "backstage" which isn't really backstage, but rather a raised platform behind the DJ. But it was still pretty cool dancing in our own little space with one half of Peking Duk and his little entourage.

Yol went home at the end of the night because of work. Saya and I decided to continue the spontaneity of the night and kick on with Nicole and the entourage. The night pretty much went from being kicked out of a hotel to trying to ditch a guy who kept tagging along, then ending up at someone's house thinking we had ditched the guy to arrive with him standing at the front door. It was a weird night at best. But it was so nice spending a night with my favourite girls.

She's always sleeping.

Later that week was AMITY AFFLICTION!! Met up with Saya and Rick in the city and we got some tacos and drinks at El Loco. Then we drove to Moore Park where some stupid sports game was on so there was no parking anywhere! Then we had to run through the rain. Arrived looking like drowned rats, but it seemed we fit in pretty well with the rest of the crowd.

Spent the majority of the night drinking and people watching. It was quite a spectacle. The bands before Amity were pretty good. We watched a bit of 'Stray from the Path', we missed 'Deez Nuts' who Saya wanted to see. We really liked the band 'Issues' who Rick compared to the One Direction of hardcore. But we really liked them. Plus they gave a shoutout to Sea Shepherd and were wearing Sea Shepherd shirts, just like Saya was.

It was a pretty great night. We got completely smashed during the first song of Amity. And then by the end I was heartbroken because they didn't play their Lana Del Rey cover 'Born to Die'. But overall it was pretty amazing. I had a great night.

A wild Erica in her natural habitat. Wearing her favourable pairing of grey and grey.

I have never really been very good at makeup. I never had a sister to help me out/ to copy. But luckily my best friend knows a thing or two about makeup and has given me tips along the way. And of course mum for letting me borrow some of her makeup. This is my attempt at a little bit of subtle contouring and eyeshadow. Side Note: I have no idea what I am doing with eyeshadow.

I just use Garnier BB cream as foundation, with Nude by Nature powder on top. The Bronzer, Eyeshadow and Blush are all MAC. The Mascara is the Green No clumps one from any chemist (forgot the brand). And the Eyeliner is Benefit's "They're real" Push up Liner, which is pretty easy and fun to use. But it is a bit of a pain to remove. And it tends to flake in to your eyelashes during the application process. But once you get used to it, it's pretty great.

This is my sad attempt at "Bohemian" for a dress up 21st. Wearing my new skirt from Surf Dive N Ski, the top is just from Supre, and the shoes I haven't worn since before London, they were from Rubi shoes.

Spent the majority of the night getting red wine drunk and having sneaky cigarettes out the front with Yol and Gen because the party was severely boring. Actually it wasn't so much the party, but the people that were the boring part. 

You should have seen the house though. It was so beautiful. It was like straight out of a wedding magazine. There were flowers and pretty things everywhere you looked. I literally have no words, it was just so pretty. Plus there was a van out front making pizza all night. As well as dessert pizza. Yep, nutella pizza. It was amazing.

Should I get bangs? Here are some drunk snapchats that I sent on the way home. Remember kids, always save your snaps before you send.

My hair is actually such a ridiculous colour at the moment. I tried to put dye in my conditioner but I put too much in. So some parts of my hair are really purple and others aren't.

This just me annoying Luke on our way in to the city for Brazilian BBQ.  He is pretty down at the moment because he tore his ACL. He only just got off crutches and is still very sore. And next month he will be getting surgery and they will have to go in to recovery all over again.

I was in such a weird mood on the train, I was literally singing Bohemian Rhapsody and Lana Del Rey out loud. I was having one of those 'good voice' days. Which for me doesn't really exist. I just think my voice sounds good when I know in reality it really doesn't.

We had a great night at Churrasco for Christian's Birthday. I have never eaten so much meat in one sitting. If you ever go, eat as many of the deep fried bananas as you can. They are making my mouth water just writing about it!!

erica