My husband is good at taking me out on dates. He's pretty cool with his little ideas and things to make it extra special.

But this isn't about him because this date was MY idea. And it was AWESOME.

If you're unfamiliar with Magnum Ice Creams by Streets, you're seriously missing out. My favourite is the Magnum Ego which consists of layers of chocolate and flowing caramel. YUM. My mouth is watering.

So, on Saturday I told Gideon about this magnificent thing I had seen on Facebook. And we both instantly agreed that it would be our date for Sunday (We usually have date night on a Friday evening but this week I had a MASSIVE 3 day migrane and refused to be anywhere other than under my bed sheets in complete darkness).

The magnificent thing I saw was The Streets Pleasure Store located in Westfield Sydney. The idea is to pretty much design your very own unique and customised Magnum ice cream and then naming your creation.

Top: 'The Homer' ft. milk chocolate coating, chocolate flakes, crushed biscuit and honeycomb.

Bottom: 'Untitled' by Gideon ft. milk chocolate coating, coconut flakes, sea salt and crushed biscuit.

The process involved us picking the chocolate to coat our ice cream, choosing 3 toppings from an array of new and interesting flavours, drizzling the ice cream with some more chocolate and then placing a little Magnum 'M' disk to seal it. Awesome.

Gideon was having a relationship

with his ice cream, haha.

I called mine 'The Homer" and I can't remember what Gideon called his :(

Gideon was sick of waiting in line. He just wanted

his ice cream, poor baby.

If you're in Sydney city I would 10000000 % recommend this experience! It was the best ice cream i've ever had. Even better than the ego.

Cost: $7 each.
Preparation: about 10 minutes.
Waiting time: We waited about an hour, zzzz.
Flavour rating: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO delicious.

-C.

Colab. with Carla!

So, I have a friend named Carla.

We've known each other since the moment I moved to the area, which was in 2002. We were in year 6 at Winston Hills Public School together.

We've gone through every awkward phase together. Her with her colourful plastic jewellery phase to me in my all black emo stage with accompanying emo fringe. Awesome.

We've gone through highs and lows together and experienced the good and the bad.

Anyways, I took some photos for her blog yesterday and she's going to be featuring them in her blog which you can find...

HERE

I hope you can find her blog because the link I added wasn't too big. She blogs all about design stuff, fashion and inspiration pieces, make up and her everyday life. It makes for a really interesting read.

She's got some pretty cool stuff in her room, & her jewellery collection & ability to piece items together is impressive. She's always had that eye for knowing design and fusion. I guess that's why she specialises in that sort of thing. Design. Carla. It just goes together.

You'll be able to check out the blog post soon.

Until then...

Stay classy.

-C.

Lurve day.

So, if you haven't noticed TODAY IS VALENTINE'S DAY! YAY!

I've been seeing countless posts on Facebook from both Valentine's day lovers and haters alike & I love them all! No, seriously. People that hate on Valentine's day are awesome!

I too was once a Valentine's day hater, stuck in the perpetual doom of singledom. I never received a single rose or chocolate from the opposite sex (until I met Gideon). My high school experiences of Valentine's day were filled with anxiety as I knew i'd see girls carrying bouquets of flowers and boys presenting them while I sat quietly at lunch admiring my salami sandwich. It was a tough couple of years.

There were instances where my other single friends and I would exchange little hearts, lollies and flowers to show our love to each other (in a totally plutonic sort of way) but it wasn't the same!

I always wanted the male to present me with roses! I wanted the chocolates to devour when I was alone! I wanted the sappy poems/song lyrics scribbled inside of a good hallmark card! I wanted him to serenade me with a lute! WAS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!

I never, ever received anything (aside from some flowers from a friend) until Gideon came along. He surprises me daily but on this special day, Feb 14th, he always puts a little bit more effort. From lovely letters, to chocolates, to massive bouquets of flowers; he spoils me. And I love him for it! This year (as our first married Valentine's day) featured a love heart trail to the front door where he was awaiting me with a bouquet of fresh roses, a box of Ferrero Rochers and plans for us to spend the weekend in the Blue Mountains at a lovely hotel (how romantic!). He even made reservations at our favourite restaurant Brasa for dinner! (I was almost TOO spoilt this year!). Oh, might I add that the spoiling is mutual, yes. I registered Gideon into the Tough Mudder challenge... a bi-yearly 20km obstacle course filled with mud, water, climbing walls, getting shocked by electricity and other endurance-provoking activities (I knew my husband would appreciate something more rugged than a movie night in watching Valentines Day) I also bought him chocolates!

 Gideon's love heart trail

Lovely red roses

I made myself love heart eggs on toast for breakfast

And below: some of my favourite internet valentine's day cards I posted on Gideon's Facebook, ha.

We must also remember that even though Valentine's day is known for being an over materialistic day, centred round who gets what, let's just remember that it's a day where we celebrate love and kindness towards one another, and who doesn't love feeling those warm fuzzies? I know I do!

So this year, i'd love to just tell everybody that I love you & I hope you spent the day filling your brain with lovely thoughts, filling your body with lovely food and surrounding yourself with lovely people and lovely things!

-C.

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