Yay, Elvis! I love me some Elvis and I loooove this song.

I grew up with Pink Floyd’s music and can remember ‘Another Brick in The Wall’ from a very young age. It wasn’t until I was about 14 however, that I started getting into classic rock on my own, constantly listening to the nation-wide classic rock radio station, Radio Hauraki (pronounced how-racky). I basically thought that rock music from the ’60s and ’70s was a zillion times better than most other rock music. Sometimes the ’80s yielded good results (Pink Floyd, obviously) and ’90s grunge appealed, but modern rock? Ew, noooo. Haha.

Nowadays I’m a little less judgemental on modern rock, but only a bit.

Anyway, this song is my favourite Floyd track; it’s such a beautiful ballad and David Gilmore – my favourite Floyd member, I mean look at him back in the early days! Do not you want to have babies with that?? Serious ovary quiver material – sings it so beautifully.

This particular version was when all four almost-original (no Syd Barrett, obviously) members reunited for one show at the Live 8 concert. I peed my pants a little when I heard they were doing this. I watched the whole show live on TV, waiting to see these guys play, and then I totally cried when they did. Yeah, you could say I’m a bit of a fan.

David, if you ever read this, call me!

This was me and one of the cats I am looking after while I house-sit. Sandy and I were trying our best to warm each other an hour ago and basically failing miserably, unfortunately. Today has been very chilly in New Zealand, all over. While Auckland (my city) does receive its fair share of cold, wet, icky winter days, it does not snow here.

Or does it??

Maybe just for today, and only a teeny bit, of which I didn’t get to see (damnit). There were some flurries in the downtown area early in the afternoon, but I don’t think campus got any, which is only a few blocks away (I was in lecture). To the south of the city however, there was a bit more. You can see some photos of it here.

What I really want to do though, is share an awesome recipe with you all. On the weekend it was my sister’s birthday so I decided to try making salted caramel cupcakes. I’d never tried the flavour before but after having read about it on the web and heard about it on TV I just had to. Salt and sweet? Together? Count me in.

After Googling I found a recipe for Triple Salted Caramel cupcakes on Sprinkle Bakes and got to work Sunday morning. Naturally I completely forgot to take photos of the finished batch, but they looked much like ones on the website except without the candied caramel chips (I drizzled the rest of the caramel filling over the icing.

They were a total hit! Honestly, my god, I think that might be my new favourite cupcake flavour, actually. I definitely love the mix of sweet caramel with the hint of salt through it, and they’re so pretty! Next time I might not pipe so much icing onto each cupcake as it was maybe a bit much…okay, who am I kidding, no such thing!

Love and hugs, S.

1. Sweet and rustic nursery for twins, via Curated Style.

2. I especially love the peeks of wallpaper inside the boxes, via Home Klondike.

3. Kid’s room with map wallpaper, via Loft and Cottage.

4. Very lovely bathroom via Better Homes and Gardens.

5. A room for two girls without an abundance of pink? Perfection. Via Ohdeedoh.

6. This house, which has a large collection of cacti. I doubt they have a collection of small children, however. Via Seesaw Designs.

7. This is very magical I think. Via Tumblr.

8. Bold black and white striped bathroom via Lonny Mag.

9. A desert house interior, via The Designer Pad.

10. Highly organised laundries make me feel very, very happy. Via Pinterest

xo

1. Looking for a unique gift? Why not go for a plush organ from I Heart Guts? Above is the Big Brain and Humongous Heart, or you go for a uterus or a testicle! I sense a new collection starting.

2. I’ll take this backyard with a side of R&R, thanks. Via Big Bang Studio.

3. Kirsten hair love, via Fuck Yeah! K Dunst.

4. Carnation cones, via Martha Stewart. Super cute idea!

5. Keep Smiling print via Etsy.

6. When I saw this, the song ‘Love Is In The Air’ popped into my head. Unfortunate song, great artwork! Via DesignXMag.

7. Fairytale much? I can totally see myself moving into this castle in Slovakia. Via DeviantArt.

8. Cool zebra print via ImgSpark. Necessary bad pun: Oh dear, looks like the zebra’s running away.

9. This whole outfit, via MissMossBlog.

10. Cute dress via TopShop.

And a very happy Thursday to you! xo

Johnny Cash is an all-time favourite of mine and ‘Ring of Fire’ one of the greatest love songs ever, in my opinion. Co-written by June Carter before she and Johnny married, it’s about falling in love in love with him. June and Johnny are definitely one of the most awesome couples ever. If there’s an afterlife, I hope they’re off somewhere amazing together.

Hi guys, Weekly Goals is going on vacation to somewhere warm and expensive for a while. Things are getting ridiculously busy around here and I don’t find making uni-oriented goals for this feature at all thrilling! There’s not much time for other sorts of goals, either, hence why I’m sending her on a holiday.

Before she goes though, I do want to share progress from last week.

I aimed to try my hand at scrapbooking my Instax photos and read something from each of my textbooks every day, but both of these just didn’t happen.

I did, however, get a professional pedicure so that my toenails no longer had chipped apple-green on them. Honestly, sometimes I thought I had some kind of tropical toenail disease… Now they’re pearly, like tropical Mother of Pearl toenails instead. Inlaid with shell or something fancy like that.

On a completely unrelated note, I urge you to purchase a bottle of Johnson’s Baby Bath before you have your next bath. It is a thousand times more awesome than pink-grapefruit-scented-skin-conditioning-anti-wrinkle-moisturising-bath-milk, or whatever. I smell so great right now.

1. Bold wall using contact paper, via Quarter Lifestyle.

2. I can’t figure out if that brown thing in the foreground is an ottoman or a sculpture, but I like it. Via Apartment Therapy.

3. I think something similar to this would be really nice for my parents’ living room. Via Apartment Therapy.

4. Dark and cozy library, via Apartment Therapy.

5. Excuse me, turquoise chair, get in my possession! Via Apartment Therapy.

6. I used to think black walls would never be that great, but this has me reconsidering (also those lights are epic), via The Designer Pad.

7. This space is just so incredibly cool, via The Designer Pad.

8. I’m a sucker for houses situated amongst trees and fortunately this one also looks amazing inside, via Home Desgn.

9. Rustic dining and miss-matched chairs. I love miss-matched chairs. Via Marie Claire Maison.

10. This house used to be a waterfall factory. Via Home Dsgn.

So, that’s what I’ve been loving this week in the land of interior design. xo

1. Meyer lemon macarons, via The Kitchn. Oh sweet, lemony treat, get in my belly.

2. Mod Cloth’s Flowering Inferno Heel, via Rare Bird Finds.

3. Adorable handmade stationery, via PoppyTalk.

4. Gorgeous Chrissy Lau drawing, via Studio Home.

5. Oh my God, this is so awesome! Via The Designer Pad.

6. Loving this bicycle pattern, via Where The Lovely Things Are.

7. This dollhouse is incredible, and made by fellow New Zealand blogger, Megan! Via Mouse House.

8. Obligatory animal photo! How adorable is this pup? Look at those eyes, that role above the nose, and those paws. Via Pinterest.

9. Possibly the Holy Grail of vintage gowns, via Etsy.

10. Gorgeous white sapphire and diamond ring via Etsy. It says “Sam, let me get on your finger.” For real.

xo

It’s kind of odd how I’m not at all into drugs but adore songs that are either about drugs of a hallucinogenic variety or feel ‘trippy’ when I listen to them. I think it’s my inner hippie living vicariously through music rather than actual LSD consumption. Anyway, this song by Carla Azar (here’s the Beatles version) gives off lovely trippy vibes. Unsurprising since, you know, it’s a Beatles song and it was written in the 1960s… We all know what they were doing in the ’60s: lots of drugs.

No video this week because I’m over posting ones that aren’t actual videos. Sometimes you luck out and find a really well-made fan video, but it’s sadly rare.

If you’re interested, the song is only the Sucker Punch movie soundtrack.