locally - lulu

One sunny day, a couple of months ago, we bid at auction on an apartment in East St Kilda. Thank goodness it went for way more than we were prepared to pay and I could afford to buy a pair of Sissy Boy jeans at lulu on the way home instead (322a Carlisle Street, Balaclava; tel. 9525 8844; T-F 10:30-6:00, S 10:30-5:00, S-M 11:00-5:00). It's a great store for homewares, baby goods, accessories and more recently (umm, last couple of years?) clothing. Their stock includes Third Draw Down, Mozi, Blink Designs and iittala, and on the fashion front Penelope Durston, Indigo and Sissy Boy amongst others. A word to the wary - do not google Sissy Boy, just click on the link, unless you are looking for a men's XL sailor suit. This is a Dutch jeanswear label and I put the strange choice of name down to an unfortunate case of lost in translation (otherwise - what were they thinking?)

The baby ballerina top is coming along slowly - I've made it to the collar increases on the right front and dug out a circular 3.25mm needle so that I could work more easily on it while sitting on the train (saves elbowing fellow passengers with every stitch). Problem is that I have so far not managed to sit down on the train. Tomorrow we are going to try out a new arrangement - I'm going in to work early and Tim will take baby bear to childcare so I'll see how I fare on the 7:40am. Hmm, maybe the 7:50am. Do you think that the 8:00am would be crowded?

I have also been distracted by a lovely garter stitch bib that was worn recently by Baby C and knitted by his lovely mother over at Clementine's Shoes. Garter stitch drives me up the wall so I crocheted one instead, using left over baby bobble jacket recycled cotton and half-trebles. Crochet is great - so quick. Just the ends to deal with and we'll be ready for more adventures in independent spooning (baby bear's newest trick).