It was a blustery day today! The wind played with my hair and skirt and sent the autumn leaves dancing in little gypsy whirls, the sky couldn’t make up it’s mind whether to rain or shine and the last summer roses are blooming in the palace gardens. I love this little one, its as red as blood and makes me think of Beauty & the Beast.

After getting my morning chores out of the way I headed in to the city. My main errand was to purchase a new shirt for work, I found one surprisingly fast (usually it’s such a hassle!) and so decided to treat myself to lunch from Utopia. I had this yummy curry bread that was shaped like a triangle and covered with sesame seeds and a strip on nori, to go with it I bought my favourite Rose Milk Tea.

Following lunch I decided to have a browse in borders, I love the international magazines section. Today however I found myself drawn to the poetry shelves, where there was a little book of French poems that occupied my time for a while as I sat in a puddle of skirts on the bookstore floor. It was full of romantic poems, with the original on one side and the english translation on the other. One of my favourites was Tristesse d’été, or The Sadness of Summer.

My other errand for today was to buy a new sketch book! One of the goals on my 101 challenge was to start a new sketch book and do some drawing every day. Art is something you have to practise, I don’t believe the world is divided in to those who can and can’t draw, sure there is natural talent, but most of it comes down to experience. Although I usually buy pretty stationary, when it comes to sketchbooks I like them to be very plain, the one I bought today has a blue cover and gorgeous antiqued yellow paper, it is as soft as velvet and I’m just itching to start drawing in it. I also picked up this cute little moleskin diary, I plan to carry it with me to help record beautiful thoughts and little moments of inspiration.

The city was really beautiful today, there are Maple trees planted all down the main shopping streets and their golden brown leaves dusted the sidewalk. I loved seeing all the new winter fashions coming out too, I like the colours a lot better this season and I even bought myself a little winter dress. I need some more warm clothes!

I hope you had a beautiful day aswell!