I’m a huge coffee addict and living in Sydney has just made it a little bit worse. No one really does coffee like they do down under, and that’s mostly only evident when I’m out of the country. Driving past Alexandria, we decided to stop for some takeaway coffee at The Grounds. Possibly one of the best in Sydney (at least the only place I know of that has a research facility) and the Italian providore next door has enough varieties of gourmet salt to keep anyone happy. I left with a small bag of pyramid-shaped Cyprus sea salt crystals and garlic-infused extra virgin olive oil that I got to bottle myself (!). W and I gave the cheese room a miss as we already bought too much stuff. Thankfully we don’t do this too often as you can imagine our pantry at home is a little on the well-stocked side.

Here’s hoping the weather stays like this for the rest of the week - hot enough to leave the sleeves at home and pull out the old straw hat when you’re silly enough to have left home without your sunnies (not recommended.. /squint)

Mela Purdie top, Miss Selfridge skirt, Sportsgirl hat, MBMJ bag, ASOS sandals. Photo by W.