Today we took a trip to hardware mecca Bunnings in search of things to make my blog prettier (and the snag sandwich didn't go astray either - thanks fundraising scouts or whatever you were).

Ladies, can I recommend, if you're single and looking, perhaps you should get your tush down to Bunnings. There is so much testosterone flying around in that place it's actually a miracle that I managed to get out without growing a pair.

I've had a very pleasant afternoon of DIY and am proud to present one of my first self-made backgrounds courtesy of some very patient Bunnings staff, a very tolerant boyfriend (the best part of an hour to pick the perfect shade of slate from about a billion sample tiles) and a little too much Selleys Liquid Nails. Now to clean up all the paint splotches from our tiles, carpet, clothes...