It’s been a bit of a crazy week so I’m glad to be here at the weekend. I made the official switch between jobs this week and the beauty of this is I now get proper weekends! Although I’m still figuring out the new routines, not to mention the festive franticness that goes with this time of year.

Needless to day, I’m still waiting for that holiday spirit to kick in but maybe with an afternoon of Christmas shopping, it will start to look ~ and feel ~ a little more like Christmas.

So take a break from the holiday rush with some weekend reading, and it’s a Santa-free zone!

1.  Would love to go here! God’s Own Junkyard ~ where neon never dies
2. Time names Instagram Photographer of the Year
3. Good to know ~ the 5 best airbnb stays in Australia. Interesting round-up.
4. Important stuff: The best chocolate chip cookies / via kottke
5. And one Christmassy-related link: how to make a geodesic gingerbread house
6. Get away from it all ~ a stunning retreat in NZ
7. Terrific type ~ flowers frozen in ice
8. Interesting ~ Pinterest’s top pins of 2013
9. And some Muppety goodness to finish off.

And something for the season, 19 examples proving the world is full of good people. Not all these gifs are great quality, and be warned the last one is a tad graphic of a crash scene, but it’s nice to remember some people will stop and help in the biggest or smallest of situations. I got a tear in my eye. [The duckling one is just precious!]