When H&M opened a few weeks ago in Melbourne, I didn’t give a shit.

Sure, I ran into H&M in London in 2003 and dropped a small fortune on t-shirts with meaningless logos and ugly wide leg brown hipster pants but it’s 2014 now.

Slightly on-trend basics aren’t exactly hard to come by in Australia, so it’s unlikely you’ll see me there until everyone else gets bored with it and I don’t have to fight teenagers to look at clothes that are identical to what’s on offer in Sportsgirl.

The shop I’m most excited about opening in Australia is Muji. 

It’s a Japanese store that sells minimalist basics that are 100% un-branded.

They have stationary, storage, beauty supplies, clothing, underwear, cookware, bedding and furniture. Everything is cleverly and simply designed and they have a really sensible palette of black, cream and grey.

It’s love I tell you.

I’ve never felt this way about a shop before. The Muji store opened in Melbourne central’s Emporium about 2 weeks ago and I think I’ve been there every 3 days since. Yesterday I went there to buy cotton make up remover wipes.

I think I need an intervention.

* Dress from Muji in New York * Tights from Big W * Boots from Frye * Pashmina from Thailand * Sunglasses from Randolph *

This outfit was worn for a day of writing, a few meetings, an afternoon stroll to get a chai and then I dragged myself out of the house for a Pho dinner and going away drinks for a few mates of mine.

Mr Smaggle and I also met the dog of our dreams yesterday – a giant Groodle called Aubrey. We got the name of his breeder and after two solid years of being dog-less creeps at our local puppy park we’ve ALMOST made the decision to get a dog. We’re ready to be parents to a fur baby.

Do you have a dog? Would you say it was a good or a bad decision to get one? Be honest now.