She Hunts Op Shops

12/10/2026

Today marks the first day
of Mental Health Awareness Week! 💛
Let’s celebrate with laughter, love, a few tears, and absolutely no pressure to have our s**t together.

I’ll start by sharing this absolute cracker of a photo Sean took of me throwing Frankie into the air in a sunflower field. 🌻

Sean was behind the camera yelling,
“HIGHER! CHUCK HER HIGHER, ANNA!”

And I did. 😂

Meanwhile, my jumper was halfway up my body and my bra was clearly not invited to the photoshoot​! 🫢
Frankie looks absolutely delighted.
Sean is directing from the sidelines.
And I’m out here giving the sunflower field
a full moon whether it asked for one or not.
🤣🌝

Honestly, if this isn’t a metaphor for mental health,
I don’t know what is.

Sometimes you’re holding it all together.
Sometimes you’re hanging on by a thread.

And sometimes you’re in a sunflower field
with your t**s out,
launching your child into orbit.

Art direction and strategic sunflower placement: Sean.
Health and safety: neither of us. 😂

HAPPY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK,
YOU BEAUTIFUL CHAOTIC BUNCH. 😂💛

Now, give me your best jokes in the comments.
Let’s make someone laugh tonight. ❤️

😂😂😂 JOKE TIME!

1. Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
They’d crack each other up. 🥚

2. What’s the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
One’s really heavy, the other’s a little lighter. 🦛

3. My family thinks I’m crazy,
but I’m not crazy. 🙋🏼‍♀️
I’m completely normal.
It’s the rest of them who are acting weird.
🤸🏽‍♂️😀🤸🏽‍♂️

Tell me yours in the comments 👇

09/10/2026

This is New Zealand. 🌴
Untouched golden beaches. 🏝️
Turquoise blue waters. 🌊
This is Abel Tasman National Park!

Bring on summer!
We’re waiting for you with love. ❤️

These photos were snapped in a hurry on my iPhone, but honestly, look at those colours!

We caught a boat from Kaiteriteri to one of the islands in the park and watched all the tourists file off into the bush for a day’s hiking with their fancy boots and walking sticks.

Meanwhile, we had our jandals on, beach bags in hand, and absolutely no intention of going anywhere.

So we stayed behind on this secluded, totally deserted beach for FOUR HOURS instead. 😂

No hiking boots.
No itinerary.
No rushing off to tick things off a list.
Just op shopped umbrellas 🤣
Old togs, jandals & a chilly bin.

Just us, the ocean,
and a little slice of paradise.

That’s just how we roll! 🌴❤️

This is Anchorage Bay in the Abel Tasman National Park. Accessible mostly by boat (you can hike to it) with not another soul in sight. 🤸🏽‍♂️🌸⭐️

Pinch me. Is this even real? 🇳🇿💛

100% Pure New Zealand

03/10/2026

Need a good recommendation for an op shop thats dripping with kids and baby treasures! 🌝🤸🏽‍♂️

The Flourish Op Shop in Sydenham might be one of the coolest op shops I’ve found in this decadent city so far for kids’ and baby clothes, toys, accessories and all sorts of other goodies!

And have you heard of their Koha Room!?

Tucked away at the back of the op shop is this wonderful little room specifically for maternity wear, baby essentials and kids’ clothing, where the kaupapa is simply: “take what you need, give what you can.”

And honestly… the quality of the baby gear in there is SO freaking mint.

I spotted breast pumps, nappies, bottles, the most gorgeous boho bassinets and so much more. It’s the kind of space that makes you stop and think, yep, this is exactly what community is supposed to look like.

Flourish says the Koha Room is there to support people in the community who need a helping hand, with the emphasis on taking only what you need and leaving some for others. 🤍

What a bloody wonderful initiative. Aren’t we lucky to have places like this in our community?

Flourish Op Shop
445 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Mon–Fri 9:30am–4pm
Sat 10am–2pm
Sunday: Closed

And definitely have a poke around the actual op shop while you’re there too, they have kids’ clothing, toys, books, baby items, homewares and plenty of other treasures.

29/09/2026

Took these curls out for a whirl! 😂

I got a new op shop dress the other day, and I’m wearing it here — and I LOVE it!

I don’t buy myself clothes often. I know it might seem strange to hear that, considering the number of op shops I visit, but I rarely actually buy things for myself! It’s true!
I can happily visit 5 op shops and leave with 2 butter knives.
Or mostly - I leave with nothing.

It’s taken me years to learn this restraint… and years of buying crap we didn’t need to really cement this in me. 😂 And ADHD medication has certainly helped! LOL.

But honestly, I don’t buy much.

But I DID buy this dress! And I love it.

I loved it sooo much that when I got home I thought,
“This seems boutiquey…” so I looked at the label. Turns out it’s a Kiwi label called FOIL, and their dresses sell for a few hundred bucks — which made me feel equally as smitten!

Coupled with my curly hair and a salty beach today, it was a nice little moment indeed.

See comments for a better pic of the dress 🙂

Love Anna x

28/09/2026

A hair tutorial by Anna
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just heading out to do the groceries looking completely normal and approachable.

Please don’t stare.

I’m already fragile. 😂

26/09/2026

This is Christchurch in winter! ✨ 🌙
I’ve been sifting around Ōtautahi lately 🥰
getting to know this city through the lens of my camera.

It’s intoxicating here,
and we absolutely love it. ⭐️
Here’s a little glimpse of Christchurch,
the way I’ve seen it through winter
& the first weeks of spring.♥️

Thanks for having us, we’ve been living here for 10 whole months now! 🍭

Ōtautahi Christchurch
What's On Christchurch
Christchurch City Libraries

25/09/2026

Its amazing what a little love,
a little light and a little magic can do! 🌿

Remember the maidenhair fern I rescued from the $5 Bunnings Bargain Bin 47 days ago?

LOOK AT HIM NOW! 😍

He is absolutely loving life!

Gosh, I love these plants. They are so bouncy and fluffy and full of life. Maidenhair ferns are probably my favourite ones to grow.

I don't really have any professional tips — just a few things I've learned that seem to make my little guy very happy:

🌿 They love living in their plastic pot inside a ceramic pot.
I never repot them straight into a ceramic pot.

🌿 They love to be fed from the bottom up.
I give him about a cup of filtered water into the ceramic pot every few days and he happily drinks it up himself. Just never let the bottom of the pot completely dry out.

🌿 Every now and then, I give him a lovely mist.
Just a little spritz with a spray bottle and he seems very happy about it.

🌿 They love bright, indirect light.
He gets absolutely no direct sun on his leaves, but he lives in a bright, sunny room.

🌿 They love to be fluffed up.
You can literally brush them gently with your fingers like hair. I find this weirdly satisfying. 😂

🌿 I always cut off the dead fronds.
Anything that's brown, crispy or clearly on its way out gets a little snip.

And that's basically it.

A $5 sad little Bunnings Bargain Bin fern, some water, some light, a little attention... and apparently a LOT of love. 🌿

Enjoy this album of photos of previous maidens Ive had over the last 5 years! Aren't they the cutest little fluff balls EVER!

23/09/2026

Our choir recently sang Fleetwood Mac in the impressive foyer of Christchurch Art Gallery a few weeks ago 🤩

The acoustics were absolutely stunning, and the audience was beautifully overwhelming!

This was so much fun! ❤️

I’m hidden back row to the middle left 🕺

SingMates 😊
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Have a listen 🍭

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14p3iK3egJD/?mibextid=wwXIfr

SingMates performing at the Singfest 2026 in Christchurch. Thanks t...

22/09/2026

In this reel, I’m chatting with Katy Gossett from RNZ, who came over to my home to talk all things op shops + renting. 🏡✨

Because renting doesn’t mean you have to live in a beige box with three sad cushions and call it a day. 😂

I share some of my favourite snazzy little tricks for using op shop finds to make a rental feel like YOUR home — without spending a fortune, permanently altering the property, or upsetting the landlord.

Thanks to Katy for coming into my little home and having a rummage around with me! ❤️