Hi. My name is Cara but I like to call myself Ruby Velour.

I am mostly shy, with an obnoxious streak. I am obsessed with the colours pink and black, it’s all I wear and colour of my hair. I am passionate about music, film, fashion and almost anything creative. I’m a dreamer and a hopeless optimist, but I do have a little bit of emo tucked away somewhere (though I’ll deny it passionately if you ever asked me about it). I love tattoos and dancing and poodles (sometimes all at once) and am very good at creative swearing and inappropriate fist shaking.

I’ve done a decent amount of traveling, living in London for some time, with much more planned. I work for a health insurance company in the sunny city of Brisbane where’s it always hot and only cold for about two weeks of the year (if we’re lucky). When not at work making a humble living I am out and about spending all my money at locals bars and clubs or on fabulous new clothing. I also dabble in graphic design and have organised a few events in Brisbane, such a the Brisbane Zombie Walk (http://www.brisbanezombiewalk.com). I live in the entertainment district of Brisbane which just about sums me up perfectly: I love entertainment.

This blog is not intended to be exhilarating reading because I am not famous and don’t do shocking, awe-inspiring things with myself (usually). But I love to live life as fabulously as possible and then write about them in such a way to make myself sound as thrilling as I like to think I am.