Hello Annie

29/06/2026

25/06/2026

Hey hey! The years may pass quickly but I’m just as juvenile as I was 10 years ago, I just wear stronger glasses.

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Hello Annie Parkdale Winter Hours Sunday & Monday - Closed

Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm

Saturday 9am - 2pm

24/06/2026

Warning: visiting Hello Annie may include unsolicited oversharing 😅

Come visit and find out what it feels like to witness verbal diarrhea in real time. I’m an open book, audio book in fact. There’s no “keeping it mysterious” with me, I come as I am, take it or leave it. You’ll know more about me than you ever wanted to know by the time you leave the shop!

Honestly if you want a curated, polished retail experience, maybe try somewhere else. If you want colour, chaos, and a shopkeeper who tells you everything whether you asked or not, you’re in the right place 🌈

Tag a friend who also can’t keep anything to themselves 👇

Choose colour and kindness!

x Alecia
Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

23/06/2026

Caught myself today in one of those dead quiet moments in the shop, just me, the colour, and the hum of the fridge in the back room. And honestly? I had a little chat with myself.
Reminded myself that I built this whole technicolour world from nothing. That every shelf, every weird and wonderful product, every local maker I get to support, it’s all here because I decided Parkdale needed more colour and kindness in it.
Quiet doesn’t mean it’s not working. Quiet just means I get a minute to actually look around and remember how much I love this little shop.
So if you’re a small business owner having a slow one today, this is your reminder too. You’re doing a great job. Even when the till isn’t singing, you’re still building something real.
Tag a fellow small business human who needs to hear this today 💛

Choose colour and kindness!

x Alecia
Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

20/06/2026

It is SO quiet in the shop today 😅 Just me, the shelves, and my own thoughts (dangerous territory tbh).
If you want a weird, slightly inappropriate chat and someone to keep you company for five minutes, today’s your day. I’m fully available and frankly a little too bored.
Don’t let the cold weather win. Come say hi, browse some things you don’t need, and rescue me from talking to myself. We’re open till 2pm today!

Choose colour and kindness!

x Alecia
Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

19/06/2026

✨ A little shoutout for someone special ✨

This year I’ve been lucky enough to have Elise with us at Hello Annie for her Vocational Major placement, and honestly, our store is better for it. She’s been so good that I’m now slightly worried about how we’ll cope without her (we will not cope).

Elise is the kind of person every workplace hopes for. She’s kind, courteous with every single customer who walks through the door (even the ones I’m secretly hiding from), self motivated without needing to be asked twice, and takes instruction so well, which honestly puts the rest of us to shame.

Elise has her heart set on a future in fashion, and she’s looking for a placement for second semester. If you’re a Parkdale local (or know someone) in the fashion world who could use a keen, hardworking VM student, I cannot recommend her highly enough. Give her a chance and I promise you won’t regret it. She’s a far better employee than I ever was at her age, and honestly probably better than I am now.

Tag someone who might know of an opportunity for her, or send us a message and we’ll pass it along 💛

Choose colour and kindness!
x Alecia

Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

18/06/2026

☎️ something a little different has arrived at Hello Annie...

We now have a **Feedback Phone** in the shop! 🤍

Pick up the receiver, listen to the message, and record one back to us. That’s it. Your voice, your thoughts, 100% anonymous if you want it to be.

We might just share it on our socials. 👀

To kick things off, we asked one of our absolute faves, Jade, to leave us our very first message and honestly... what a way to start. 🥹

So next time you’re in, pick up the phone. Tell us what you love, what you want to see more of, or just say hi. We’re all ears. Literally.

☎️ The Feedback Phone is waiting for you.

Choose colour and kindness!
x Alecia

Hello Annie Parkdale Winter Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

17/06/2026

Just a little heads up that we have reverted back to winter trading hours. The only major change is we will no longer be open till 5 PM on Friday evenings.

See you soon.

TRADING HOURS ☀️
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4pm
And Saturday 9am-2pm
Sunday & Monday closed 264 Como Parade West, Parkdale. . . . .

16/06/2026

Okay so I think I have a clock problem.

Hello Annie is FULL of them right now and I genuinely cannot stop buying them. Kit-Cat Klocks, wall clocks, novelty clocks... if it tells the time, apparently I need it in the shop.

The logical explanation is that I have great taste and an eye for a fun statement piece. The other explanation is that I am deeply, pathologically afraid of being late somewhere.
(I’m going with the first one.)

Come in and pick one for yourself. Plenty to go around. 😄🕐

Choose colour and kindness!

x Alecia
Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

12/06/2026

In this absolutely cooked economy, we get it — spending money isn’t always on the table. But there are SO many other ways to support small businesses (including us 👋) that cost nothing but a few seconds of your time:
❤️ Like a post
📤 Share a post to your stories
💬 Leave a comment (yes, even just “love this”)
👯 Tag a friend who’d be into it
🚫 Maybe don’t buy from Shein or Temu
📦 Ask if they offer layby — many of us do!
📍 Save a post for later (this actually helps the algorithm!)
🗣️ Tell a friend IRL — word of mouth is still the most powerful thing we’ve got
⭐ Leave a Google review
📸 Tag the business when you use/wear/display something you bought from them

Small businesses run on visibility just as much as sales. Every like, share, and “have you been to Hello Annie??” to your mates genuinely makes a difference.

So if your wallet’s on a vibe right now — we see you, we love you, here’s how you can still show up for us. 🧡

Choose colour and kindness!

x Alecia

Hello Annie Parkdale Hours
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm