voila

The last few days I have been home pottering around, doing bits and pieces you know how it is. I have also been trying to not buy food because well in the next few days there will be a gazillion eating away from home opportunities, and I have decided that I hate wasting food. This has resulted in me having some pretty average, if not a little weird meals that have involved cabbage. Today I had reached my limit on cabbage - and well I was really happy with my lunch. It looked nice and tasted fab - perhaps I had some inspiration from the cooking shows I have been watching all morning. They just drizzle olive oil and everything is voila. SO I tried the olive oil drizzlin and voila...it was good

matchy mc.match

Today I went to the gym - I know amazing. I had prepared myself for this day by buying some new exercising duds. They are very cute black pants with a pink stripe. However I was left wandering as I did up my pink shoelaces and then attached my pink shuffle to my shirt sleeve - if it wasn't all just a little matchy mc match. Methinks it was - and as a result I have no photo. All I can say is thank goodness I didn't have my pink water bottle!

it's a blur

I set off this morning with my Christmas List in hand and a plan to get it all done. Which I did. However there were several hiccups along the way.

• effing roadworks - EVERYWHERE! holding me up making me wait
• I was filled with Christmas spirit and while waiting for lunch let the lady in front of me go - It was a mistake in this dog eat dog world because well as soon as she said " is there anything gluten free" I knew it was going to be a looooooooong wait.
• Pick the slowest possible line in Kmart TWICE - making me wait and then have to reply to the lady in the line with me who wanted to make Christmas time small talk.com

But surely the spirit of Christmas will keep me going ...surely

just following orders

so today I visited some friends up the coast. I had a really nice day. I had preloaded my IPOD with some fav tunes - and headed off at 7 am this morning. With the help of the sexy British Tim Tom Tom - I arrived at about 9.30. D then hassled me all day ( not really) about what I was going to blog and then suggested this picture just before I left. You can just see the house they are building on the left hand side of the picture - not quite my cup of tea but I guess it will be nice to visit :)

Other things I discovered today

• a 'unic' way to spell unique - this appeared on a sign in a shop window
• that number 29 has 4 rubbish bins even though they are only 1 house
• X is learning to swim with his head underwater and dive
• and most importantly not to forget the Christmas presents next time I visit :)

Also this is one of the bands that is constantly on play at the moment. I really want to go and see them when they are in town.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE

party dress

As the party season is well and truly upon us - I have finally designated what is to be my party dress of the season and my Christmas day dress - because a girl has just got to plan these things :) . The dress had its first christmas outing on the weekend - to a birthday dinner. I had an absolutley scrumptious meal - pasta with prawns, prosciutto, chilli flakes drizzled with olive oil and topped with parmesan shavings. It was truly simple and truly delish and I would have it again.

which ones are mine?

do you know me as well as you think you do? which foot is mine in this photo - taken at a recent party?

I have once again been reminded by S, about my lack of blogging in the last few days. Something I will try to remedy. The last few weeks have of course been very hectic. School is finally out for summer. Yipee and today I celebrated this by having a 2 hour back massage / facial / manicure. It was delightful and the beauty therapist used Christmas smelling things - it was truly delightful . She did say " You seem a bit tense in the neck" to which I replied " Oh that's just me, don;t worry about it. It's what I do" She didn't seem to think that this was a good thing. I never really liked massages but am learning to like them. I have a hard time switching off my mind, and totally crazy thoughts run through my head like...

• do have my face in the hole properly
• this is meant to be relaxing stop thinking
• oh look at her toenail polish

you get the drift.

I did enjoy it though, and will try and be more relaxed for all future massages...oh and don;t forget to have a guess at which foot/shoe is mine

naughty cat

This is my naughty cat - she has taken to getting up on the newish kitchen bench. Now this should be extremely difficult for her because she is old - and well she should be past it and it's not something she has ever done before. We have removed every possible jumping implement form her reach but still she manages to do it. I have also discovered her in the last few days trying to open the cat flap from the outside. Literally one paw pulling it open while she tries to duck in underneath. Who said you can't teach an old cat new tricks

the secret

Many of you would know of my love for all things red. You would also know of my dilemma early in the year about needing to replace some beloved red ballet flat shoes. I have searched high and low for a pair of shoes that would fit the bill. I even have an aunty who bought me some red shoes on sale hoping they would be right - and they would have been if they weren't just a fraction too small. I was cleaning up my room on the weekend ( yes it was like a teenagers again) and decided that I just had to throw the shoes out - they were too gross to wear again. Then guess what happened, shopping yesterday in the city - I found a new pair of red ballet flats that were cute ,and red, and cute , and well even better they were on sale. Maybe there is something to all that "the secret" stuff.

life synopsis

This was a sign on the floor of a hotel I have stayed at recently. As soon as I saw it , it got me to thinking about my life because it quite succinctly sums up key periods in my life

For example

1973 - 1985 - I was born and completed primary school

1986 - 1999 - I started high school , finished high school, started uni, finished uni, started my career, got married, ended marriage and moved back to Brissy.

and well 1999 onwards has been pure bliss - remember just because you say it doesn't mean it's true

cute skirt

as another day whizzes by - I was left pondering what to blog about. I mean I could rattle off the list of the hundred million things I didn't get done today, or I could tell you just how hot is was this afternoon standing in the sun doing bus duty, or I could mention that I am for the first time in about 3 weeks a little bit hungry between my meals - but instead I've decided to just show a photo of a cute new summer skirt I bought on my trip to Melbourne....

crafty capers

on the weekend we had a bit of a craft party - if that is such a thing. Just a small number of people - and we made some gift tags. I always feel really inspired to do stuff after I have had a such a get together. Now that my holidays are again approaching perhaps just perhaps you might see more of my crafts featured on this blog - maybe ...the inspiration is always short lived.

new sunglasses

Do you like my new sunglasses?

I am a sunglass wear-er. I am never out in the sun without them - ever! The glare is too much for me. However I always have an added dilemma because I also need prescription glasses. A few months ago I was vacuuming and knocked over a side table which came crashing down on my prescription sunglasses and kind of broke them. They are still wearable but if you know anything about me it is that that would be an intolerable situation for me. So I picked up these glasses on a pretty good sale a few weeks ago and checked with the optometrist in the shop if I could have prescription lenses put in them - and he said yep shouldn't be a problem. SO when I take them to my optometrist on the weekend he says - umm no way. SO now these have become my sunglasses to wear when I am wearing my contact lenses. You know I like to mix things up ! And who was it that said that blogs are pointless??? Also not sure if I have featured today's earrings before - but they are my Tiffany studs. They are one of the last things my mum bought me earlier in the year - so they are very special to me and I wear them nearly everyday