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This weekend was a really awesome weekend. Last night I went to Leigh's again and we ate my delicious, though not quite solid ice cream log and shared it with his family. I liked that I had someone other than myself and Leigh to eat something I cooked and that they seemed to enjoy it.

Then he spent the evening playing Fable and I continued reading my book. I was in the best mood though. I felt so content, relaxed, forgiving and tolerant, and stress free. I still feel just as good. It's so nice to finally feel completely happy and content. I'm so glad the days where we could do our own thing but still enjoy each others company are back.

I'm honestly now the happiest I've been in a long time, and all the issues and bumps are finally smoothing out and I'm feeling like everything is working out at last. It was a long time coming, but so worth the wait and all the crap I've been through over the last year :)

I'm starting to feel more secure too. I don't have to question myself or other people about everything anymore.

Weekends like last weekend are the reason I look forward to the future :)

Today I made a lemon meringue ice cream log, which is currently in the freezer getting nice and cold. Hopefully it will be ready for dessert tonight so Leigh and I can hoe into it while playing Lego Harry Potter or something.

We watched Benchwarmers last night, and I wasn't too sure about it at first but it was actually hilarious! It's been ages since I laughed that hard in a movie. We had yummy La Lupa for dinner and played a few new songs by the Shins and MXPX on Rockband and got a tonne of achievements before we went to sleep.

I'm not sure if I will ever feel refreshed in the morning ever again D:

Ooh, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I comes out next week. I am excited to see it. It looks epic! I have just booked tickets for Leigh and I :)

I just realised today how busy this month is already. I have 6 shows over the next two weeks, as well as my work Christmas party, Kathryn's laser tag birthday party, Tim's Captain America feast, another possible party next Friday, not to mention work, movies, rehearsals, dinners with friends, a hair appointment and volleyball. I'm not even sure I'll bother with horse riding until after this month is over. I just don't know where I'll have time.

Hopefully work wont get too crazy in the next three weeks. I think we'll have to do some extra hours at some point, but hopefully it wont be until December when the catalogue starts and go into super Christmas mode. Although I even have quite a few things already planned for December, so that's not going to be much better.

Bring on February and my two weeks holidays!

In my shoes.

I'm not entirely sure how to word this, even though it's something I think about a lot, and scenarios float around in my head almost constantly. I feel like a lot of the decisions I have made in my life are judged harshly. It's something I've always lived with, something I learned to deal with, and something I have even used as a weapon from time to time. Doing something that someone doesn't approve of just to show that their bad opinion wont influence me.

I have never regretted a single decision I ever made. I am more than happy with the person I have become, and not one person knows me better than myself, or my reasons for doing the things I do. The things I have done in my lifetime have all contributed to my reaching this place in my life where I have every goal I have ever had well within my reach. Everything that has ever been important to me seems like it's lining up in front of me, like stepping stones, and all I have to do is step out and I'm there.

The journey has not been all great, and I will admit that some things happened along the way that I wish hadn't had to happen, things that still hurt to think about and that still cause me to feel upset and insecure every now and then.

But the greatest things that I ever hoped to happen to me are now at my fingertips, and for that, I wouldn't give up any of the shitty stuff I have been through.

To those who judge me, who think worse of me for decisions I made, I just wanted you to know that I am happy with my choices. Thanks for caring ;)

Well, I don't think I'm going to get that phone call.

I suppose I will go shower and return to a decent state of being.

Hot, sticky, gross, and not about to shower!

Waiting for a phone call to figure out if I am going to go horse riding today or tomorrow. I am exhausted but no way in hell am I giving up a chance to go riding.

Last night was amazing! It was definitely an interesting night in a number of ways. Leigh and Adam both got searched for drugs after a sniffer dog decided it liked them, even though neither of them have anything to do with drugs. It was kind of funny when the dog sat down on Adam's feet and the cops did the full search. When they got Leigh later it was kind of just annoying due to how cold it was.

I finally managed to defeat Leigh in a game of pool, after three years of trying to do so. It looked like I was going to lose when I had 6 balls left compared to his 1, but after he sank one of mine I started to do well. Last turn I got my last two balls in and then magically sunk the 8 ball in a fluke shot which had the ball bouncing off the edge three times before barely having enough momentum to fall into the pocket. But, I did it and I am proud!

Bada Bing had shitty music playing in the main room (the bands almost always are) so we headed somewhere we could hear ourselves think without being interrupted by obnoxious screaming and a double bass where we found a group of people to chat to while we waited for some decent music.

As always, I spent my entire night drifting between groups, talking to as many people as I could find that I knew, running into people I didn't expect to see there (Hi Aimee!!) and dancing like a lunatic to any song I knew. Towards the end of the night everyone was getting a bit tired. I went to the DJ and requested some Tenacious D. Three songs later the opening bars to Tribute started playing, and I think almost everyone in the venue was on the dancefloor, singing their hearts out, and even those not on the dancefloor were singing. It was a beautiful thing, a perfect ending to the night and I felt a bit like God for knowing that it was my doing.

I am so wrecked today. I feel hungover and all I drank last night was water D:

But, I still headed to dog club for the fun day. Honey actually worked really well. We got third, but we almost won. Honey hates tunnels if she can't see the end. The only thing we had any problem with was one such tunnel that I just could not get her to do. If that tunnel wasn't there we would have not only run a clear round, but would have got the best time out of any clear round. I was really proud. I just wish I could think of a way to get her into those tunnels. Third prize was a package of dog food, so she definitely earned her bread tonight.


Preparing for the round!

Now to wait and see if I get that phone call about riding. Maybe have some lunch in the meantime.... I am starving!

#11: A picture of your special someone

Well, it's my special someones really.



After everything we've been through, I only love him more. It's been a tough road, and even now it's not without it's issues, but at last we have unearthed everything and agree that we are never better, or happier than when we have each other. We've both learned a lot about ourselves during our time apart, and our time together, and our time in limbo when we weren't really together, but we definitely weren't apart.

I'm sure there are a lot of people who want to know exactly what happened between us (I know I get asked a lot) and it really is a novel-worthy epic tale, and I think there are a lot of stories out there (some rather absurd ones too) but really the truth is between those who experienced it and now that we have our act together it's time to move forward and not dwell on the past.

All the matters is the present and future <3

And yes, for those who haven't got the memo (I think there are still a few) we are back together.

And Kovu has always pretty much been the same. Some days crazy, some days sleepy, always my loveable ball of fuzz (and extra skin XD). It's his third birthday next Saturday. I think I will get him some extra special kitty food, and put some candles in it and sing for him. He will just meow at me and squirm to get the food probably. My kitty is so cute.

Looking sick and sexified ;)

So, the false lashes are back in action, my bangle arrived today and my nails are painted red. Looking forward to tonight!

I should probably go have some dinner now while I wait for Leigh to finish bump in at the hall since I have no intention of taking him up on his offer to go and help carry around pieces of set. I look too nice for that kind of labour!

Tomorrow is the fun day, and I am pretty sure there are four other dogs competing against me. If I don't at least get third I will be sad. One of the dogs is hyper and likely to run straight past things (but he can be good if he pays attention), one is a jack russell who will do everything, but I might be faster than him, one is a puppy who I'm not sure is formally competing, and might just be doing it for the experience (I also have reason to believe he has never seen weave poles before, and is still dodgy with his contacts.. not cause I lurk Penny's blog or anything >.>) and the other dog I don't actually know. Fingers crossed, cause it would really make me feel like all my effort with Honey has been worth it if we do well.

Aaaaanyway. I am cold and need a jumper and dinner. Adios!

#15: Your most recent picture

Taken on Halloween. This moustache was on a skull, and was then passed around to everyone at the party to have their photo taken with. People who had masks had to have two photos, both with and without their mask.

After the success of my false eyelashes the previous night they decided to be a pain in the butt (well, eye really) the second time I tried them. By the end of the night the left one was half off and kept poking the corner of my eye :/

It wont stop me rocking them tomorrow night though :)

Bought a new Dollbaby top just now. I am trying to save money, but the top that I have had my eye on for aaages finally became available in my size again and since I have been waiting patiently for so long, and have to return the belt I bought anyway I think I can allow myself this little piece of spending. I just wish it would be here in time for Bada Bing tomorrow night. Sadly it wont be, but there is still hope that my bangle will be delivered tomorrow. Also will have to spend some extra money on a new pair of chaps for riding in. My jodhpurs still fit, apart from the fact I can't get the hook at top of the fly done up, and my helmet is still fine and so are my boots. Just need chaps again because I kind of think they complete the whole riding get up, and they kind of became my thing back in the pony club days after I stole Mum's old pair (but the elastic gave way now so I need new ones). For those who aren't horsey, before you imagine me in the full length leather chaps you see in cowboy movies, that's not what I'm talking about.. Just pieces of suede that wrap around the calf above the boot.

Tonight is my nothing night. I am going to sit around and read my book. Leigh just asked if I want to go and visit his sister with him, but as much as I love Bec I am going to sit here and read and wait for him to come back home. Ahhh, it's so nice to relax.

To finish off, here is another photo of Minnie and I chillin' in my car while I waited for Leigh to get home from rehearsal last night (it's actually more recent than the above photo but shh. This doesn't count on the grounds of it being a self-taken photo).



After we went inside I had to ask Leigh to make sure I hadn't left her in my car. She's a sneaky one, and if given half a chance she would have stayed in there all night. This morning Kovu ambushed me on my way out of the house and tried to make me late for work by being too cute to resist. I love that kitty XD

I'm still tired, still waiting for a chance to have a relaxing night with my book/a movie and not do anything. Hopefully tomorrow can be that night!

I feel a bit ill today though. I have a feeling that it is because I got covered in some kind of oil today from a Galileo Thermometer, and it stinks and it's probably that smell that is making me feel queasy. I hope so anyway. I'll have a shower in a moment and put of fresh clothes and see how I go.

I am looking forward to the weekend. Friday night it's Bada Bing time again and this week lots of people are going. Bec and Jacquie, plus a few other usuals and even Leigh, Adam and their friend Alice who lives in Bendigo is down for the weekend and is coming out with us. I'm excited about it. I even kind of want to drink this time, but I know I will probably end up driving. Why does Leigh have to live all the way in Tyabb? I much preferred Langwarrin/Frankston for those night where we needed a taxi home, or could score a lift.

Although, not all hope is lost. I might be able to score a lift yet. Then again, getting a lift usually means having to leave early and I'd rather be sober and still out at 3:30am than drunk and home by 1:30.

Saturday is the Dog Club fun day, which means Honey and I get to do a little fun competition and try to do more obstacles than all the other beginner dogs. She's getting pretty good, and hopefully she will be in the mood to work. If she is she shouldn't have a problem with any of the obstacles. She actually likes tunnels now, became fond of the table last class and even did a jump that she could have gone under just for the hell of it. As long as I take my weaves slowly we should be fine. It will be nice if we can move up to the novice class. The only obstacle I can't do yet is a chute, and for anyone who knows what Honey was like when I first tried agility, they'll know what an amazing achievement this is for us.

Sunday I will hopefully be going horseriding for the first time since I was in England. I ran into my old riding instructor on Monday and she asked me if I was still riding. I said no, not really but that I really do want to start doing it regularly again. She told me she has a lot of horses that need exercise and if I have time to go down she will happily put me to work. I'll call her tomorrow and see if Sunday works, or maybe one night during the week. I'm really excited about that. With this offer, and the chance to help Leigh's mum get her horses back into work I could be riding 4 days a week again, which I haven't done since I was about 12. It would be amazing to get fit again and spend time doing the one activity that makes me the happiest.

Now, to have that shower and get this stupid corrosive grease of me (yep, corrosive. You should have seen what the stuff did to the polystyrene packaging! Not to mention the sole of my shoe).

Ow yeah!

Pimps and Hoes party was a lot of fun! I wasn't at all out of place in my costume (which I was a little worried about) and the apartment was warm and I had a great night :)

I am SO sore today though. I don't know why!

Anyway, here are some photos.


Costume!


'Provocative' faces.


Slutty schoolgirl, Christy!


Make up! I loved my make up last night :)

Now to get ready for tonight. I have the few extra things I need for my costume, I need to fix my hair and re-do my make up and get a pair of stockings. It should

Step Two: Glamourous Hair

Oh gosh. I look like Taylor Swift.

A shorter, less squinty version of Taylor Swift. When did this happen?!?

On to step three: Vixen Nails

Step One: Whorish Make-Up.

Fake eyelashes are annoying. They look great though!

And red lips, if only I had bigger ones.

Now for step two: glamourous hair!

Return of the water deluges.

If any of you Melbournians hadn't noticed, it's raining again. I think the drought has well and truly broken for the time being, and I wish it could have waited a couple of days.

I'm about to get ready for the first costume party of the weekend, and seeing as how my costume rather lacks coverage (well, that's one way of putting it) I'm not looking forward to being wet and cold, and I'm not willing to spend extra money to stay warm and keep with the theme of the outfit. I hope Dave's place is warm. Same goes for Emily's tomorrow, since I am essentially recycling the same outfit.

Well, at least I will look good, in a coquettish kind of way. I'm not sure if that's the kind of attention I want to attract though. Never mind. I'd better start getting ready now anyway. I've wasted enough time reading today. I just really can't be arsed about it with the weather being so miserable.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say how much I hate the way nice mornings always have to end. Cuddles under the warm blankets always have to finish because of silly things like having to work, and go to rehearsals and eat food, etc. I had a lovely morning today, until my companion finally dragged himself out of bed to the shower.

I really don't have a lot to write about right now, nor can I be bothered thinking through my current concerns long enough to put them into words. Maybe when I get a free moment, which wont be for a week or so with the ways things are looking. I feel so busy!

Corset!

So, I'm getting a corset for the party next week. I just got a tape measure to measure my waist and see how tight I'm going to be able to get this thing. My waist is 23inches, the corset will take me down to 20inches fully laced. It's possible, but I don't think I'm going to be very ecstatic spending the night in a corset that restricting.

Think I'll try 21 inches.



So yeah, to clarify, I decided I didn't like the idea of just "Pimps and hoes" so I am going as a Moulin Rouge courtesan, and to fit in with the Halloween theme, I might gore myself up a little bit if I feel like it at the time. Y'know, zombie courtesan. Then I will sing the Elephant Love Medley at the top of my lungs, because I love that song so very much.

#3: A picture with a former crush

This is the guy I liked pretty much all through year 11, and the start of year 12.

He moved to a different state, where he eventually got a job that involved travelling back here occasionally and we got back in touch and started hanging out again.

The last few years I was in contact with him he became more like a brother, and I don't think I could have thought of him as anything other than that. I remember being there for him a lot. Answering distressed text messages a phone calls when he'd broken up with his girlfriend, and then when he saw her again a few weeks later. More of the same when he broke up with the next girlfriend. I was one of the few people from around here that was still there for him after he left, and still tried to keep in contact.

Eventually he got a new girlfriend. The last time I saw him was at my 21st birthday party, where this photo was taken. I talked to him a few weeks later and I think he might have told me he was seeing a new girl.

Never heard from him since. I emailed him eventually to tell him that after everything I'd done for him, and how I'd been there for him no matter what he was a pretty shitty friend for just dropping me next time he got a girl. I told him not to bother me next time he needed a friend, because if he wasn't there for me when I needed him I didn't wanna be there for him anymore.

That was about a year ago I think, maybe more.

I wish I could get in touch with him now, just to see how everything is going.

Partypartyparty

Last night's halloween/house warming party was awesome. Maddie and Schilly's place is really great.

The only problem was that I couldn't get roller skates for my costume, and Maddie and Schilly's place would have been awesome for skating around so I was disappointed.



I went as Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim. Blue hair, goggles, short shorts. So much fun to dress up like that! I'm not sure that I'll ever dye my hair blue after seeing how it looks (although the short hair doesn't look too bad on me so if I ever got sick of trying to grow mine at least I know I could get a cool short do).



Yum yum, pineapple! Jeremy and Kathryn's housewarming gift was very appropriate to Schilly, who was wearing a SpongeBob costume. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Now I am currently in the middle of a transaction to buy my halloween costume for next weeks "Pimps and Hoes" themed halloween party. I'm not going to too much effort for that, since it's difficult. I'm buying a costume online which should be here Tuesday.



Here is the mud my cat left on my car after walking (well, slipping) all over it last night. Proof that he has no talent whatsoever when it comes to being nimble, agile and graceful.

Halloween!

My costume is almost ready, and looking better than I thought it would even though I haven't got the key elements yet. I know where to find them though, and I'll get them tomorrow. Yay! It's come together so well and I am excited!

I've obviously been spending a lot of time trying to come up with creative costume ideas, and there are quite a few that I don't think I could pull off, but that I would love to see. I have composed a short list of my favourite costumes that I want to see someone else wear.

- CatDog
- Wall-E
- World's Most Giant Doctor (incidentally, I tried to get someone to do this with me)
- Bender
- and Fry?
- Babushka dolls
- Bumblebee Transformer (I have seen video of this... it was amazing)

There are a few more that I'd like to see, that are less impressive, but those are definitely top of the list.

Summer days win. I think I got a slight sunburn at lunchtime today and it's 8:30pm right now and feels like about 7pm, aside from the fact I'm starting to feel like I should go to bed.

Anyway, the sooner I go to bed the sooner it is tomorrow and I can't wait for tomorrow!

Edit: after a quick google search of costumes I found no results for babushka dolls, world's most giant doctor and only one crappy one for catdog. Yay, I'm original and creative!

Oh noes!

Only have one more day to get my halloween costume sorted, and I'm not even sure if I know what I want to go as!

I have two ideas, and they're both okay but I'm not totally excited about either.

Stupid Halloween party being a week before Halloween.

Tossing up, trying to come up with new ideas. This is all very last minute :(

In other news all my ebay make up arrived today, and I bought doubles of all my staple stuff so I can leave a make up bag at the boyfriends. No more bringing my make up everywhere I go. Hooray!

I went a little overboard at the pharmacy, and bought a lot of stuff that came with free stuff so I also have all this extra lip gloss and nail polish.

Still waiting for my W&DB belt to get here so I can make sure it looks good with my dress for the Christmas party and also find out what other outfits I can rock it with. Pretty much most of the stuff I wear these days could go with a nice belt, so I am sure it was a wise investment. Now, hopefully I can continue to convince myself that I do not need any of the pretty tops and dresses I have been so tempted to buy and save my money, because....

I am thinking of buying a house in the next couple years. Yup, I reckon if I really knuckle down I'll have enough for a mortgage deposit in about 24 months and I can buy a little 2br house or unit, and hopefully the boy will still be around then and he can pitch in. I think with the way porperty prices are going up I am better to get into the market a.s.a.p. so after I get my new car, my next goal is to get myself into my own house.

Then again, with the direction I think things are going to go next year I may end up renting first, so the saving thing may take a little longer. All the more reason to buy less pretty things now and save more money I suppose. So this means more leftover lunches and less go-out-to-eat lunches, also more dinner-at-home and eggs on toast instead of take away. Less "I'm going to go shopping in Frankston" at lunch and more "I'll sit here and read a magazine that somebody else bought". I'm sorted for make up for the rest of the year at least, so today's little shopping spree should be the last of it's kind for awhile.

We'll see how this goes. But saving definitely starts now by transferring 30% of this weeks pay into my savings account. If I can't live without that 30% now, there is no way I'll ever cope with living out of home!

Two more says til the weekend, and a hectic two days at work they will be. Ice watches, why are you so important?

I also bought some primer!

Stop spending money, Stephy!

I just bought 5 pots of mineral foundation from ebay.

Why?

Because I can't buy the right colour for my porcelain skin in ANY pharmacy or cosmetic department any more, and I'm worried for the day where I can no longer get it on ebay either.

That, and it's about half the price on ebay too :)

That should keep me going for a year or so!

Mondayitis. I miss the weekend.

Hello 80's night outfit! Those stockings (tardy tights) sure earned a few comments ;)



And one with my face, because it's pretty and I know how much you all like to look at it! Just look at those big baby blues!

Haha.



Carlton Gardens, on a not so warm, but somewhat sunny October 17.



Chillen'

Today I am struggling with the being happy thing. I'll put it down to womanly hormones and try not to think too much, but the truth is I can't help thinking about stuff that I would really love to put behind me. I have a feeling that no matter how much water runs under the bridge some memories will always haunt me, and things will never be quite as good at they could be. Knowing that things that happened where a choice, not just chance, will always cause me to doubt a lot of things.

I posted in an earlier blog where I wrote that I don't regret the things that I did, but I regret the choices others made. Little did I know how true that rung. At the time I was blissfully unaware that someone had already made the decision that I will probably regret most for the rest of my life. It's like no matter what I do now it's going to feel like a bad decision. I could go two ways, and neither of those ways are particularly easy although I can see them both turning into something beautiful if given the right amount of time and nurturing.

Sometimes I wish I'd never found out. I sometimes feel like I am acting as though I never had known, like nothing ever happened and things can go on as they were and nothing has really changed. Sometimes I try to look at things as having been for the better, and now everyone will be better person because of the lessons they learned and everything will turn out better for it. Optimistic, that's me.

I probably shouldn't post this, since it probably does have a lot to do with hormones (I should probably interject here to point out that I'm not pregnant) but I will, and then next time I can remember how silly this was and feel better for it.

I do hope that I never stop being optimistic though. No matter what happens, I want to hope for the best and believe the best in others. It's been my downfall before, but I consider it a good trait.

TITANIC!

Finally, the day have been waiting for.

I enjoyed all of what I saw in the museum. The evolution and Darwin, and DNA exhibits weren't anything new for me. The Bugs Alive exhibit was actually really awesome. Just the amazing collection had me captivated, and if there wasn't more to see I would have spent a lot longer there.



Phar Lap had me on the verge of tears. They had video footage from one of his races where he came from behind to get the lead, then powered on even more when another horse closed in on him made me all emotional. This s WEIRD people. Why do I cry so easy these days?
I was pretty excited to see him. Even as a mounted hide that is almost 80 years old he is still beautiful, and definitely earns the name "Big Red".

The Titanic exhibition was by far the most interesting experience of the day. It was really awesome to see the artefacts, to read about the ship and to see the recreations of parts of it. It's amazing how well some of the stuff has been preserved even after being at the bottom of the ocean for 70 odd years. I'd really recommend it.

Special thanks to Ben here for giving us a ride home. Even after the altercation with the crazy lady from the Pines.

All in all a very good day :)

Domestication!

Yeah, I made another one. No fresh raspberries this time though because I think the puree is much better anyway. This is pretty much my favourite cake at the moment.

Today turned out to be a pretty decent day even though the weather forecast was for crap weather in general. I planted my little herb garden today! Just need to go out and find some rosemary now :)



I currently have basil, thyme and oregano. I'm not sure what I will use the thyme for, but I can't wait to use the basil in some delicious bruschetta with home-grown tomatoes. Mmmm.

Now to go get ready for the 80's night I am going to tonight with the "big girls" from work. I'm looking forward to it! I just wish I knew what to do with my hair... anyone got a crimping iron? ;)

Leather and Lace

My wardrobe is in dire need of more lace, I have decided. I just don't have enough, and can't get enough.

I've also decided that everything lace looks really hot with my leather jacket. I need shoes, tops and skirts pronto.



If Emma can pull it off, so can I!

Om nom nom.

I have a shoe fetish.

I'm so glad it's the weekend.

Even though the weather is crappy, I am looking forward to sleeping in and having some free time.

Last night I cooked the boy a roast dinner, and it was good and we ate til we got too fat to move. My roast potatoes are awesome, and last nights were up there with the best. It was a rather simple night in, but it was really awesome.

Tonight I wish I had somewhere to go, but I don't, so I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I might make a cake or something. Om nom nom. Only problem with cooking is that if I do I'll eat it all which probably isn't that good for me.

Tomorrow, since I am no longer going ice skating I am going to get my early halloween costume sorted. Shouldn't be too hard. Just need to spend more money D: I really need to stop doing that. It's so much fun though! I just bought a belt online to go with my dress for the Christmas party too XD

The worst thing about Halloween though is that I need TWO costumes, because one party is Pimps and Hoes themed (I'd really rather not dress according to that theme, so I'll have to be a bit creative) and the other is not and I don't want to be a whore at a non-sex industry themed party. Even if I did I am actually very excited about my costume idea anyway and I want to use it.

After sorting out my costumes though, it's out to a tragic 80's night with some work girls which I am told will be very, very entertaining :D I can't wait.

Then, museum day Sunday.

It's going to be a good weekend.

Goin' to sneak into my boy's bed

and get warm and snuggly while I wait for him.

:3

Chocolate cafe.

It's sooo awesome. There is a new one near my work, and I went there today and they have so many cute and delicious chocolates XD

I bought a couple and I will post photos of them.

(EDIT: No photos. I ate the chocolates before I remembered to take photos. Om nom nom.)

I didn't spend much time in there though, so I will have to go back and actually sit down and have some food and hot chocolate there one day soon. I'm sure I wont have much trouble finding someone to come with me :)

Dinner tonight looks like it's going to be a cheese and tomato toastie. I was REALLY craving spaghetti bolognese but Mum didn't cook any today and I don't have time. What a pity :/ Egg and cheese muffin would be nice too.

I bought some cute stockings today. I love stockings. They are becoming one of my favourite things ever. Especially cute ones with patterns and cut outs. I have way more pairs of stockings than I do pairs of pants. Need to find an excuse to wear an outfit that incorporates my new stockings soon. Bada Bing is too far away, but Halloween might work depending on what costume I go with.

Speaking of which, one of my Halloween parties is being held the week before Halloween, so I better get organised quiiiick!

I am so goddamn tired.

Sleeping Beauty: The role I was born to play.

I want bed time snuggles and I'm going to get some.

I also want more cake, but I ate it all and have no time to cook until Thursday. Ow.

Delicious summery cake for a delicious summery day.

Layers of meringue with raspberry puree and whipped cream. Absolutely delicious, even if the meringue is a little chewy and flat. Eating it is like being in heaven. I love it when my cooking actually works.

Just to make it a proper summery cake I even made the raspberry puree outside in the sunshine :D



My hotel room for the Christmas party is now booked. All is sorted except for who is doing my hair. Leigh said his hairdresser sister might do it, even though she is on maternity leave. I'll ask her soon if not I'll have to book into a hairdresser I suppose. It's going to be a fabulous night. I get to look super pretty!

Now I'm off to the beach with my puppy dogs to enjoy the sunshine even more.

Striiike!

Last night was the Trivia Night fundraising event for the theatre company. It was a success (largely thanks to Sarah for all her organising efforts) and I won the colouring competition. They all said I couldn't do it with just one grey pencil, but I sure showed them! Our team (consisting of Leigh's brothers, father, father's partner and family friends) came in second and won a lot of other prizes too (mostly Dane). It was a very fun night and especially fun to distract Leigh while he was singing by doing the Mexican Wave around the table three times.

After the trivia night I took the three very drunk Piper brothers to Strike where Dane tried to show off for my camera, and the other two drank a lot more beer.


Oh and they beat each other up a lot too. Which wasn't very fun when it happened in my car.



All in all it was a very enjoyable night :)

Today was a beautiful day. I spent a lot of time sitting around not doing much, a little bit of time walking around Southland and then a little bit more time failing at being a volleyball team that is actually a challenge for the other teams to beat.  But that was still fun as usual.

Now I am going to cook dinner and figure out my Halloween costume. Leigh gave me a pretty good idea today, and also suggested the thing that I had already been thinking of. I really need to get onto that. It's not really that far away :/

Going out this arvo for some bbq sausages, sunshine and friends before trivia night <3

I had a great night last night.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Strike for my birthday (bar one uninvited, and very unwelcome attendee) and made it a really awesome night. Special thanks to Ash, Jess and Amber (the H Crew) for taking me to dinner and our spontaneous event in the car that didn't happen ;) And to Dane, for giving me free drinks and taking me home.

No one actually bowled at Strike, but we had fun with pool and cocktails (and shots for some) and I really enjoyed myself.

Now for a couple of photos!


H Crew cute dinner date!


Cousin sister :)


"I can't smile! My mouth wont move!" - Leigh.
Ohhh deary me.


I have lots of photos with Becca... she said she didn't like photos til she got drunk with me, haha.


Pretty sure this is the only photo ever where Leigh has been the only one making a normal face!

Now for a big day of bedroom cleaning, possibly car cleaning and then a night of trivia with all of the male members of the Piper family, which will make for a very interesting occasion. It will be a fun one though :)

#5: A picture of you on your birthday

Yesterday I turned 23. I don't think 23 is a very exciting age, but I was happy to have my birthday nonetheless.

Work all pitched in some money and are going to help me out with the bangle that I am going to order next week (another perk of my job, I basically just order anything I want from a local supplier. Hello 100% brand new jewellery that hasn't been scratched or worn before and doesn't need to be resized) and mum got me some charms for my Thomas Sabo bracelet (which I told her to) which is pretty cool.

The boy got me a few presents. I got a little model puppy and pony, because I want real ones. He got me a cutlery set for when I move outta home (a really good one too) and he's taking me to see Hairspray on stage which is really cute cause we saw Hairspray the movie on our first date. I am spoiled. I am also proud of my intuition, because at about lunchtime yesterday I said to Chris at work "The only thing I could think of that he might get me is tickets to see Hairspray." Sure enough, I was on the money. It was also a little weird because just this week I was thinking that I should start buying stuff that I will need when I move out. I really do need to always trust my instinct.

Today I went shopping where I bought a bunch of tops for summer, and I got a gorgeous dress for my work Christmas party. I was actually supposed to be buying a top to wear with a skirt I bought a while ago, but I saw this dress and fell in love (and apparently it only hit the store yesterday, which was my birthday so must be meant to be) and it was not exactly a cheap dress so I decided to buy it for the party. I tried it on again when I got home and fell in love with it again so I think it is perfect.

Now I really ought to get ready to go out for dinner with my lovely work ladies.



Here is HD. He is very cute and gets very excited when you pat him. I think he is a smiley dog :)

Cake! :)

It's my birthday tomorrow :D

I had to make cupcakes to bring into work. They are yummy. I may have already eaten about 4 of them.

I'm pretty much certain I am getting more Thomas Sabo charms for my bracelet (which is nearly full now, so I think I might start a Pandora bracelet) so that's pretty spiffy.

And, after tomorrow, I have an awesome four day weekend. I think I need to get a massage on one of those days. My shoulders are absolutely killing me, although the boy has promised to give me one and I will be taking him up on that tomorrow night :)

My plus one has decided that due to the offer of free beer, they would indeed like to escort me to the work Christmas party. I am now in the process of booking a hotel room for the night. Apparently the right person to book with has gone home and no one knows what the discounted rate for the room is, even though I have it right here on my sheet of information. I am excited to be staying in a nice hotel nonetheless.

I just checked the website. My room will have kimonos. Kimonos!

Now I must organise some sort of dinner food, and go to rehearsals where I have been told I will actually be rehearsing, as opposed to sitting and watching for 2 hours and not actually needing to be there.

Titanic.

Booking tickets to go and see the Titanic Exhibition has not been easy. Every time Leigh and I decide on a date it's either been booked out, or we have realised that we already have plans. We came to the conclusion that we'd have to go on a Friday night and just visit the rest of the museum another time, until I had a very bright idea to see if it was open on Cup Day.

I went to check the availability, and sure enough it was open. But then I noticed that they had opened more slots on Sundays and this excited me because the original plan was to go on a Sunday in the first place. After a small amount of deliberating, we decided on next Sunday.



We are officially booked in. Under the name Hirt apparently. Whoops!

I'm excited. I can't wait to see Phar Lap either :)

And now, not only am I super excited for this weekend, but I can't wait for next weekend either. Ice house, 80's night then the museum. It's going to be awesome!

Now just two more work days to get through before I can really start enjoying myself! Easy, relaxing, simple work days. Sometimes I love my job, even though I start at 7am on my birthday, which means no happy birthday kiss from my favourite until after.

Kovu is in ecstasies XD He ambushed me with cute high-pitched sleepy meows and made me cuddle him after he fell off the couch from enjoying belly rubs too much.

He is the best kitteh evar. Srs.

It's not even 9:30 yet, but because I finished work early it feels a lot later and I think I should be going to bed. I made a yummy stir fry for dinner but had a bit of a disaster when I realised it wouldn't all fit in the wok D:
I have a lot of stir fry leftover.

Three more days til my long weekend. I am excited.

Life is so great at the moment. For the moment things have fallen into place and I have so much to be happy about. Things can get better, and I hope they will, but I am really enjoying everything at the moment.

Photos from the weekend :D

Here is a selection of some of my favourite photos from my visit to the zoo, and my day at the beach :)
(sorry, it's photo heavy so might take awhile to load.)




Baby elephant :D


This tiger reminds me of Kovu. That is such a Kovu face.


Lemur!








Leigh!


My cute rock-hopping puppies :D

It was an awesome weekend :)