Saturday Out

Yesterday we had a pretty awesome day out. We met up with James' parents and wandered around the markets at The Rocks. We had a yummy brunch at Baroque, which is a french style restaurant, and felt like a little piece of home. They even do a steak with cafe de paris sauce. I got pretty excited about that, so I think we may have to go back so I can eat it. Instead, I had a coffee and pain au chocolat. Yum.

 

We then walked along into the city and said bye to James' parents. We headed to the Westfield to find some yummy cookies that my boss brings to work on Fridays. We didn't find them...but we did discover Westfield. I assumed all Westfields were the same, but this one was FANCY. Super fancy. The floors were all marble, and it was huge and overwhelming, but I totally want to go back and explore.

We did find a Laduree (which surprised me since no-one in Australia seems to ever understand what I'm talking about when I talk about Laduree macarons). I got excited again, so many memories of home. We got a box of 8 to eat at home with some tea. We then went to the shops to top up on our tea and headed home for a lazy afternoon until Danny Bhoy.
Danny Bhoy was amazing again, and so was the State Theatre where he was performing. :)

All in all a good day.

Inside Our Apartment - Part 2

 

 

 

 

We also have a bathroom with a bath/shower, and a washing machine and dryer...but I didn't think you'd want to see photos of them. So this is where we live.

Inside Our Apartment - Part 1

 

 

It's not much but we love it, feels like home. :)

Sisters

My sister and I have our birthdays 4 days apart. This year we got each other matching necklaces so that we remember each other despite the distance. It may sound cheesy, but we don't care. :) Also, we both managed to get ourselves remarkably similar looking glasses without knowing it (I had mine first, so she's the copycat :P).

Love you little sis!

Our view

Have I ever said that I really love our view? I am still baffled that we have a view like this. Baffled, but happy. :) I can't believe I get to come home to this view.

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Elsie de Wolfe

Is it just me?

   

Is it just me, or do these sunglasses make no sense? Can they even see through these? Are they supposed to look fashionable? I just do not get it.

If you do get it and want a pair, I found them here, here and here. (Warning: they don't come cheap!)

365 Incomplete

So, again, I did not complete my 365 project. I think confining it to 'colour' made it hard, plus when you're working 8 hours and it takes an hour to get to work, AND because of the nature of my work I can't really take photos at work...it all becomes a little too challenging and not fun. I can totally imagine myself being awesome at taking a photo a day once I have kids, but until then...I may just avoid doing the challenge. :) It was fun for the 2 and a bit months I was doing though. No regrets for trying.

Haircut

I got my haircut yesterday. Really it was just a little trim, nothing major, but I always feel the need to document it. I love the little spruce my hair has been given but hated 99.9% of the photos I took to show off how nice my hair looked. In my eyes I was having a 'fat face' day. This is the only picture I kind of liked, notice how my face is mainly covered.

It was lovely having the day off though. It was very relaxing. :) I look forward to more rostered days off.

Little Visitors

James was out on the balcony today when a whole bunch of these little guys came to visit. Wanting to share with me, he took photos. :) Apparently they were quite friendly, and happy to let him get close for photos. Cute little guys. Now they just need to visit more when I'm on the balcony. :P

And just for an idea of how many there were:

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Guess Who Turned 23 Today?

I did! I'm 23 now. Sounds so grown up. I'm going to say that every year, but it really does.

I have had a very wonderful birthday time. Yesterday James cooked a delicious roast, and then we had some pink bubbly whilst I skyped my family and a family friend. Today I was at work, but got lots of cuddles from the kids, had one of the toddlers sing happy birthday to me, made cakes with my babies, and then had some yummo chinese takeaway and white wine for dinner. Awesome!
I also got the sweetest little card from my colleague:
"To Katie. The best thing about working with you is that time not only flies by so rapidly, but so creatively too. It has been a truly great and delightful experience! May you be gifted with life's biggest joys and never ending bliss. :) Hope this day will bring you an extra share of all that makes you happiest :) Happy, happy birthday!!!"
Seriously, how cute is she? :)

I am so lucky to have so many special people in my life. :)

Flowers Make Me Happy

We have flowers in our apartment again. It makes me happy. :)

Cards Against Humanity

 

My favourite combo from the game.

On Friday, at about 10 to 10 in the evening one of James' friends sent round a message suggesting we should meet up the next day. Suggestions for what to do, and the time was up to the rest of us to decide. This is not an uncommon event where James' friends are concerned, they seem unaware of planning. Anyhoo, since we didn't want to go out we suggested they could come round to ours and play Cards Against Humanity. It's like Apples to Apples, but more grown up. They only sell them in the USA and Canada, but you can download and print them yourself if you're outside of the USA and Canada. We did, and I decorated them...because I couldn't resist.

It turned out to be a lot of fun. The cards are funny, the company was too and we got lots of compliments on our apartment (ready for a mini photo tour, just need the time to take the photos now). Despite the oodles of fun we had, we have realised there was actually a lot we had planned for yesterday, oh well.

Gorgeous

Today was gorgeous. The weather took a surprise turn and was lovely, and work was nice despite a new 10 month old starting and crying for most of the 3 hours she was with us. :)

So looking forward to my wonderful pre-birthday weekend.

Take That Weather

Today was wet, wet, wet again. It tipped it down just before 5:45, so I made sure I was prepared today! I packed everything inside a bin bag and then in my bag, to keep it dry. I borrowed James' coat and was set! It then didn't rain for the whole of my walk to and from work. Even more awesome, about 2 minutes after I got home it tipped it down. Weather 1 - 1 Katie. Let's see what tomorrow brings!

I'm sounding so English talking about the weather...

Wet Wet Wet

Woke up today to darkness. This had become normal of my 5:45 starts. I had my CocoPops and had sat staring at my computer hoping to somehow wake up enough for work. Then at 6:30, just as I was ready to leave it rained. I'm not talking normal rain, this was buckets. I had no choice but to brave it...so reluctantly I did. Within 5 minutes I was soaked through. Yes I had an umbrella, I'm not silly, but even that started leaking after 20mins. I was sensible. I did have a spare pair of shoes in my bag, and another t-shirt and some leggings. Unfortunately only the shoes made it to work dry. Stupid non-waterproof bag.

Today has been wet. It has had that odd cloudy, gloomy, wet day feeling about it. All I have wanted to do is have a hot shower, cuddle up in my jammies and drink warm tea, and I think that is exactly how I'll spend my evening.