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nye 2010

it's new year's eve! i still have no idea how i will be welcoming 2011 in yet. hopefully i get to see some fireworks, light a sparkler or pop a party popper. something new years eve-y! my blog profile picture is actaully from new years eve last year! i'm currently sitting at work, waiting to be told that we can leave. i want to spend some time in the sun on this beautiful last day of 2010. it's been quite the whirlwind year, especially the second half. i almost can't believe that i am actually living and working in queensland, back permanently with all of my loved ones. i think it hit home a little bit this week when i started at filling out forms to get a new queensland drivers licence and new registration for my car. on the rego application i requested the 'the sunshine state' number plate. looking outside, it is certainly true today.
wishing everyone a very happy new year. i hope you all get a midnight kiss!

book worm

i can't put my current book down

and i am looking forward to starting my next one

new year resolution... read more often.

wednesday night

my wednesday night was spent at the shafston pub (my new local!) with anna and her lovely friend amanda. much to my surprise and delight it was parma night and there was trivia! not that i'm a trivia queen or anything but it was great fun and i am already planning on going again soon with the girls or maybe even matt and his housemates. the more brains the better! on another note, work was very quiet today. just another reminder that i should still be on holidays! hopefully this week goes quick.. i still can't believe it's almost a new year. no new years plans yet so i could be welcoming it quietly. perhaps an early night with my book and blog.

cats and dogs

i seriously do not want to leave noosa to go back to work. i know i have that long drive ahead of me, in the pouring rain no less, and i am dreading it. it has rained for four days straight making it feel far from a holiday. needless to say i am fed up and cranky! i feel like shouting at the sky 'enough already!' :(

so far...

it's almost a new year! soon i will sit down to write the list of things i'd like to achieve and change in 2011... although probably won't! luckily i've already made a start on this list. when i started my blog i wrote down a few things i wanted to do within 12 months. these were to buy a new car, go overseas, buy an SLR camera and learn about photography, do a triathlon and complete some more study. i've got the new car and i've done (only just!) a tri. so, the overseas trip, study of some kind and my new hobby in photography still stand. stay posted for my progress on these, and many more, as i continue to blog as often as possible in the new year.

christmas 2010

christmas 2010

♥

 pressies! i won't pretent it's not my favourite part! 

 alyce and i chilling, waiting to open the above presents!

 who can resist a good hibiscus in the hair. 

 lucky girl. thanking mum and dad for her tiffany and co necklace.

yum!! masterchef style. 

the beautiful decorations went up despite the rain. 

 delicious punch. cutest little watermelon stars.

 grandma and grandad looking festive in red and white.

 the christmas table. pre-feast. 

 one very impressive gingerbread house.

 alyce and cousins!! cody, lewis, holly and jade. 

 alyce and meg after megs nudie swim.

 i thought this was super cute. 

 tiny (pretend) tea. 

the christmas table. mid-feast! 

 matt and mum.

 holly at the school oval. 

muddy!!

 dad and coco. he feeds her, she loves him. 

 one more of this moment. so lovely. 

 terrible photo but christmas is not complete without matt. 

leecy. (it was about here that i started needing a nap) 

not long now

merry christmas to all! 

wishing you a magical day tomorrow.

santa?

i have told mum i'd like a new pair of sunglasses for christmas. i wonder if she knows about these darlings. oversized square frame. chanel signature in natural mother-of-pearl inlaid in ebony.

yes please!  

happy wednesday everyone

fast approaching!

christmas is fast approaching! cards are arriving, the first of presents are being opened and it's starting to feel festive at last! i still have lots of shopping to do so i think i'm going to have to go one night when they do midnight or 24 hour trading. i wish i was more organised but work has been taking over my life of late. i am so busy, i can't wait to walk out the door on friday. tonight k, nim and i swapped pressies and i scored some amazing stuff. a new sportsgirl lipgloss.. very nice and good timing too as my current one (also sportsgirl!) is running out, 2 new pairs of pj's.. i can never have enough cute sleepwear and a set of white wine glasses, complete with a bottle of wine! it was a lovely night and a great amount of cheese was consumed. oh well, it is christmas after all! tis' the season to be jolly... and eat lots... right?

a sample of the lovely gifts given and recieved..

the best

vodka... cranberry... lime... heaven.

at last

first day in my new car. officially worth every cent.

road to happiness

picking up my baby tomorrow (my new car!) and i couldn't be more excited! tonight i'm going to charge my laptop, pack some dvd's and books, buy some snacks and just mentally prepare for the 6 hour train trip there and the 6 hour drive back! it will be very worth it though, this car is everything i want and more. i'm in l♥ve. 

oops

oh wait, no i didn't - i had a memory lapse, today is only thursday! i need a holiday!

friends

totally missed last nights post!! was too busy folding my entire wardobe of clothes while watching episodes of friends (i pulled them all out looking for something earlier in the week and then just shoved them all back in!). i could watch friends non stop. i'm up to the episode where chandler proposes to monica. i wish i didn't have to go christmas shopping tonight and that i could just go home and curl up in bed with my laptop and my 'friends'.

some wisdom

happiness is not something ready made. it comes from your own actions.
- dalai lama

good morning!

i was up so early this morning! this is great. i can take my time getting ready, watch sunrise, eat breaky and just generally relax. today is a beautiful day. i woke up to the bluest sky. i should really go for a morning walk or something. my street is filled with frangipani's and summer is certainly in the air on days like this. i just wish i didn't have to go to work each day so i could enjoy the good weather. i don't even have a tan yet and i've been back for 3 months!

glitter

writing christmas cards tonight! they have glitter on them so i'm getting covered in it!

key moment

tonight i had dinner with matt's family to celebrate jason's graduation from uni. we went to a place in new farm called himalayan cafe. the food was amazing and so was the atmosphere. we were sprawled out on cushions and carpet while sipping champagne and eating an array of delicious food. i was extremely tired so wasn't very lively but i still throughly enjoyed the night. matt's mum made a beautiful little speech for jason. she's so proud of what all her of kids have achieved and i love watching her admiration for them. the graduation ceremony is tomorrow so no doubt there will be lots of photos, as most of us have experienced first hand! graduating is one of the best feelings i've experienced. to know that i don't have to go back to study for a long time floods me with relief every time. despite my love and longing for uni holidays i don't miss much about it. i am so glad that i did it though. without my degree i wouldn't have been able to do the graduate program and wouldn't have gone on to meet such wonderful people in melbourne. that's what i think about the most when i look at that very expensive piece of paper. where it's got me, not what i had to go through to get it. although that is also a huge part of it... many hours were spent at the qut computer lab the night before an assignment was due! i've decided to frame and give my degree to my dad for christmas as a side pressie. he can hang it in the garage or something and i can admire it when i come home. for me graduating was one of those key moments in life, alongside things like getting your licence, buying a house, getting married and having a baby. most of which i am still yet to achieve! anyway that's enough about me (except for the below pic! wearing a mortarboard is the smartest i've ever looked and felt) this post is about congratulating jase. i really have no idea how he worked and studied full time but i do know it will be worth every painful second and every hour spent in the computer lab.

my graduation day

iphone fun

too early

i've always loved my sleep in's but since i've been back in queensland with matt he makes it impossible. during the week he won't budge and he carries on like a two year old when i try to wake him up. then on weekends, without fail, he will wake up at 6 - 6:30 and then proceed to wake me up and tell me it's 8:30! why does he have to have so much energy? this morning after i realised the time still started with a six it was my turn to have a tantrum! i suggested he go for a run but he decided to go on the laptop instead and play all this music i dislike really loud next to me. also not much fun. at present i have sent him on his way to buy us coffee. i am meant to be packing for a weekend in noosa while he's gone but i think i'll take my time.

counting down

15 days till christmas people. oh my goodness! that's three days until the twelve day countdown begins. i have done nothing. no cards, no presents, no wrapping, no tree, no decorating, no holiday planning, no cooking, no wish list, nothing! perhaps this is the weekend i bring on the christmas spirit and get festive. or fare-stive as my latest campaign at work was called. ho ho.

u2

last night's post was done at 11:59 which is why it was so short and sweet! i was just putting a general goodnight out there into the universe. although most people would have been asleep already! matt and i had just watched inception. i think i need to watch it again it was so confusing. i won't be re-watching it tonight though as i am going to see u2. work had 8 tickets to give away and i was lucky enough to get one. i am really looking forward to it! i've always loved their music and i've heard great things about the show so it should be a really good night. kahli and alex will be there too so hopefully i can see them before or after. it's a beautiful day!

goodnight

sleep tight.

well suited

a big and special congratulations to my boyfriend matt on his new job. today he was promoted to a loyalty specialist after being in the marketing department of the treasury casino for just a few months. maybe it's because he looks so handsome in a suit... ♥

test drive

tonight after work i raced to the other side of town to test drive what could quite possibly be my new car! if i do get it, which i'm hoping i will, i could be cruising around in it by the end of the week. the coolest thing is, you don't even need to get your keys out of your bag! you can just walk right up to the door and so long as they are close by you can open the car and start the engine! i'm never going to want to walk anywhere again!

shopping

so, of course christmas shopping turned into shopping for myself. i should have foreseen that. 

mum bought me this beautiful long necklace from my aunties shop, goddess. 

ho ho ho

it's that time of year again.

time to go christmas shopping.

if only i could do my wrapping as nice as this.

moonlighting

tonight i came across a moonlight cinema post card. so many movies! i'm thinking inception in december, eat pray love in january and little fockers in february. who's in? www.moonlight.com.au

in or out?

another friday night in. it needs to stop! still, i had lots of fun hanging with with nim at my new pad, watching knocked up while eating takeaway and ice cream and drinking carona's. i really do need to get my friday night groove back though. matt's out at drinks every friday night, including right now. surely i'm not over it at 23?

take me back

yesterday i took my sick little self over to k's house to do some stuff with her. we ate a delicious lunch in paddington and then went to my house so she could see my new room. we ended up going through all my albums from our high school and uni days and we laughed away at things like our fashion and hair styles and memories from what feels like a very long time ago. even on our car trip i laughed so hard it hurt. today i woke up feeling almost 100% better. so laughter must really be the best medicine! thanks k, no one can make me laugh like you can. (remember that day at the sunshine coast uni open day when we could not stop!?) sometimes i forget how much history we have together. there are many more memories to come.

rainy days

first day of summer 

and so much rain!