The final season of Damages has begun - I'm a huge Damages fan. Rose Byrne is just so beautiful and I wait each week to see what outfits she'll be sporting. Given most of my wardrobe is workwear I am more often than not drawn to workwear inspiration on TV rather than casual ensembles.
I'm a huge fan of Etsy. I've bought decals for my MacBook Pro and iPad, and a skin for my Kindle, but mostly I shop on Etsy for jewellery. I've never come away without finding what I've been looking for.
Some of the pieces I've bought recently include:
After a year and a half of radio silence, I've decided that I miss keeping this blog and I'm bringing it back to life. To summarise my last year and a half:
Finally it is my last week of work in this job. I cannot wait to start my new role next week.
I worked from home today. I firstly had to go to Coles to buy some Damprid because I woke up panicking that this wet weather will make my wedding dress go mouldy. I keep it in our bedroom cupboard and the air con is on most of the time in this room, however that's not enough in this crazy rain. Fingers crossed it stays safe for the next 5 months.
While I was at the shops I took the time for a quick pedicure. I'd never had one before and it was super nice. The lady who gave it to me couldn't speak English though and didn't seem to understand that it was my first time and I had no idea what to do. She kept looking at me like I was stupid. I know for next time though, and there will be a next time!
I have quite a busy week ahead socially. Dinner tomorrow night (Mexican, yum!) with EA's family, lunch with a friend on Wednesday followed perhaps by dinner with some other friends of ours. On Thursday I have another lunch date followed by farewell drinks. Drinks again on Friday night before I go to Noosa on Saturday for my friend E's 30th birthday girls' weekend. E is staying at the Sheraton because of the swim-up bar. I am staying at the Sebel next door. While I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time with E, I'm also hoping for a bit of time to myself. I asked EA if he wanted to join me but I think he's looking forward to a weekend of Playstation alone!
I just realised as well that I have dinner with an old school friend on Sunday night after I get back from Noosa. I'll be tired on my first day!
Anyway, that's my update. Oh, except that I got my hair cut last week. I was so sick of it being long. I had thought of doing it for a while, so it wasn't really an impulse decision, however it might make things challenging for the wedding. I'm sure it will grow a lot in 5 months though. I tried to take a good photo of it, but these are the best that I got (had a lot of fun with Photo Booth too!):
Happy new year!
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. Ours was quiet, just how we like it.
I can't believe that it's 5 January - isn't the year flying by?!?! I've been so caught up in life that I'd not really taken the time to reflect on the past year or consider the coming one. Now, it's time. I have such a huge year coming up this year (new job, more study, our wedding, our honeymoon and hopefully entering the property market) and so I think it's more important than ever to set goals and monitor my progress.
2010 Resolutions:
1. Eat well and exercise
I lost exactly 8kg last year. I'm happy with that, but have more work to do. This loss was mostly a result of exercise, and could have been much improved (and therefore I would now be at my goal weight) had I eaten well all year. I went through phases, but there were a lot of excuses.
I'll call this one a pass and be happy with it.
2. Cook more
I did cook more, but nowhere near as much as I should have. It's barely a pass.
3. Keep a tidy house
I turned a corner earlier in the year and was vigilant about keeping a clean and tidy house. I seem to have chucked a u-turn at some point, however, and now my tidiness is patchy at best. Very sad. Unfortunately I'm going to fail myself on this one.
4. Spend more time on me
I was happy with this, but when I think about it I could have done a lot better. It's selfish and vain, but I don't think I took enough pride in the way I looked. I'll pass this one, but again, barely. I'm going to get a haircut and then probably an eyebrow wax tomorrow (there should be TWO!) and I'd love to have a pedicure in the not too distant future, just for funzies.
I haven't blogged in a little while, which is weird because I'm not doing anything at work and so have time that could be spent blogging to my heart's content.
It's my work Christmas party this afternoon/evening. I've been dreading it a little all week - there are only really 3 people who I look forward to partying with, and one of those has to leave early. I'm trying to get myself psyched now though. I'm sure once I hit the bubbles I'll be fine.
I'm in the middle of working out my notice period at the moment. I was going to have from 24 December to 10 January off, but given I resigned from my job last Tuesday I now have to work through. I do have a bit to do, but I'm trying to spread it out over the notice period so I don't get too bored. I'll be in for the three day week next week, probably just watching telly.
I can now tell you that I'm going to be the entire accounts department for an engineering/architectural/project management firm just out of the CBD in Brisbane. I can't wait. I work best in autonomous roles and it's going to be super busy and challenging, unlike where I am now. There are 45 people in the office, so it will be the largest company that I have worked for. I start on 17 January and cannot wait.
Fingers crossed I get some good photos tonight so I can post them tomorrow.
It's all happening with the wedding plans. With less than six months to go, we're really starting to get excited.
This week we received the proof in the mail for our Save the Date cards. I had planned for months to visit Urban Weddings as I loved their invitations - all a bit unique but nothing too over the top. We went to visit them and made a decision straight away.
We are getting the Cool as a Cucumber design, but in navy. We loved the original colours, but it just won't work with our theme. We are so pleased with how the proof turned out - absolutely perfect. I adore the twine, and the navy ink on the envelope, and the magnet on the back - it should stand out nicely on people's fridges.
Over the last 10 days I have been to three concerts. I thought I'd put up a few of the photos I took on each particular evening.
Sunday 5 December - muse
Muse is my favourite band on the planet. They have been my favourite band on the planet since 1999, before they got cool. I will go and see them every time they come (though not to festivals, I just can't do festivals).
They played every song that I hoped they would, including a few from their first couple of albums (e.g. Feeling Good). I got video as well, but couldn't be stuffed figuring out how to get it on the blog. The show was visually spectacular, as you expect from muse.
