Wondering

Thursday can be my favourite day and my least favourite day all at the same time. I dislike it greatly due to it's lengthy day of Uni. It is a bit of a struggle. And always a late arrival home. But then it's awesome once you get home because then i can look forward to the total three day weekend. It's fantastic! But still a very l o  n   g day.

Tonight I watched Alice in Wonderland. The latest film remake by Tim Burton. I don't know why it's taken me so long to see it. I think I'd heard the reviews of it being a bit dark and different and had decided I wasn't worried about seeing it. Then tonight I sat down and there was absolutely nothing on television. So I put it on. And I was pleasantly surprised! Admittedly at first a little confused that it wasn't the same story of the Disney animated film or the other 1999 remake of the story once I got my head around it it was quite wonderful! I'd give it and 8.5/10. Definitely would recommend it if you haven't got around to seeing it yet. Mia Wasikowska Was fantastic as Alice, she's just gorgeous! And I really loved all the changes to her dress. That was really cool. And of course Johnny Depp as the Mad hatter. Just brilliant! At first a little scary but once you get the feel of him it's just beautiful. I really loved it.

Imagine if we had our own wonderland to have our own adventures in. I guess we do... it was all in her head after all...

Once Alice in Wonderland had finished I switched it over to the television and stumbled across Accidents Happen while changing the channels. Rather odd film. Decided to record the rest of it to watch at a later time as I couldn't be bothered to stay up to watch it all. But I did love that it has Geena Davis starring in it. Reminds me of Stuart Little. My Grandma and Pa took some of my siblings and myself to see both Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2 at the pictures. Over 10 years ago now considering the first is a 1999 film! Talk about getting old! But I really loved seeing those movies as a kid. Back in the day!

At the moment food wise I am totally in love with white chocolate. Which is totally odd because I never really used to like white chocolate at all. Also constantly loving clinkers at the moment. They are just soooo good. And ravioli. Ravioli is the best thing since sliced bread! I know i say it all the time but at the risk of repeating myself food is just amazing.

At the moment I'm a little frustrated. Getting back into the swing of things is proving a bit of a task as I have managed to miss completing most of the briefs we had due this week. I've just been doing exactly what i had told myself I wasn't. Procrastination is a disease I tell you! Though I did complete one brief which was due today, which was a relief. 

And i have now finished re-watching Gossip Girl Season Three. And Season Four isn't out until September the 7th! Cruel I tell you. I feel like I've been waiting a year already! So now that I am out of Gossip Girl to watch I decided to pull out Twilight. been wanting to watch that for a while. Man it has been ages!

And I'm still in the process of planning my new bloggy stuff. It will get here eventually...

peace and love!

xo

The Blisters are Back

So it's been a pretty busy weekend. A very tiring one indeed. Had a day of shopping with my lovely sisters on Friday. And we literally shopped until we dropped. I'll fill you in on purchases in MyStyle/$pent soon. Then Saturday was Netball (which we won) and then a local ball which was fantastically awesome fun with some of my girlfriends. and then I had to be up at the crack of dawn to get on a train to get back for a hens day, which was rather relaxing at a day spa type thing. But yes, rather an exhausting weekend that was jam packed. I definitely struggled in class on Monday. Nearly needed toothpicks by mid afternoon.

Definitely have some pretty good blisters to prove just how awesome a Saturday night was had! back to the band-aids!

Maroon 5 have recently put out a new single. Moves Like Jagger. Christina Aguilera features in it also. It's pretty good! Very catchy. Have a listen. It's even hit number one on iTunes over Adele! Pretty excited to hear what they release next! So keen for a new album from them.

Was listening to Lily Allen today. Reminded me how fantastic her music is. Especially love her It's Not Me, It's You album. Just love every track. Also takes me back to when I also had the first Twilight film soundtrack and it on repeat together. When I get more than one new album at a time I tend to put all the albums in a playlist together and just drench myself in them on shuffle. Sometimes it's an odd mix. Like at the moment with Paramore, Seeker Lover Keeper and The Script all in one playlist together. When it goes to Paramore it's such a switch in tempo and style. I still love it though.

In the gym, while on the treadmill the last few days I keep seeing this album cover in one of their ads on Channel V for Joe Brooks, the cover looked pretty cool so naturally I made a mental note to check him out. He actually sounds quite good. The album is pretty much a year old though. He reminds me a bit of James Blunt so if you're into him maybe give this guy a listen. I literally just listened through a few of his tracks just now and this is my first impression. They're pretty chilled kind of tunes.

So I've just seen the new ad for Packed to the Rafters! Just a little bit keen for it to come back. Looks so awesome! Also saw the "sneak peak" for Wild Boys which Zoe Ventoura (Mel on Packed to the Rafters, RIP) and Daniel McPherson will be in! Bit keen to check that one out too! Looks a bit exciting. If you haven't heard about it, it's supposed to be a "bushranger drama" (sounds odd) set in the 1800s. Hoping it's better than Winners and Losers. I'm finding myself looking forward to the series being finished. But I feel like I need to keep watching it because I should at least finish off the series. Definitely missing Offspring! Nothing good on TV at the moment as far as drama goes.

I think the Renovators is pretty cool(I'm also in love with their logo, though haven't been watching it religiously or anything. And it's a bit sad MasterChef is nearly finished. Was totally sad to see Dani go tonight! Don't think I really mind who wins of the three that are left. They all seem deserving enough.

In other news I almost feel shopped out, sounds impossible I know! But I've been shopping a lot in the last three weeks and still haven't found a dress for an upcoming wedding. Soooo..... not quite sure how to solve my problem. I feel like I've been everywhere and not found something.... well, something in my budget anyway! So more shopping later in the week I believe... Oh well. a girl can never really shop too much. Right?

xo

myStyle/$pent #001

So it's been a long time coming. Well.... a few weeks now. But I have finally put together a sort of sub blog I guess you may call it. Not sub... branch.... maybe it's a branch growing off my blog. And I have a blog tree that will soon have some other branches? Yep. I'll go with that for now. So this new branch to my blog is called myStyle/$pent which is to document and share my style and the damages in spendings with you. From clothing to decorations, my obsessions and sometimes dislikes on the items I choose to use as a form of self expression and a way to decorate my life. Basically an excuse for me to play with layout and further share my thoughts on fashion and such things.

So here it is. Drum roll please...

myStyle/$pent #001, July 2011
The beginning! Page one, the first leaf on this new branch!

1. I am totally loving leg warmers at the moment. Like totally besotted with them. So I decided to purchase a few more pairs! Makes me think of early 80s, dancers and aerobics. Especially like Alex in Flashdance. Send me to the 80s! Maybe that's why I love leg warmers so much, because I wish I was a dancer.  

2. Decided I needed another hat in a different colour so I don't always have to go grey. Throw some red into the mix. 

3. Was quite happy when I found JayJays had massively reduced their leather jackets. There pretty cute but I wasn't to keen to pay full price for them. Then again, I'm never keen to pay full price for just about anything. Stingey is pretty much my middle name. 

4. Finally purchased a pair of what I call "combat-ty heals". And I'm quite infatuated with them. Exactly what I wanted.

5. Don't know why it's taken me so long to get some of these full length tights. It's been on the list for a while! Tick! Such a staple in my wardrobe now.

6. Was pretty happy with this cheap as skirt. Love the pattern. And the zips of course! Always loving the zips!

7. Since my uggs have fallen apart I've been slipper-less for a while. Problem solvered.

Go on and take it, take it all with you

This morning I definitely walked out the door with a smile on my face. It's the first morning I've actually walked to uni. My first day back I was told that I should accept the ride offered to me and the second one I thought I may as well take another ride since it was available. But it was so nice to walk again this morning. I realised just how much I enjoy the walk. I probably enjoy the one on my way home a little more than on the way but the are both a part of my day that I look forward to.

Yesterday morning wasn't quite as smooth as this morning. I jumped out of bed at 7.30. I was supposed to be up at about 6.30 to be ready for work comfortably. I did have alarms set... and did the whole turn it off.... "I'm sure I can afford just a few more winks". I even remember dreaming getting up just a little bit too late and then being in a hurry getting ready in that short time.... but it wasn't as little time as I actually had when I got up! I literally leapt out of bed and stood in the doorway of my room contemplating my options. I hurriedly threw on some clothes and brushed my teeth and didn't quite manage to grab breakfast before heading out the door. Don't plan on doing that one again for a while! Definitely got up to my alarm this morning!

So after this hurry out the door for work on Wednesday by the time I got home at five-ish I hit the sack intending to grab a few winks before getting up in an hour or so to have some dinner and of course I needed to watch Offspring.... luckily my aunty woke me at 10.30pm otherwise I probably would have slept right through! So I got up and had some food. Caught up on Winners and Losers from the night before and then watched the season final of Offspring, recorded from just hours before. I loved it! So glad she chose Patrick! So sweet! But then ohmygosh! Next season is going to be intense! Definitely going to miss it being on. Might have to go and get it on DVD to prevent withdrawals!

On Tuesday I went into the city with some friends. It was quite fantastic. We had some lovely Thai food which included some amazingly awesome fried rice and a rather tasty crocodile stir fry with lemongrass. Have never had crocodile before! So that was a new first. Was interesting. The meat itself looked kind of strange. And it was kind of chewy. But I liked it. After our Thai we headed off to this nice little bar/restaurant on Bourke Street. We were looking for Madame Brussels but we didn't quite find our destination... we don't think. Fantastic night anyway. Love the city. It's so pretty at night time! Only down side to the night was heading home in a taxi, got a separate on to my friend so was on my own and this cab driver was t h e   s   l   o   w    e    s    t     cab driver EVER. he told me he's only been doing it for a month. No wonder he was so slow. But seriously. Cab drivers are usually zippy. Sometimes a little scary zippy. Well this one was just slow scary. Was so relieved when it was over. Except for the extra cost of the trip because of his slowness. It really bothered me a lot.

Apart from my cold first week back has been good. Good to see everybody again. I've even decided to go a bit healthier and changed from my sugary nutri-grain to muesli. Really didn't have any patience left after drawing on Tuesday though. it was a killer of a frustrating class. Apart from that the other classes haven;t been a big stress. it's nice going to classes when they're new, no homework, not knowing what the class will involve is kind of nice. But it's only possible for it to happen once at the start of the semester. So those classes have all been used up now. New briefs. New homework. And so it all begins again! And I am genuinely happy that it is beginning all over again. It's been nice to get back to my routine. I find it so satisfying.

I've come to realise that happiness lies in even the smallest of successes, the little accomplishments of the day. Every time I finish my gym program for the day, or even just get through another ten minutes on the treadmill I feel like that is an accomplishment I can tick off my achievements for the day. I think you've got to appreciate those little accomplishments.

Anyway, just finished watching the second season of Gossip Girl before and am about to begin the third. I love Gossip Girl and I especially love the last few episodes of the second season with the flashbacks of Lily when she was younger and then totally unrelated, finally Blair and Chuck getting together.

ex oh ex oh

Last Hours

So here I am about to embark on semester two. The last hours of my holidays are dwindling away. Almost perfect holidays almost gone. The only thing stopping these holidays from being quite as perfect as I would of liked them to be is this silly flu cold thing that has been around my house back home on the farm for over a month now and somehow I had managed not to get it.... until this last week. But oh well. These things can't be helped I guess.

Pretty keen for the beginning of semester two. Keen to see everyone. Get back to a routine.

Goodbye blissful holidays!

Woah I, I got a secret

It's been a while. So naturally this one is a bit chunky!

So the holidays are almost over. I feel Monday morning is going to be a slight challenge. As much as I'm keen to get back and see everyone Holidays have actually been pretty fantastic. Trekking back and forth to work and play netball has kept me busy enough that I haven't felt like I'm not doing anything. And going back to work means I've still been able to hit the gym so I don't feel like I've just wasted my holidays eating and not exercising like last time. Going back will be good though. Getting back to a good routine. I've come to realize I really depend on my routine. And I don't like it when my routine is compromised. It makes me quite grumpy actually.

Another thing that is making me quite grumpy at the moment is this horrible cough cold flu thing that I have acquired. My family has had it for aaaaaaggggggeeeessss. All holidays I've come back and forth and not gotten it.... until now. I really hope it doesn't stick around for long. I'm not going to be very functional next week with a cold like this! I just read an article in the latest issue of Frankie Magazine, #42, about Grandma's cures for the cold. So according to this article I need to consume a lot of garlic, put some onions on my feet, have lots of chicken soup and lemon and honey drinks. I strongly dislike honey. So this isn't ideal.... pity it is quite good for you. Guess you can't really substitute golden syrup....

I went shopping the other week to get my little sister a birthday present and splashed out on some CD's. I realized I haven't purchased any music for quite some time! So I spent quite some time in JB HI-FI picking out some stuff. I picked up Seeker Lover Keeper's self titled album. This is a little Australian group made up of a collaboration of three of Australia's talented songwriters Sarah Blasko, Holly Throsby and Sally Seltmann. In all honesty before hearing Even Though I'm A Woman on the radio on Triple J and investigating who might sing this tune and listening to their other songs on iTunes I hadn't really thought I'd heard of the latter two girls. Upon further research I am familiar with some of Sally's music such as Dream about Changing but i don't think I've really heard Holly's before. Sarah Blasko I have definitely heard of, perhaps my favourite song by her would be We Won't Run. Anyway, the Seeker lover Keeper album is pretty fantastic. Even though I'm a Woman and Light All My Lights are definitely my stand out favourites.

So also While in JB HI-FI there was a table of ten dollar Albums from which I grabbed Paramore's All We Know is Falling album which I've been meaning to grab for ages, and then Justin Beiber's My Worlds album for my little sister's birthday. Then The Script's Science and Faith which I was kind of excited to grab because I got to the counter with my other stuff and was told that I was able to get another one off the ten dollar table for free! Both are good. Haven't picked anything other than the obvious favourites of For the First Time, You Won't Feel a Thing, Nothing, If You Ever Come Back, Science & Faith, Dead Man Walking and Walk Away. Okay so I may have just listed more than half the album. I do quite enjoy The Script. Paramore's I don't feel I've listened to as much yet but I do enjoy Emergency and Whoa... they're all pretty good though. I got a bit excited when I was out the other night and they actually played Mysery Business!

I honestly still resort to Adele's album though. I'm infatuated!

Over the last few weeks I've watched a few movies. Another few purchases at JB HI-FI. Reckon they should just about sponsor this blog post! Damages were about $66 for two DVDs and four CDs. Anyway, I bought Charlie St Cloud and The Pursuit of Happyness. Charlie St Cloud was really good. Can't really go past a bit of Zac Efron! I was quite unsatisfied when it ended though. It was a bit confusing and I felt like there should have been more. It didn't feel like it went for that long... About a 3.5/5 And then The Pursuit of Happyness. I think I'll have to watch it again. I think I missed some little bits just from lack of concentration. But overall I thought it was quite good. A touching story. And really I just wanted to adopt will Smith's son at the age he is in the film. He is just way to cute! You can't really go past Will Smith either! 3.5/5.

Finally got a haircut today! Wow! Why didn't I get one so much sooner! I feel like it's been more than a year since I've had one! It feels so nice and neat and tidy. Feels soooooo much better. It's funny how something that you can't really feel, like a haircut, can feel so good. Fresh!

Had a big day shopping yesterday. I feel like I spent a lot of money but I don't think I actually bought anything that wasn't on sale or a special. So I guess that's ok. But I will tell you all about that in the next one. Off to get caught up on Offspring!
xx

Pluses!

As if this isn't the coolest little radio you have ever seen!

So my little brother was drooling over one of the toy sale catalogues and telling mum all about how when he's older and moves out that he's going to buy his own Wii. Curious of what he had planned for his older life I posed him with the question of what he was going to do with himself when he moved out of home. His reply was "go to college". Think this Aussie child has played to much of the sims? I then asked him what he was going to do at "college". His reply was "pluses". I thought it was a tad bit cute really! Maybe he can be an accountant!

I have a new food obsession that has become very dominant over the past few days. Raspberry jam on toast. It is the best thing! Especially in this chilly weather. Some nice crunchy toast with a bit of butter and jam, it's just irresistible. It's almost as good as a jam donought! Simply awesome!

Watched Ramona and Beezus this weekend. As a much younger version of myself, back in the days when I had to listen to an audio story every night when I was going to bed. We used to borrow various titles from the library... some that I remember quite clearly were a few Enid Blyton stories from her Malory Towers and The twins at St Clares, Tracey Beaker - Jacquelin Wilson, Pretty Polly - Dick King Smith, Paddy's Pot of Gold - Dick King-Smith and The Exiles in Love - Hilary McKay. And then much later I recall a lot of The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot. But back to Ramona and Beezus, Ramona Quimby was probably one of the most memorable stories. We would listen to the audio night after night until it was time for the tapes to go back to the library because they were going to be overdue. And I'm pretty satisfied with how they made the stories into a film. Joey King is a gorgeous little girl who plays Ramona quite perfectly. Selena Gomez was cast as big sister Beezus which initially I wasn't very impressed about but she was alright. A bit of Josh Duhamel never goes astray. I'm going to give it a 8/10. Definitely a good one for the younger ones.

Also watched Step Up 3. There were some fantastic dancing scenes. But the film didn't have much else going for it. I feel like there was not enough development of the characters and then stuff would happen and it just.... wasn't fantastic. It had all the cliche's in the dance movie cliche book. 5/10.

Life As We Know It was also viewed. Loved it! Always love Katherine Heigl. And I think Josh Duhamel and Katherine are pretty cute on screen together. There just seems to be the right balance of comedy and romance going on. 8/10.

Continuing to obsess over Adele's album. Pretty much the soundtrack to my mid year holidays.

Been feeling pretty rubbish today. Hopefully not coming down with something!

xo