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Catch up with the girls (and guys) last night... fun times!

Donna and I went to Ikea and DFO first. it was really busy and we both had to pull each other away from useless items we really wanted to buy but didn't need. Still ended up with photo frames, plates, cutlery and boxes. Love the kid's section!!

Had meatballs and lamb shanks for lunch. it was so filling but pretty good.

Then walked around DFO looking for those elusive nude, strappy, not-too-high bridesmaid shoes. no dice... :( why is it so hard??

A little disappointing...

Then we headed to hurricanes in darling harbour for an early dinner booking. people ended up being pretty late due to the wet weather. But better to drive safe! the food was pretty good... but we had like 2 rounds of food food which was pretty epic. but managed to finish it all as harry was on a cochlear salary. (yes, that was the joke of the night)

then we decided to go to brighton for bay vista which was pretty random but pretty cool. it meant that we would finish on a normal outing night time. had to be seated across two tables but still good. had the concrete peanut butter shake. it was ... challenging. but we finally finished it. YAY!!!!!!

went across the road for some beach time and trying to take instax but failed. so harry picked on cherry and stole her shoes and they went running through the wet sand. johnson and donna joined in. . . before it was time to go.

always going to be children!

and now have semi ideas of a road trip - maybe.

joyce and i had went to bay vista just because today. it was good. pretty busy as usual! and yummy yummy desserts.

had the banana butterscotch waffles with crumbed pecans.

then walked along the beach for a little bit.

Corporate team dinner on Friday. Tapas and Ivy!!!

It was a good night. I even survived the day with Nick winding me up all day about my exams results... i was more and more anxious by the hour. and he thought it was so funny...... results sent to me via sms just before dinner. All good!! YAY!!!!!!! more drinks!

we had wine and sangria (white wine sangria... best thing ever) to start and we headed on to the Ivy afterwards. it ended a bit premature due to a couple of things but still had a good time. shots and vodka. yum yum yum!! and the best thing is i didn't even spend any money. i guess that means its my turn next time!

and we are going to back it up this friday with our EOFY function. WOOOT!!!

ended up bumping into stephen from target on the train back. good to catch up. he's in a mid-tier firm so good to hear what's been going on with people life after target. and great to see so many people making the most of it.

Saturday... i got up so early considering. like 7. couldn't go back to sleep. slightly hungover. wanted to go run it off..... and it was raining?! so did some early shopping for a housewarming gift before going for a short gym session.

then went to kingsgrove for family friends housewarming. yummy authentic vietnamese food!!!

and that's when jan and donna called to say they were heading to my hood. best impromptu saturday arvo/evening ever!

- watched Prometheus. (don't bother, it was a waste of time, cringe-worthy)
- hung out at Michelle's place waiting for people to arrive
- waited outside Manmaruya Hurstville for like an hour to get a table for 8. during this time, we saw these street spots become available. so we hatched this not-so-elaborate plan to get the cars from the station to the street. LOL hilarious. first had to direct Donna in the lil VW (after watching an asian lady reverse into the pole at the carpark) and then i had to get out and direct Hui in her gigantic soccer mum car. HEHEHEHEE all the time whilst donna's lil red car hogged up in full asian style two spots!! excellent team effort!!! and by then, it was perfect timing cause table was available.
- had some pretty good japanese (i don't usually go to manmaruya if i had a choice. prefer kazuki on forest road) but it was good tonight. EXCELLENT SASHIMI and soft shell crab salad was really good too.
- and then... we headed on to brighton for Bay Vista. Didn't have to wait too long for a table. and oh... were our choices epic. gigantic ice cream, profiteroles and crepes drowned in maple syrup (i think there were berries at one stage). but the highlights? Tab's 'swiss hot chocolate' that solidified and Donna's peanut butter concrete. whoa. epic. like melted peanut butter ice cream..... in a tall glass.
- then we went back to michelles place and froze on the street whilst everyone said their goodbyes. :)

and then came home and had this massive heart 2 heart with my sister. <3

which meant that i woke up around 11 today. went for a 4k run... put no effort into it at all....

watched some netball. took nessie out. and a lil fat pug followed us home. so we played with it for a while...

and now winding down for another week!!!

i love the view of brighton beach.
all those aeroplanes taking off and landing.
which is also why i love la perouse.

i had lunch with maria and janice today. it was so nice to see them out of work. =)

lunch was at a local cafe kiosk right alongside the beach - with seagulls and all. and in the warm sun =D =D

we had coffee and dessert at marias house after lunch.

then i went to spotlight to get those jump rings i was looking for. finally found them. guestbook looks a bit less obese now. hahaha. still a bit.. fat. oh wells

blue mt researching.

out~

had a 4 hour lunch in brighton today. awesome. =D then only had time to do a bit of HV grocery shopping before dinner at sunnys. grandma's shout. =D

and the waiter.

hahaha.

wat a funny guy. with the crap we sort of gave him (well, more like the other people.. chefs in general), it was amazing he didn't stuff up or have a nervous breakdown.

great to have a saturday off.