fuchsia fragments

I'm either blogging every second day, or not blogging at all...

In my defence i got sick (refer to previous post thinking it was hayfever: guess not huh?), and sicker before getting slightly better. went to the doctor to be told that it was allergies causing all these symptoms and there was actually nothing wrong with me. even though had a cough, blocked nose and body aches. wasn't prescribed with any medication and was told to continue taking over-the-counter (non-working) drugs! and he gave me a sample of this hayfever nasal spray... when i am pretty sure it wasn't hayfever. hahaha what a funny doctor...

in between or just before, i hosted my 3rd annual high tea (by hosted i mean lay on the couch for half the afternoon whilst every one else enjoyed themselves), had lots of baking to do and life in general.

was feeling slightly better by tuesday and was planning to work from home in the afternoon only to get onto a role in the office and stayed the whole day. which paved the road for full days of work for the rest of the week. guess i survived.

CFO gave me a overly-ripe banana on friday afternoon, said to me 'don't say i'm not good to you!' and then massively hinted that i needed to bake banana bread for monday. HA HA funny.

spent a good portion of my weekend in the kitchen making sugar flowers and cakes and burning my hands whilst trying to do some fancy pansy stuff with toffee (like build a croquembouche, read about it on my other blog). and silly me being silly like to pop the blisters that protect the burn so it hurts even more. have three so far and they're pretty painful!

went for a drive to donnas and beyond last night. thought castle hill was far. beaumont hills is another 10 kms from her place. that makes it very very very far from my place. huge ass houses out there but not about to make that trek any time soon... at all!!! but nice to just sit and donnas and drink tea and eat her eucalyptus drops, thanks dude!

went to chris' (work colleague) place for dinner last night with other work people. had hot pot and then played a bit of mahjong whilst watching mr and mrs smith on tv. left just after midnight and no joke, it was 1:15 by the time i was home. even in no traffic, it's a long drive!

think i'm ready to let this weekend go, feels like i've achieved a fair bit so rather content!

only 10 a.m. and my nose is on struggle street. and i can feel that tickling and sore feeling in the back of my throat. i think its hayfever and not that i am actually coming down with something. At least, i hope not. i have too much to do, namely, pull off my third (wow, three years already) annual high tea!!

so speaking to mama wynwyn this morning and decided that i will probably get the majority of the groceries on saturday. which means i wont be sleeping in on saturday. boo. i think i'm getting helpers though - although their definition of 'early' and my definition of 'early' is probably significantly different.

i got a (sort of) sleep in this morning. well, i went to the gym later than usual and went to work later than usual... its really quiet in the office today. and i have a conference call that ends at 7:30 pm. long day, wishing it was friday already! i want to bake!!

im no psychologist. i deal with numbers and variances. not the woulda, coulda, shoulda.

but i reckon there's a pattern to my spending habits. i go really really well for a long time without spending much and then boom. one day, i wake up and decide that i need a new phone, a new keyboard, new shoes, new hair dryer, and the list goes on. literally things just pop up and i don't rest until i have it, get it, buy it.

next on my radar although i have suppressed this for a long long time. new bed, new drawers and new table. but i reason with myself that if i move out within 2 years time, then i will not get the return so deserving of new furniture. lol. its working. for now.

the reason why i don't usually got out on mondays: because it then feels like it is towards the end of the week when it is the beginning. and the trek home makes it feel even later. and then have to psych myself for the remaining 4 days!

but it was great to finally catch up with tarjay girls and receive another wedding invitation! How exciting for Mon although it was a very long time coming.

ichi-ban & max brennar. nom.

11th day of the month.

for those of you who don't know me, i really really limit my spending and usually i put all my expenses including transport and going out on my CC for the month. it usually is around the same amount.

there's something wrong with me this month.

i have already spent over 1.5 times my monthly "limit" excluding the visit to Hong Kong.

2 big cake supply orders and a new phone will do that to you... but a lot of 'incidentals' too. stop me...

Most of you can probably tell, i love tapas. its my go-to kind of meal when eating out whether small groups or larger parties. its the atmosphere, the fact that you can taste bits of everything and because you can always enjoy with wine!

Last night, caught up with Sarah and we went to the new Tapavino around the Quay area. Ironically, we had to walk past our old workplace *shudder*... But in this little alleyway off a main street is where the dual-level wine bar was located and it was gorgeous. And almost felt like something out of Europe, complete with the little al-fresco tables on the sidewalk and cobble stones.

The bar smelt AMAZING inside of cured meats (jamon). And we were seated upstairs. Pretty attentive waiters and a really really really good wine list. I had the white wine with melon and citrus flavours. It was really refreshing although 2 glasses did give me a slight headache the morning after. Strange, considering on the weekend, had a lot more than 2 glasses at Cherry's reception. I did feel a little warm after too. Maybe it was because we didn't have too much to eat.

We shared 3 tapas and 2 of them i can rave on about for days. The eggplant toscado with goats curd is really fresh and crispy. And the Mushroom and Black truffle tart with jamon is to die for. Next time, I'm having one of those for myself - not sharing!! Word of advice though, give the lamb sweetbreads a miss! The short ribs and avocado and crab toscado looked amazing too. So did a few of their saladas! Yes, i really want to go back!!!

Pretty early night for us, have to admit that i was probably still feeling a little weary adjusting to daylight savings time! I should have worked from home today - there is literally no one in the office :-(