The Long Weekend

As usual, I am delayed in my blog posts, but I couldn't not post about the Easter long weekend.. we had waay too much fun!

 

 

 

On the Thursday night we headed out to our local with the usual crowd and as usual it ended with MacDonalds at 3am.

 

 

Nutella and Strawberry Pizza - $4!

 

Our Good Friday started surrounded by all the hungover-feeling-sorry-for-themselves friends from the night before, and even though we had every intention to make it to the Royal Easter Show, fate stood in our way.. after driving all the way there to be faced with a sign saying "No casual parking, all lots are full", we turned around and went home to have a scary movie marathon with a few friends.

 

One of the movies we chose was Australian. Do I need to say much more? What is it about Aussie accents in movies that just get so darn annoying?!

 

On Saturday we headed west to have lunch with my mum at Liana's in Parramatta.

 

 

After parking we found this... what a lovely, unexpected surprise - thanks council man.

 

 

Mum's chicken (on the left) actually tasted like pancakes with maple syrup on them.. for real! It was so strange, but  uber delicious.

 

 

Fro yo dessert!

 

Saturday night and we headed to Tharens in the Cross. Do you remember last time I went there? It is a great place for lots of photos with silly hats, and just like last time we had a great night with our friends.

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Sunday was just more movies with A - my family doesn't do too much these days, not now we are too old for Easter egg hunting.

 

On Easter Monday we finally made it back to the Royal Easter Show and had a really good day walking around, looking at everything.

 

 

Have you seen the "goats screaming like humans" on YouTube? We saw it for the first time a few days before the easter show and A thinks it is the funniest thing evverrrr! A has a hugely infectious laugh so when he starts laughing, we all do.. he literally laughs when you even mention the goats, so it was no surprise he was excited when we saw the goats at the show...

 

 

 

...and then like another sign of fate, we heard a goat screaming like a human. What were the freaking chances? I am pretty sure it made A's whole long weekend!

Random Post

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Latest Clinique order from Strawberrynet

For Orthodox Easter this weekend, we went over A's parents house for a nice family lunch.

Part of the tradition is that you get these coloured eggs and you each person taps there egg with an others (pointy end), whoevers egg doesn't crack moves on to tap an others. The egg left at the end is the winner. As you can see, this is a bowl full of losers.

going to Easter lunch... we look all chubby and squishy in this photo haahha.

sunset from our balcony Sunday night.

 Okkkk so, we had our first "dinner party" on Sunday night. I cooked an awesome Chicken Roast(and I can say it was awesome, because it is a 12WBT recipe and not my own) and while I was cooking the boys decided they would have a lightsaber fight. Yes this is what I live with. May the force be with me! LOL. The dinner party was fun though, wine, chocolate and a lot of laughs over xBox Connect.

Friday's casual day work outfit, which was not so casual because we were going out after work.

 

Le Snak Spicy Capsicum. Seriously, if you have not tried the new (non cheesy) flavours you really should, they are sooooo delicious! I always have a box of these in my drawers at work for when I have the urge for a snack. At under 100calories, my thighs even like them :)



My Easter

My Easter long weekend was great, but like many times, I forgot to take photos of  a lot of it to share with you guys. (Doup!) I am trying to get better I swear :P

Thursday night, we went to my roomie's birthday at Bungalow 8 for a few too many drinks and a late night BBQ sausage. It was a fun night with our close friends, which started and ended nice and early (and intoxicated).

Good Friday was the day we had the first party at our new apartment- our House Warming.

I woke up early to do the final cleaning and food prep for the BBQ. We bought waaayy too much for the BBQ, I thought that at the time of buying it and cooking it and now when I look at all the left overs in our fridge, but I guess it is better to have too much then not enough right?

I made a baked potato bar with lots of yummy topping options like chives, pineapple, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream with sweet chili and corn. I thought the potatoes were delicious. Unfortunately, only myself and my bestie tried them, while everyone else chomped on the Nam Noung (i'm not sure if I have spelt that right, but basically it is the most delicious marinated pork kebab/sausage sort of thing).

Despite my potatoes going uneaten, it was a GREAT party! We spent the day in the sun, down by the pool, eating nibbles and hunting for Easter eggs. When the sun went down we moved everything and everyone upstairs for some jello shots and some moves on my pole. The pole got a MASSIVE workout by the way. We couldn't have asked for the party to go any better, but I did wish I had a maid the next morning when I saw the state our place was left in :(

Luckily, I didn't have to stay in our messy apartment, as I made an early morning getaway to my mum's house for another BBQ and a day of betting on the Golden Slipper. It was fun hanging out with my mum, brother and dog Bobby, but it would have been even more fun if my horses decided to win! :P

Sunday was our lazy day spent watching countless movies and being looked after by A and my roommate, as I nursed a sore belly.

On Monday, I was back in action and off to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. I like the show and I always have fun, but I don't love it anywhere near as much as A does!! He lights up like a little kid and went to the show armed  with a "show bag shortlist" and all. It did turn out to be a great day, but damn was I tired by the end of it. I passed out at like 9.30pm and I am still tired today!!

Plus side is, I remembered to take photos...

me and my little brothers

My boys

How cool is his Afro?? hahaha

A & roomie with the Goats

where else can you get a foot long Dagwood dog?

you have to do it!haha

A  & I

Bestie & I with our own goats



Happy Long Weekend!

Before I leave work this afternoon, I just wanted to wish you all in the blogging world, a very happy Easter and a safe long weekend.

I hope you spend the weekend with loved ones, a snuggly bed and maybe a cheeky beverage.

I hope you get to induldge in many chocolate eggs and bunnies, which don't contain calories that don't go to your thighs, bums or belly.

I also hope your weekend goes just as slow as the working week!;)

I'm off to birthday drinks for my roommate now.

Here's what I wore to work today...

Forever 21 blazer and top. Kenji tights.

Wish I could have found a necklace this morning.. ahh well!

Going to take off the white singlet top underneath to sex it up for tonight's occassion!

Chao

xx

Weigh in Wednesday!

I know I had told you all last week that I felt like I had gotten my mojo back and I truly did.

The next day however, the monthly visitor came. For me, the monthly visitor means being up all night heating a wheat pack every 15 minutes to help my stomach cramps and back pains. The very next day I could not work out :(

Thankfully, I didn't act like my recent (before mojo coming back) self and take this as a great excuse to right off the week , not workout and eat chocolate like I wanted too!

I went straight back to the gym the day after and on Saturday when I was hungover I went to Subway not the Kebab place, Ogalos or McDonalds, which are all located underneath our building.

I was proud of myself and excited to jump on the scales this morning.....

but first I had one final run (my version of last chance training)

I was singing Gangsta's Paradise out loud while taking this photo...

I'm 23 yeah but will I ever see 24? The way things are going I dunno.

and BAM!!!! 700GRAMS LOST!!

Am I happy with this? hells yeahhhh! I don't care how little the loss is, as long as it is a loss then my weight is going in the right direction DOWWWNNN!!

Since I have started back on 12WBT it has looked a little like this...

Week 6 - 300grams down

Week 7 - 500grams down

Week 8 - 700grams down

Total = 1.5kgs.

I am not complaining.

I just wish it wasn't Easter this weekend. This weekend we have our house warming party on Friday, family BBQ Saturday and the Easter show on Sunday.

Any tips for me on how to NOT hinder my weight loss this weekend??