My Birthday

Well it happened... my birthday rolled around once again, they all told me I was a year older, A spoilt me and I drank my fair share of alcohol.

 

I am officially one step closer to 30, and one step further away from 20 - I'm 26.

 

The Friday before my birthday, we met some of our favourites at our local for cocktails and dancing. They made sure I enjoyed myself sooo much, that I took the taxi through McDonald's drive through on the five minute drive home :)

 

 

Love my neon pumps! $15 from Rubi :)

 

 

How bad does my skin look in these pictures? I had ran out of Mac and used an Australis foundation I had lying around... sooooo shiny you could see your reflection in my face!

 

 

 

they gave me a balloon!!! small things, small things.

 

 

My actual birthday was on the Monday (29th April) and I had the day off work.

 

During the day I get told by A "you'll get instructions later".

 

Later on I get a text... "be in the city at 4:45pm" with an address.

 

After jumping in the shower, I realised I had no idea to what to wear! I sent A a few sms' but no response and then I got...

 

"Hello Birthday Girl. You should wear something warm, bring a jacket and not too dressy but not too casual. Wear flats. Pack clothes for work tomorrow and don't forget your toothbrush!"

 

Hmmm...

 

I picked out an outfit and trained it into the city, where I met A and was taken to our hotel room for the night. Then I was quickly rushed out the door...

We walked for about 15 minutes, before A walked over to a man got a couple of tickets and I realised what we were doing... canapes and drinks on a tall ship around Sydney Harbour!!!!

I loooved it! It was romantic, fun and an amazing birthday!

 

 

red eyes in every.single.photo.

 

 

After the cruise, he continued to spoil me with an array of birthday presents.

 

I am one lucky chicken!!

Engagements and Christenings

Talk about a jam packed weekend!!!

 

I am pretty sure I forgot to sleep last weekend, and relaxing wasn't even thought of.. but I still wouldn't have changed a second of it!

 

On Friday night I met up with a few of my girls for a pub dinner and Sangria. I think in my old age I am getting slightly wiser, because I made sure I was home at a decent time knowing that I had an earlish start the next day.

 

 

 

 

The earlish start was our friend's engagement party - a BBQ lunch at a pub in the Rocks.

 

I wish I wish I took photos of all the pretty flowers and lanterns they had around the place, but of course I didn't. It was a really relaxed vibe and the subtle decorations with the old cobblestone just looked beautiful.

 

 

 

It was such a nice party, and we had loads of fun cooking our meat on the grill and hanging our photos up for the Polaroid guest book.

 

 

 

I wore this bright pink dress, which I later teamed with a white blazer (both from Dat Girl). I love the colour of this dress and it matched the perfect Sydney weather.

 

 

 

We dragged our jolly selves home on Saturday night, for yet another early start on Sunday.

 

Sunday was the day of my friend's baby's christening and the church started at 10am. A and I race down to the car park at around 9:20am to drive to the church and make it just at the right time, to see that our flatmate's friend has parked her car in front of ours, locking us in. My flatmate and her with both at our other friend's paintball day.

 

To say I was angry would probably be putting it nicely, as I desperately tried ringing all of our friend's phones without a response from anyone, because of course they are shooting each other with paint. When we finally did get someone on the phone, my flatmate told me the keys were in his room to move the car, but it was all too late.... we had missed the church ceremony.

 

I was one of those people. The people who go to the reception and not the ceremony.

 

I explained it to my friend and she was very sweet about it, but we still felt awful.

 

 

This is my beautiful friend. She is the mother of a seven month old baby. She puts my no baby body to shame!

 

The reception was at a Macedonian restaurant and it was so so much fun! Great food, a lot (read too much: we were all sweating) of sunshine, wine and circle dancing...  let's just say I was in bed by 6pm that night.

 

 

 

And then it is Monday. AGAIN. Boo!

 



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!

Who runs the world? Girls!

I love a good night/day out with my girls. The endless chatter about things your fiance only tries to seem interested in and the jokes that only you and your girls find funny.

 

I had a huge dose of female love last weekend.

 

On Friday night, I met a few girls that I use to work with for what my friend R described as a "cheap and nasty night". And that it was my friends!

 

 

Unfortunately it was pouring down rain in Sydney just before we were going to meet, and I had know jacket, but luckily R had a spare leather jacket in her office that I borrowed. She insisted that this jacket was made for me, hence the pose.

 

 

What I love about Friday night drinking is that because you start early, it is socially acceptable to finish early and still be able to get a train home, which is exactly what I did about 12.30am.

 

I felt fine just before we were leaving, so thought there was no harm in quickly downing my last glass of wine - Oh Sarah will you never learn?! After about 5 minutes on the train I realised I was intoxicated, legless, drunk, blind as a skunk.. you name it, I was probably it!

 

I looked at my phone and saw a message from A earlier asking me where I was, this was my response...

 

 

 

Poor guy must have freaked out!! I didn't mean to write that but I couldn't see my phone properly, let alone type and i'll also blame stupid autocorrect! I cleared it all up and then was very happy to see A at the train station waiting for me when I got off; such a sweetheart!

 

On Sunday I met up with my 3 bridesmaid's for a champagne (hmm starting to see a reoccurring theme here? ) brunch and a bridal expo.

 

 

We couldn't leave out my MOH who is currently living in Colombia, so we made sure she had a spot.

 

 

We ate at Cyren in Darling Harbour, and whilst our Waiter was lovely, the food took way too long to come out and then my poor girls who ordered eggs Benedict were faced with a long plate with 2 muffins sliding around it on top. There was no garnish, no prettiness, no nothing.

 

 

My Mediterranean breakfast was delicious, but I still don't think I would return.

 

Going to the bridal expo slightly tipsy, we had a ball!

 

 

Highlights: Of course the photo booths, the fondue freebies, cake testing, the awful awful drag queen at the fashion show, the ketut and rhonda lollies and the boys in the fashion show who cheekily decided to show what was under their kilt ;)

 

Ketut loves Rhonda

 

Cons: There was only one way in and out, which was really frustrating. Only one cake place out of 6 had samples - I need a cake, samples would have helped me! For our $20 each I didn't even get one free bridal magazine.

 

Cake pops cake

 

All in all it was such a fun day with lots of girly silliness and I can't wait for more adventures out with my bridesmaids all together.

 

 

 

 

What's something you always do with your girls?

 

Have you done movies and sleepovers recently? I know it is a bit cliche, but after typing the question, now I want to do it! hehe.

Since I've Been Gone...

I have not been on blogger, one single time!

 

Whenever I have holidays from work, it is like a holiday from the computer as well. Of course, this time I had to still go online for Dat Girl, but I only did for the least amount of time possible.

 

So what have I been doing then?

I started this post 2 weeks ago, when it should have been posted, but it wouldn't let me attach my pictures until now.. and now I have been reading your blogs, but ah well.. same same. 

 

I had a night out at Ivy changerooms with some of my girls.

 

I don't know about you other light eyed girls, but I am constantly looking like the devil in photos! In the photo above I tried using the iPhone 5 red eye correction... i'm still not sure whether it made the picture look any better.

 

Wearing a white Kookai dress, which I did have teamed wth a yellow Collette necklace, but it broke within 5 minutes of me being at the bar... not sure if I blame it on the extreme heat or cheap necklace?

 

A and I have started our new eating plan. I know you're probably thinking that I always seem to be dieting, but this is the year of my wedding so no "normal" body is going to cut it! I need lean body please hehe.

 

We are eating high protein, with low GI carbs.. it is really easy and I am starting to get creative with how we do it, above is lean pork meatballs with sauce (made from carrot, zucchini, tomatoes and onion) on SLIM pasta.

 

We went away for NYE week with 13 friends to Lake Macquarie. It was such a great break!! This lake was in our backyard and we spent much time doing nothing, eating, drinking and playing on the slip and slide!

 

Oh why did it have to end?! :(

 

 

NYD sunrise with the boy... and yes I am in a Scorpion costume, you had to be there I guess.

bruises courtesy of pole dancing

 

OHH YEAH! And on NYE Dat Girl was published in Cosmo, it was very exciting and I felt like a proud mother.

 

Below I am a proud mother of some gummy teeth! Who doesn't love playing with gummy teeth?haha

 

I took Dat Girl to Glebe markets again, another successful trip... this weekend we are at Caringbah markets, if you're in the area... come down and say hi!

 

 

 

The week away involved shot roulette.. this is one way to ensure you get intoxicated.

 

And I met the cutest puppy EVER! She barely looks real... she is a moodle, a maltese cross poodle and adorable as all heck!

 

My mum attempted a Ginger Bread house and I got busy eating my gifts from work colleagues, and now you know the reason for the new eating plan :P

Dinner with the girls at Meet the Greek in Brighton le Sands. It is one of my fav greek restaurants now, they have a 5cheese fondue, which is basically a pot of melted cheese with some diced tomatoes and I know it goes straight to my thighs, but it is worth every single squat.

 



There has been heaps of movement on the wedding front, so I will try to update you all with that this week too!

 

Is anyone else on a healthy new new year's bender?