My Week in Pictures #76

 

 The week began with acrobatics and ended with beautiful sunsets. 

After trying my hand at partner-acro, I have a new-found respect for people who are actually good at it - it's seriously difficult.

 

I kicked off the weekend with a Mexican-themed night with B. We started at El Loco for frozen margaritas and delicious $6 tacos, before kicking on to Tio's in Surry Hills for more margaritas, very expensive tequila shots and delicious $6 Rio Brava.

  

Sunday kicked off with a brunch date with the beautiful Rai, and exploring Newtown. There is nothing better than catching up with friends over nutritious smoothies and delicious foods. 

   

 After bidding farewell to Rai, I met up again with B, for a much-needed coffee and some gelato from the always-fascinating N2. 

Sunday night has mostly been spent relaxing preparing for the week ahead; a bit of blogging, planning, a quick clean of the house, colouring in and mindless TV.

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My Week in Pictures #52

A couple of months ago I bought a shirt from Portmans for work, and it fell apart after the second time I wore it. Finally got around to taking it back and getting a refund and picked up this cute top instead! Obsessed with the neon, and the front zip. I haven't been very active lately, due to a shoulder injury, so needed the new motivation to get back into the gym. There were a few bike rides during my time off though...to and from the physio. 

After two weeks off from all physical activity, I eased into some yoga with some backbending practice. Super pleased with how my bridge is coming along! 

 

Went out to dinner with dad and some family friends during the week. A glass of wine, and the most delicious slow-cooked pork neck, pork belly and vegetables is the best way to end the week. 

 

J and I had some friends over last weekend. We cooked a roast, and provided entertainment in the form of Settlers of Catan. They very generously brought over this delicious Toblerone Cheesecake. 

Obsessed with this Ciate nail polish, in Main Stage. As well as looking good, it lasted almost an entire week on my nails before chipping. The above photo was after four whole days of wear!! 

It's the pointy end of the semester, which means lots of final assignments, and lots of studying before exams (which are in two weeks eep!) I've done a lot of work, but I feel like I have so much more to do. T2 tea keeping my belly warm, and making it that bit less horrible to study. 

And our capsicums were finally ready for harvest! Did you know the difference between a green and a red capsicum is just how long it's been on the vine? I know right, blew my mind too! 

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My Week in Pictures #45

I started off my week with a pole workshop with Evgeny Greshilov - an amazing Russian pole dancer with incredible strength. The workshop was heaps of fun and I learnt lots of new tricks to work on. 

 

Rommy's been such a little cutie, with his newest toy...a large cardboard box. He's even taken to sleeping it, which is adorable.

Enjoying the last of my holiday break with a Shandy and some Assassin's Creed.

Uni goes back this week, so I'm trying to get a head start with my readings. A little Boston Legal playing in the background makes me less depressed that holidays are well and truly over.

 

One of the girls from work got an amazing job in the career she wants to go into, so sadly for us will no longer be working with us. We headed out to Darling Harbour for farewell drinks. A big jug of sangria is always a good way to celebrate. Darling Harbour was all done up for Mardi Gras. Did anyone attend the parade this year? Sadly I missed it! 

I did however catch up with Adeline from Through Beauty Eyes at the pre-mardi gras catwalk show at the Australasian College Broadway, which was a lot of fun! 

And probably, the biggest news of the week; I've been interning at a law firm since January as part of my degree, and on Monday I was offered a paid position! Which is just so incredible! I get to finish off my internship being paid, and then I get to stay on afterwards, continuing to get experience in an actual firm setting. I've loved working there so far, the people I work with are all so lovely and helpful, and I'm so happy I get to keep working there. 

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I'M BACK!

GUYS I'M DONE WITH MY EXAMS!

I still technically have one essay to finish writing until I am officially on holidays, but I'm mostly done with it so I'm starting to get excited about my impending freedom.

I have really, really missed blogging and am glad to be back!
I have a few posts planned for the next couple of weeks that I'm pretty excited about, but for now, here's some snaps of what I was up to in my absence...which really was not that much now that I look back on it...

I had an exam on early Monday morning, so stayed Sunday night in Wollongong. Brad showed Cailin and I the local vegetarian restaurant, much to our protest. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against vegetarian food, but I kinda draw the line at soy pretending to be meat. That dish on the left? Lemon soy chicken. I probably should have just ordered a salad or something. We finished off the night with with deep fried ice cream. Probably one of my favourite desserts ever. 

The weather has been sufficiently gloomy lately, with temps dropping. I've kind of enjoyed studying while it's been raining outside. Makes it a lot less tempting to escape my desk. 

Finished off the semester with a take home exam and a normal 3 hour, open book exam. I do feel kinda bad for killing so many trees to make into notes. I think I did well in my exams though. Which could mean either I actually did do well, or I missed something important and will do very badly. You never can really tell with law. 

Headed off to the unibar for a couple of beers after our evidence exam was over. Also started reading Orange is the New Black. Absolutely loved the TV show, so thought I'd give the book a read. Am enjoying it so far, although it is pretty different to the show. 

Mandatory animal cuddles. 

Headed off to my local Target in my lunch break to check out the new NYX stand. How exciting we get NYX in Australia now!? The prices are relatively cheap, but still about 3x more expensive than everywhere else gets it. I picked up a couple of things, can't wait to share it! 

We've also been eating the beans from our veggie patch in the garden! So satisfying, eating things you've your boyfriend has grown from scratch! Things taste better from your own garden, definitely. 

And have been practicing lots and lots of headstands and forearm stands and handstands. Finally managed to get the pike I've been working on. 

Accomplishment. Feels good, yo. 

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My Weekend in Pictures #38

I spent the past weekend in Mudgee, for a work friend's 21st birthday. Mudgee is a quaint little town, about a 4 hour drive North West from Sydney, in central Western NSW. L (whose birthday it was), grew up here, so took us all up to see her home town and celebrate her birthday. It was such a fantastic weekend; not only was it really nice to just get away from life for a couple of days and spend it with a couple of the work girls, but it was really cool getting to see where L grew up...I finally had an actual image in my head now of places and people she'd talked about. 

We headed down to the markets on Saturday, before returning back to L's to set up for the party. There was lots of cute items here, and lots of homemade food and wine. I also found this awesome vintage camera. Of course I had to buy it. Although the film is no longer made for it, I may be able to use a different sized film...so that will be a fun experiment! 

I picked up some seeds to bring home as a present for J

That night we celebrated L's 21st ... it was an absolutely gorgeous party; lanterns in the trees, fresh flowers and fruit punch adorned the tables, and fire pits to sit next to and be warm. 

Before heading home on Sunday we had lunch at High Valley; a vineyard and cheese factory. 

Where we sat and ate lunch was cute, and the food was amazing...I may have bought some tomato fetta to bring home with me. 

On the drive home we stopped at Capertee Valley and I snapped this photo of the world's widest canyon:

Such a cute weekend getaway; even though Mudgee is a small town there's plenty to explore. Even just looking at these photos is making me nostalgic, and I can't wait to go back again and explore more of it. 

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