21 before 21.

1. sew something, anything.
2. partake in a pot luck :)
3. scrap and print a digital album.
4. take a cooking class.
5. have a pretty desk for creative stuffs.
6. try a new tea every month.
7. enrol at shillington college.
8. take a road trip.
9. get a library card.
10. find a tangible copy of killing heidi's reflector.
11. join a netball team again.
12. bake someone a birthday cake.
13. volunteer.
14. try yoga.
15. see paper kites in concert.
16. read 5 new books.
17. busk.
18. get my rsa.
19. take a first aid course.
20. pay off my credit card.
21. save 10,000.

20 before 20, revisited.

1. find a job. check!
2. find a full time job i love. check!
3. make a bosom friend. does craig count? we are so similar it's crazy, and good.
4. learn to sew. yeah, um working on that one.
5. work out my allergies/intolerances. see above answer, hehe :)
6. hold a dinner party. this really isn't my style. i'd like to do a potluck sometime this year.
7. win a game of real life scrabble against david. yeah, we didn't play enough scrabble to do so. think i'll scrap this one off the list altogether.
8. scrap; make time for it. enjoy it. wow, this one has really hasn't stuck. i've done one page this year. hmm. needs more work.
9. visit margaret river. i took a spontaneous trip with craig to dunsborough a few months ago. we had an absolute ball so it's close enough :)
10. get a library card. still to do. 
11. buy an instant camera. i have instagram, hipstamatic and lemelemecam on the iphone, i don't think a polaroid camera is too necessary right now.
12. try zumba. ha! i actually did this. with david's mum and sister. it was too fast and too little a class and i dunno, i haven't been too keen to go back. but i did it! :D yay!
13. take an evening cooking class. this is still something i want to do.
14. watch an afl match live. this is happening next sunday! :DDD
15. have date nights. :) we've been to rifo's italian restaurant, sucker punch, darwin deez and the moon for late night dessert pizza, took a trip to dunsborough for the night, spent mornings browsing stores after hot imp drinks, caught the midnight screening of harry potter, had v burgers from the view in kings park, spent the day at the hillary's on a double date (double pts!) involving aquariums and chocolate restaurants and just recently headed to burger edge for the most delicious burger yet. this task was well and truly smashed in the last 3 months.
16. stop eating packaged sugary junk. well it's been cut down. i don't just purchase copious amounts of chocolate bars out of vending machines and in terms of junk; maccas and the like aren't really choices anymore... i'd call that a win.
17. try 1 new restaurant a month. yes and yes.
18. attend a costume party with a kick-arse handmade costume. i did attend an 80s themed party and i went so far as to crimp my hair so i'm giving this a tick.
19. create a space to let my creativity flow. still working on this one, along with the scrapping and stuffs.
20. make a tangible album documenting my last teen-year. this one's an epic fail. but i do have a wall mural going on documenting our love, so i feel okay about it :)


For something I never really gave any thought to due to massive life changed (who has time for a silly list?! :D), I actually achieved a lot this year. Tomorrow I turn twenty. No teen for me. Bit scared that I haven't 'done anything with my life' yet... Ah well it's all a work in progress.


New goals as of tomorrow!

nomnoms.

I love food. I love that a great meal and great company can really make the difference to my day. Craig and I have been trying to save like mad for the upcoming Melbourne/Tas trip but one thing that never gets sacrificed is our grocery list... Salmon, Beef Stroganoff, Tacos and Stirfry are a few of our regular dishes... but I love when things like home made pizza and fruity crumpets just come together :) Finger food is the best.

July in an instant.

Last month was a goodun. 1. I went to my first and last midnight screening of Harry Potter and yes, I cried a bit when it was over. For no other reason than it was over. *sigh* 2. This winter has been hard with no tumble dryer (smelly towels and damp jumpers are the enemy) so we took a trip to the laundromat and spent an hour or so eating chinese food and listening to an old lady talk ghosts :D 3. I've been cutting back on clothes shopping but I still seem to have no money! The bills are getting paid and we have sweet half price beanies from The Basement in Myer though, so we happy. Will definitely come in handy when we take our trip to Melbourne and Tas in less than a month :) 4. Aaaand I finally got to see the view of Perth at night; we grabbed burgers in Vic Park and headed up there. Perfect view and a perfect night.

Other highlights in July included decorating the walls with snaps and posters, a new haircut and colour, Craig getting his old job back at JBs so we have more play money, catching up with my cousin Mel for pancakes and shopping and helping mumma choose laminex for  the kitchen in the house she's building. Nothing really beats time with family and friends.

So yes, that's July. And August is already shaping up to be amazing. How was your month? What adventures did you go on? Tell me!

A Rather Nice Day

I've been a regular customer at the dentist as of late. Wisdoms coming through, throat caning and caps coming off everywhere! This particular Saturday I really didn't feel like cruising into work and having to have my mouth constantly yapping. Ouch. Instead we slept in, took some Diflam (just me) and went to Ikea for a spot of lunch.

Meatballs, chips, quiche, 2 muffins, cheesecake, salad bowl, bread roll, sauce, iced coffee and a soft drink for less than $30? Bliss. We had a quick cruise around and then I was feeling rather sick again so it was nap time :)

Aaaand this is my boyfriend. He's a cutie. I'm smitten. We have fun.

ps. This album is amazing. We bought it from cdbaby.com and it got delivered in less than two weeks :) Obadiah's sound is very acoustic breakfast boppy. (John Mayer-ie with an edge.) That should be it's own genre. Craig and I both agreed if we owned a cafe this would be the number one played album. Plus the cover reminds me of Selise's blog. Happy times.