week in summary:

1. sunday - i finished an entire book in one sitting by this little lady. it made me bawl my eyes out and every self respecting human should read it. delightful writing by an incredible young aussie author.
2. monday - i had a bit of a yucky day at work and had to resort to the ol' faithful tea and bikkie to put the smile back on my dial.
3. tuesday - i spent the day in brisbane for work, which isn't a bad place to be in the dead of winter.
4. wednesday - we went to buy groceries and ended up having pizza for dinner. that's just how things work in our house. and i wouldn't change that for the entire universe.
5. thursday - i baked for JDs birthday. i like being the dedicated baker in our team at work. takes the edge of work. and there's nothin' like a bit of sugar to bring people together in my opinion.
6. friday - it's raining and i'm getting dinner made for me as i type. i am lucky to have a boyfy who thinks he is jamie oliver. i like him. ( x x )

... and tomorrow! i'm off to see mary poppins with some super lovely pals! not before a spot of china town lunch though. dumpling-time!!

you can always tell how awesome my weekend has been by the amount of photos of junk food i take.

This weekend I:

• made mexican for dinner
• watched a lot of 30 Rock
• slept in a little bit, which was lovely
• got a fresh mani pedi which is a bit of a luxury considering i'm well and truly in lockdown mode, saving my tail off for NYC in 4 months ( !!!!! )
• ate some pizza and watched some marilyn monroe movies with a lovely gf of mine
• ate lots of twisties and watched some marilyn monroe movies with a lovely gf of mine
• ate cookie dough and watched some marilyn monroe movies with a lovely gf of mine
• had sunday yum cha with my family and caught up over coke spiders
• went to see bridesmaids with some *unofficial* bridesmaids :) it was so freaking hilarious. I hope Katrina's wedding/hen's party/pretty much everything turns out like that!
• had dinner with boyfy's mamma for her belated birthday celebrations

Next weekend I:

• will be a homebody

x x

football fans.

last saturday night was the saturday night i look forward to all year. we get the gang together, we wear as much black and white as we can, and we yell and cheer and boo and swear as our beloved collingwood magpies play the swans here in Sydney. it only happens once a year. (let us have our moment.)

there were a couple of things different about this year though. my partner in crime, katrina, is expecting a little bundle of love, so she was off the goon. we brought some new friends into the gang who were "behind enemy lines" (their words, not mine) as they were of the carlton (YUCK) and adelaide persuasions. lucky they're lovely or i'd really, really be re-thinking our friendship. another new addition into the fold was aaron's new blazer. handmade in vietnam, 100% awesome.

the night began with pizza and beer, the middle was made up of more beer and lots of laughing and the night was rounded out with mcdonalds sundaes and chicken mcnuggets.

final score: COLL 99 SYD 93. 

and a picture of some macaroons. just because.