Break Even Day

Will and I have been together for 415 days. We've spent 207 of them on separate continents. Today marked Day 208 of being together in the same country. Break even day baby!


We took a lunch time stroll through the back streets of West End and had a little picnic on the front lawn of a friend's house. There is nothing like winter sunshine, pretty flowers, and a certain handsome someone to brighten up a day in the office.


And tonight included dinner at Sings, house-stalking in Bardon, budget writing and a quick trip to Chermside for a preview viewing of Steff's Nov 19 dress.

Today was a VERY GOOD DAY.

Engagement Party Eve

It's the night before our engagement party and I am a bundle of excitement. We spent the day getting all the last minute jobs done - picking up paper cups and printing photos and organising furniture.

We have gorgeous red cake stands waiting for cupcakes in the kitchen and a pile of pretty blankets sitting in our lounge room. And after the boys spent the afternoon moving furniture, I got a text with the caption 'Brid@l bo¥z' and the photo below.


After postponing the party from May to June, we got caught up in the rest of day to day life and kinda forgot the party was coming up. It's only been the past few days that we've realised this is actually happening.

Yes, we're already engaged, but celebrating with family and friends makes it feel all the more real. We've spent all day saying "We're getting 'engagement-partied' tomorrow!" and I just can't wait.

Date Night

We are big lovers of food, but tend to stick to the Asian / Thai side of things. But we may just have found our new favourite restaurant on Friday night - Ortiga.

We ate our way through various parts of the pig (with some beef and squid on the side) and marveled at the waitstaff's ability to not only pronounce all the Spanish names, but also get through the lengthy explanation of what everything was.

And of course, any restaurant that serves complimentary pork crackle to munch on while perusing the menu will instantly win my heart.

But the most important part of date night is the date. I always end up sitting across from the funniest, thoughtful and most handsome guy.

He's a hottie and I will happily eat 'jamones' with him for the rest of my life.

Dear Saturday, you rocked.

Two hours in the sunshine. Brightly coloured golf balls. Lots of hilarious swings.. and misses. A few hole-in-ones. Cute little families enjoying a day out. Finding tilt-shift in Instagram. Blue skies. Yummy lunch. Beautiful friends. High fives.

the mamas

We love our mums.

gotta remember this date...

May 24, 2011.

The day we discovered the all-you-can-eat buffet at Sushi Station in West End.



It is also the day before Will accepted a job... in West End... down the street from my work... and approximately 20 metres from our new favourite Japanese place.

Life is throwing so many good things our way.

happiness is...

1. Finding king-sized Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and eating them right up.

2. The perfect dilemma - three beautiful wedding dresses to choose from.

3. Will+Laura+Steff dates.

4. Having the heater on at work. On and set to 28 degrees.

5. A beautiful, special patchwork quilt.

6. Visiting the cutest little cafe. It even came with knitted knee rugs!

7. Watching Miss Em walk across stage and graduate. Well not technically, as we were running late and missed that part. But we got to drool over her portfolio after. Not technically on the drool part either, leaving our saliva everywhere would not be classy.

8. Phone conversations with my Nana in NZ.

9. A day in the park playing with helium balloons. These things are fun!

10. Knowing I will marry this handsome fella in six months and one day.

He knows me too well. I do love lists.