back to the nest...

It has been a loong time since I last blogged.

Here's what's being going on in the life of yours truly since July(Which is the latest blog entry I did.)

I moved out - From my personal slice of heaven to return back to the nest with my parents.

Nick and I were sick of spending money on rent. And gas. And electricity. And water. And groceries.
My mum has always said if we ever wanted to come home, we'd be more than welcome.
I was all for it, we could save double time for a house and the wedding but Nick wasn't too keen.
I think he was worried that it would make it look like he couldn't provide for me which is just silly, but I think I understand how he felt.
Then one day he came home from work and said 'Let's do it'.
So we gave our notice to our landlord and started packing away.
I don't remember the exact date but we were all moved in to my parents house by early August.
My parents have a separate bedroom outside, I believe it's called a bungalow?
It was my bedroom before I left home the first time.
There's no kitchen or bathroom in it,(If there was, I never would have left in the first place!) but it's nice to have that extra bit of privacy.

It's so good to have a home cooked meal every night. My mother is an amazing cook, sadly the same cannot be said for me.

I won't lie though, it's been hard.
There have been days where all I want to do is rewind time and stay put in my unit with Nick.
He works long hours so I was very used to being alone a lot of the time, which suited me fine. I actually enjoy being by myself.
At my parents house, there is usually always someone home and I think that has been one of the biggest adjustments.

On the plus side, I have a beautiful pool at my doorstep and my mums two gorgeous dogs.

Here's a few things I'm that I'm missing;

Snuggles on the couch with my cats.

Having a whole room dedicated to my clothes, shoes and accessories. 

Sitting on my veranda with a coffee & a book

 My open, airy lounge room. Emphasis on the word 'my'.

 Late night hang outs with Louise


I must admit, it does sort of feel like a step backward.
I know it will get me ahead in the long run, and it will be helpful not having all those bills while I'm at uni but for the present I feel a little...pathetic.

Have you ever returned home?
Was it hard or am I just being a drama queen?
I'd love to hear some stories.

My next blog post will be a little more uplifting, I promise!
:)

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weekend wrap up

I had a really good weekend, despite the freezing, rainy whether.

On Friday night I went to a friends Partylite party, and purchased myself a few dozen different tealight candles.

I got 12 black orchid tealights, 12 fig fatale tealights, 4 giant passionfruit tealights and 4 giant twilight sea tealights.

I absolutely adore Partylite candles, certainly more than Dusk candles.

I've never tried Glass House candles so I can't compare those two.

Then after the candle party, Nick and myself went to our friends bonfire/get together which was really fun but we ended up leaving around 11pm because I was just way to cold to function.

Yesterday afternoon, we headed to the movies with a couple of friends to see Ted.

It was really funny, but quite predictable.

I loved that Patrick Stewart was the narrator. 

Has everyone seen this picture before?
It popped up on my Facebook a little while ago and I thought it was so clever.
That is, until I found out Ted is made by Seth McFarlane who also made Family Guy.
Then I realised, it's not that clever, just blatantly obvious where Seth got the idea for Ted from.





This is what I wore to the movies, nothing too special.
I didn't even bother with heels.

Cardigan - Target
Dress - Valleygirl
Stockings - Target
Shoes - K Mart

Overall, a pretty cheap outfit lol

Today I didn't do a whole lot.
I made banana bread for the first time and it came out really well, I'm very proud!
I'm going to post the recipe I used next time I blog, it was very quick and simple, which is how I like my recipes.



And of course, the usual snuggles with my little girl, Luna.

What did you do this weekend?
Did you manage to stay warm?
x

engagement party

This is going to be a very long and very picture heavy post.

On Saturday March 10, Nick and I had our engagement party.

It was held at my parents house and was very laid back.

[I'm saving all the fancy stuff for the wedding.]

I hired a photographer and I have to say, totally worth it.

She got some fantastic shots.

I won't post all of the photo's as I don't want to intrude on all my guests privacy and some faces might be blanked out for the same reason.

I also threw in some of the edited photos.

Oh, and the photos are in a completely random order for some reason.

Enjoy!

 James, Lauren & myself chugging down some water.

I was a very good girl. I had 2 vodka cranberries then went non-alcoholic for the rest of the night.

The same cannot be said about all the guests though that's for sure!

               James & Lauren again.

 Amanda & myself.

Those aren't crows feet [yet!], they are my smile creases.

 Having a chat to my dad.

Excuse the excessive boobage, I was leaning over to talk to him and didn't realise I was putting on a show! 

 The following five photos are probably my favourite.

I had been telling Louise earlier that week how high my brother can lift me and she didn't believe me, so I had to prove my point.

 Slippery dress

 Me saying 'See? I told you!'

"I'm flying Jack, I'm flying!"

 Time for the dismount

 If this photo was taken 0.001 of a second earlier, you would see my underwear.

In hindsight, I should have realised my dress would catch the wind.

Oh well.

 Don't ask, because I have no clue what's going on here.

 Mum: 'There's something on your boob'

 Me: 'Oh there is too! It won't come off!'

Mum: 'I'll do it'

 Myself & Louise, before everyone showed up.

 My cousin Melanie, my Nan and myself.

Mum wanted a nice photo of us so I go to lean in and somehow completely stumble in to my Nan, and nearly spill my drink everywhere.

Total action shot.

 Laughing about how uncoordinated I am. 

 In case you're wondering, this photo isn't posed.

I've had a couple of people question that, which is a pity as it's one of my favourites.

As you can see, Louise bought me my wedding night lingerie.

Sexy!

 Louise defending the honour of her goon bag.

 Excuse Nick's blanked out face.

This is my 'ohh I see' face.

Easily confused with my 'What the hell is going on?' face or my 'Huh?' face.

 Damn my huge cheeks! Damn them to hell!

 The bridesmaids & myself

[L-R] Amanda, Louise, myself, Melanie & Lauren.

My family <3

 Myself, Ryan, Mum, Dad & Jordan.

 I absolutely adore this photo, it's so silly but so us.

My 2 big brothers, Ryan & Jordan.

Louise, myself & Melanie.

There are a lot more photos but my computer kept freezing and this is as far as I got with the picture uploads so this is all I'm doing.

Overall it was a fantastic night.

There were a few inappropriate comments but if that's the worst thing that happened then I'm a pretty happy girl.

I may or may not do a post going in to further detail about the night, but I'm not sure. 

Would anyone be interested in reading that?

The specifics;

Dress; Sophia [Bought at a local boutique]

Shoes; Windsor Smith

Make up; Pout Cosmetics

MUA; Tara @ Pout Cosmetics

Hair; Myself [Can't you tell? haha]

Necklace; Michael Hill

Nail polish; OPI Divine Swine

Photographer; Chelsea @ Proof of Life Photography

Just a side note; I know that my bra is WAY to visible. I actually had the perfect bra laid out to take with me to my parents house [I got ready there] but I totally forgot to take it and by the time I realised it was too late.

ETA; I just looked over all the photos and have realised that all the photos feature maybe 10 people.

We had about 100 guests but I really don't want to invade their privacy as I don't know how they'd feel about being featured on my blog.

Also, I blanked out Nick's face as I hadn't asked him how he feels about being on le blog, upon publishing, he told me he doesn't care.

So from now on, he won't be blanked out!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the photos!

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