Home Sweet Home

My first weekend home was a lot of fun.

I went straight from the airport to Pete's to eat some Castle/Volcano Dip, then out to karaoke at the King's Head. I felt pretty rubbish until I remembered there was a V in my bag, and after that it was a pretty fun night.

I do not sing, except for big group numbers (this time it was All The Small Things), but I love listening to the other people and cheering.

The next morning I went for a cruise in Jim's dad's new car (Renault Megane coupe-cabriolet) and had breakfast at Cronulla. 

We went to Sealevel but it was less than $40 for the two of us, cheaper than a lot of other cafes and miles nicer.

Then I went to Book Club! Our book was The Bell Jar which annoyingly I could not find, but I am reading it now and loving it. Well done Sylvia.

I wore sequins for day FYI. It was fun to put on something other than one of the 5 outfits I packed for Melbourne.

The food was great! Thanks ladies! The best parts were a) Elise serving tonic to drink and b) Elise asking if anyone wanted gin in it. Of course!!

Greedy Guts

Our second day of work involved a great selection of sandwiches at lunch:


I wore the dress that I wore to Melbourne Cup.


And we went to visit a car dealership, where I admired this charming vehicle:


I ordered one!


Here is a distinctly Melbourne sight:



Williamstown is full of ice cream places, including this Ye Olde Icecreame Shoppe style place that allegedly has Australia's largest range of flavoures.


I ordered LAVENDER and it was pretty good.  It tasted exactly like I expected.

It was so huge though and I couldn't eat it fast enough so there is now some on my dress.


I was full as a good but we went out for dinner at St Kilda.




Pimms woo! (Hello MSB if you're reading.)



We got this awesome mix of tapas, it was something like $50 for ten choices.  Useful if you're doing frugal Feb!



My pasta main was pretty rad but a bit heavy on the olive oil.


Here's a patisserie that we didn't eat at, but how good does it look?



We've been hanging out at the beach a lot too:




The first time we went I didn't really care for it because it was crazy hot and did not have any waves.  But now I love it.


There is a super Mexican place here too.


We got this enourmous banquet, oh my god I was so full, but everything was delicious.




Especially this make-your-own-soft-taco thing.

It even included dessert!
I had a gigantic chocolate mousse.  The thing on the left is something with kahlua. I'll have to ask my housemates to roll me onto the plane when we come home.   P.S. HEY MUM AND DAD IF YOU'RE READING: please, please tape A Single Man for me on SBS on Saturday night.  I think it's on at 9.30.