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Peace, wine, garden

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So you find me dear reader, comfortably ensconced with a glass of wine (St Clair Sav Blanc), some olives, and opera in the background.

I feel piously exhausted having rowed and then gardened all day.

Proper gardening today in addition to hours of weeding our “vacant lot” inspired verge.

Yes. Plants and everything planted.

So I’m tired and bone weary.

My daughter is at work, my son at college, my husband on a work trip in South Africa.

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The wine is helping.

Since The groovy one left last night of course things are falling apart.

The drinks fridge, a temperamental old thing at the best of times on a permanent lean, decided to short out the power.

I decided that what she needed was a good defrost.

So as I sit here on my decking, sipping my wine, occasionally I hear a crash as another lump of ice falls to the ground.

The wine is fine though so life is good.

Are your Sunday mornings free?

I only ask because UWA Rowing are holding their Learn to Row classes from THIS SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER at 7am.

Cost is $150 and you just show up at 7am at the UWA boatshed which is on the corner of Mounts Bay Road (Stirling Hwy) and Hackett Drive… you know, near the fish van that sells “Sexy Salmon Fillets”. Whatever they are.

Here’s some inspiration from this morning…

Early Sunday Morning at UWA Boatshed
Early Sunday Morning at UWA Boatshed

UWA Boatshed

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C’mon you know you want to…

It is the best thing I’ve done in ages.

Seriously.

Come to me my precious

I’ve decided I’m a grown up and therefore allowed grown-up (read expensive) make up.

The last lot I bought lasted a year and a bit and would have lasted longer but a certain teenage daughter decided it was really nice and used it.  Grrr.

So this week I ordered some more, this time direct from the States.

Now I would have bought it locally but the pricing in Australia is ridiculous.  Foundation for example… US$30-50 or AUS$70-90.

I do like going to a beautician and being “fitted” for my makeup – finding exactly the right shade and last year I bought locally.

But that is just price gouging.

So why such a mark up?

The US dollar is worth less than the Australian dollar at the moment – it should be cheaper.

Add some for freight maybe… that wouldn’t be more than a couple of dollars for each item max.

And I’d be happy to pay that.

Luxury tax?  Apparently not.

No it seems we are charged nearly 40% more for our makeup because we are willing to pay it.

Well I’m not.

Now the makeup I wanted (and this is the same with many other brands) does have an online presence in Australia, which has the same mark up as the shops.
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The US website does not ship directly to Australia.

How to shop in the US when they don’t ship to Australia directly

I set up a redirect address in the States through a US Shipping company. Just search for “US shipping only websites”.

Then I ordered my make up on the US site and sent it to my new US address.

When it gets there, I will get an email asking me to instruct them on where it goes from there.

Then I pay the freight to Australia.

The freight will be about $28 which is less than the mark up on one foundation.

I hate the fact that I can’t go down to a local business and support them, but if I do, well I will just be supporting an absolute rort which has gone on too long.

And now I have a new hobby… tracking my makeup as it makes its way to me…

I’ll let you know if/when it gets here.

The journey so far

UPDATE:

Getting excited now

Furthur Update:
It arrived. And I love it. And I saved 41.55% approximately by shopping online.

Kickstart the holiday

What’s the best way to say – mate.  I’m on holidays.

For me, it’s taking off immediately for Dunsborough.  Even if it is only for a couple of nights.

Inside

We are lucky in that Mum and Dad have built down there so spur of the moment getaways are possible and yet this is the first time we’ve been down all year.

Mind you. This is my first holiday this year.

View from the bed

We had a lovely break and raced the bad weather back to Perth well rested and planning our next visit.

While down there I caught up with my sister’s blog.

She is a homeschooler – really a wholeschooler – and I am continually amazed and impressed with how she is raising her kids to be truly themselves.
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I would beg her.

My niece is equally impressive. She has set up an animal rescue program to rescue dogs on death row.

How amazing is that?

What was I doing at her age?

Reading crap novels probably.

And my nephew is acting in Shakespearean plays in adult productions.

Yeah I would totally get her to homeschool my kids.

Retail therapy

Gorgeous

A friend of mine had to go to the specialist today to find out about her prognosis post surgery.

The fact that she’d had to have the surgery in the first place sucked.

That she was going through this sucked.

And I knew, even though the news was expected to be okay, that just having to go sucked as well.

Love the purple underside

Anyway I got the news on my way home that the news was good. Best possible outcome.

Phew.

Thank goodness.

And then I teared up.

I realised I’d been holding my breath all day.

It started raining on my way home and I ducked into my favourite shoe shop hoping that the rain would pass.

There in the window were these beauties.

Half price.
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My size.

Last pair.

And size 40 is never the last pair.

I bought them.

Because LIFE. IS. TOO. SHORT.

And because a last pair in my size is a sign my friend.

In October when I see my friend I will wear them and pop a bottle of Very Expensive Champagne.

Just saying.

 

UPDATE:

Me:  I bought some shoes today.  You’ll hate them.

Groover:  Really? [looks in box]  I like the colour.

 

Socially smart move by UWA Rowing

Launching the quad
Launching the quad

More rowing photos today. I know I know I’m like a broken record but it is so beautiful on the river.

The morning I took these there was a pod of dolphins playing with a school of fish.

Throwing them in the air.

This was my first (and only so far) go in a quad.  I liked it.

Having two oars means it feels a lot more stable.

And I like the rhythm and pattern of the two oars crossing over and out.

It feels like you are doing more work too.

Last week only four of us showed up.  The lessons are over and now I am officially a “social rower”.

Well not officially as I haven’t filled in the forms.

We rowed in a four.  That means one oar each.

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We soon seem to get the hang of it though and rowed past the Barrack St Jetty, the furthest I’ve been.

Having a social rowing sector of your club is smart.

Free money.

Lets face it, how many show up?

And all those fees can go towards everyone’s enjoyment.

(I think I’ve been a social member of numerous gyms in the past although I wasn’t classified as such)

Also the social rowers are generally older, not students, and those that do come are likely to lend their labour.

As I said, smart.

More rowing
And the sun comes up

more rowing
Loving that smooth water

Sofa v Zombie

Zombie daughter

Yes. Supernova.

So last Sunday Miss Dippity got up early (while I was at rowing) mixed up a pot of pink food colouring, glucose syrup and cocoa powder and turned into a zombie.

The blood effect was quite effective.

Unfortunately it was also quite effective at GETTING ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

Which was fine because mostly we were talking hard surfaces and they are easily cleaned.

But just as she was leaving she tripped over the couch and we ended up with “blood” on the sofa.

Our sofas covered at great expense by the management in beige.

(well it’s probably called sandstone or something fancy but it is effectively beige)

Not wanting to waste a minute at Supernova, she quickly flipped the cushion over and ran for the train.
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Unfortunately her crime was soon discovered after Groover followed her sticky red footprints through the house.

My zombie daughter was in trouble.

I admit that even though we chose the fabric because of it’s stain resistant and easy clean properties, I didn’t actually believe it would be that easy.

But it was.

I went to work on Monday.

Groover got out some warm water and hey presto!  (I was seriously impressed and relieved I didn’t have to do it)

We have our beige sofa back.

And our daughter lives.

Sofa 1: Zombie 0

As the sun set

Sunday afternoon

Just wanted to share the photo really.

It was such a beautiful Sunday.

I got up early for rowing and we rowed all the way to Barrack St from UWA, which is further than we’ve been but probably not that far.

Dolphins were seen.  Well.  One dolphin.
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And marathon runners.

In the afternoon we did the grocery shopping and on the way home I made Groover detour to the beach.

Gorgeous.

 

The closet accountant

Say it isn’t so… and yet…

A distracting photo

And yet I find myself BORING people with my new budget.

I have never budgeted before.

Never.

The only reason I am not bankrupt is that I’m married to Groover.

He understands money.

Our deal is Groover pays the mortgage and I pay for groceries and household bills.

I spend ALL my salary. I am paid a reasonably good salary and I spend it all.

At the end of the fortnight, I have maxed out my credit card limit – kept at $2000 – and spent my whole salary.

No saving for big bills coming up. No saving for holidays.

Just spent on bills and groceries… with the occasional panic that I can’t pay a big bill.

It’s not that I spend much on myself.

Nay I rarely do.

I don’t have a thousand pairs of shoes, a ridiculous number of handbags, a ginormous number of knick knacks around the house.

It just goes and I rely on my tax return to get by.

My kids save more than I do.

But like a lost soul saved by the happy clappys – I have become EVANGELICAL.

Yes friend, I BELIEVE in the power of BUDGETS!!!

Praise be!

*double dream hands*

A couple of months ago I decided enough was enough.

I should be able to save on my salary.

I am a grown up.

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I threw money at the problem and bought a piece of budgeting software.

Now I’m sure you can budget without software… in theory.

I mean, people did right?  Before the interwebs??

But I clearly needed help.

I bought YNAB – stands for You Need A Budget – because clearly I did.

And you know what? It bloody works!!

I am saving for the first time in my life.

I have have money being put towards the big rates bills coming up in September.

I have a $0.00 balance on my credit card, and money in my cheque account.

And it’s not even pay day!

Not only that but I bought myself an iPad.  A piece of frivolous spending I would NEVER have done when not on a budget.

This my friend IS A MIRACLE.

Don’t ask me how it works.  It just does.

The deal.

I give every dollar a job.

I then change my mind and rearrange the dollars.

In the software I never overbudget, and I always move money around to make sure it is ALL GREEN.

It is magic.

So my friend.

If you have never budgeted, thought it wasn’t for you, whatever, DO IT.

You don’t need the fancy software I am sure.

But the four rules that you will find at YNAB will help.

And they give those away for free.

Cigars and Stories

Where have I been?

Well its been busy and I have been a poor correspondent.

So this post is a catch up on stuff… and I won’t get caught up in trying to put things in order… you’ll just have to roll with me here.

OMG so good

It’s been a week since I caught up with my Brisbane colleagues and went out for an amazing meal at Cutler and Co in Melbourne.

The food was amazing… those little ‘cigars’ were filled with foie gras, which I know is not particularly good for the goose, but tastes amazing.

The cigars were one of the ‘surprise’ courses.

The wine was even better thanks to the superior judgement of the two in charge of the wine menu and I was quite glad that I didn’t see the prices so that I could enjoy the wine without the taint of “OMFG How much???!!”  You know how it is.

It felt good to be in the Queensland gang and I am still chuffed I was included.

What a sexy cycling get up

Okay this was a couple of weeks ago when Groover joined me in Melbs for a dirty weekend.

We went to Lygon St to catch up with The Cuteness (see below somewhere) and then picked up bikes at the share bike station, bought a couple of helmets at the local 711 for $5 each and cycled our way through the CBD back to the hotel.  Great fun and good value.

The helmets are good quality and we squeezed them into our hand luggage for use at home.

Not that we have bikes but you never know when they might come in handy.

The cuteness

Enough said.

This is my niece.  She is very gorgeous.

Foggy Melbourne

I hadn’t seen foggy Melbourne before.

At Pony Fish Island

We went to this little bar which is on an island in the middle of the Yarra.  Very groovy.  They even serve mulled wine there sometimes.

Brisbane sunshine

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This is the week before in Brisbane.

The view from the training rooms at the office.

Great view huh?

In full flight

A week after the bike riding back in Perth, we go out with some friends to see Ira Glass and This American Life in the cinema.  If you missed it, you can hear what we saw here at This American Life.

It was a great show.

It underlined to me a couple of things… one:  how distracting the visual can be!  David Sedaris dressed up as a clown for his story and I don’t remember the story AT ALL.

Two:  How telling stories without notes is SO MUCH BETTER than watching someone read.

I am going to aim for NO NOTES in future.

It is one of the very impressive things I’ve always noticed about Colin Barnett btw.  He must have to give hundreds of speeches and I’ve never seen him with notes.

And for those freaking out that I’ve mentioned a person from a political party – I’m sure it is not because of the party he represents.  He’s just a good public speaker.

After the film we trooped around the corner to a little lane way bar called Ezra Pound.

It’s a tiny bar full of mismatched furniture, with a limited wine and even more limited food menu but it’s cute and groovy and a little bit hip.

I felt very much in-the-know taking my friends there…

We told stories, drank wine and beer and ate some pretty sexy olives.

My new office

When I got back to Perth I had to find somewhere to “live” at work.

I’ve been seconded to another position for a couple of months.

So I now have an office.

Very exciting and a bit lonely too if I’m honest.

Apart from all that.  Not much storm damage and all family well.