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Written on August 20, 2010 by Jen
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A Twitter friend recently got a job at my old work (not my old job) and she told her Twitter followers that she was going to buy some new job shoes, and maybe some clothes too. I chimed in and said that’s exactly what I’d done.
I also bought some clothes in Melbourne, cause you gotta go shopping when you’re in Melbourne – much to my son’s disgust.
So when I was contacted recently to try out an online shopping website I hardly had to hesitate. Read all about it here, and you could win a $50 voucher to go shopping for yourself.
Written on November 11, 2009 by Jen
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There was a period during the winter where I hardly had any social occasions lined up and now they’re all happening at once – well sort of. The next four weekends have something on and then it’s school holidays for six weeks.
Plus there’s a heatwave happening here at present. Spring slipped buy without barely a sigh and we went straight from fairly cool weather to quite hot weather. I’m glad we have seasons as I would get sick of it being hot all the time or cold all the time and each season brings its own good things.
Summer means longer daylight hours which I like and I can spend time outside watering the garden or at least seeing whereabouts the dog poo is to pick up. In winter it’s dark when I get home and the garden is sadly neglected to allow all the weeds to flourish.
Summer also means swims at the beach. I had a wonderful evening last weekend with friends having a swim then tucking into a fantastic picnic on the beach. All of us took a plate of food to share and all the dishes complemented each other perfectly. The sea water is still slightly cool but by the end of this week it should be pretty good so I’ll have to head to the beach again I think.
Unfortunately summer and its hot days also mean hot nights and for me the last few nights a serious lack of sleep. I was pacing the house last night around midnight having gone to bed two hours earlier but unable to get to sleep. I awoke at 5am and was seriously tired all morning at work before I slipped into a sort of a lull that got me through the rest of the afternoon. I think I did say some things that didn’t make any sense at all because of a delirious lack of sleep but tonight’s another night and I’d better catch up otherwise it won’t be pretty.
My mind’s on lots of things too which probably doesn’t help the sleep factor. I’m helping organise a large annual event that a group of friends and I put on once a year and this year I’m the ticket seller so that’s taken up some of my time. I’m also going away next weekend sans child but he’s staying nearly three hours away so I’m trying to work out logistics of that. It doesn’t really seem to ever slow down around here – another reason for me to look forward to my upcoming six weeks off.
Oh, and I’m also doing the Wardrobe Challenge and you get a chance to win a $50 EziBuy voucher to buy some clothes of your own.
Written on July 14, 2009 by Jen
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I’m back from holidays and catching up on my blogging as I didn’t get a chance to do any while away. First off I’d like to say that Laura (commenter no. 2) has won the giveaway of organic cleaning products and chocolate. Laura, just send me your snail mail address and I’ll organise to get your goodies sent to you.
I’m a big user of vinegar and bi-carb for my cleaning also. I just read today that before you go on holidays you should put some vinegar down the drains. I wish I’d done that as things smelt a bit musty in the bathroom when we got back.
I’m having a hard time adjusting to being back from holidays. We got home at 7pm last night and it was straight back to work for me today. Apparently I’ve missed a week of rain nearly every day. I certainly noticed the chillier air last night compared to being away up north. The holiday was great and it felt like we were away for longer than nine days – which is good.
For the post holiday post you’ll have to wait a short while.