Frenchie Friday

Hey guys...

I think I'm still adjusting to the whole travel to work thing. By the time I get to work, feels like I've traveled for hours. My productivity has kinda dropped at work, I am just drained all the time. I think I really have to incorporate exercise into the schedule.. it would really help I think. 

Any who I drove back to Geelong the other night, and right in front of me I witnessed a scary car crash on that day Melbourne had that crazy storm at 5 pm  I rang the police and emergency but I didn't know what I was doing and just drove right home and burst into tears. After my little melt down I said to Mum later, you probably think I'm a nut case, but she said she was just worried I had shock. So that really wasn't a good end to the working day that's for sure, I just hope the people are okay! 

On Friday after work I met my parents after work for dinner at Bistro Guillaume at Crown. 

We thought we'd go Gabrielle gate' style for dinner... I don't even remember the last time I went out for a french meal. 

I actually really enjoyed it there... I ripped this photo off the website. I really liked the interior of the place and it had a good vibe. 

I had never tried snails, but I thought hey, I'm going French, might as well do what the locals do (Melbourne - France same same :P ) ... 

Escargot tastes like mussels. They just take on the flavour of the saucy stuff you put on them. So by saying I liked them am I just saying I liked the sauce? 

I took my photos too late to show the pretty meals before they arrived at our table. My parents were quick to load up their plates with the side of peas on their plates...

This was mums Salmon... not that you can see it at all.. but Mum said it was really good. 

Dad got their steak with Bearnaise sauce. As you can see he has slopped the sides all over the menu ... we really are not the classiest of eaters. We managed to drop bread and potato on the ground, and just make a general mess. What is wrong with us, its like eating with a bunch of 5 year olds.  

I got the bouillabaisse ... which was a thick seafood chowder kind of soup. I love seafood, and the scallops in it were amazing... but I dunno it almost tasted like it had a pumpkin base, and I hate pumpkin soup, so I was a little disappointed. That said I picked out all the seafood and it all was yum... so it wasn't all bad. 

I am yet to try Rockpool... and I think that's next on my list! Have you been there? and do you think its lived up to its hype? 

Pani came over on Saturday night.. She had a really rough week so it was good to make some plans of what to do in the next month or so (that don't involve solely going out and drinking). We are thinking of doing the run for the kids. Its on in just under 2 months... I have lost all fitness so it would be a big ask for me. But that said I like the idea of getting the chance to run on the bolty bridge.. I mean when else can you ever get to do that? Have you done the run before? How did you find it? 

My study period officially starts in a week... I am enjoying the free time before I'm glued to the books! I can't see my posts getting much more exciting than this though which is really quite sad... Hope you all had a good weekend! 

Long weekends are never quite long enough

Finally I had the best sleep in on Saturday. I haven't been sleeping too well since the move, I think because I keep thinking about things I need to do, what to pay when etc etc... So I pretty much wasted most of Saturday being pretty lazy. 

On Sunday, again after sleeping in I woke up to Mum asking me if I wanted to go to the shops. I have come to the conclusion I hate the shops in the main part of Geelong. There is hardly any variety of anything... maybe I just picked a bad day I don't know... but we didn't last long. Instead we left and ended up down "pako" ... i love it. Cafe's and cute shops, perfect for a wander and a coffee. My favourite combination. 

Monday I was back on the road to the apartment in Essendon to finish the last part of the move. After letting the cleaner in I was stuck with nothing to do from 9am to 1pm.. I messaged my buddy pods to come to breaky with me. We ended up down Keilor Road at this place called Hey Jude (I think). It was pretty good actually... If only I noticed this place when I lived so close. Surprisingly Pods chose the semi healthy option but stuff that, if I'm going to do breaky, I don't do it by halves! 

Scrambled eggs with danish fetta --- BORING! Well maybe a little harsh but still...

My feast .. and delicious! This is my perfect breaky.. with the latte of corse! 

I love me a poached egg. Why are they so damn good! 

Anyway so I procrastinated at the cafe for ages, but I thought I better relieve pods with his duties of keeping me company... and I ended up with time to check out DFO. I only spent $30 (go me!!) and it was for something actually I need... well so I was told from Mum. 

I bought this cute basket for all my shampoos and bathroom stuff... I have heaps of this rubbish but my parents have little room so I guess now I have it all in one place. This was from Provinical. I managed to waste a good 30mins there. That place is the bomb! 

I also caught up with Pani too... she came to check out my room or should I say rooms.. I've managed to take over both bedrooms within 2 weeks haha.. As she left she said it feels like we are 18 again hanging out at each others room speaking girlie crap... ahh we sound so pathetic hahaha

Pani brought a pack of these awesome weis bars... Pineapple and coconut.... THE BEST! 

Well all in all that was a pretty boring post haha... hopefully I'll have some more exciting news in the upcoming few weeks. I doubt it though.. Just enrolled for study for another semester. Its a drainer.. But I have to get through it, I've dragged it out long enough! Master procrastinator is what they call me! 

Finally the newbie told me that my name Kitty reminded him of that old song by the presidents of the United State of America. You can listen to it Here... and laugh at the meow meow meow meow meow meow part ... ahhh makes me laugh everytime! 

ohhh before I forget Mum messaged me at work that she bought me a surprise! I get home from work to find a cute dress from David Lawrence. Yipeeeee!!! Mum was very observant. She saw me eyeing it off in the shop from the weekend. Maybe it was worth going to the shops with Mum afterall!! 

Kitty prowling the town....

Okay so after getting mega excited about New Years, I never actually did a decent blog about it! 

Pani, R & E and myself organised a night out at Riva on St.Kilda marina. I had been so excited for it because I just assumed it would be commercial house all night and then sneaky sound system. I love a good dance after a few drinks... I remember a few years ago going to the Point and singing my guts out to Ricki Lee and my friend looking at me with the what the hell is going on, you must be off your face drunk look hahahaha. E came to get us around 8ish...and Pani and I were still mucking around with lip gloss, perfume and sculling the last dash of moscato. 

This my friends is the bomb! I love this Moscato, its got the perfect fizz and tastes yum. I intend to get this on the menu for after work drinks at the office, but hey any moscato will do! 

I didn't take any pictures of the outfit I wore, probably because I was enjoying the moscato too much to stop and do poses haha... but I just took some now so you can see my outfit. It isn't anything exciting, but I went for comfort, as I knew we would be on the lawn all night. 

My boobs look slightly gigantic in this.. maybe more than usual. This is NOT a good thing. A guy walked past me and used them as bongos followed by a creepy wink... is this how the youngins show interest now. I find this quite odd! FYI yes that is a shower cap in the back ground.. water on straight hair is my enemy! 

Okay so we get to Riva and realised that we had to purchase drink cards.. the choice was $100 or $40... how ridiculous, what if I want to spend $70 huh huh! But anyway Pani and I settled for the $100 card, and see how we go! The shot selection was limited and the only one that was okay were 'wet pussies'... is it just me or do you feel like thats just wrong for a drink name?!?

Our tickets were lawn access only but I'm glad we chose that, the VIP section looked totally lame. They were just standing there looking down at all the fun! 

These are the few photos I got from the night,...

I looked up at midnight, and this discoball was there to greet me! 

Yes thats a stage, and as usual my awesome photography shows EVERYTHING that is happening. 

Pani and myself... my golly we are hot! hahaha

We had a fun night, but it could have been a bit better. But as far as new years events I can't complain although the 1am finish sucked. The music.. I dunno, I thought it was too hardcore. I just wanted more commercial stuff I could also sing along to. They played Don't you worry Child and the crowd went nuts singing and stuff.. and it went back to the same lame stuff. I am not a big fan of sneaky sound system (they were headline act), but my friend E wasn't really impressed -- I don't think she knows all their stuff and she just wanted to hear them main stuff right away. I also thought everyone seemed in groups, so mingling was kinda awkward. But I guess it was New Years, you do want to be around your mates, not randoms. But after a few drinks, I must admit, I love a chat with weirdos hahaha 

A few weeks later we all went to Spice Market as my final night out before I left back to Gtown. I had fun, although it did take me a while to get into it. There were some dodgy guys that were amusing us all night, and this crazy girl that was way to in love with the podium - that was her terrain -- she really didn't want to share haha. I love crowd watching, just funny seeing how people operate. Guys standing on the sides of the room waiting to pounce, girls giggling and laughing in their groups tossing back their hair, guys asking you if your interested in their friend as opposed to their friend asking you. Sometimes I feel like we all still operate as if it is a year 8 social, except we can actually buy drinks and not smuggle them in haha. Was such a fun night, we did get our picture on the website, but it was not my finest. This always happens when I have club shots taken, I'm probably too messed up to care!