Post christmas shopping

Big sales come after the Christmas day and everyone go shopping on the 26th. There are queue everywhere during post Christmas shopping because you can save nearly half price of a lot of items. As a fan of retail therapy, I went shopping on both 26th and 27th and got quite a lot of items. Even though not all the items I bought are on sale, I still save quite a lot. "You always have to spend money to save money"

List of items Tao and I bought these two days:
1. 2 bath towels - save $25
2. 1 set of sticker - save $2
3. 1 formal pants - save $32
4. G-star raw skirt - save $48
5. underwear - save $25
6. 2 T-shirt - save $20
7. 1 bed sheet set - save $175
8. 1 bed quilt cover - save $ 38
9. Dried flowers - save $ 14
10. Mimco bag - save $150
11. Table cloth- save $4
12 Puzzle roll up mat - save $ 5
13. Wall decoration sticker - save $3
14. Natio body scrub and body lotion - save $10
15. Nike Dunk High- save $ 30

A total of AUD $581 saved...Um...not bad but it was so tired to walk every shops to look for great bargains as there were so so many people. You have to sacrifice to save money...hehe

Blind Day

Christmas day should be fun. It seems not the case for me this year. Christmas becomes my Blind Day because I can not tolerate the dust on the blinds at home. They are full of dust and dirt and it was very dirty once you tried to get through to close the window. My arm will a bit dusty when contact with blind and it was very annoying.
It was raining heavily today and the rainwater mixed with the dust on the blind make it even worse. I can not hold it anymore and decided to wipe all of them. Before, I did not want to do that cos there are so many of them. I ended up wiping 14 blinds in total. After cleaning that, I am exhausted and decided to call today as my Blind Day.

The Chelsea

I wanted to try the breakfast at The Chelsea for a very long time after I saw the adv on newspaper. I end up having the dinner there yesterday. I ordered the crab cocktail for entree, salmon with yogurt sauce and steak for main. The salmon was so soft and still pink inside. So yum..hehe...I really like it. The steak was great too as I tasted a small bite. The steak was tendered and soft. ....Yum..yum..

Poor cookie with collar

Cookie has desexed this Tuesday and also has his three big tooth taken out. I saw the teeth and they were so long....much longer than the upper part out of the gum. I wondered so painful he would feel at that time. He now has to wear Elizabeth Collar to prevent him to lick the wound or get the stitches out from the wound. He looked so upset these days with the collar and kept on yelling when no one accompany him. Hope he will be better very soon and able to play ball and walk outside .

Home spicy home

Tao wanted to cook a meal for ages and it becomes sth so difficult for him as I am a control freak. I am always so afraid he will make a big mess in the kitchen. Finally, I gave up and allowed him to cook the dinner . He cooked the spicy beef and grilled mushroom. The beef was not spicy because he did not add a lot chilli. I guess it was better if more chilli has been added. I like the mushroom...hehe..I always enjoy the grill mushroom as it was full of favor and so tendered. Yum....

Giant cake

This was the giant dessert cake I had in Perth. Base on proportion of folk, the cake was really quite bag. I appreciated the size of cake but not really like the taste of it. Um...I guess I will not go there anymore for just the dessert.

Vivienne westwood x melissa

I like Vivienne Westwood as I like the funky and classic crossover style. Also, I really like the brand logo as I find it very special. I have quite a number of wallets from its Japanese line.

Once I saw the Vivienne Westwood x Melissa shoes range, I fell in love with them. They are cute and colourful. At first, I really wanted to get a pair of heels with the cute heart attached at the front top, but I find it a bit too outstanding for me. I prefer something a bit subtle . And in coincidence, I need to buy a pair of flat shoes and immediately thought of this cute black shoes . I went to try it and it was quite comfortable. I was hesitate to buy it at first because I was afraid it would be quite uncomfortable wearing plastic shoes. But it was so cute and decided to add it to my shoes rack. Hehe.

Cafe Del Pescatore @ Scarborough

We went to Scarborough beach and enjoy a wonderful sunset there. We did not know which restaurant was good and we just picked the one that got most customers. We decided to give a try of Cafe Del Pescatore and it was a restaurant with nice seafood and we were able to see the sunset there.

Tao ordered the Oyster Kilpatrick for entree. It was nice with sufficient BBQ sauce and bacon. It was fresh and did not over cook. I had quite a lot and did not have stomach pain. Most of the time I will have stomach pain if oysters are not clean. But luckily I was fine with it.

I ordered the Cesar salad with salmon and Tao had the scallops for mains. My salad was huge and with lots of bacon and salmon. The serving is for sure big enough for a huge guy but I think the bacon is a bit too salty for me. For the scallop, it was nice and fresh. With the lemon and some veggie to bake, it was not dry at all but very very tasty. I have not tried this type of cooking of scallop before and it is one of the best scallop I tried. YumYum...We wanted to try dessert but really had no room for it at that time. It is a nice restaurant to enjoy food and view.

Breakfast @ Adelaide Terrace

This is a very nice and modern cafe @ Adelaide Terrace in Perth. It serves very nice coffee and breakfast. It gets a very nice and modern french breakfast menu and I really love it. It is better to have brunch there as the serving is quite big. The environment is clean and comfortable and you can for sure enjoy a great coffee there.

Weekend @ Perth

This is the first time I go to Perth. I have not been to this city before even though I have been to most of the big cities in Australia. Perth is at the far west side of Australia and it takes around 5 hours flight from Brisbane. I hate long flight and I was relunctant to go.

I spent four days there and visited most of the iconic tourist spots there. I like this city although it is small. I went to King Park, Fremantle, Bell Tower, The Mint, Sunset Beach etc. I found that Perth is a very nice city and it has very good urban planning. It is free to take bus inside the CBD area and I really love it. It is very tourist friendly as you can take bus to go to most of the tourist spot without walking much. One of the bad thing was the climate there. I guess Perth has very nice weather most of the time unless there is heat wave. I experience 39 degree on Sunday and it nearly killed me. It was so hot that you could not able to walk under the sun. However, it has wind breeze most of the time and does not feel very hot even though it is around 30 degree. I do not mind going there again but I hope I can visit more places next time.

Old friend

Jo has arrived in Brisbane since Tuesday and we are able to catch up. She was from the same primary school but we were from same section. We met each other in secondary school and became friends. She migrated to NZ since F.2 and we still able to keep contact. The last time we met was already two years ago.

We met several times this week and had a very nice chat. We talked about our life, our memories and our past. Many has happened but it was so happy to share our experience again and exchange our advice via life. I have not had such a sincere and nice girl chat for a very long time and I really miss it. I have again saw the real and old "Me". I miss girl chat so so much. I found that talking via all of that enables yourself to think about what you have been and your future from another prespective.

Sport x Roman shoes

Honestly I do not understand why Nike will design this shoes. I cannot deny the importance of innovation and continuously creativity for the trendy sport brand but I think the design of this shoes is a bit weird. Is it a sport sandal or just roman style shoes with a Nike logo ? Most of the design from Nike are special and unique such as the woven air, presto etc, they are nice looking and comfortable to wear. However, this sandal is not my cup of tea and even though I support Nike for so long , I would not consider this at all.

Double yolks

Anything special from the picture. That is what I ordered at restaurant last Sunday and I found that one of the egg had two yolks inside. It is not the first time I found two yolks from one egg but it was the first time I got it from restaurant. Hopefully this is a good sign for that after all.

Meow

Cookie always sounds like a cat. I do not know whether it is common for dogs to sound like that but this is the first dog I met that sounded like a cat. He always makes this sound and I finally able to record it. It is very cute to hear that.

A bigger mirror

I always want to have a dressing table inside my bedroom. It is honestly important for a girl to have a nice dressing table with all the skincare, make up and accessories on the table with a big mirror attached as it is very convenient for doing the skincare routine and make up. In the old house, I just put a very small make up mirror. I dislike using that because I have to bend my knee all the time to adjust the angle every time. So, I usually did my make up inside the bathroom with a bigger mirror and more light available. But it was very troublesome as I had to pick the cosmetics or skincare to the bathroom and then put it back to the bedroom. So, I would end up walking several times from bedroom to bathroom for just having a finished make up. Even though it was a ensuite, it was tiring to repeat this step every time I put on make up or skincare.

After moving to the new home, I really wanna buy one but they are very expensive. Most of them at least cost about 500 to 600 aus and it was sure too much as I already got a chest of drawer in the bedroom. I guess what I need is another big mirror on top so I can do things easier. I saw a nice mirror at a tribal fashion shop yesterday and I decided to put that on top of the chest of drawers so I do not need to think of getting a dressing table but still able to do my make up just in front of all the materials without bending my knee any more. It is a nice mirror decorated with mosaic technique. It may not be the perfect fit to the style of the room, but I love to have something unique to add a bit of colour to the room.

Poor little cookie

Poor cookie hurt his back leg last Saturday. He immediately screamed after he got hurt and started not to use the back left leg any more. He used his other three legs to walk, run but occasionally use that hurt leg to scratch his ears. I touched the legs and sure he did not break any bone. I guess he twisted the leg and hopefully he could be better within days. During the first few days he got hurt, he did not wanna play any toys he used to like. It is so sad to see his walk every time as I was afraid he would be like that forever. Luckily, he was limp for three days and started to use the hurt leg to stand and walk this morning. He also willing to follow me upstairs and I guess he will be fine by the end of this week.

Decoration

After putting all the big and necessary furniture and appliance in place, this is the time to put some decoration for our home. The first one is the drawing as shown above. This is a gift from Tao's uncle and auntie. This is a very nice drawing and Tao and I decided to put it at the entrance . The picture pops on the white wall and I really like it. I never put such a big drawing on the wall before and I notice it is a great investment for decoration. It makes the home not so empty and adds a bit of color on our ordinary white wall. Although I do not understand much about arts, I enjoy having it at home. I guess I will put some small pictures along the corridor as well.