Cupcakes

Well my birthday has come and gone. I had a pretty good day...only worked for half the day, spent the afternoon shopping and then went and saw Wild Hogs in the evening. It's a hilarious movie!! Totally recommend it.

I enjoyed spending time with my friends at the Casino and also enjoyed the Brissie Papercrafts Festival on the Sunday. I tried a few new techniques in Zina Wright's class such as using felt and poppets. I haven't actually finished the page yet as I need to get some black and white photos done.

I've got a new obsession...Cupcakes! I made some last week, which turned out edible but not as fabulously as I'd hoped. It seems cupcake making and decorating is an art. There are heaps of cupcake blogs out there, All Cupcakes All the time is my current favourite. Flickr also has lots of fun piccies of cupcakes to drool over.

I'm busy packing up all my worldly possessions this weekend. Work is moving to the Coast in exactly 4 weeks and I haven't even started looking for a place to live! I've discovered packing is a lot more work than I remembered, so it's going to take a while.

Birthdays

Today I'm going to my godson's first birthday party! He turned 1 yesterday and today there will be a party in a park, complete with BBQ and cake! I bought him some very cute winter clothes and a Fisher Price fire truck that has a fireman and a dalmation doggie. Must take camera!

Next Friday is MY BIRTHDAY! I'll be 27 :( So far the plan is to go see Wild Hogs at the movies on Friday night with Mum and maybe I'll pop in next door to Cold Rock for some yummy ice cream.

Saturday night I'm going to the Casino with some of my friends and we're going to gamble and drink yummy expensive cocktails.

Then on Sunday afternoon I'm attending a class at the Brisbane Papercraft Expo, which I've never been to before. The class I'm attending goes for 3 hours and is run by Zina Wright and is called Get Creative.

And in other non-birthday but very exciting news.....drumroll please.....I have lost 2.3 kilos this week!!! Since last Saturday. I am totally wrapt. I haven't lost this much weight in a week since my old Atkins days. I decided to stop doing Weight Watchers last Saturday and count calories and fat instead. This obviously works much better for me!!

Despite the fact that I have been trying to lose weight since the start of December, this brings me to a total loss of 2.8 kilos!

Bring on the cyclone!

I am so glad this week is over. It's been long and tiring. It's really warm here in Brissie today. There's a tropical cyclone halfway up the state and bizzare as it seems, everyone's hoping it will come down south and inland a bit so we can get a big chunk of rain. That will totally solve the water crisis (for a year or so anyway!) It's name is Cyclone Odette!

Here's some cool stuff I will be getting in the mail over the next couple of weeks.

The latest Poppy Ink kit called Rock Star:

The Poppy Ink Aussie add on kit. I think it's a mixture of stuff from the US add on kits.

I also ordered some stuff from Jenni Bowlin's site. I got the March Add on kit, the March Substitution kit, 6 chipboard scrolls and the vintage red journalling cards.

The add on kit:

The substitution kit:

The chipboard scrolls - I love these!:

And the journalling cards:

Today after getting my hair cut (just a trim) I stopped off at Photo Continental and bought 1 of almost every sheet of Basic Grey's new line Phoebe. I got 2 of the plain colours because they always come in handy. And so ends this weeks shopping binge. I hope!

I plan on getting some scrapping done this afternoon. I've downloaded a bunch of new tunes for inspiration so hopefully I'll have a few pages done by tomorrow. One would do really :)