Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 263: AFL + Georgia

Watched the semi final between Port Adelaide and Hawthorn decked out appropriately of course. Tense, nail biter that Hawthorn just won after leading by 30 + points at one stage ... lots of pies and wine and beer consumed ...

Then Peter came over for a dinner and after drinks at The Rose pub, off to Sydney's only Georgian restaurant for YUMMY food and great conversation ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 243: Steve being adorably goofy and Hugo

Steve was being goofy in the garage and I had to capture it on "film" ...

And Hugo's under-10s team won their AFL grand final - YEAH!!! (Thanks to Carolyn who sent the pic through and let us know the great news!)

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 271 - Yum Cha'ing to the Grand Final!

Lovely yum cha catch up with Ellen and Tracy at Rockdale Bizzos Club ...

Then back to Steve's for the AFL Grand Final - Hawthorn beat Freo! YAY!!!

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 263 - Hawthorn!!

Big game!

Hawthorn vs Geelong and Hawthorn won and catapulted straight into the Grand Final!

Very exciting!!

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 257 -

Off to Lakemba with Fahmi to pick up Hajj supplies - went to a Muslim bookstore which looked very much like a Christian one, which was fascinating - followed by a delicious authentic Indonesian lunch at a small hole in the wall cafe. YUM!!

Followed by chilling at Steve's place watching AFL ... noice.

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 209 - Happy Birthday beautiful man! Day 2

After a stop for pasties and a Neenish tart in East Kew, we headed off to Noah's AFL game and this time we were the lucky mascots with Noah's team, coached by Steve's brother Darren (Noah's dad) winning handsomely.

While we watched we chatted with Melissa, Matisse, Melissa's fabulous mum, and Brian and the kids who turned up fresh from Hugo's AFL game which sadly we didn't wake up in time to get to. (Noah's game was at 11.30am)

I had a ball and was so much fun to take part in some family activities.

Then off to the city via Glen Iris station (Carolyn gave us a lift after we dropped the car back)

Got off at Flinders Street Station for lunch with one of Steve's oldest and dearest friends Andrew at Transport Public Bar, Federation Square.

Back to the hotel room to rest and get ready for Steve's birthday dinner with just him and I ... and the giving of the birthday present which was very Cyndi Lauper-themed - 2 tickets to her 7 September concert at the Enmore Theatre, her autobiography in hardcover from USA and a specially pack of her CDs ...

First stop (via tram naturally) was a funkly fabulous tapas and vodka bar called Naked For Satan on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy with retro naked pics of men and women and a rooftop bar with view right down Brunswick Street. Each tapas was just $1 and the cocktails were YUM! Very romantic and lots of fun!

Then an awesomely yummy dinner at Blue Chillies restaurant where we had been once before. Apart from one other couple who left early on - we had an 8.30pm booking which I didn't think was especially late - we had the place to ourselves and the food, service and ambience was wonderful. Such a perfect birthday dinner night for my gorgeous guy.