Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 269: Lots of Twitter activity, cheesecake and footpath drawings

Angry at the government's newly-passed draconian security laws, people created the #HeyASIO hashtag and much merriment ensued ... and it rained again ...

Started the day off with walking and the capturing of a drawing of a penis on the footpath ...

After noon tea and fab conversation at Cosmopolitan Cafe in Bondi Junction with Justin ...

And the dinner at Moo Burgers with Ian, Ingo, Waz and my gorgeous guy ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 94: Off to the East

Off to Bondi Junction to see The LEGO Movie, which was WONDERFUL, followed by lunch in the Westfield foodcourt with Justin which was great ...

Then Rachel sent me a gorgeous shot of Jordan ...

And lastly a lovely night in with Steve ... and some wine ...

Here's a wonderful shot of Zara with one of her animal friends ...

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 351 - OCP and WAZ

One of the things I miss about being in work is the fun of office gatherings.

So after the grand success of our Melbourne Cup function, I asked Justin over for an Office Christmas Party which worked well for him too as his company had cancelled all theirs.

So we watched Ellen's 12 Days of Christmas Day 7, talked a lot, drank wine, ate chicken and salad (he brought his delicious beetroot and fetta salad - YUM!) and chilled the afternoon away. We even had bon bons!

Then a break and some blogging (Justin arrived at 1.10 or so and left just after 5) off walking with Waz at 6.45 around Sydney Park and yay someone had decorated the weedy pine tree near the car park again!

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 309 - Gee up horsies! (Melbourne Cup)

I was feeling quite sad late last week that I didn't have a job - that happens at regular intervals - and wasn't especially depressed I wouldn't get to do Melbourne Cup with anyone. In past years at Optus and AWC, it was a big deal and so I asked Justin to come over and after a busy morning looking for jobs and blogging, I sat down with him for extra lean beef sangers, cupcakes, champagne and lots of talking. It was a marvellous afternoon and while none of my or Justin's horses won, we had a ball.

Susie bought me these cupcakes yesterday which was unexpected and delightful (she noticed how shocked I was at the prices)

Leftover from Steve's 50th birthday celebrations so free - YAY!

Sausages already in the freezer so free there too!

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 302 - Justin and Fahmi and outings oh my!

Lunch with Justin as the fabulous West Juliet Street cafe for 2 delightful hours where we shared sandwiches - 12 hour pork, and chicken and lime - and a divinely yummy bowl of handcut chips.

I love catching up with Justin and we talked about anything and everything including his possible PhD and suggestions that I pursue some qualifications of a technical nature through local community colleges. I felt much better about things afterwards and as always I'm so thankful he's such a good friend.

One house was decorated ready for Halloween

As I walking into the house from where Justin dropped me off, I marvelled again at the beauty of the Jacaranda trees ...

After a nap and some blogging, off into the City with Fahmi to see The Butler, a film I won free tickets for via a Dymocks competition. 

The cookies and Maltesers were yum and the movie affecting for the most part.