Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 349: Christmas windows in Newtown

My annual homage to the window displays in Newtown which aren't as numerous or as much fun this year for some reason ... all shots taken while walking in the  early morning with Waz ...

And Carolyn sent me a shot of my lovely niece Stella off to her graduation from primary school ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 188: Pasta la vista to Ian and Ingo

Ian and Ingo leave on Wednesday for 6 weeks in Europe and so we had a farewell catch up at Pastizzi Cafe.

While we were squashed into a too-small table at the back of the restaurant and I kept getting bumped into by people in the aisle, the service was fabulously friendly, food YUM and company wonderful.

Great night.

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 182: Movie with Danielle

Off to see Frank at the movies with Danielle, followed by drinks in Zanzibar. Lovely afternoon ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 179: Brunch with Danielle, Dinner with Peter

Brunch with Danielle at Cafe C in Newtown followed some meandering through Better Read Than Dead while Danielle looked for a book ...

Then after taking the train from Newtown to Lewisham and chilling with Steve all afternoon ...

... off to dinner with Peter in Cammeray ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 168: Spiders and not Coldplay

Spidersgroup tonight which was tons of fun as usual with Wade, Kris and Kat and for some reason a weird arty selfie (we were all taking them; such fun!)

Only bummer note on a day I had to work was that Coldplay decided to film a clip for their song A Sky Full of Stars in NEWTOWN. Normally I work Thursdays and some Mondays but this week Alicia need to work the Tuesday, of all Tuesdays! Aarrghh!! Ah well, c'est la vie.

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 113: Three trips to Newtown

Lots of walking to Newtown today.

First with Waz for first walk in 10 days (largely due to my crappy back) and then later that day for my usual monthly appointment at Communicare in Enmore Road (texted the following pic to Waz, quipping I had a sense of deja vu) ...

Then home to blog, read and apply for jobs and then back up to Newtown with Fahmi to see Any Day Now, a wonderful movie, followed by a wander through HUM and Better Read Than Dead where I saw a lot of books I'd love to read (but didn't buy tonight!)

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 101: Lunch up with Susie!

Longe overdue, wonderful, fabulous lunch with Susie at Moo Burgers (her treat which was so generous and lovely), where we talked about her trip to Chicago (from where the Fanny May chocolates - below - were procured), my job situation and talk heart to heart like we always do.

Finished up with gelato and a lovely long walk along King Street.

Such a wonderful catch up!

Our art installation

Susie loves it ...

REALLY loves it!

Steve and I had a few tonight after Thai from Doytao Thai while watching some fabulous TGIF SBS docos

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 85: Jobs and the art of movie going

Early morning walk to see my lovely Communicare person ... in pouring rain ... thankfully brought an umbrella in case the heavens opened.

Alas Newtown's gutters overfilled almost instantly and my though my top stayed dry, my sneakers did not which made browsing in HUM etc afterwards a tad uncomfortable.

Um .. okey-dokey then ...

Waz was coming back from a doctor's appointment and we caught up for a quick cheap bite to eat at one of the new cafes next to Newtown station ...

Back home to apply for jobs, blog etc then back to Newtown that night to see a preview of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Waz, followed by dinner at Happy Chef afterwards ...