Alec and I caught up with Lisa, Matt, Bev and Chris at the Firehouse in North Sydney. Beverly knows all of these great places with cheap. awesome food, and the Firehouse was no exception.
The meal deal was $10 for any mains if you buy a drink – super good value!
Nacho pizza … some things are not meant to be.
Mmmm chippies …
Steak for the carnivore.
Salmon.
My normal-looking pizza.
Something is wrong with my hair …
Fresh from our Japan trip we drove up to Newcastle for Kristy and Kade’s wedding. I didn’t take many pics – I was all photo’d out after taking over a thousand pics in Japan. No captions needed I think – lovely day, beautiful couple, awesome veggie food. Great day!
My new Tokidoki bag. Lisa has rubbed off on me 🙂 It’s a Vacenze print in the bambinone style. I am Scotch-Guarding it right now.
Online before watching Sex and The City with Bev and Lisa – and ferrets.
New cupcake pouch!
Dinner at St James Hotel. They have such tasty cheap food.
Bev’s bruscetta.
Lisa’s beef Thai salad.
My delicious mash potato.
Mmm steamed veges.
Crazy ferrets and Etsy I believe.
My dearest Shelby is getting married! I am so happy for her and so excited! We spent Sunday in full-wedding mode, flicking through bridal mags, looking things up on the internet and watching the best wedding movie of them all, Muriel’s Wedding. Shell and I have loved Muriel’s Wedding for many years, so it provided the perfect background for the pigging out (oh yes, there were lollies!) and wedding-overload.
Even though Shell has her ring, we ended up looking at jewellery sites anyway. I found a few pieces that I thought were just beautiful. I don’t want to look at the prices, I just want to appreciate the exquisite designs from Canturi and Tiffany.
I can’t believe how much cakes cost! I can’t find a pic of the amazing bird cage cake we saw, but we also checked out these. The first one is taken from a illustrator who designs amazing cards and more in the design below. Beautifully done.
This one was a bit of a surprise. A little saucy for a wedding perhaps?
I also introduced Shell to my fave website, Etsy, where they have an amazing wedding section where you can get the most amazing handmade things like invitations, stationary in general, cake toppers, jewellery, table decorations and more.
I couldn’t believe Bev had never been to Newtown before. It’s my fave indie shopping Mecca, so met her for lunch, shopping and more food on a sunny Saturday.
Before shopping we needed to fuel up with some Thai that Newtown is famous for.
My fried rice and veges was amazing.
Bev’s beef thingy was enough for two. She said it was delicious. A shame I didn’t write down the name of the place!
After shopping, more snacks at Cafe C – my ice chocolate and Bev’s strawberry smoothie.
Churros and chocolate.
My shopping results – dress with little white hearts, books to read on the plane and warm peach cobbler-flavoured lip balm. It smells divine.
Beck has a gorgeous new kitty – Tia. I spent some time with them both on the weekend.
In! In!
Topless burger.
Vroom vroom!
What? All gone?
The free ice-cream Bev received for eating the whole hot dog.
Cupcake hat?
Beret?
Shower cap as fashion item.
The cupcake looked amazing but didn’t taste as good. It was missing something I couldn’t quite identify.
Matching sunnies are cool.Â
The boys joined us for dinner at Szechwan Gardens in St Leonards.Â
The “eight precious vegetables” dish was mine – totally delicious.
My deep and meaningful fortune cookie message.
Fresh-as-a-daisy fried ice-cream.
Fried ice-cream porn shot.
Banana fritter.
My new earrings. The extreme close-up isn’t very flattering.
My pretty bag in “ballet pink” and awesome lipgloss. It’s non-sticky and moisturising, with a touch of colour. Bev bargained the bag lady down from $79 and $75 per bag to $140 for two. Way to go!
I was a bit late to Chris’ dinner last night, but I still made it in time for drunken photos and babycakes.
I think these photos do justice to the evening without any commentary. Happy b’day Chris!
I’ve been raving about the Bite Me burgers to Alec for months, and finally had him try it for himself last night.
Alec’s long arms enable him to take awesome shots like this.
Me and Bev.
Bev loves a freebie.
The men look manly.
Me and Bev take two.
Mmmm Vegetari-Anne burger.
Bev’s meaty burger.
Lisa’s bohemath.
Alec chows down.
Lisa’s burger turns into a full meal.
Yum yum yum.
Bev tells us how she really feels.
Don’t even ask.
Dessert – yummo! Vanilla ice cream and choc biscuit.
Double choc.
Caramel pecan – I think I will get this next time.
Beverly’s camera was lost (and recently found!) in Hong Kong. She hijacked my camera out of camera-deprivation.
