Eggshell Green

Stuff I Luff

• My shiny new iPod Nano in bright pink. What’s even better is that the hubby got it for me using our Fly Buys points. Yay-ah.
• Finding my creative streak again and the motivation to create!
• Having my Etsy shop to showcase my cupcake paintings (and perhaps make a little something extra).
• Wearing slippers. For a while it was too hot to wear anything warm on your feet when you got home, but I love wearing slippers. The cushiness, warmth, comfort and the fact they keep your feet and socks off those unmopped floors…
• Hot chips. Lately I’ve had more than my share of chips, wedges and curly fries. No regrets! Yet.
• Wedding/anniversary cake. It’s still *really* good.

Tags: cake, wedding

Project 365: Week 7

My week in photos as part of Project 365:

Thursday 12 February 2009

What a rainy day it is! The water fountain in Cuba Street looks like it’s working over time.

Friday 13 February 2009

I threw this lollipop in my bin at work earlier in the week as I had an ulcer and it was too much to finish. It’s now dried to my rubbish bag, forever. Unless I get a new rubbish bag.

Saturday 14 February 2009

Valentine’s Day. Hubby and I find out we are going to Christchurch for our free mystery weekend. The rental car that is part of the package turns out to be a brand new one that has only done 12 kilometres. Yayah.

Sunday 15 February 2009

The hubby and I have ice cream and fish and chips (in that order) before heading back to Wellington.

Monday 16 February 2009

Our first wedding anniversary! After watching the movie Valkyrie, we come home and cut our cake. It’s still good – and full of rum.

Tuesday 17 February 2009

Everytime I see a whale now I think of the Fail Whale. Here is one on Courtenay Place.

Wednesday 18 February 2009

The only thing we brought back from Christchurch is a bag of habanero chillis. Hubby chops up a couple and fries them to make some chilli oil. He also tries a bit after they are fried and loses much of the feeling in his mouth.

Tags: cake, project 365, wedding, Wellington

First Anniversary

It was our first wedding anniversary on February 16!

I know it’s a bit late, but we’ve been whisked away on a mystery weekend, and have currently taken in two friends as temporary flatties. So here’s the post today.

I don’t want to turn this into a long wedding advice post, but if there’s one tip that I could give you it’s this – don’t get too worked up on the little things.

I was told this by several different people and it was the best advice I could have received! Part of the advice was asking yourself what you enjoyed about the weddings you attended, and concentrate on those. Not the fiddly little things that can become big frustrating jobs. It’s kind of like software development – there is bound to be scope creep, so keep to the important things unless you have lots of time and money for all the trimmings. (I know, I’m a geek.)

And if you keep things simple, there’s less to go wrong, and less to worry about.

Remembering this made the wedding so much less stressful than it might have been.

Tags: wedding