Too Much Vino and Creepiness

I seriously am loving this Feb Photo a Day challenge. 

For Feb 3, hands, I went a little liberal with the word and instead of taking a picture of hands I went with a pic of a wine label...

Bird in Hand is some serious yummy Australian wine. I have been told that this one in particular is served at Wimbledon. Don't quote me on it though. But holy moly what a perfect summer wine. It's a pink wine and so refreshing and crisp! And I may or may not have pretended that I was drinking with Dutchess Catherine as spectators at Wimbledon...

In reality I was alone and watching SVU. Same thing.

So for Feb 4, a stranger, I wasn't really sure what to do with it. I felt uncomfortable asking to take a picture of a stranger which was probably the point of it but I just couldn't. Instead, I took the creepy route and just took a picture as I was driving in the car by the beach...on my Blackberry...I might have even involuntarily slowed down as I was doing. CREEPER ALERT.

Photo a Day Challenge

I am so excited to be doing this! This is such a fabulous idea by Chantelle over at fatmumslim.

I’m late to it though and seeing as I am in Australia, it is already Feb 2. So I’m doing two in one day!

Feb 1 – my view today: the view from my balcony. The mountains in the background are such a beautiful area and rainforest like too!

Feb 2 – words. Here, there’s lots of them in the cases I read for classes. There’s always cases.

The Last Half

So I am currently half way done with my law degree and couldn’t be more excited. You could I say I have the J of my JD.

Not only will it be amazing to finally be done with school, but it will also probably be good for my health. I am a person that stresses a lot! So this semester I am trying some new things to maybe help out with my stress, including being more organized. (Sidenote: started the year off not so great by leaving my KEYS in the US, good job Katy).

I started first with getting two new books from Maybooks. O my gosh, I love them! They’re both my first purchases from them and I am so happy I got them. I love the size of them in particular. I got one weekly agenda and one regular.

I also wanted to spruce up the way I organize things. I won’t even lie, I have always thought it to be very silly that people get expensive cutesy folders when you get much more regular ones for the same price. But, I changed my mind. To help brighten my days, I invested in some super cute Lilly folders:

Law school can really run you down with all its work, but these bright and fun patterned colors just make the day better! Seriously! I got mine at a store in Atlanta but I also just found them online here.

I also invested in some cute Lilly notepads to make my task lists a little more exciting:

And last, I FINALLY got a wireless mouse. I spend a lot of time on my computer and I get real sick of using the little touchpad. After checking out some of the more expensive ones, I ended up with a $20 Jenkins one. I searched for them and they may only be available in Australia but I love that they come in fun colors. I chose the bright green:

Give away at College Prep

Carly at College Prep is having a giveaway for this super cute planner for 2012 from Elle & Em

 The Inside!

 The Cover

I would definitely get a lot of use out of one of these. Head over to College Prep to enter. Or if you just want to go ahead and buy one yourself, get one from Elle & Em

Speaking of 2012, what are y'all most excited about for the new year?

Aussie Thanksgiving

This is my second Thanksgiving in Australia and this time it was much harder for me to be away from my family. Thanksgiving is very big in my family, it's an event everyone looks forward to all year. However, I did get to FaceTime with the whole clan and that made me really happy!

But, my Thanksgiving was still awesome! It was just Mr. Aussie and I but it was perfect. I spent the whole day making food:

 

WAY too much food for two people. Needless to say, we’ll be having leftovers for awhile!
And because it’s Thanksgiving, I am thankful for (in no particular order):
1. My family
2. Mr. Aussie
3. My friends
4. The fact that I’m in law school (I know, I’m insane. But I am very thankful for these kind of opportunities in my life.)
5. My dog
6. Just life in general.

Puppy Humor

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I stumbled across these photos earlier and just found them beyond hilarious. There’s just something about funny pictures of animals that can really uplift your day! 

Hope everyone has a good Halloween Monday!

Viva Mexico!

Yea, I Google mapped directions from Mexico City to here. Just to illustrate how far away I am from Mexico. No, I don’t know kilometers either or what that is in miles. And why do I care about how far I am from Mexico do you ask? Two words: MEXICAN FOOD!

I love, love, love Mexican food. I am not exaggerating when I say I eat Mexican food on a weekly basis at home. In Atlanta, Mexican restaurants are about as common as a Starbucks. I’m also not even lying when I say on my high school graduation trip to Italy, I made my parents go to a Mexican restaurant one night because my craving was so bad. (Sidebar: it was so freaking good). Also, Mr. Aussie and I were talking the other day about Mexican food and realized that when we were in the US I took him to more Mexican restaurants than anything else. What can I say? I’m obsessed. But luckily, he’s now one of the few Australians to actually know what yummy Mexican food is.

I love Australia, but one downfall is the fact that it’s so far away from Mexico – very little Mexican food! I had tried Mexican here twice before Friday night and both times I was extremely dissatisfied. Don’t get me wrong, I am not judging on authenticity (I mean, we’re REALLY far from Mexico). If anything is as good as the proverbial Atlanta Mexican restaurant, I’d be happy. So, on Friday night, Mr. Aussie and I decided to try a Mexican restaurant here that we heard was pretty good. Holy Mexican jumping beans, it was! It wasn’t the best I ever had, but it was still pretty legit. I got a picture of it on my Blackberry, sorry about the quality. My only complaint was that the enchiladas didn’t have enchilada sauce on them. Just a bunch of cheese. But the tasty beef inside made it ok! The refried beans were DELISH and the rice was so yummy. So happy I found a Mexican restaurant!

 

I really wish I got a picture of the décor. It was HORRIBLE. About as tacky as you can get, worse than the restaurants at home that do the cheesy “Mexican” décor. A lot of the hangings on the wall actually looked more like Navajo Native American to me than Aztec. But whatever. And the waiter pronounced it “Kway-so”. It’s ok, I let it go. Oh, and to Mr. Aussie’s disappointment, there were no fajitas on the menu. So not perfect, but damn good enough to feed my cravings! 

Is there any cuisine that you just die for? Share my love of Mexican?