The First Twelfth of the Year

Hey everyone :) Now that January is officially over, I thought I'd do a post with the highlights of my month. I hope these random happenings have accumulated enough over the past four weeks to create substantial content haha. Warning: there is a lot of food porn.

January 8th

Thomas and his family were kind enough to invite me to join them at the Brisbane International, which is how I came to be at my first ever tennis match. I was actually really sick that morning and trying to recover in record time so I would be able to make it. Luckily I was feeling a lot better than night albeit rather drowsy. It was super weird to think the last time I was there was at graduation...

Bare Bones Society Part I

Went to see the last Hobbit - I still liked it but nothing compares to LOTR ♡

January 15th

Jess and I had our first sleepover (of many) of the year. It's strange because I always feel like it's been ages since I've seen her but then when we are together it feels like we've always been together. Did that make sense? Typically so, our sleepover consisted of nonstop eating, planning the next meals, and catching up on PLL. We are probably the weakest people on Earth when it comes to remotely scary films/shows so we refuse to watch PLL without each other present. Unfortunately, this also means we fall seasons behind everyone else but what can you do. We also went to Indro the next day to shop and ofc, eat. 

Midnight berry smoothie- we actually ended up making two because we drank the first one too quickly

Ok, you honestly haven't lived until you've tasted the 'Coco Bowl' acai bowl

Omg can I just say I hate the word 'acai' because it forces you to either 1) pronounce it incorrectly like " ac-ai" or 2) pronounce it correctly as in "ah-sigh-ee"'. Thus inevitably, you always end up sounding like a douche. Does anyone else live this struggle or is it just me? I can't win. #endrant

T2 has to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing stores 

The best friend who is practically an extension of myself

January 22nd

I finally reunited with my precious Ellie since the night I bumped into her at schoolies. Can we just take a moment to acknowledge how crazy it is that we ran into each other at schoolies when there were literally thousands of loose teenagers and she was without a phone?!? We went to see "The Imitation Game" and it was probably my favourite movie that I've seen this year. Benedict Cumberbatch, although undeniably the weirdest looking person on the planet, was insanely good. Also the music was just really nice and I love WWII movies in general. Afterwards, we went to the Lifeline bookfest and spent a solid 2 hours in the $1 section (i mean, how often can you get $1 books?). We actually only really left because we began to starve, like violently. We power-walked to West End and settled on Rogue Bar & Bistro which was completely deserted seeing it was about 2pm on a weekday. The food was to die for, especially since we dying of hunger.

Ellieeeeee ♡

Corn fritters w/ guacamole & sweet potato wedges mmmmmm

Bare Bones Society Part II: it was so nice to catch up with girls from work :)

Lunch at Mt Cootha on a nice overcast day

I was so devastated because I brought my camera with me to Mt Cootha only to realise the SD card was missing :(

One of my favourite YA adult novels to date

I read the last half the book in one sitting on a rainy day with depressing as music in the background. It's about a girl who commits suicide and posthumously releases tapes with each side detailing a reason why. Each side has a story that relates to a particular person and how they are responsible in the events that led to her ending her own life. It's written from the perspective of a boy in her class whilst he listens to the tapes, wondering how he could possibly fit into it, and it is just so haunting, beautiful and heartbreaking. I loved it so much ahhhhhh.

Went to see the Theory of Everything with Kim before Kenten's 18th that night

I had been looking forward to seeing "The Theory of Everything" ever since I saw the trailer. I fell in love with the soundtrack, it has an ethereal aura about it making it perfect reading background music. Kenten's later that night consisted of eating, trampoline jumping, a failed version of beer pong and poker. 

Seeing as all of my friends and I are turning 18 this year there's practically an 18th every week, if not every second, weekend. Somehow, I don't have many photos from actual events but I seem to have an abundance of photos of food. This is something I definitely need to work on. That's all for January, hope everyone had a great start to the year ♡

Love, Thy xx