I swear these new shoes just followed me home.....

I firmly believe that you should reward yourself in this life. For instance when I get money back at tax time I buy myself something and bank the rest, its kind of a saving incentive I suppose. If I have brought myself something or spent a bit of the money on a treat just for me then I am more inclined to save the rest you know? So given I'm about to get a pay out from my current job and go onto a bigger salary at my new job, I went out tonight and brought myself two new pairs of work shoes (which I needed) so it was both practical and exciting! And I also brought some lingerie at Bras N Things that I had been eyeing off for ages, they had a sale so why not! So here are the shoes I brought as my New Job Treat!


These are my practical yet gorgeous work shoes.


These will probably also be work shoes but will also be great for anytime really. The back of the shoe and the heel is patent leather but the sides are covered in a soft, stretchy almost transparent material and they have so much padding in them, they are like walking on air!!

And while I was browsing I found this...


I had to get it for OH, I don't know if you can read the packaging but it's a marshmallow skull and it comes with a red raspberry syrup pen to decorate it with! I was mega excited when I found it...how awesome would it be for kids! Not only can they be creative but they also make themselves a tasty snack! Turns out however that it is not just for kids as OH was also particularly excited by it so I will post photos of what he comes up with!

Anyway, there is one delicious smelling lamb curry on the stove so I am going to eat and I will report on that tomorrow!

Em x

Mega Exciting News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I quit my job this morning!!! Yup I resigned, lil ol me! Who'd have thought, in the last few months I have been saying I wanted to go and looking around and applying flat out, but when it came to the crunch and people offered me jobs I talked myself out of it and ended up turning down 4 jobs in like 6 weeks....not cool, OH was literally about to disown me. But I had an interview on Wed this week, got offered the job last night and I am so very excited about it! It's a change from what I'm doing now, no more payroll, well I'll take payroll enquiries, but thats it, and I'll be doing workers comp and recruitment and more HR stuff and it's exactly what I wanted and a bit more $$ in the pocket too...did I mention I'm slightly hyperactive / over excited about this whole thing?? So I handed in my notice this morning, finish up on the 26th of Nov (same day as our work xmas dinner and OH's bucks night...) and start the new job on the 29th of Nov (OH's Bday) so I have told OH this year we are having his bday on the 28th, now I just need to figure out what to do for it...Anyway did I mention WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *insert happy dance here*

HAPPY FRIDAY! Oh and I am seriously rocking out in my bandana today, will post photos tomorrow!

Em x

Massive brain fade....

No food talk today. I just feel like having a bit of a ramble about everything I suppose.

Today was such a full on day. I spent yesterday at a training course on Workers Comp and whilst I was dreading going, it was actually quite interesting and I found that the day went quick and I was interested and alert all day. Normally at a course I am dropping by lunch time so I was really impressed with how yesterday went and am even looking forward to sitting down over the weekend and going over the reading material. Anyway having spent yesterday at training meant I had a decent workload today and on top of that I had to take an hour or so off in the middle of today for a job interview. So I have just told my boss about needing time off in the middle of the day and he is fine with that....then I go to my desk and see my phone ringing, it is my house which means the alarm is going off....OH is working away so I have to go. The boss told me to take someone with me from the workshop just in case, he is good like that but I felt pretty bad about being in and out so much today! I was glad I took one of the guys out home with me too, turns out we had a bird in the garage setting the alarm off and I needed him to catch it for me!

So I went back to work for an hour and a half before heading into my interview. I was suprised on the way in at just how nervous I really was. In the past like with exams and job interviews I have just sort of thought well ive done all i can do and gone with the flow, but today I was sweating and had the butterflies and it was just terrible. The job was a Senior Payroll position in HR within the State Service. I have worked in payroll and HR for the last 6 years but I have never worked in a Senior role. This position would be a decent step up for me and something I think I am ready for. My current job is pretty quiet and I am not heavily involved in pay processing as it all goes through our head office and in the beginning that sounded pretty good to me, but I think now I am ready to get back into a full on role and start using my brain cells again. I am not sure how the interview went really, I walked out of there feeling positive, but now it's a bit of a blur and I think I was fairly repetitive and rambled alot, who knows! Even if I am not successful, it is all good practise though.

In other news, a friend and I were talking yesterday and she asked me for a list of things I would like to do / achieve before I die. Now when my parents watched 'The Bucket List' and explained to me it wasn't a movie about buckets as such, I was quite taken with the idea, but things happened and life went on and I forgot about it. But when faced with the question the other day I thought, why the hell not and to be honest I found it difficult, which only made me more determined to do it. I think the realistic (boring) side of my head was holding me back and not letting ideas through that might not be practical or affordable, but in the end crazy me won the argument and here is what I have come up with.

1. Have a child and raise them to be happy and healthy
2. Be at peace with myself, who I am, what I look like, what I think, feel etc
3. Obtain a job that gives me a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction
4. If 3 is not possible, I would love to work for myself in a successful business and be self sufficient
5. Get my vegie garden really cranking, it's ok at the moment, but I want a big vegie patch over flowing with fresh produce, I would like to grow as much fresh fruit and vegies at home as possible
6. Learn a foreign language
7. Learn an instrument
8. Conquer the pole dancing and be more confident with it.
9. Travel the world, I want to go back to Europe so badly and I want to travel around Australia - maybe spend a summer fruit picking!
10. See an international ballet act
11. Learn to run properly, my running is appalling. And increase my muscle strength
12. Develop a healthier attitude to food.
13. Spend more time living, go out to plays and the theatre, get to Melbourne to see more broadway shows (I would see Phantom of the Opera 5 times a week given the chance)
14. Go hiking and spend more time in the outdoors
15. To be financially comfortable so that I can do all of the above without worrying about meeting the next mortgage payment as well.
16. Early retirement is a definite!
17. Write a manuscript and send it to a publisher.
18. Play a team sport or join some sort of social group.

So that is my list of things I would like to achieve in my life time, some are short term, some long, some mental, some physical. But now that I have my list I intend to add to it, cross things off it and refer to it frequently.

Does anyone else have a similar list?

Good night xx