Great Weekend ... AND Beginning

Oh my..... I had a really great weekend. I haven't been so fulfilled for a long time... pathetic huh?

On Saturday, I went to Ruey's for a crop session with Shirley and Ruey . It was sooooooo fun. We laughed so much but we still churned out 1 layout per person, which really surprised me. I have never completed a layout cropping with Ruey, cos we would chat and laugh alot too! Maybe 3 heads are better than 2.

BUT IT IS!

Anyway, here it is. I like it very much myself. I'm going to look for the EK Success foam squares from now on. They are so firm, so great for 'popping' 3D objects..... my craze right now... hehehe.

This second layout.... I actually completed it in an hour and a bit. I've never been so productive ... EVER! And this is after coming home from the crop.... late at night! I was tired after dinner, so I had a quick snooze on the couch.... woke up and started doing this. I'm surprise myself sometimes. LOL......

Princess Gorgeous - Ellen used to call herself Princess Gorgeous when she was younger. She actually came up with that herself. We used to call her Princess... and sometimes other people call her gorgeous. This was a typical conversation then....

Hubby : "Are you gorgeous?"

Her : "yes" (nodding)

Hubby : "Are you my princess?"

Her : "No, I'm Princess Gorgeous."

Anyway, this was Saturday.

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Sunday. We decided to take the kids to an Indoor Aquatic Centre to make up for missing their swimming lessons. This centre has many pools including a kiddy pool, and also what the kids love the most... a wave pool. This has got to be the coolest and the most popular for everyone. Waves go off every 1/2 hour, for a few minutes. And kids of all ages (including adults) just LOVE this. We hung around for about 2 hours... then left to take a drive to a god-forsaken land, Narre Warren....... where Krispy Kreme decided to open their flagship store in Melbourne. OK, Americans reading this, I kid you not. This store has been open for 1 month. Every single day, the queue hasn't gotten any shorter. The in-store wait is on an average 45 minutes to be served, the drive-thru (YES, IT HAS A FRIGGIN DRIVE THRU!! FOR DONUTS!!!!!!) is approximately 1/2 hour. An average person takes out 2-4 dozens. And you know what?? It's freakin' WINTER in Melbourne right now! People are queueing outside the restaurant to buy donuts!! I swear if we were at war, people would think twice queueing for food ration, but they probably wouldn't hesitate to queue for THESE donuts. But I still love 'em .... .... bwahahaha ..... and we bought extras for friends, who came around in the evening to have coffee and donuts with us! It was such a great evening spent.

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Monday. Ruey, Shirley and I went Scrapbook shop hopping. The Scrapbook Scene's owner, Janet is such a gorgeous lady. Sooooo nice to chat with. Great stuff in her shop too. Melbourne scrappers need to check out her store ...

The Scrapbook Scene ~ 435 Highbury Road, Burwood East

The next scrap shop we went to wasn't too flash. It was having a 20% storewide sale but nothin' orgasmic. They said they were making room for "new" products .... but their "new" products were CHA Summer 05 and CHA Winter 05 products!!! We just looked at each other and giggled.

I got home to another piece of wonderful news. I'm going to be published again! WOW!! Twice within in a week! This time, it is Scrapbook Creations. YAY!!!!

All right, it's getting late. I had better go. My cuppa tea is calling me. :) Later!