November

Yes I called my previous post October, I must have still been hung over. Friday I left work early as I had a bit of a headache. In the evening Dhillon and I went to an Indian Restaurant in Brunswick for Jimmy V’s birthday. We had a buffet of meats, curries, rices and wine! It was delicious and good fun. After the dinner we went to FM Karaoke Bar for Sov’s birthday. We walked into the room to find the table laden with Coronas and scotch. We sang and drank and had a merry old time, Trang and Lynh came along, as well as a blast from the past – Gio!

Saturday I went to vote and dragged Dhillon along too. We then went to the pancake parlour for a feed. I drove him home later in the evening and then spent the evening, and all of Sunday, catching up on TV shows!

October

Friday night after work Laura and I were rather hungry and food-less in the house, so we went over to Grill’d for a burger fest! After eating I showered and made myself pretty for Krisa’s birthday bash at Retro. She caught a taxi from the airport to my house and we power-walked to the club to ensure we got in on the guest list. Mai and Jenna were already there so a round of drinks was in order. Krisa’s other bestie Jess and her bf were next to arrive, followed shortly by Trang and Lynh and Sov and his friends. We all danced and sang and drank until 1.30am. Why did we leave so early you ask? Because Miss Trang got kicked out for being too drunk! No one was ready to go home yet so after stopping off at a bottle shop, and seeing Dhillon for a minute as he was leaving the city to go to Raj’s, we came back to my place for an hour or so until everyone was ready to go home.

Saturday I woke up with a headache and had to get rid of it before netball. I managed to feel OK when I got there but the sun and sweating made for me playing pretty badly. We lost but the game was fun, the other team were relaxed and having fun too. After netball I picked up Dhillon and we came home. He went out to grab some food and did some shopping while I had a shower and got dressed. Krisa arrived at about 8.30 and we then made our way over to Melbourne Central to watch the new Harry Potter movie. Both Krisa and Dhillon stayed over after the movie.

Sunday the 3 of us went for breakfast on Lygon St. We all had eggs of some sort and a hot drink. Once we had finished eating we browsed through the market that was on in the park and I bought some fresh strawberries and raspberries from one of the stalls. Once we were finished I dropped Krisa off to her Mum’s house and Dhillon at his house and went to Ringwood Target to have a little look around. I ended up buying 4 tops and a skirt for $50!

November

Dhillon and I spent a long weekend in Daylesford for our anniversary. We took Friday and Monday off work and headed up on Friday afternoon. The sun was shining as we drove up and I enjoyed travelling 110 on the freeway! We stayed at Balconies which was a lovely little bed & breakfast behind Lake Daylesford. The room pictured on the website is the one we stayed in. It is owned by an older gay couple from England who were very welcoming and promptly gave us a map and recommendations on what to do in town during the weekend. Once we had checked in, we decided to walk up to the main street of town. As we walked it started raining on us! Luckily I had my umbrella in my purse. We browsed along the shops and had a small bite to eat before heading back. Pretty soon we were hungry so this time we drove up to town and had dinner at a bistro in one of the pubs. After dinner we had a drink at a tapas bar before heading back to watch a DVD before nodding off in the lovely soft bed!

Saturday morning we woke up and showered and headed into the dining room for breakfast. We helped ourselves to fresh juice, fruit salad and eggs. Dhillon had eggs benedict and I had poached eggs with avocado and tomato relish on a toasted turkish bread. After breakfast we headed out to The Blowhole. Daylesford used to be a gold mining town (it’s close to Ballarat and Bendigo) and the blowhole was created to drain extra water from the mining fields downstream, it was basically just a big hole in the side of the rock. Due to the rain (it rained all day and night on Saturday) the water was gushing through making an awesome sound.

After The Blowhole we made our way to Hepburn Bathhouse for an afternoon of relaxation. Part of our package was Devonshire Tea at the restaurant so we had that first. I had lavender scones which were really nice! Once we finished eating we went into the main bathhouse area. I had booked us in to the private area so we not only had access to the main pool area but also the spa bath with spa couches (they are awesome!), the salt therapy pool, steam room and monsoon showers. We spent a good two hours going from pool to pool and enjoying the spring water. Once we had finished in the bathhouse we filled up some water bottles from the mineral spring water taps. The water has no real taste but is slightly fizzy from the minerals naturally found in it.

Saturday evening we went to DBar for dinner. I had a lamb shank with garlic mash which was delicious, Dhillon had garlic prawns and we shared a chocolate sticky date pudding with Bailey’s sauce for dessert. We rolled back to the B&B and watched some DVD’s before falling asleep.

Sunday morning we had our delicious home cooked breakfast at the B&B before going out to check out the Sunday market. Once we had finished there we went to a lookout and then on to Mt Franklin (it’s not where the water is bottled BTW). We drove Reginald up to the top, it was a bit annoying for me to drive so I made Dhillon drive down again! On the way back from Mt Franklin we stopped off at the Chocolate Mill where we had a huge cup of hot chocolate and I had a scoop of icecream with pure melted dark chocolate poured over the top. This was lunch! I bought some chocolates from the shop and then we headed back to the B&B to relax with some DVD’s and a cup of tea. In the evening we went to a place called Breakfast & Beer for a drink where Dhillon tried a couple of beers and I had an apple cider. We then went for dinner at the Bistro at the other pub as it was pretty much the only place still cooking at 8.30pm on a Sunday night.

Monday we had our final yummy breakfast before checking out and heading home in the sunshine!

November

Tuesday was Melbourne Cup public holiday and luckily I didn't have to work. Mum came over in the afternoon to check out my new place and meet Samurai. We went out for lunch at Grill’d and watched the big race before she headed home.

Thursday was mine and Dhillon’s 4 year anniversary so on Friday evening we walked down Lygon St for dinner. We ate at a small Italian restaurant and shared a bottle of wine, an antipasto platter and for mains we had garlic prawns and spaghetti marinara.

Saturday I had netball so I drove Dhillon home on the way. We lost the game unfortunately but it’s all good fun! In the evening I grabbed a bottle of wine and sat down to watch some TV shows I had downloaded. Laura came home with some of her friends after their day at the race so I had a few drinks with them before they went out/home.

Sunday I did some shopping and also went down to the Queen Victoria Markets. Suzanna came over in the afternoon and we ate some carrot sticks and dip while watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians on TV.