whitestripe

Judge me on my coffee choice, I don't mind.

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:54:48 PST

Actually, I do mind.

(warning: rant ahead)

I have worked as a barista and never once commented to a customer on their drink choice. Now, I don't find a lot of things rude but for some reason it just never felt right.

Of course, inwardly I wondered why on earth someone would...

wait a second... did i just make a decision?

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:26 PST

So I am sure that maaaaaany of you are familiar with my wailing and whining about the inability to make a decision regarding my 'future' in terms of job/career-ness.

I am sure that there are a few of you that have read each post I've made where I've decided to do one thing, then...

why are people so selfish?

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:52 PST

I know this is not financial, but it is really frustrating me and I have to get it out somewhere. And I know a lot of you are parents, and a few of you are step-parents, so I hope I can get either some insight or understanding on this matter.

To be honest, this issue does not even...

meal plans are good in theory...

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:03:44 PST

but I find that I hardly ever stick to them. Sometimes I just don't feel like eating anything I've planned on, and other times I have a brainwave and try something different with the ingredients I already have.
Plus I've noticed since the weather has been heating up, all we ever...

heating up

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:44:03 PST

It's definately getting to summer temperatures here. On Sunday it topped 37C, Monday was apparently 36C (though at work it is always a good few degrees hotter - blergh) and today I saw it was 34C. No doubt once summer is in full swing temps will be around 40C. Yuck.

DF bought a...

it was free! sort of...

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:34:27 PST

A friend recently gave us the first season of Dexter to borrow.
I had seen the first episode when it first aired, but it was on too late for me to watch it regularly and I wanted to watch it all the way through, so we purposely haven't watched any more of it since the first show....

well that's a load off my mind

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:36 PST

Lately I have been feeling the pressure to have a baby. It is not something on my mind every day, but I do more often than not get the comment 'oh, so when are you guys going to...?' when we are in large groups, whether it be friends or family.

Funnily enough, it does not occur...

A quiet weekend ahead

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:48:22 PST

DF is working tomorrow (Saturday) and I have no plans. I was invited to dinner with friends, but it is with 'those' friends that I have blogged about previously. Nice to catch up with at a party, but I realised pretty quickly I don't want to go to a restaurant with them EVER AGAIN....

more puppy photos

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:42:59 PST

Thought I would share some more photos with you all.

And on a slightly more *ahem* financial note, we spent $127.40 yesterday at the vet for the two puppies vaccines. The vet said that he wishes all puppies came in looking this healthy

Brother and Sister playing together:

Little...

vaccinations, name for puppy.

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:09:55 PST

We are taking the puppies to get vaccinated this afternoon, and then the little girl is going to DF's grandparents tomorrow. We are taking the little boy this weekend.

And we have (I think) decided on a name.

Banjo.

It is the mother dogs' dads name. He was killed by a paralysis...

electricity bill $564.80 :O

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27:54 PST

We got our first electricity bill since we moved in, March 2nd this year.

Normally power companies bill you every 3 months here, but there was a mix up with which company we were using, so we never got one 3 months ago - we have now been billed for 7 months and 2 weeks. Which is...

we are going to be landlords - sort of...

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:20:41 PST

Well, I guess you would call it flatmates really. Except we are getting paid rent.

After some thinking, we've decided to let DF's cousin rent a room from us. Remember this from ages ago? I posted about it. I was really not ok with it then - because I had not met him.

He has...

Minestroni Soup Recipe

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:01 PST

This is the recipe I use for minestroni soup, cooked in a slow cooker. There are a few things you can serve with it, a dollop of pesto is good, fresh buttered bread, toasted pitas sprinkled with olive oil and cumin, shaved parmesan or garlic bread are all favourites. It's good on it's...

still no oven or stove

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:32:19 PST

But to tell you the truth, we are getting along quite fine without it. Of course we WILL get it fixed eventually, but there are so many other things going on at the moment that it is not really high priority.

To be honest, FOOD is not really high priority at the moment. Last week...

interest rates, bank rant.

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:26:51 PST

On Melbourne Cup Day, while everyone was busy betting up a storm, the Reserve Bank quietly met and decided to raise interest rates again.

This is the second time they have increased (by 0.25%) since DF and I decided to fix a portion. Phew! And apparently they will be raised again...

October Expenses

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:15:38 PST

Income:
DF: $3309.25
Me: $2282.00
Total: $5591.25

Expenses:
Mortgage: $2489.23
Groceries: $705.87
Petrol: $284.56
Internet: $77.80
Mobile: $49.45
House Ins: $69.39
Life Ins: $53.67
Personal Loan: $185.00
Pet Supplies: $63.55
House Supplies: $292.00
Work Expenses: $41.65
Clothes:...

Did It Hurt? (hmmmm...)

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:56:53 PST

I do often wonder about people who ask that question. And I admit I am sometimes guilty of just saying No, because really if you are silly enough to believe it... *shrug*

So I can finally upload a picture for those that might be interested. It is too difficult to take one of my...

my updates

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:53 PST

I have not been on here to post as much as usual. This month has been weird with lots of things to do but not much to write about.

We got our tattoos last week, I am waiting for the last of it to heal before I post a picture, for anyone interested (probably not many on here!)

It...

weightloss!

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:44:52 PST

In the past two weeks I have lost around 2 kilograms.

I have not been doing a whole lot differently, but I believe the warm weather has something to do with it. It is much too hot to eat at work during the day, which stops me nibbling on things I probably shouldn't be!

Lack of...

spent some of our gift vouchers

blindexistence@hotmail.com (whitestripe - 22 yo female aussie) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:54:33 PST

On Sunday we went to the CBD and spent some of our gift vouchers that we recieved for our engagement party. We also got $70 in cash from DF's sister - I am going to use some of that to buy a Scanpan stainless steel frypan.

We decided to buy things that we would ordinarily spend...