Recently...

I've been a bit busy recently and after scheduling some posts while I've been away with no internet I'm back with more inspiration! So to catch you up here's some of my recent goings on. I've spent some quality time with the family before moving back to Wellington as I'm not sure when I'll be next home so we took the campervan out to Whakatane for a weekend and then travelled down to Wellington to drop off my stuff and join Brad's family camping. It was the first proper time our families spent quality time together and I'm glad to say it went off very smoothly, helped along by alcohol of course! They all went home and Brad and I stayed longer to spend some time together after almost a month apart; throwing rocks at the beach is what all the cool couples are doing right?! Once returning to the land of internet and phone signal we actually managed to find a kitten! Our own little tiny kitten barely months old and free I might add, more on him in a later post though he needs to be properly introduced. Hope things are going well for you guys in the recent weeks. 

Sophie conquered Australia!

So after finally getting round to sorting out my over 500 photos from the trip I decided to show you some. To be honest I took my camera expecting to take way more but ya know water parks and roller coasters happened so I barely too my camera anywhere. But I had a whole heap of fun! We went for two weeks over Christmas planning to spend some time with my family from England I hadn't seen in a while. I haven't actually been to Australia before even though I've now lived in New Zealand for over 7 years so this was an adventure. We spent a lot of the time just relaxing by the pool at the apartment, at the beach, and shopping at the various malls and streets around the area. Pretty much everything was walking distance and it was great to have a bit of a free run of the place compared to holidays when we were younger where we had to do everything my parents did.

 We also went to a few of the parks a number of times going on many a water slide and many a roller coaster. Can I just say how great going on the Green Lantern and Superman roller coasters at Movie World at 8pm at night in the dark was? Pretty great! I also got to cuddle a Koala and a Kangaroo but more on that in another post as I have way too many animal photos! I managed to walk away with some awesome stuff from the shops too, although being Christmas I was pretty upset when the Real Techniques gift set was sold out so I had to get a single brush instead of four. But I got a lot of new clothes from the sales too including some Forever 21 stuff and a new necklace to replace my one that I either lost or got stolen. Christmas was great, spending time by the pool with the family, snacking on food and chocolate all day and playing cards all night with fireworks going off! Hope you guys had a great Christmas and a great New Year too!

I'm flying without wings

There's something magical about being in a plane flying above the clouds. I've been on so many flights in my life and still staring out the window at the clouds and skies never gets old. Most people actually prefer flying at night so they can sleep the hours away but I love it in the day so you can see outside. I'm sure the more frequent flyers think I'm a silly little girl when I'm sitting with my iPad pressed up against the window taking pictures of clouds but it's just so pretty to me x

There's no place like home :)

There's just something special about coming home from living away for even 2 months. Living in the city means there's not really all that much vegetation, there is quite a bit being New Zealand but there's just not as  much as further up north where my parents are. The sun was shining bright, the skies were blue and there were hardly any clouds.. I just couldn't not take photos.

I will say it will be a great break from the city but I'm not sure I'm going to cope in this tiny town for a whole month but lets see how we go. I think it's going to be a few days sleeping and relaxing in bed, in pajamas and all that jazz hehe x 

Can there be a grander view in life?

When I found out the position of my room in my flat I was pretty pleased with myself. There's only a few who have the same view as me in the building so it was good luck on my side. The only problem is at this time of the quarter is it's due date time again so I should really be concentrating... but with both the desk in my room and the desk in our lounge looking straight out the window who else wouldn't be distracted by the amazing view. I'm going to be pretty sad to leave this baby at the end of the year as people watching has become one of my main procrastination strategies. x