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So while I write this it isn’t technically New Years but frankly I shall probably forget everything in the morning or just forget to do a post! So here it is, my post about New Years in the land down under! It is currently 11:05 pm so just under an hour to go!
Today I set off to buy my brother a wallet( I know I still haven’t sent Christmas presents, shame on me!), technically this is also a birthday present and his birthday was in October so double shame on me! Anyway he had a specific request, a dark brown billabong wallet(Aaron if your reading this you best like it otherwise there will be hell to pay!) (also I’m not really spoiling what you’re getting considering you asked me to get it so…no spoilers!) anyway like the good sister I am I set off early as I had my day all planned out! I was going to head out after my shower, spend an hour travelling to this shopping centre place and shop for this wallet. I mean I figured I knew what I needed, get in get out job done! Right? Wrong! So I rock up to this shop, that according to their website stocks billabong stuff. In preparation I had done my research! In this shopping place there was a couple of shops that sold billabong stuff! I had also went onto the billabong website, both Australian and European sites. I was going to take the cheats way out and order it online and have it delivered to him. Problem was it wouldn’t let me put in the shipping address correctly so I then had to research shops to traipse around in.
anyway it was a stinking hot day, I’m walking twenty minutes to the train catch the train, catch another train and then walk five minutes to this place. I then have to enter the maze that is known as “Watertown”, I got lost about twice, at one stage I thought the had got rid of the shop and replaced it with another one, but turns out I was just in the wrong place! Eventually after walking the whole way round the place(literally if I had just turned left when I first got in I would have seen this shop straight away!) I came to the shop! After battling around ever inch of the shop, through crowds of Boxing Day sales crowds, I discover my search was vain. In hope I went into every shop that sold men’s things in hopes of finding something, to no avail! It was then time to return to the train and go into Perth City itself. Found a shop that sold billabong stuff, this time including wallets. And I found three brown leather wallets that were billabong. The rest were weird colours like green? Or these Velcro contraptions for surfers. Out of these three only two were the desired dark brown, so Aaron you got the best out of a bad lot so be grateful I got you anything!
anyway returned home to prepare to go to the beach(I know, I have a tough life!). We were meeting some of Louise’s and Daves friends down at the beach for pizza. Upon arrival we seen that there was a wedding going to happen…… Yay! Me and holly ended up gate crashing and photobomb ink some pictures(all accidental I swear!) me and holly were chasing the waves, or as holly says we get chased by the waves! We were having fun, God only knows how long we spent doing this! When we first went down the wedding had just begun and to get to the beach you had to go down steps that were about five feet in front of where the out the makeshift alter, hence the gatecrashing! Anyway we were having fun out chasing the waves when the couple decided to take pictures down on the beach. That’s fine I mean heck it was sunset now so the pictures woulda been nice and romantic and all that jazz. Now this beach was huge, there were a number of places the couple could have gone. Instead of the oodles of space they decided to take pictures where me holly, our next door neighbour teya and four random kids were chasing the waves. Me, holly and teya moved out-of-the-way thinking a few shots done and dusted then we can finish. Nope! The four random kids kept running into the water so the couple spent ages there! We waited ages finally thought they were done, went in one last time and got asked to move by the photographer cause they just needed “one shot”?! Maybe go behind us where there is no people! Anyway we then left the beach cause that was our fun over and it was time to leave anyway! We returned way past the kids bedtimes And spent the car journey back singing songs from frozen! Holly wanted the Christmas tree lights on so we lay down on the carpet with the main lights off looking at the lights on the ceiling.
Bedtime for the kids, the adults watched a movie. One viber call to dad and louise was off to bed! I am currently down in my room, with thirty minutes now left to go I figure I might as well stay up these last few minutes! My New Years eve day was good minus the shops! My night consisted of a movie and reading a book so as you can tell I am a real party animal! News years eve is a tad overrated though! Give me Christmas any day! The fireworks have started already and for a second there I thought I had missed New Years! Give me five minutes and il be in bed anyway! that’s all from me folks! until next year!(that’s another thing the whole talk to you next year/see you next year we are all very punny(see what I did there? Punny? Funny and pun?) anyway that’s one joke that will never get old! I would reminisce about what I was doing last year but frankly I can’t remember!
I will say though 2014 as been a pretty awesome year! I mean I am in australia doing my year study abroad! I met amazing people who I know will be friends for life. I have had experiences that you couldn’t pay for, frankly cause we were all broke so did free stuff to keep us amused! Here is to another year of adventures! hopefully this year will be much of the same, if I have half of the adventures I will be happy! To 2014, the year I finally broke out of my shell and did something I always wanted to do but never thought I could! May I be as daring in 2015! No more soppiness I swear! Happy New Years, to my family, friends, readers and fellow bloggers!
*Update* it is now 2015, instead of reigning in the new year with fireworks a helicopter was flying overhead instead! Close enough…..