The procrastination post

I have really struggled to get my blog mojo back since I started my new job, but tonight I've found the perfect reason to write - a towering pile of essays waiting to be marked. I don't think I can devise a theme for this post apart from 'stuff I've been doing.' Eloquent, huh?

We've had a few trips to Mount Lawley recently, to visit Planet Video which is a great shop but should probably be called 'Planet Books, DVD's and CD's But Actually No Videos'. We also dropped into the We Heart Vintage market at the Flying Scotsmen. Although I did buy a new (old) handbag it wasn't a great success. Before we paid the $2 entry fee we would have done well to remember that I don't really like shopping, much as I'd like some new clothes, and there was nothing there for the Fella (who does like shopping). Ah well, lesson learned. We rescued the day with a visit to Ottobrino Meats to pick up some wurst and sauerkraut and then lunch at our favourite Malaysian in Northbridge.

There are a bunch of Perth's best restaurants and bars in Mount Lawley and the Fella began to have some pangs of regret about choosing to live in Freo. My brother suggested we'd like Mt Lawley so we had a look around on our reconnaisance weekend, but it didn't really grab us. I don't regret the decision. Sometimes it can feel a little far away from things here, but mostly it serves our needs well. The Fella will feel much better in a month or so when he's able to walk to work at his new office right in the middle of Fremantle.


The Fella has been in Melbourne for the last two weeks for work and I flew over for a lovely weekend with him last week, visiting dear friends and having a serious case of city envy. I don't feel I can talk about it too much here in case I start gushing and make poor little Perth feel bad. But I will give you a tip in case you ever need to fly from Melbourne to Perth. I flew with SkyWest (I know, I've never heard of them either, and neither had most of the Melbourne airport staff). They tricked me! The flight went via Kalgoorlie! It wasn't mentioned at all during the booking process. So now I can say, technically that I've been to Kalgoorlie...sitting on a plane on the tarmac...

It's been interesting being here without the Fella. It's forced me to feel more like a local in a way, which is nice. I've had a few highlights over the last two weeks, including a delicious meal at Bistro Felix with lovely ladies from work and a last minute invitation to watch the taping of RocKwiz at the Perth Concert Hall. I haven't watched the show very often because it's on Saturday nights and I'm always out raging. Well, out anyway. But it was a blast. Loads of fun. Especially for a Monday night.

Well I need to go and finish cleaning up the evidence of my sloppy bachelorette lifestyle before the Fella arrives home. I just don't know how to break it to the Pusscat that the other half of the bed isn't hers anymore.