Home again

So all the planning and packing is finally over and so is the long flight. I am home. A little jet lagged but oh so glad to be back. Life goes on...I have started my new job although I am yet to really add any value. I guess this is the way things are when you start a new role but everyone else in the office is running around crazy for a project but I can't help at all as I have no clue what to do! I feel slightly useless right now but hopefully I will hit the ground running soon enough. I am really missing my stash already and have found myself wanting to shuffle stash, even if not take the bold step to actually scrap a LO!

And so it continues...

So here is the 10:50pm picture the night before the removalists arrive to pack all of my belongings away. The sorting is going well, the rubbish went out tonight (4 big HEAVY bin bags) and the kitchen is almost empty and has been placed in the necessary piles. All that is left to do is to unbuild the bigger pieces of furniture (table and chairs, wardrobe, bed and sofa) and then I am all done!

I packed my case today - thought I had done really well with 21.2kg (filled to almost bursting) until I realised there were still clothes hanging up to dry and also clothes in the washing machine waiting to be hung out to dry...oh dear!

The 5th pile

The time has come where I have to part with my favourite pairs of shoes so that they can be shipped back to Australia and they will be there waiting for me when I get back! A sad moment...

Today I need to tackle the kitchen and pack my case ready for the removalists arrival tomorrow morning. I must remember not to get rid of the kettle, coffee cups and tea / coffee / sugar as I am sure we will need a few cups to keep us going through the day!

This part of my life is called organising...

Well the time has come where there is only 8 more days left in the country and only 1.5 more days in my flat so I have been busily organising everything into 4 different piles:

1. Shipping
2. Charity
3. Rubbish
4. Suitcase

As is always the way - I want almost everything in the suitcase pile but am only allowed 23kg. But i found a solution for 20kg of shoes to be air freighted back to Australia and they leave first thing tomorrow morning and will be waiting for me upon my arrival.


This is the "shipping" pile so far. It is everything from my scrapbooking room (apart from my desk which has gone into the "charity" pile) Unfortunately I still have the bedroom and kitchen (2 biggest jobs) to do! I will put an updated picture tomorrow evening as everything "should" be finished by then, ready for when the removal men arrive at 7am Wednesday morning to box it all up.

New shoes!! (and a few other things)

OK...OK...so I now I only have 15 days until I leave the country but this was just too good a bargain to go past! Leather turquoise snake effect shoes from Reiss. Were meant to be ₤210 - last pair just happened to be in my size and were being sold for ₤40!! It was fate I tell you!! It would have been rude NOT to buy them...will 2 excuses do??




I also treated myself to this gorgeous Radley laptop bag which I have wanted for ages but never bought because it too was on sale and my theory was that in 3 weeks I am going to be a director and what director goes to work without a Radley laptop bag?? (sshhh...none of the directors I have ever worked for have...but then again...they have all been men!)

Scrapping again - The Plane

On Friday I finished work and now have 2 weeks in which to get myself organised to fly back home. So what have I done since finishing work? Slept in and scrapped! A perfect Sunday. Oh, not to mention the yummy Sunday roast I went and had for lunch at a local pub. This LO is of the plane that I jumped out of for my skydiving and is another page my for skydiving album which has taken a back seat as I have been enjoying my heritage LO's more lately! It is a very basic LO, only took 40 mins to complete but I am quite happy with the result.

Off to Paris

My parents arrived on Saturday and we have been very busy ever since! Sunday was spent in Cardiff where we spent most of our time at Cardiff castle. Monday was a trip to Boughton-on-the-water for a stroll and pub lunch in the glorious sunshine! Today it is the oh so long and highly anticipated (for my Mum) trip to Paris. I am looking forward to it as the last time I was in Paris was 2003.