On Thursday evening, I had a wonderful facial at Ella Bache. They send out emails when they have good specials. Unfortunately, I usually can't resist booking them in, but I just love the indulgence so much! Very relaxing, and feels amazing. And it's good for my skin.
On Friday, Mum & Dad set sail from Sydney on their 75 day cruise - by now I estimate they would be rounding the top of Cape York Peninsula on the way to Darwin, the first port of call. Just a guess, I don't actually have a clue. Hope they are having a nice time so far.
This week I won 2 free tickets to a little show called Sing-along-a Sound of Music, so on Friday night, my friend Mark & I went to see it at QPac. It's hard to describe the night, so this is what the website says about it:
Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music is your chance to test your vocal range with several hundred other assorted nuns, Von Trapp family members and Julie Andrews look-a-likes.
The evening begins with a live show in which your host will lead you through a vocal warm-up, judge the fancy dress competition and award the prizes. Costumes are not compulsory but they are highly recommended and you will be amazed at the inventiveness on display. The host will then show you how to use your free goody bag throughout the film and suggest some appropriate heckles and accompanying actions (such as hissing the countess, barking at Rolf and, of course, cheering for Julie).
Then, you sit back and watch the original 1965 movie in glorious Technicolor (™) with the lyrics for all the songs on the screen, so you won’t miss a chance to sing your hearts out. The audience takes over as the star of the show from this point and almost anything can happen – the first rule of Sing-a-long-a is THERE ARE NO RULES!
Some of the things people were shouting at the screen were very witty - Mark got the idea and joined in enthusiastically. I joined in with the singing. It was a very funny night, lots of diehard fans of the movie, and lots of people dressed as nuns or in lederhosen, white dresses with blue satin sashes, or as brown paper packages tied up with string, etc.
Saturday morning found me at Zumba at New Farm Park - 2nd week in a row, pretty good hey?! If I do say so myself. Except I definitely did something to my lower back during the class, it was pretty sensitive the rest of the day! It seems better today though, so that's a good thing.
After Zumba, I headed across the park to the markets that are on there every 2nd Saturday, and got some yummy pineapple, strawberries, cookies, and some lettuce and mushrooms. Then I had to have a French crepe, in preparation for when I go to France in 2.5 months, you see. I got a lemon one, which was a bit less indulgent than some of the options on offer. Quite a nice morning out in the sunshiney, fresh air.
On Saturday afternoon, I met with my friend Jodie at a cafe in Wilston. She has an adorable 20 month old daughter called Poppy. Poppy is walking now, which means she wants to go exploring and roaming around. So we had time for a bit of a catchup, coffee and a walk with Poppy before they had to go home.
Saturday afternoon, Collingwood predictably thrashed Greater Western Sydney in Sydney, I think it was 174-54... today Wests Tigers lost miserably to Souths, 32-6. Shocker.
Saturday night, Deb and I had a cuppa tea and watched Sliding Doors, a blast from the past, at her place. Another cold, cold night in Brissy - doona AND blanket weather!
Today I didn't really accomplish too much during the day. Tonight Kim, Natalie and I saw Magic Mike at the Barracks Cinema. It wasn't as mindless as I had expected, not realising beforehand that Steven Soderbergh was the director - he doesn't tend to do much mindless work... Ocean's 11,12,13, Erin Brockovich, and a favourite of mine, Out of Sight, which starred Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney. Anyway, Magic Mike has an actual storyline, go figure! I found it quite interesting, liked the dancing, lurrrved Alcide from True Blood dressed up as a fireman-stripper - like so:
...where was I? Ahem. Also liked the female character that took no b.s. and didn't fall immediately for the charmer... Matthew McConaghy was good as the slimy show-off club owner with the am-aazing body, Channing Tatum and the one who played "the kid" were pretty good too. I liked the movie, but it wasn't quite what I expected, which was a mindless pervefest, although there was certainly a bit of that. 7 out of 10.
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