Cheap Monday
So our beach day didn’t quite go according to plan when the weather soured with cold windy gusts and rain. So when the weather finally cleared up the other day, Charlotte and I took a quick drive down to a beach that I used to visit a lot as a kid, and spent the afternoon laxing in the sun and chatting. It was just a good day, but we didn’t do anything exciting really, and I only took two pictures (one of which is below). I think the funniest thing that happened on our excursion was when we decided to go to Momo’s (an asian bubble tea place) in our beach gear on our way home – upon entry the waitress gave us the most inquisitive, rude look, as if we weren’t allowed to be in there or something… very strange. The same thing happened when we tried to order and pay our check. A friend of mine said, “well, you know, asians don’t go to the beach!” (but he’s asian, so that’s not really racist… hahaa).
I was surprised to find a wayward branch full of the prettiest, yellowy-pink roses that had swayed out onto the footpath in our front garden when I got home as well. Ah, pleasant surprises.
I’m actually in a bit of a crisis at the moment: our family’s decided that our huge yard (along with 2 side hedges) just costs far too much time/money to maintain – think mowing lawns, weeding, trimming hedges, and the regular garden bag service to take it all away – so we want to sell our house and move into a bigger one with a smaller, more tameable garden. This, and with my quickly-approaching departure date of January 26th as mum’s deadline for me to clear my rubbish out, has led me to pour the entire contents of my desk drawers and shelves out. A lot has already gone into the paper recycling and rubbish, but I honestly cannot move around my room, let alone try and sleep (my bed is worse than when this picture was taken). I even slept on the couch after getting home at 3am from Sumadayze. Anyway, the point of this picture was to show how luxurious my cat is, even in moments of chaos – he’s managed to snuggle up and sleep on two (apparently quite pricey, as I’m pillow-picky and can’t sleep otherwise) pillows! What a cutie.
As if my room wasn’t enough to deal with, I procrastinated in my sleeplessness, and sharpie’d myself a Cheap Monday tee shirt:
I must say, although it’s severe cheating, I was quite happy with how my free-hand skull drawing went. And I’d screwed up one sleeve whilst tearing it, but I’ve split the sleeves on both sides (the idea courtesy of Charlotte) and it’s nice and loose, and rather beachy. Maybe I’ll go and confuse the waitress at Momo’s again with my bikini underneath, tehe.
Category: Cats, DIY, Fashion/Style, General, Travel 6 comments »
January 9th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Daww, adorable cat. <3
And, wow – I know how the messy-bed thing goes. It's just the perfect place to dump all your stuff when you're cleaning!
Side note: I love your bedding. So pretty!
January 9th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Your cat is beautiful! I have a cat myself and she can find comfortability anywhere possible, even on my homework! Hope cleaning will help cleanse your mind and give you room to sleep soon. I would love to clean out all my drawers because I know there is plenty I should probably throw out even if it will be hard to do.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:55 am
A lot of my (Asian) friends really don’t go to the beach — they’re afraid of tainting their freakishly white skin! Though for me, my typical Asian skin just goes red and peels as opposed to tanning, so there’s really no escaping the whiteness!
I really love your bed covers (from what I can see!). They’re pretty. They also look like a skirt I own, and I love that skirt.
January 10th, 2010 at 5:37 am
aWWWWWWWWW your cat is wayyy cute! And I don’t really even like animals. I’m one of those anal retentive, OCD people who always has a clean room haha
Thanks for the comment, yes, I make all of my designs
XXASAB
January 10th, 2010 at 5:40 am
hahaa thanks, yeah he’s a cutie, and he’s not like most other cats that snob people – he’s an attention whore!
and wow, i wish i didn’t such so bad at sewing lol.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Your cat is sooooo adorable. Bless.
I’m so sorry you have to move all of a sudden. Sometimes those times come. I hope that this move and this change is for the better and that things will be a lot better at your new place.
I actually don’t see many Asians at the beach… maybe because I’m an Asian who doesn’t go to the beach! LOL.