Nancy's busy December

December has been a very busy month so far! 

Some of the more memorable highlights include

• my birthday
• work Christmas party
• Anthony's visit

December 15th is when I turned a year older...as usual I preferred this day to be normal and without fuss.

My family organized the usual dinner for me the weekend before.  As always, it was a late dinner and there was a fruit cake.

Actually wait, they forgot the fruit cake at the shop because they had so much food to bring home and too many hands helping to do it.  Either way it was fine; none of us have been a fan anyway!

Paul naturally chasticized us for not appreciating the time and effort they put in to make it.



Then there was my work Christmas party which was my very first.  Itwas at a very nice fancy restaurant with a special function centre all decked out in astroturf and flowers.  As per fancy restaurants, the food was alright but in very small portions.

We started with bread baked with sprigs of rosemary, along with dipping oil with soy sauce balsamic.  Entre was 4 thin slices of roast pork in a balsamic sauce.  Main was a tiny portion of beef steak with vegetables that an ant could single handedly carry off.

Sadly there was no dessert.  I suppose the company felt it was more important that we all over indulge on alcohol with an open bar rather than fill our tums.

 

I wasn't the only person who was still starving after our tiny meal.

Today has been the best day of all - I got to see Anthony after two months.

We met at Flinders Street Station and I made use of him by getting him to carry my heavy corn for the girls :)

Queen Vic Market is open every Tuesday and Thursday - Sunday.  There are outdoor sheds that sell fresh produce; these sheds double as knick knack stalls on Saturday and Sunday.

Weekends are incredibly busy for the obvious reason that the majority of people have it off. and need to fill up their fridge.  It takes patience to navigate through the numerous trollys and prams along in the crowds.

We dropped all my shopping at home and then went out for a late lunch in the city.  Then we spent an hour chilling at Borders; it's one of my fave things to do, just sitting there and reading together.

Then I had to see him off at the train station because he had to go back to his family obligations.