There were two things I wanted to avoid this weekend - drinking and shopping. Let's just say that I failed in a truly spectacular fashion. After spending four hours at the airport DFO I have made a large dent in my yet-to-be-received tax bonus with my most exorbitant purchase being my first pair of skinny-leg jeans. Black and o-so-sexy. In order to celebrate these exciting new pants (and the level of self-confidence newly acquired that allowed me to even try them on!) it was deemed necessary to glam up and go to a pub for a couple of drinks and catch-up with some old friends.
This simple task was quickly extrapolated into an evening of cocktails and cool tunes, followed by trashy drinks and even trashier music. Venga Bus anyone?
Fortunately, the waves of emotion that I feared would encroach on my weekend if it involved drinking did not descend upon me, and I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening of good company and good dance times. And I must've been looking pretty foxy as I was felt up significantly more than usual. Skinny jeans, be ye the bringer of my '09 mojo? Although I will say that (for some bizarre reason) the men on the RG dance floor at 4am were a rotten lot. One such man had the audacity to tell me to stop twirling, while another man performed some incredibly horrific break dancing. On the dance floor that was so filthy that when I dropped money on it, I declined to pick it up.
It should be noted that there was one thing I did not fail miserably at this weekend. All I wanted to do was lie on a blanket and stare at some trees. Big tick! Had a beautiful Brisbane picnic by the river in Hawthorne with two of my fabulous lady friends, drank lots of sparkling mineral water and had some damn fine goats cheese. It was utterly delightful and exactly what I needed to face the week ahead. I also had a very nice moment driving along the Riverside Expressway rocking out to Magic Dirt's Dirty Jeans. An old favourite that I find myself reconnecting with in a big way.
So I think as far was weekends go, this one was a highly successful failure.
