Victor and I should have our apartment secured sometime this week. I think that the apartment is really nice… Two bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open plan kitchen and lounge with a very small balcony. The rooms are spacious and the kitchen is really cute, I like it. I can’t wait till we move in, which should be sometime in August!
I purchased sixteen pieces of black crockery recently; coffee mugs, bowls, dinner plates and side plates… I plan on buying some white pieces in the future so that we can mix and match the pieces. On Saturday I purchased three stainless steel covered glass canisters from Clicks and saw matching spice jars at Ackermans so I purchased those too… And today I saw some at different store that are the same size as the spice jars but are shakers, so I purchased a couple of those just to add to my little collection for my future kitchen. I also bought a couple of white melamine mixing bowls from Clicks and still need to buy lots more stuff…
I had been collecting goods for when I move out for a while now… It started maybe about a year ago; buying a couple of things every month and packing them into a box in my cupboard… Just for when I move out. That will be next month and Victor and I don’t even have everything we need!
I received another gift via my wish list at Fetish Factory… I went to collect it from the post office Friday afternoon… This gift consisted of three pairs of arm warmers, a really cute key chain and a set of five pink and black skull magnets. The magnets seemed to look much bigger on the website, they’re small, really small but really cute! These will be sitting on my fridge when I move out… Until then, they’ll be on my bathroom door’s frame. Thank you, Mouse*!
I emailed my cousin in the USA (She’s studying there) recently asking for her help. I had some Amazon.com gift certificates that I had loaded into my Amazon.com account and wanted to buy some things from Amazon.com. So I asked her if I could have the items purchased delivered to her and if she could bring them with when she comes home for Christmas. Her reply was, “Yes”.
When I am able to buy stuff off of Amazon.com by means of gift certificates, I can buy things that are cheaper than what they are here and things that I am not able to find in South Africa. My online friend Mark from Australia sent me a gift certificate and he told me that it is to go towards buying stuff for when I move out… So I purchased a cutlery set, it’s nothing fancy but for the price it’s way cheaper than here. Thank you Mark!
I got a gift from my aunt and cousins that went to Madeira recently… One of them is my cousin that is studying in the USA. Anyway, my gift was Rebuçados de Funcho and a little cellphone sock with the Portuguese flag on it. Rebuçados de Funcho are yummy! My grandparents used to bring some for us when they used to come from Madeira to visit us… I wish they were still alive; they were really good people and I miss them so much…
My niece had her first birthday party on Saturday. One year old already! She’s starting to walk, she can only take several steps and in no time she’ll be running around all on her own… Time flew by too fast! During the party, my niece wanted me to hold her and as she got into my arms, she pushed herself to lie in my arms, closed her eyes, started humming and in a few minutes fell asleep. She’s usually fussy when it comes to sleeping so this was totally out of character… It was so adorable though!
Victor and I have an appointment with the bank this Saturday in regards to a home loan as we are looking for a place to move in together. I’m really anxious about this because if the bank says no; we’ll have to rent instead of buying a place of our own which is what we want. Preferably a townhouse with a private garden in a secured complex… I guess after we’ll know what we can do after our appointment with the bank. I wish that day was here already!
I got some yummy Jelly Belly Beans in the mail on Wednesday… All the way from Los Angeles, USA!
Thank you, Mark for sending this out to me… This stuff is awesome!
I love receiving gifts from people in other places of the world. Especially when the gift is something that I can’t find, isn’t available in South Africa or is something of that country, a souvenir.
I first tried these jelly beans last Christmas. My cousin that is studying in the USA came home for Christmas and brought some American candy for the family to try… They were a hit!
Someday I shall have a jar full of these beans in my home… Someday!
I wish we had this stuff here in South Africa…
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