Berrima

On Sunday, my parents and I went to Berrima which is in the Southern Highlands of NSW.

It was only my Parents and I. No Steve and no Brothers. I don't think I have ever gone out with just my Mum and Dad!

Berrima is a beautiful little country town (that is super cold!) that boasts antique shops, cozy little cafes, knick knack shops and beautiful scenery.

We started the day by looking through the many shops and of course, stopping by the Berrima Lolly Shop. The lolly shop has any lolly you can think of and a great selection of fresh fudge.

Browsing was followed by a beautiful lunch at the Bushrangers Bistro - the oldest pub to have a continual liqour licence. I had the sausages and mash and my parents both had the Chicken Berrima (Parmigiana).

After lunch, we looked in a few more antique stores and headed over to the park. Mum said she had a

picture of me on the swing from when I was about one so I told her she should get another to compare (I just wanted to use the equipment, it's fun!).

It was a long day and I was so tired at the end, but I had a great time with my parents.

Girl behind the blog - Vlog

Happy almost weekend!


side note - It was Thursday night at 10:00pm when I posted this and I wrote happy hump day...where is my brain?

I am linking with Ashley from 5ohwifey and Nicole from Our Crazy Beautiful for the fourth (I said third in my vlog, oops!) instalment of the Girl Behind the Blog series. 

This is my first vlog and I have learnt a lot already..Such as - I lose my train of thought easily, dogs can be distracting when you are in the middle of something and it takes more than one go before I get it right!

Please forgive how awkward/nervous I am. Even though I am not talking to you all in person, I still get super nervous and go red (which you might be able to see on my neck).

So, here goes..


(Haha, is my mouth really that crooked??)

Kitchen by Mike - Rosebery

Most weekends, S and I choose a different cafe to try out. This past weekend, we chose Kitchen by Mike after I read a review about it.

Upon arriving, I noticed there was a lot of seating which was mostly full. There was also a huge line up of people waiting to be served. Whilst I stood in line, S snagged a table and waited for me. I was in line for about half an hour because out of all the staff there, only one person was taking orders. I was starving and just wanted to order but the guy taking orders just wanted to chat to everyone.

S ordered the pancakes with lemon curd and I ordered yogurt with stewed fruit. Both meals were delicious though, mine was small and S's only had a small dollop of lemon curd; not enough for the 3 large pancakes in the stack.

I thought my breakfast was quite small. I had to eat some of S's pancakes so I didn't leave hungry. I gave S some fruit and yogurt so that he wasn't just eating dry pancakes. 

We love our coffee, especially on Saturday morning. Luckily, the coffee was fantastic.

The cafe itself is located in a warehouse which also houses Koskela which is a homeware shop of sorts.  It offers kooky and unique furniture items and good for the home. I enjoyed looking around, but it wasn't heated in that part and I was freezing cold, so we left to go home.

I'm not sure I will go back to Kitchen by Mike. I wasn't really happy with the service and the fact that after sharing S's food, I was still hungry. 

Currently

Thinking

- About uni, the subjects I have to go and my plans for the future.

- How grateful I am to have S. He is so supportive and loving it overwhelms me.

Eating

I was supposed to be going sugar free this week. Not to lose weight, but to feel healthier overall. I failed miserably, but today I am yet to eat any sugar and it's almost 3:30pm! I ate left over Shepherds pie for lunch.

Listening

My current favourites are The Jezabels and Owl Eyes.

Reading

I need a new book. I just finished Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux and will do a review this week. I guess I could say I am currently reading Uni textbooks.

Any recommendations?

Watching

I don't watch much TV and all the series I LOVE have ended (Downton Abbey, Mad Men, The Walking Dead). I am waiting for Winners and Losers to start back and Beauty and the Geek. Beauty and the Geek is so trashy, but so good. Don't judge! ha.

Loving

- Little rendezvous' in the city with S. Since he started working 3 streets away, we've met every day for coffee!

- Also still loving that Teddy wakes S in the morning instead of me. I am NOT loving how he plonks himself between us before it's time to get up, which pulls the blanket off me. Thanks Ted, I love being cold in Winter. I am glad you are warm though, Ted.

- My new print from Casey Wiegand art. SO pretty!

Happy Thursday, Friends. It's almost the weekend.