Four Years

Today it was mine & Luke's anniversary. We have been married for four years. This anniversary around was just a little bit more amazing than the previous ones, because we got to spend a little part of our day with our delightful little daughter! This time last year Luke & I celebrated our anniversary with cocktails & dinner in the city and went to Jack White & Band Of Skulls gigs. If you had of told us then the following anniversary we would be organising my sister & her husband to babysit our daughter so we could go out for dinner, I wouldn't have believed you!

Little Lovers In The City

This post is a couple of days late, but I think it'll be okay. Last week Luke & I spent a couple of nights in Sydney as a late celebratory anniversary treat. We both worked on the actual day, and we figured we would post-pone it until later in the month. We caught the train to Sydney late Thursday afternoon, and got stuck in afternoon traffic and got to the station just as our train did. We didn't have any time to buy tickets, and the next train was ages afterwards, so we got on. It was such a stressful hour and a half, I kept thinking at any time we would be fined hundreds of dollars for not buying a ticket. But we got to Sydney without any fines. Because Luke & I are just naturally unorganised people, we didn't actually look up an address for our hotel, but when we walked straight out of the station it was directly opposite. And our luck continued with a free room upgrade when we checked in! After we dropped our bags off in the room, we had some pre drinks and left for Jack White's solo Sydney gig at The Horden Pavilion. It was absolutely amazing, Mr White is just perfect live.

We gave ourselves a gigantic sleep in on Friday and then ventured out for brunch in Surry Hills. We normally flock straight to Newtown, but my sister suggested we visit Surry Hills for a change, and it was a fantastic suggestion! We had brunch at a cute little cafe that had the most delightful organic coffee, looked at so so many delightful stores and then made our way back to central so we could get a train to Newtown. I was determined not to come home without a new dress, and third shop into my mission I found the most delightful violet vintage day dress. I also picked up some new T2 teas and some T2 tea infused jam and a marmalade. We had dinner at Corridor, the same place we had dinner at for our anniversary last year. Only last year we didn't drink as many cocktails! Afterwards we went to see Band Of Skulls at The Factory. It was slightly more enjoyable than the gig the previous night because we were close to the front, and because I'm short that really helps! We had the best evening, Luke particularly because Band Of Skulls is one of his favourite bands. 

Our evening had to end earlier than we would have liked, because we both had to work on the Saturday morning so we made an early morning exit at 5 am. Luke & I haven't spent a couple of days away together alone in such a long time, so it was really lovely to spend some actual time together. Little trips like these are so important, and I can't wait to go on another adventure soon!

Our Third Anniversary & Love Treats

The day we got married / My present from Luke

Yesterday was mine & Luke's third wedding anniversary. Time certainly does fly! We both had to work unfortunately and spent very little of our together. I started work early yesterday morning, so Luke got up early with me and we had tea and bagels for breakfast. Luke baked the bagels himself and they were amazing! On his days off this week he went to the shops on the sly and bought me an anniversary present - a David Bowie book, a weird animals book, Groove Armada cd and a horse print sheer shirt. And he packaged it up in a super duper cute deer bag from Typo. And because we weren't able to spend the evening together, he came home in his lunch break and made me risotto for dinner. Because we knew months ago that there was going to be a function on at Luke's work on our anniversary, we knew we wouldn't be able to spend the day together. So we agreed to go to Sydney for a weekend as close to our actual anniversary as we could and it just so happens to be when Jack White & Band Of Skulls are touring towards the end of this month! So I'm pretty keen for that! Even though I saw Luke for a total of about two hours yesterday, we still managed to have at least one meal together, hang out and watch the Wimbledon semi-finals with cups of tea & white chocolate brownie. Being married to your best friend really is the best thing!

Wednesday + Thursday

Wednesday it was mine & Luke's wedding anniversary, two years hurrah! Luke got up early and made me a lovely little breakfast - savory pancakes with scrambled eggs & coffee. It was such a nice way to start my day, especially considering I don't usually have breakfast with Luke. We went to La Costa for dinner, which was really nice, I would definitely recommend dinning there. We got Vegetarian pizza, and cheese gnocchi. After dinner we had vodka drinks & watched 'Angry Boys'. It was a super cute little evening.

And Thursday Luke had the day off also and we went to a 'relaxation yogo' class. It was interesting and super funny. Ju's been going the last couple of months, and this week worked out for us so we went. It was a really small class of four, which was nice. The class was so relaxing, and breathing focused. The last ten minutes of the class we had to lay down and focus our attention and energy onto each part of our bodies as she spoke us through it. As she started to softly speak, one of the others in the class fell asleep!!! I had to use every part of my existence to try and have some self control, which I lack in high quantities. It was the most awkward ten minutes I've had in ages. Girlfriend was snoring! As soon as Luke & I got in the car we lost our shit & burst into laughter. We had Thai for dinner afterwards, I had the most amazing satay vegetables. I'm such a fiend for satay.