An open letter to Burwood Westfield
Published 29 November 2009Dear Burwood Westfield management, their web team and the nice girl who orders your stationery,
This morning when I woke up, I thought I would pop along to your establishment and spend some money at Target.
I thought I’d go there early, before getting on with the rest of my Sunday. Of which, there was a lot of Sunday to get through, thankyouverymuch.
And because, as a general rule, shopping centres in November/December should be avoided after 11.00am on weekends.
And because of this information on your website:
I drove in at 8.57am, got a good parking spot and headed towards Target.
Only to find Target wasn’t anywhere near opening. Not even the internal lights at Target were on.
So I did some laps of the shopping centre, got a start on my grocery shopping (though I prefer my Woollies at Marrickville Metro, thanks). Walked past Target numerous times (9.12am, 9.34am and 9.51am—to be precise) AND THE STORE STILL WASN’T OPEN.
I even tried shopping at K-Mart, but we all know it doesn’t quite cut it compared to Target. BUT AT LEAST K-MART WAS OPEN AT THE CORRECT TIME.
Ahem.
Also, your stupid 2-hour free parking (who are you? Bondi Westfield? Jeebus) meant I was moments from having to actually pay for my parking because I TRUST THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON YOUR WEB SITE.
So please fix the info on your damn web site, or hang some shit on Target. That’s what happens at Eastgardens Westfield when stores open more than 5 minutes late.
I was so distressed by this interruption to my planned schedule, that spent almost $200 at Target. And bought a coke from the vending machine near the parking ticket machine. Can I send you the receipts for reimbursement?
Kthnxbai.
I saw Britney in concert and got my money’s worth
Published 21 November 2009I’m not one to keep up with the current goings on in the pop world, but I at least knew that Britney Spears was touring Australia when I got a surprise email last week asking if I’d like to go and see Ms Spears at Acer Arena. For Free. As a guest of Acer in their corporate box. With free food and drink.
HELLO!
I felt a bit out of place schmoozing with tech industry-types and Acer staffers, but everyone was really friendly and all slightly nasty about Britney ;)
I was too distracted by the excitement to take a photo of the room we got to hang out in before the show – the dips, party pies, mini quiches and free drink kept me occupied! Then they handed out Magnum icecreams and my night was made!
It was really weird to watch DJ Havana Brown, the support act (who was excellent, and I’ve since bought her latest album), but hardly hear her from behind the sound-proofed glass. We opened the door so we could hear her and almost popped an eardrum!
We eventually scoffed all the party pies and settled into our seats – so roomy, I had to lean over to talk to Gus, my buddy for the night.
Britney’s side-kicks for the night were a Circus troupe – and an amazing troupe at that! The highlight was a trampolining superstar – who had NO legs whatsoever. Confronting to watch at first, but she flew through the air like nobody’s business. I also loved the girl doing beam work with no matt:
And then there was Britney:
Yes, she mimed. She spoke a grand total of 3 sentences to the audience over the course of the show. Her dancing was pretty average. Without her backup dancer and circus troupe, it would have been a shit show. To be honest, if I’d paid even the $100 for the cheapest seats at Acer Arena, I’d feel ripped off.
But for all her faults, her genuine fans clearly loved it and I enjoyed the overall experience, as craptacular as Britney was.
Thanks to Lucy and all the Acer staff (whose-names-I’ve-forgotten-already) for letting me gatecrash their event! And biggest thanks to Gus for being my buddy for the night!
Rainbow cake!
Published 21 November 2009Don’t think about the amount of icing, or the amount of work that must have gone into making this. Just enjoy the view:
Spectacular, isn’t it?
Created by Whisk Kid – check out the blog post for the recipe…
I found my wedding dress
Published 17 November 2009No, I’m not turning this into a permanent bridezilla blog.
But you’d be forgiven for thinking such.
But my brain is fried with dealing with life atm.
I miss you.
But really, I did find my wedding dress:
A no-brainer
Published 4 November 2009I probably haven’t mentioned this before, but I love Momversation. Apart from seeing some of my favourite bloggers in video form, the topics and resulting conversations are interesting. I even find the “mommy” topics interesting, when I haven’t even got offspring yet.
This Momversation was posted a couple of weeks ago:
And given my current pre-wedding state, this really struck a chord with me.
This is a topic that has come up over the years with me and Dan. My surname will end if I get married and change it; there are no more boys on my dad’s side of the family to carry on the Kane family name. Same thing happened with my mum when she married Dad.
I feel a connection to my surname given I lost my Dad when I was 8. And Pop, Dad’s dad, was a Senator involved in the creation of the Democratic Labor Party. I’m proud of my Kane heritage and proud of what Dad and Pop did in their lifetimes.
Dan had even said years ago that he would consider changing his surname to Kane if we got married.
That said, now that we’re engaged, I’m planning to take Dan’s surname when we get married.
For me, the last eight years with Dan has been my transition from being a sheltered, wide-eyed, innocent and gutless victim of my own life. The person I was before is unrecognisable to the person I am now. Not to say that I’m done with my transformation – because there is still SO much of me that needs repairing.
But there have been steps in recent years that I see as real progress in reclaiming “me”. Starting and completing a TAFE course. My 2007 UK Christmas holiday. Starting to take better care of my health. Stepping away from friendships that caused more harm than good. Starting my own business. And getting engaged.
“Me” is evolving. And I see that changing my surname is a continuation of that evolution. Accepting my past for what it was, how it got me to where I am and how it got me to this point where I’m ready to make a life-long commitment to my future husband.
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