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2015

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This morning I woke up and realized that it was a last day of 2015. I will probably have a quiet but enjoyable celebration of coming 2016 New Year with my husband. I read my post from last year and it inspired me to reflect on 2015. It seems like I have achieved most of my aspirations from last year. Traveling was probably the highlight of this year. Locally I traveled to... Melbourne Sydney Byron Bay, Lennox Head and Ballina Stanthorpe Internationally I went to... Austria Home (Ukraine) New Zealand There was some new experiences...like music festival (I went to the Future in March and had so much fun) ...and wine tour in New Zealand (Central Otago) ...and embraced a new hobby of growing orchids Financially I seems to be better off too. All but one credit card have been paid off and cancelled. My remaining credit card has very low limit and gets paid off in full each month. I use it for travel etc. bu

Boxing Day 2015

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I spent three days at home lounging around, watching TV and taking naps. It was wonderful but I started to get a cabin fever so today I decided to get out and check out the shops. Shopping on Boxing day in suburban shopping centers scarred me for a while with standstill car parks, people everywhere, screaming kids and mostly useless leftover stock on offer. So I figured Brisbane CBD was my best bet. I found car park on the street straight away only short 5 minute walk from the center. Queen street mall was still packed with crowds and I saw few shops letting only limited numbers of people at a time (Windsor Smith and Hype). I went to Zara, David Jones and Myer (only one level as I couldn't handle going up the escalators), L'Occitane and Topshop. I didn't bother with the change rooms as the line ups were huge and I though it would be easier to return something instead (like the cute yellow dress I picked up from Topshop but it just doesn't suit me). Anyways I ended

The Parcel from Marie Claire - Summer 2015 edition

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I was expecting my parcel to arrive in the mail any day now and it finally got here. First thing I've noticed is the wide variety of products included. It made me very happy as it is the whole point of me subscribing to this service. 1. Lonvitalite masks Coconut Milk and Red Wine (value $16) They are pre-moistened cloth face masks that are supposed to be worn for 20 minutes. I hope they smell nice. 2. Michael Kors Gold edition perfime sample - Rose Radiant Gold 1.5 ml (value $3.30) I usually don't have a very good luck with MK perfumes but this one is quite nice. It opens up with lush white florals with pink pepper in the background. It is not terribly unique but I will wear it. 3. Sally Hansen nail polish in Right Said Red 14.7 ml (value $14.95) Classic bright creme red. Too bad I already have similar nail polishes like OPI Vodka and Caviar. 4. Maybelline Colour Elixir in Fuchsia Flourish 5ml (value $17.95) It looked very bright in the tube and I instantly w