Can you believe it's August?

This weekend my sister came to visit. Last night we wanted to watch Inception, but when we got to the movies, the queue was 5 lines thick and at least 40 people long.

Can't be fecked! we declared and went to get a couple of oovie dvds instead. Admittedly, we didn't make the best selections. She chose Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince while I chose Valentines Day. We struggled through the first 20 minutes of Valentines Day while my sister "told you so!"-ed me, before submitting to Harry Potter. I "told you so!-ed her straight back because both of us were yawning and staring listlessly at the tv. Who knew it could be so hard to get some entertainment on a Saturday night?

Meanwhile, today was enormously fun. I drove us to Strathfield (driving practice, right there!) and we had a fabulous Vietnamese feast of crispy skin chicken, tomato rice, sweet and sour Vietnamese soup and rice paper wraps dipped in peanut sauce. We also scored a new jacket each from this awesome Korean shop that's always "closing down". Mine's navy while her's is orange with a bit of sparkle. Anyone with Asian proportions should go suit shopping/winter coat/work skirt shopping in Strathfield- trumps every Cue/Ojay/Review any day and the pants are made for people with short waists and short legs.

Afterwards we picked up some Korean food for the parentals and then went to Hornsby Westfields because my sister is on a mission to find a giant stuffed panda- for no other reason other than to decorate her giant bed. We went to Target and emerged panda-less, but we did score a SpiderMan pez dispenser that boxes like Mike Tyson. You push the levers down at the back and the SpiderMan gives quick jabs-- if you don't watch your back, he could take your eye out. Anyway, my sister was walking around Target with Spiderman sparring wildly, and the look on this 3 year old curly haired toddler's face when he caught sight of it was classic-- he walked past, mesmerised by Spiderman, mouth hanging open with a delighted smile on his face. We should have given it to him right there on the spot, but we were having too much fun with it. We also saw this little old lady browsing the racks with a magnifying glass- every time she had to look at the size or the price of a garment, she would peer into her giant magnifying glass, evaluate the cost, and then move on. It was incredibly funny, bless her little shopaholic heart.

So tomorrow is the start of a new week. Hope it's a good one for you!