Thank Frock It's Friday! ♥

The deliciously musty (stale?!) smell of old pages! Phone conversations with old friends!

The arrival of the weekend!

Here's what I'm celebrating on this fine Friday:

x Becoming A Member Of A Library - Fantastic at sticking to resolutions? ME? Never! In fact,''lousy'' would be a more apt description of my goal-keeping abilities. (That herb garden that I've been meaning to plant and water lovingly all year? Non-existent!) BUT - it hasn't been all failed bunches of basil and parsley, you know. Yesterday I joined a library and that's something that I've been meaning to do ALL YEAR. I missed having a regular stack of excellent, tangible reading material, and hey - via the library, it's FREE! None of this $30 a pop business! Colour me happy!

x Phone Conversations With Old Friends - ''Corrine? This is Chris from ANZ Bank. I'm calling you to discuss your $5000 savings account-,'' ''What's that, my lack of it?!''  ''Ha! Well, yeah, now that you mention it... just kidding! It's me, CHRIS!''  From one of my best friends in high school that I hadn't spoken to for months to my funny American friend that I hadn't spoken to for well, at LEAST a year, this week has been all about the catch-up conversations!

x Bloomin' Lovely Floral Temptations - I absolutely shouldn't have, but I absolutely did. Isn't she gorgeous?! I spotted this flowery masterpiece on Modcloth the other day and have been able to think of little since. ''No!'' I told myself. ''You can't have it! You're saving! Saving your pennies!'' And then I proceeded to create tiny excuses to justify it as a completely essential purchase: ''but it would look PERFECT with so many dresses! In fact, it would look so perfect that if you didn't buy it right now, you'd be an even bigger fool than you are now. Actually, scrap foolish, you'd be a criminal. Did you hear me?! A CRIMINAL! Yes, that's right, you would be locked up if you don't buy it. Why don't I just save us both some time and energy and call the police now?!'' And then I crumbled like the remnants of a muffin and purchased it. Eek!

x Other Little Things - Turning 23 on Wednesday (23! 23! How did this happen?!); having a situation turn out 100% differently to how I had anticipated (in a ''this is so bizarre and unexpected, I can't stop giggling!'' kind of way); sharing a moment on the wonderful Gaynor Alder's stage; Slipknot's Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses album (I love, love, LOVE Corey Taylor's voice!); and sweet, sweet watermelon!

Suggestion For The Week Ahead -

x Spend some time really getting to know someone. What are they interested in? What are they working towards?

A friend once told me that he believed it was impossible to ever TRULY know somebody, and although I disagreed with him at the time (''what?! No! Of course you can!''), I'm finally beginning to understand his perspective years later. We have hundreds of conversations with various people each week, but how much do we know about these people and their lives?! Now, I'm not suggesting that you sidle up to your bus driver and ask him about his relationship (no!), but why not enquire about a colleague's goals? Or whether or not that lovely person at that cafe` which makes the most AMAZING sandwiches had a splendid weekend?

♥

xoxo