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And it's the first day of 2010 as well! What a double whammy of magnificence!

From writing goals for the New Year to the most luscious hot cheese rolls for breakfast, here's what I'm celebrating and squealing over this week! :

x Planning New Year's Resolutions - I once read that unless you were REALLY specific about what you wanted out of life, it was unlikely that it would be delivered to you - after all, how would the universe know what to bestow upon you if you weren't 100% of what it was that you were looking for yourself?! It's a concept that makes a lot of sense to me, and after conjuring up a list of my dreams, goals and desires for 2009 (and watching almost all of them come true!), it seems like it would be sheer numbskullery for me to not complete the exact same process for 2010! At a few minutes to Midnight last night, I quickly began compiling my wish list, and for me, 2010 is going to be all about increased happiness, laughter and health, renovating my new home, working harder than I ever have before (and loving every single moment of it!) and travel, travel, travel!

x Ikea - All that I can say is um, WOW. Have you ever been there before? It's incredible! A treasure trove of so-cheap-that-your-eyes-may-just-bulge-at-the-price-tags furniture and homewares (seriously, we bought a gorgeous three-door, antique-style wardrobe, oven mitts, rolling pins, baking trays, spice racks, drinking glasses, DVD towers, chopping boards, magazine racks, huge serving bowls and other assorted kitchen utensils for just over $350 - ludicrous!), it's not only ENORMOUS,  but it has such a huge range of fantastic products, too! An extra-special added bonus is that they even have a restaurant with a stack of delicious treats, and a cafeteria which serves $1 hotdogs and 50c ice-creams.. y-u-m. Okay, so it's often extremely crowded, and it's almost inevitable that you'll end up squabbling with your beloved over just how much wardrobe space you really do need (ahem), but it's so worth it!

x Laughing Through Awkward Situations - Because sometimes, you just have to, right?! Oh dear. Yesterday, one of the most embarrassing things that has EVER happened to me occurred: upon waking up, I stumbled out of my bedroom in my underwear, still half-asleep in a dreamy haze, only to walk across the living room and spy who I thought was my boyfriend lying on our couch. After squinting for a few minutes to try and work out if he was asleep, I moved closer to give him a hug, when all of a sudden an entirely different voice to his chirped ''hello!''  It wasn't my boyfriend at ALL, it was his best FRIEND, confusedly/amusedly watching me as I shuffled about in all of my bed-hair and hideous-sports-bra-because-I'd-been-working-out-the-night-before-glory! I swear, I almost DIED. I swore loudly and quickly ran back into the bedroom (while he lay there laughing, cringe!), and after saying words that may rhyme with duck and fit a few times, I threw on a dress, and slowly made my way back out into the living room again. It was mortifying, and rest assured that I definitely didn't need to apply blush that day, but later on, it kind of felt good to be able to laugh about the whole thing.. kind of!

x Other Little Things - Munching on hot chips and gravy with my best friend; hot-pink salad mixers (thanks Caroline!); plotting birthday adventures; quiet nights in; ginger kisses; tall cups of Gloria Jeans' Cocoa Loco beverages (oh, so tasty! Chocolate, coffee and cream, mmmm mmmm!); meeting all of my new neighbours within the first week and discovering that they're all super friendly (and what a relief! When you're living in an apartment block, it definitely pays to discover that your neighbours AREN'T axe-wielding, let's-play-house-music-at-excessively-loud-volumes-at-3am types!); piping hot cheese rolls for breakfast; business meetings over park bench-tops with sparkly pink champagne; and taking friends on tours of my new digs! And speaking of which, here's a picture of an army of penguins..

.. what's that? We weren't talking about penguins?! How silly of me! Okay, let's try again..

.. and there it is! Pictures of the aforementioned new digs! Although, I have to admit, it looks a LOT more full inside now..

♥

How was your week? Did anybody unintentionally catch you in your underwear?! (Gulp.)What were the very best things that happened to you?

xoxo

(Images thanks to Aurore - A Certain Romance.)