What the Steff: I Don't Need It Anymore

It feels pretty great being on semester break. It's only been a week since semester one's officially over but I've pretty much doing nothing since my last paper on the 18th. :D FUN TIMES! Honestly, i haven't been doing much apart from working and watching tv and working and not reading like i said i would and sleeping and waking late on those days where i don't have to be up at 5.30am for work. I sound like i'm complaining about work but really I'm not. I've been saving up for my Melbourne trip that's happening in 2 days! I'll be going with Karen and meeting up with Michelle, who's been spending her days in Tasmania with her boyfriend. It's sort of a big meet up before Michelle goes to the UK and her holiday times get retarded and we probably won't see her for a couple of years in real life. Le sigh UK. But i'm psyched! Because i'll get to see some melbournites and relatives and we can alllll freeze our butts off together! HUZZAH! But really, a tiny part of me is not looking forward to Melbourne cause it's going to be colder than Brisbane and Brisbane is cold enough. :/

Annnnnyyywayyyssss! Recently there have been a string of parties that have been very close together. The major one was the Superheroes vs Villains Memory party at the Met. The second me and Charlene saw the poster in Hazel Tea Shop, we knew we were going. Hands down. No argument there. IT'S LIKE HALLOWEEN CAME EARLY! I immediately Whatsapped Amanda and Cameron about it and soon, all we could talk about were costumes. Mind you, at that time I still had one more exam paper to sit for. At first, we thought about buying the costumes online but we didn't know if they'd fit well or if they'd look good. Also, they were kind of expensive for a one-off thing. So after awhile, we decided we'd make our own costumes. I mean, how hard could it be right? WRONG! Hahahaha up until that point, i hadn't hand sewn anything since I was 8 (which was a name on a shirt for my soft toy bunny, Cookie) and suddenly, here i was wanting to make an entire outfit in a week. IT WAS CRAZY. After a lot of grief that came with deciding who i wanted to be, I finally decided on Starfire from Teen Titans. Her costume was easy enough and i've always kinda loved her character. She's an alien from the planet Tamaran and she's Robin's girlfriend.

I had to make every part of the costume. The shoes took the longest. It took a whole day. A WHOLE DAY. With her shoes, I just made a boot cover to go over my ankle boots. It's ironic because the thing that took the longest to make did not end up in any photos. hahah I even stuffed the bottom with styrofoam to make it look boot-shaped. There was a lot of measuring, cutting, sewing, fabric gluing and hot glue gunning in that week! Anyways, i was literally working up to the last minute on my costume. Amanda, Cameron and Jennifer came over all dressed and ready for some pre-drinks and Char and I were still finishing up our costumes. D: I have some photos that i took with my own camera but the problem with rushing to finish costumes and trying to pre-drink with your friends at the same time is that you don't have time to check every photo and to be honest, the photos are just not worthy of being put up, unfortunately. So you guys are stuck with the photos that were taken at the club. It was an amazing night though and the costume was worth the trouble cause i get to keep it and i definitely feel a sense of accomplishment being able to make an outfit. :D Cameron went as Batman, Amanda as Wonderwoman and Jennifer as Catwoman. In case you're wondering, Charlene and two of her friends went as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. :D They made their own costumes as well. Unfortunately, I did not get a picture with my own sister. D: ahahha silly us.

I found a Robin that night!

this was from Gillian's birthday party! :D

MAN THERE WAS A LOT TO DRINK!

So my birthday passed since my last post. I didn't do much this year to celebrate it, which was the same case as last year. But Amanda and i did go out for brunch the next day. You can read all about it in these posts Amanda wrote on her food blog, Traipses.