BALLET EXAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, I feel like I'm 12 years old again! I "sat" hehe, a ballet exam on the weekend and it was nerve-racking but fun!!

Not only did I go back to dancing after 25 years, but I learned the entire RAD grade 6 syllabus in 6 months! And overcame a calf tear in the process.

These are the 3 amigos that I did the exam with (Melinda, Millie and James). It made it a lot of fun doing dances in pairs. Hopefully we can do grade 7 next year together.

Formal Photos, about 10 years apart?

Lighter hair (and greyer in between) for me and more forehead for hubby. About 40kg less between us (estimated). We both put about 10kg on after that before we both lost about 30kg!

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My son says this should work. Not sure what to do if it doesn't. Fingers crossed.

Random photos with no related theme at all.

OK, so here are some unrelated photos. The one in the school uniform is me in grade 9. I photoshopped out some blemishes, haha! That was my usual hair style. Covering the ears as my mother said they needed hiding. Well, now that I can decide for myself, I just want to say "my ears are not big and they don't need hiding!!!"

The wedding one is me of course in the white dress. Very flouncy and taffeta, very 80s! The black and white photo is my mother with my brother. The two cuties in the rocking chair are my little boys when they actually were little. And the Golden Gate Bridge one is the boys with me when I had lost weight previously when I was 30.

THE most embarassing picture ever! But we look like we're having fun!!

Yikes!! Enough said!! And that wasn't even a proper "before" picture as I got a lot bigger than that. Those togs got too small and bought another size up (one that didn't show so much!).

But the saving grace of the piccie is that we were having some great family fun in an exotic location (Jamaica).

We're on top of the world!!

No, not on top of the world, only on top of the Story Bridge. Took the family up for one of their birthdays and it was cool! Actually quite chilly indeed but good and interesting as well. Not physically demanding but it was good to see the view by day and then the city lights by night. And it was a blue moon too!

I'd recommend it.

SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo Hoo! It's great to go shopping when you find a bargain and today I really found some bargains! I went to the city to try to find a ball dress for a charity ball we go to every year. I hate spending a lot of money on the dress because I want to spend the money on the charity and I also don't like to wear the same thing every year. Well today I found a shop that was closing down and I bought three dresses!! and also two tops. And the combined price was $100! Unbelievable!!!