Friday, March 28, 2008

Gisborne

Would you believe Gisborne has shops, really good shops, the type of stores that paste your face with a look of wonder and rekindle those wants and desires long lost due to mind numbing creatively challenged shops.

Food, have I mentioned the fooooooooood? Gisborne has food, wonderful gourmet delights of every genre from Oysters served with raspberry and champagne foam to Burger Wisconson and charcoal chicken.

Earthquakes!!!!!!!!!!!! did I mention those????????? lordy, months after they event the cracks and damage are still severe and almost everwhere you looked in the hotel there was evidence and every creak and moan of the elevator gave me the willies going to our hotel room.

The girls and I spent three days looking around the place and dining on the company for brekkie, lunch and dinner, cruising around the shops and meandering though op shops and reveling in the districts obvious wealth of Talented knitters(yes I love knitted baby clothes and I got this most fantastic knitted dress for Poppy, I just could not leave it there as it is simply equisite and I cannot believe the time and effort someone put in only to be given away!) shit I really am a soppy sap as the thought of leaving it there almost broke my heart as it needed to be loved and appreciated in the spirit it was made and by golly I will.

About to learn to crochet.......................right off to put on my nana knickers now

3 comments:

Jules said...

Fab news on the St Johns job! no surprise of course, always knew you were gonna be great, it's just official now - and sod the family, you're doing this for you! Well done!

Are you guys on the move again or was this Gisborne trip just jolly?

snaphappymum said...

You are an awesome Woman!! Little secret, but you are kinda one of my role models. You are one of those genuine people that i would aspire to be like, motivated and always looking for new goals, even if it's just as simple as a vege garden.
Great news on the officialness of the new position. I look forward to the stories of lives saved etc, what could be more awesome than that!
YOU GO GIRL!!

Domestic Goddess said...

Crumbs you really know how to make a gal blush
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