last saturday, when it was 20 minutes before midnight, merrie and i made an impulsive move. we changed into our pullovers and ran to brunettis on lygon street to get a birthday cake for vanessa. we had only 20 minutes, and we managed to reach rachel's house JUST ON TIME. we sang the birthday song, and vanessa was oh-so-surprised.
alright, one of the few un-glam shots on my blog. sleep wear yo! we had katy perry's music blasting in the house, accompanied with blueberry cruisers and a huge mixed fruit tart (the birthday cake). though it was a really short 1 hour, we girls had tons of fun. totally, an unplanned california girls themed mini party.
vanessa's birthday celebration continued later in the afternoon at lindt cafe on collins. she invited more people, mainly from her old college in melbourne. before that, i was shopping with merrie in town and i spent a bomb in a short few hours. bought tons of accessories, a new watch (finally), and a dress for the upcoming icss ball. shall share my awesome buys with y'all someday.
this was the birthday cake. it's a very special cake. we're so not going back to lindt for any birthday celebration. they didn't let us book any tables, we couldn't join tables together, and there was a cutting fee for the cake! it was $1.50 per person, can you beat that! so in total, it was 15 bucks just for slicing the knife through the cake.
having said that, the cake was beautiful. thin layers of dark chocolate ganache, coffee butter cream, and almond sponge soaked in coffee syrup. Besides that, the dark chocolate topping is adorned with a 23 carat gold leaf! really, quite unnecessary. it must have made it so much more expensive, when it's tasteless!
salt caramel macarons are the best! it's my favourite macaron flavour, and lindt's was so good. i tried strawberry too, not really to my liking. speaking of which, i should go get my hands on them tomorrow. yes, it's going to be another short (hopefully) shopping trip with merrie and cindy phua. duck duck goose, here we come for lunch!
laundry gives me fear. i don't complain when i have to do housework. but this is the only thing i wished i wouldn't have to do it myself here in down under. i don't know how and why, but aunty jean does it so well. :(
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