My sister (who is my Maid of Honour), my best friend (who is my bridesmaid), my mom (who is awesome) and a good friend (who never got to dress shop for her own wedding) are all coming along to assist!

The shop we’re going to is by appointment only, and we’ve booked the package which includes a bottle of of champagne, some cheese, crackers and 5 dresses to try on, and afterwards we’re having a braai at my place to continue on the festivities. The guys are going to hang out at our place while we go off and do the dress thing.

Its the first real weddingy thing I’ve done thus far, except view some venues. Oh, speaking of venues, we’ve booked ours! We chose a lovely winery which is so picturesque and perfect! We also booked our honeymoon suite which is 4 star accomodation and includes a Honeymoon turndown service with champagne, chocolates, cheese, and biscuits as well as breakfast the next morning as well as a complimentary wine tasting and cellar tour! So much awesomeness!

I’ve had a bit of trouble with my rats recently, Iso has a growth/lump on the side of her face. So I took her to the vet, got a week’s dose of Baytril and Prednisone and went home. The meds helped a little but she’s still got the lump, so I took her in the following Saturday and then again on Monday for a biopsy.

She came home with stitches on her cheek, poor thing, and I’ll get the biopsy results hopefully by Friday. If its a tumour, at least I’ll know. Anyway, so yesterday morning I had them out on the bed and next thing I look, there’s Macro grooming out all Iso’s stitches! GRR! So now the wound is open, bar one stitch, so I took her through to the lounge to glue it shut with superglue! (the vet does this all the time) It worked and I then decided to keep them separate until the wound is healed, which I should have done in the first place, but didnt because I felt bad that they were both alone in their respective cages.

Ok so next weekend is also a first for me! My first photoshoot! I won an engagement photoshoot from Hearts in a Shutter and we’ve booked for the following weekend! As you know, I’m normally always the one behind the camera, so this is rather daunting for me. I have no idea what to wear, but I’m sure I’ll figure something out (I’d buy something new but the vet bill set me back R800 this month and still R371 to go!). We chose a nice earthy theme and picked a forest to do the shoot in, so I’m looking very forward to it, in amongst the nerves haha.

And then the following weekend after that one, we’re meeting with our wedding photographer to sign on the dotted line! She is an amazing photographer and I’m so lucky to be able to secure her for our wedding! I always knew the photography was going to be the toughest decision for me because I’m a photographer, but she made it so simple!

And that, my dear readers, are my next few weeks in a nutshell….

I’ve actually never been to a concert before. My mom went to Michael Jackson, my sister went to Whitney Houston and I think Smashing Pumpkins, but I have never been to a concert before. Ever. So when I found out Roxette was coming back to South Africa next year in June, I promptly booked a ticket! Golden Circle! Yes, just one. I am rockin’ it solo.

I dont know anyone else who likes them enough to spend R480 on a GCircle ticket, so I’m going alone, but its ok, I’m one of those people who will pretty much chat to anyone haha and I’m sure I’ll still have a great time. The next concert I’m waiting for: Hanson. Yes, I love them too! And one day they’ll visit our beautiful city. And I’ll be there, probably alone again haha!

First up: I got myself a Kindle 3!! Yes, latest generation, wifi and free 3G! Wow do I love this little gadget! It arrived last week in its innovative Amazon Frustration Free Packaging, packed neatly inside the box made from recycled materials. Grinning like a loon, I pulled the slider to turn it on and watched as the trademark Kindle Tree of Life greeted me on startup. The text on the screen almost looked fake, but the E-Ink display is awesome! I would recommend this device to any reader!

It’s pretty easy to navigate, basically if you know how to use a computer, you’ll know how to use a Kindle. I wasnt too impressed with viewing FB via the Kindle, but lets be honest, thats not what its there to do. I quickly loaded a txt file I had found years ago of (the softcover book I was currently reading) The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey. It viewed really nicely on the device and even Text-to-Speech worked really well (ctrl+sym shortcut)!

Battery life is around a month without wireless on, so I do turn it off when its not needed. I did download a sample of a book, which gives you the first chapter for free. I’m actually reluctant to read it now that I downloaded it incase its halfway decent and then I will have to buy it! Lol!

But I do have a few books I’ve collected in pdf format over the years, so now every day at work in my tea breaks and lunch break, I sit with my Kindle and read. It’s bliss and I cant wait until I go away on holiday and am able to sit in the sun and read…after all, that is a benefit of a Kindle

The Kindle 3!

This innovation truly is frustration free!

My first look at my new Kindle

A close up shot

Second up, my boss bought a R.A.T 7 gaming mouse a while back from Taiwan, and he used it for a bit and wasnt too fond of it (he likes his hyperscroll), so he gave it to my fiancé, who also tried it but didnt really like it (he prefers his Razer DeathAdder) so now its been handed to me and I love it! I do like my Razer Lachesis, but the R.A.T is a very comfortable mouse for people with smaller hands (if you have giant hands, give this one a miss, even with the modding options available)

And thirdly, the fiancé and I went to MTN the other day and upgraded our contracts, so now we’re both using the HTC Desire Z…I felt with the amount I type in FB and on mxit, I needed something with an actual keyboard, so this was pretty much the only choice (the only other viable choice was the Nokia E7, though it wasnt Android). And hell yea its been great!

Warning: However! I wouldnt recommend this phone (or possible anything similar) to anyone without a wireless internet connection at home/work which they can connect to. This little device guzzles bandwidth (so much so I’ve turned my Mobile Access off so it wont download anything and use up all my money!

A random pic (not my own) of an HTC Desire Z

The battery has been taxed a little, already so early on in its life haha, as I’ve been downloading apps from the Android Market and live wallpapers like its going out of fashion. I’ve fallen in love with Angry Birds, watsapp (GREAT chat program!), and even Bakery Story (silly baking game similar to Cafe World or Restuarant City in FB), and many, many live wallpapers (possibly my favourite feature of an Android phone haha!).

Just today I was wondering the name of a song which that I had in my head, and I knew it was a song played in my cousin’s wedding video on his FB page, so I tested out an app called SoundHound and within seconds it had identified the song (I’m Yours, by Jason Mraz). The fiancé and I even tested it against a not-so-well-known artist Kate Voegele (from One Tree Hill) and after a few seconds it identified her, no problem! So a big thumbs up to SoundHound!

Oh, my sister also upgraded to the same phone, on the same day, so we’re all in New Gadget Heaven haha!

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