I need to get a LUSH shampoo bar for travelling, as I’m leaving this Friday. Unfortunately Melbourne is going through a high 30s-40 degree heat wave all this week so I’m reluctant to leave the house during the day. The only late night shopping day for suburbs is Thursday while late night shopping for the city is Friday – too late. The only suburban mall that has as a Lush store is at Chadstone.

Q: How far is Chadstone from here?
A: Not too far.
Q: So…how long does it take to drive there?
A: About an hour.

…Coming from Adelaide, that’s just too much trouble. I’d rather send Ray out on his lunch break to Rundle Mall (mind you Adelaide is also in its own 40 degree heat wave) to get it for me ^_^.

I’ve been chilling out at my new house for the last couple of days. I didn’t notice before but that year of living in my cramped inner-city flat was just that – cramped. Funny how you forget what it’s like to live in a place where you don’t know instantly where everyone is at any particular moment. And I’ve been having the sweetest sleeps. Yes, even though I’m sleeping on a futon in a room full of boxes.

The house is coming along nicely. The furniture has started coming in but it’s still a long way from “done”. My dad’s putting together some Ikea BESTA shelves today. I might order some for my own room too. Speaking of which, I’m sort of paralysed when it comes to deciding what furniture to get for my room. Everything hinges on what storage I get – double or single bed, bed frame, desk, chest of drawers all take a back seat. So. What type of storage should I get? How much? I don’t even know how much stuff I have till I unpack everything, and I can’t unpack everything without having somewhere to put them! These boxes were packed from a few months to up to a year ago. I can’t remember what I have!

I’m trying very, very, hard not to be seduced into buying Ikea furniture.