The girl with purple hair

Still on a roll :)

This week was pleasantly eventful: exams are done, Maggie's home, surprise trip to Byron Bay, GOT A JOB, pasta night at Suave...

I've always had this dream of having purple low-lights underneath my hair but OBVIOUSLY would never do that! So I decided, as a treat to myself for successfully completing exams, I would get wash out hair color - now don't freak out... I didn't dye the whole thing, Maca just helped me with some low-key low-lights... hehehe :) I actually quite like them but they will be gone very soon. However, I would never do anything without consulting my favorite hair dresser, Anna Tingen at Bombshell Beauty Studio in Columbia. Plus my dad would kill me if I ever did anything more than trim my hair ;)

The ruler of all things purple!

The night of the purple hair I had a surprise visit from a few Swedish friends - Magnus, Erik, and Magdalena #2 stopped by and asked me to go to Byron Bay with them the next weekend. I wasn't 100% positive but I figured I had a week to decide, so no worries.  

The following day, Cat and I left around 5:00pm to pick up Maggie and Louise (Dannish friend) from the airport. In the car, I got a phone call from Magnus telling me how excited he was that I was coming to Byron... in the morning. Wait.. whaaaat??! In the morning, at 6:00am?! I thought I had a week but, no no I got the info wrong, we were leaving in the morning. So that's why they were being so pushy ;) I'm not quite sure how, but I somehow convinced Maggie to join too, even after 30 hours in the air! Now that's a good friend!

Maggie and Louise looking their best ;)

Byron was really... funny... We arrived at 9:30am and it was raining. So we went to the hostel and lied down after our early morning travels. A few hours later, I'm sorry, 9 hours later - 5:30pm - I woke everyone up! I was hungry!!! Mags and I had awesome Mexican, called Oz Mex. I had been very skeptical in my previous trips to Byron but I got talking to the owner and he's from San Diego! And he knew his Mexican alright, it was awesome! He's hoping to start a business in Mooloolaba so maybe I'll be able to give him a headstart. 

Mags and I took a walk on the beach that night and I remembered why I love Byron so much.. It was so beautiful with the moon on the water and the lighthouse in the background. Simply love it

Big boy, little girl

big coffee, little coffee

Moon on the water

Uh oh.. the boys found the stage!

The group at dinner

'Cheeky Monkeys'

Shout out to Sini 

Miss you!!!!

The standing water was crazy because of the storms...

They dug a trench to drain the water

and kids were sliding down like water rapids

When the clouds dispersed, there was a 

perfect ring of rainbow - unfortunately

I didn't have my camera at the time :(

The Sweds in IKEA - How appropriate!

No no, I have not obtained a love for hot dogs

The picture was taken because my face matched the dog

I was a little burnt...

Home again! I finally sucked up the courage to put my resume in at another restaurant. I don't know why the applying process is so daunting but it was certainly worth it! The one place I really wanted a job is a cafe called Koast. It's right up the street and defines what I strive for. One of there tag-line's say they are about "healthy living, healthy lifestyle, and healthy food" how perfect?! And, even more perfect, I got the job :D So I was originally just hoping for a waitressing job but I got a little bit more...

It just so happens that they were looking for someone to do their Marketing - they have a lot of ideas that they want to push but needed someone to direct. So... I'm now helping with their Marketing!!! How cool is that? For those of you who don't know, my degree includes Nutrition and Marketing - everyone always says that it  seems random but what I'll be doing at Koast is exactly what I hope to be doing when I graduate! I'm pretty nervous about starting but more excited than ever :) Wish me luck!

Moving on, the remainder of the week consisted of getting Mags readjusted, resolving our terrible terrible ant problem, googling 'how to barista', and pasta night! 

Pinwheels!

The girls are together again :)

At pasta night with Erik

So I'm off for now - wish me luck for my first shift! I can't wait to update y'all :) Love each of you very very much