You're Invited: 4 Year Bloggiversary Party

This Monday is my blog's 4 year bloggiversary! Can you believe it's been 4 years?

To celebrate I'm putting on a blog party ALL WEEK to say thank you to all my wonderful readers!

There will be guest posts, giveaways, and general festiveness for YOU!

Be there. You won't want to miss this one.

xo

Garage Sale Finds

Yesterday morning we went on a garage sale run around Hamilton. There was a massive rummage sale at a local church and we decided to stop by.
Look at what we scored!



We found:
A vintage dress that I'm going to resize for myself.
A beautiful sunhat
Two gorgeous old scarves
A chalkboard
A lemonade pitcher
And a paper organizer



We got all of this for 5 bucks!! Did I tell ya we scored or what??

I'm so excited to get to work on my new dress.
I love vintage dresses and I love finding a good bargain.

xoxo
Talia Christine

Our things have arrived

We got the finally email on Thursday night telling us our shipment was officially ready for pickup in Auckland. I was beyond excited! Oh, to have my spinning wheel again! We made the arrangements to borrow a work van and to drive up the next day to Auckland. We also made plans to have KFC for lunch (MY FAVE!) and to stop for ice cream in Pokeno. It was a celebration after all.

We hit the road around 9 and right out of the gate we had van troubles. Ah! Of all times! We drove it to Dad-In-Law's work to have the boys investigate what was going on. While we're there and walking about I couldn't help but snap a few photos of Phil.

Sigh.



After half an hour and a cup of hot chocolate we were on our way!



After a good long drive, we were finally there! We had arrived at the shipping gate. We paid our dues and made our way towards the terminal where our stuff was being stored. We were told to wait a few minutes and that our stuff would be right out. We waited and I considered snapping a few photos and whether or not I would be told not to take photos. Hmm, ...
There were security cameras.
I had only just decided against it and there it was. A forklift was bringing our pallet of goods! Everything looked pretty good! At last! The only thing that was slightly worse for wear was a plastic tub that held alot of my yarn stash. It was smashed up pretty good, actually. Don't worry though, all the yarn inside was safe and sound.



After a few minutes of dumb grinning, we started packing it all into the van for the haul home. It didn't take long and we were on our way! We did it!





Shipping all my things from Texas to New Zealand safely seems like a small miracle. I am overjoyed to have my things and now I'm slightly overwhelmed to unpack it all. At the moment, everything is scattered in our small rooms in boxes with small paths to and from the door but for now I am happy and glad it got here safe.

What an adventure it is.

xoxo
Talia Christine

Our Shipment

(Cute cat not included.)

Remember this? It's here! We packed up all my belongings my favorite belongings in Texas and prepared them to ship overseas back in June/July. The shipment arrived in Auckland last week and I'm so excited! We had to wait for the shipment to go through all the paperwork and clear customs. We received an email last night that it cleared customs yesterday and we can go pick it up!!!

Then plan is to drive up to Auckland on Friday and get all our stuffs! EEEE!!! I can't wait to have all my craft stuff again. And my shoes. Oh and my banjo. Oh and my sewing machine. Oh and my vinyl.

I'm very very excited.

xoxo
Talia Christine