So… I’ve been like SUPER busy….

Okay that sounds lame (and it doesn’t make sense unless you hear me say it), but it’s actually true. Anyone reading this journal with a full time job (which involves a lot of unpaid overtime *sad face*) know fully well how precious and rare time can be. As you can tell, when work sends me overseas / interstate the Book of Fables is the first to suffer. Taking photos of a makeup look is easy, but filming a video and edit it is a whole other story. From start to finish, videos take around 10 hrs each week, not including the daily blog posts I make here on Fables, and the additional work that happens backend 🙁

So when a social life calls or when work becomes more demanding, I find it close to impossible to edit videos to the standard that would make me happy. I decided that if I can’t do, don’t force it. Unlike back in my serious cosplay days (when I would force myself to pull all nighters to the point where I’d throw up…. ah youth!) I still want to live a relatively peaceful life 🙂 I enjoy a challenge, but as I get older I think I’m really beginning to understand my limits. And the earth isn’t going to end if I skip a couple of chapters here and there!

It also gives me a chance to plan in some filming this weekend, I only have two remaining chapters in my pool so I’m keen to try and work my bank up to at least five!

Oh, so about that social life! How about I share a couple of photos from said social life just so you guys know for sure that I do occasionally get out of my cafe XD This week has been a busy one, it’s rare that I’m out of the house every evening of the week, but that’s exactly what happened this week.

Much delicious food was had early in the week :9 Never ate out so much!

In the middle of the week I was invited to Crown’s VIP Shopping night, and safe to say it was pretty amazing. Crown really know how to put on a good show, every store had some sort of entertainment, ballerinas, models etc.

Most of the stores involved were doing door prizes 😀 I made sure to enter each one this year (I completely forgot last year ;_; )

One of the “entertainment” pieces, a life size present 😀 There is totally a person inside!

All photos by the way, were taken with my new iPhone 4S! I am in -love- with the photo quality from this camera, amazing O_O Bye bye point and shoot!

I did actually end up purchasing a little something something from the event…. and no, it’s not what you think. I wish I got a watch, I actually bought a bottle of cologne for Toby for being so awesome, coming with me to this event, window shopping and generally just being the amazing person he is 🙂

Last night we took out a dear friend of mine for his birthday dinner, and tonight I will be attending Annie’s graduation!! 😀 Which she has invited me backstage early to take photos of all the models getting ready for their fashion show 😀 I will definitely be sharing photos as soon as I get them! 🙂