Shopping, Rugby, and more Shopping

So after the adventure of last week, it was time to get into the serious business of classes. We just finished our 2nd week and my schedule is now FINAL. Which is totally fine by me, because I like all of my classes. So really not much happened during the week until we went out on Thursday night. Normally, I am strictly a weekend girl, I don't particularly like going out on school nights (yes I am a nerd). However, Lincoln has these amazing things called Field Trip Days every few weeks where the classes can go on field trips if they want. None of mine did so that meant I was free on Friday, and free to go out on Thursday.

We took the shuttle into the city with all the other Lincoln kids (it was freeee! a nice change from paying $3 everytime). We got dropped off at the Mad Cow which was kinda uneventful at that time. We left to go hang out at the Yellow Cross again, where I saw one of the bartenders from the previous weekend (its probably bad if I start becoming a regular at a bar right?). We then migrated to a nearby one with comfy couches where we ran into grad students from Lincoln. We hung out with them for a while before we started a hunt for fish and chips. We fortunately turned the corner and had some of the best fish and chips I've had since arriving in New Zealand.

Half of the group decided to head back but Cayla and I decided to wait for the shuttle back into Lincoln. We got separated from the rest of the group staying out and decided to just go back to the Mad Cow (where we were getting picked up). At this time, they had a foam party in the back room which frightened me a bit at first, but figured why not. After dancing around in knee deep foam (god only knows what was in that foam), we headed back into Lincoln.

Friday was a self declared homework day while everyone else left for their weekend adventures. Nic, Cayla, and Val all took off to go hike in Arthur's pass, so that left Liz and I in Lincoln. We chose to make it a productive weekend and I guess you could say we did.

I began my morning with homework and moving. I had been hassling the housing office to move to semi catered (so I could eat dinner with everyone) and they finally made it happen. After that we really wanted to go shopping. Sounds silly, but the Kiwi girls are putting me to shame and I needed more going out clothes. Plus, my mom did say to go shopping instead of having her ship stuff to me. We went to the Riccarton Mall and after a good day of trying on clothes and deciding if the exchange rate worked in our favor or not, we went into Christchurch.

We met up with the grad students again before we went to the rugby game. I'm thinking at this rate, I should just get the season pass for the Crusader games. Anyway, they won once again and it was a much more eventful game with the competition stronger. Liz and I ran onto the field after and I met 4 players (including hottie from the previous match) before we went back into Lincoln.

Today we decided we needed to yet again go shopping. We went back to the Riccarton Mall and ended up making some "neccessary" purchases. The weekend total was a pair of leggings/pants, a nice going out dress, perfume, a bathing suit, two tank dresses, a beanie, and a nice tanktop. Due to great sales and my excellent shopping technique, it didn't add up to too much. It probably helps that the NZ dollar is equal to 70 cents US. Overall I'm quite satisfied with the purchases and now can stop looking like a slob when I go out.