Grammar Faux Pas I have been corrected several times that "fall" is a very North American thing and "autumn" is the correct term for the season between summer and winter.
Some people have been asking me how cold it gets in New Zealand during the winter period. Right now we're going through the same thing Canada goes through in the fall; leaves are starting to change colour and you have to make a mad dash to the bathroom in the morning because its so damn cold outside your sheets.
I arrived towards the end of winter, so I'm not 100% sure what the weather will bring in my last 4 months here in New Zealand. A lot of friends have been carrying on about how cold it will be and telling me that I really need to get prepared for.... minus five degrees!!!! And when I say prepared, for example everyone wears these giant puffer jackets that make them look 100lbs larger than they really are. Keep in mind that I've been living in Toronto for the past 5 years where the motto is "who cares if you're cold, you look good"! So the idea of wearing one of these jackets for what I would considered a mild winter was completely out of the question.
Or so I thought.
I soon realized that I was the only person in New Zealand without a puffer jacket and my fancy blazer would look completely ridiculous within the mix. So there I stood, looking in the mirror, wearing this jacket that made me look like Arnold Schwarzenegger from the hips up, asking Georgie if it was really necessary to own one of these things.
I now own one of the jackets. It's sort of like the short shorts. If you can't beat them, join them and look stupid too.
This weekend is lined up to be a doozie. Big game at home against Cromwell and us girls have decided to have a "court session" on the sidelines. I've got a jello shooter date with a fellow Canadian and I'm also considering introducing some jungle juice to these kiwi's. Could head south quickly. I'm hoping for a bed ridden, toilet hugging Sunday! Woo Woo... Watch Out!
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