1. You pick people up from the airport.
2. You have keys on your key ring and you have no idea what they’re for.
3. It’s not cause for serious alarm if a friend tells you she’s pregnant because they’re generally doing it on purpose these days.
4. You get so much pleasure out of buying staples in bulk.
Mr Smaggle and I after buying 20 rolls of toilet paper for $6 (source)
5. You own a set of proper visitor bed linen.
6. You start to highly recommend extremely mundane products to friends like microwaves and instant porridge packs.
7. Gift vouchers are totally rad.
$100 at Kmart… FUCK YES! (source)
8. You go to nurseries and hardware stores by choice.
9. You spend money on things like light-bulbs and carpet cleaner.
10. You can’t eat certain foods because they’re ‘too rich’.
11. You think it’s perfectly reasonable to spend a couple of hundred dollars a quarter for the privilege of being warm.
12. Mail is rarely, if ever, exciting.
13. You care about things like recycling and whether or not other people vaccinate their children.
14. Sleep is the most greatest thing.
Me. Most of the time. (source)
15. You have a wrapping paper drawer.
16. You’d rather drink nothing than cheap vodka when you’ve run out of your favourite wine.
17. You have to go to the bank.
18. A set of good knives or saucepans is the gift of your dreams.
19. You start paying people to do things you can do yourself like wax your legs or mow your lawn.
20. You’re the first person who’s owned your car.
What makes you feel like an adult?
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The ‘clack clack’ sound of ‘sensible work heels’. I swear my fancy heels don’t make that self-important clack clack. Just the mid-height, sturdier, sensible heel of a heeled shoe destined to take you into the office.
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THIS! YES! They make totally different sounds!
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When I look at teenagers and say to anyone nearly by “I can’t believe their mum let them go out looking like that” but a secretly jealous my arse doesn’t look the same when I wear denim hot pants.
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I actually can’t get over how many butt cheeks I’ve seen this summer.
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I think I’m a 34 year old child because I spent the entire time laughing at KMart girl doing her thang
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So glad I wasn’t the only one daddownunder 🙂
I realised I was an adult when I awoke after a particularly ‘entertaining’ evening and rather than saying ‘I’m never drinking again’ I said ‘I just don’t bounce back like I used to’!! And yes, I do agree wholeheartedly with no 16 🙂-
Number 16 was a big one for me and it’s far more physical than mental. My mouth literally won’t let me swallow it.
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I seriously couldn’t stop laughing at her. It’s my new favourite victory dance!
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I couldn’t get past number 7. Kmart girl… she’s like a lava lamp. Can. Not. Look. Awayyyyyy.
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I know right? I’ve come back to this post like five times today just to check her out again.
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How about…
– when your wardrobe is more than 50% work wear, and your comfortable with that.
– when you start talking about things like the fiber content of the foods you eat and what kind of vitamins you take with your friends
– when the varied assortment of pint glasses and plastic cups you’ve been drinking out of get tucked away in favor of a lovely matching set with good heavy bottoms-
Vitamins! Why am I so obssessed with vitamins?
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Yes! Yes to all! And saving my money to buy a good solid pair of leather shoes so rather than having 15 pairs of cheapies, I have 2 pairs of boots (one black, one brown) a pair of runners and 3 pairs of leather sandals. Oh! I’m currently living in the States and there is a massive chains of office supply stores called ‘Staples’. They also have A POST OFFICE INSIDE!
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Excuse me? A post office INSIDE THE SHOP??? I die.
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Yep. And they have *everything* you could ever need to send stuff. Boxes and bubble wrap and stamps galore! It’s magical.
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I never have a need to buy bubble wrap and it makes me so sad.
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When I’m wearing more clothes than anyone else at a bar…
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Oh lord yes! Or on the street at 3am in winter…
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Haha! Totally know the feeling 🙂 I’ve found myself exclaiming, “My word, is that girl wearing SHORTS!? On a day like this!?”
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When you see a group of hot teenage boys and start acting a bit flirty, then realise you are a decade older than them, and are just being a creep.
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No Emma, you are grown up when you see those hot teenage boys and you think they should pull their pants up to cover their bum and underpants, and get a decent hair cut.
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Or when you see them out at night and think to yourself”Does your mother know you’re here?”
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I saw a group of kids at a restaurant unsupervised and I had NO IDEA how old they were. They could have been any where from 9 to 15 and I wouldn’t have been able to guess. Another sign of being old.
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THIS. Totally this. I knew when I saw a cute scruffy guy and immediately wanted to attack his hands with a finger nail brush.
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HA! Totally!
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When a Saturday night in on the couch with a bottle of wine appeals more than frocking up and heading out.
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I want to do that EVERY Saturday night!
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I can tick off that whole list, but it was only #20 that brought it home for me. 36 years old, married, 3 kids, renovated house complete with mortgage – none of that said grown up to me. It was getting rid of the dying old commodore that I had to climb in the window to get to the passenger seat for a brand spanking shiny new family car that finally signaled the start of adulthood to me..
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Totally. Nothing says grown up like a car with 4 working doors.
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make-up is no longer optional.
I can hear my mum’s voice morph from werribee right out of my own mouth.
Agree wholeheartedly with above.
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That’s one I have to look forward to I think! I have my mother’s good skin genes… I’ll cling to it as long as I can!
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When the students you teach have honestly no idea what an encyclopedia is – “It’s like Google in a book”
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Ha like google in a book. Love it.
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You pay your bills on time, before you buy a new dress.
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Or you pay your $350 traffic infringement and instead of bitching about it you shrug and say ‘Well… I DID run a red light.’
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I glare – over my glasses! – at kids making too much noise at the library. It’s a national disgrace.
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When you just want EVERYONE to turn down their damned radio! AND you have no idea how old ANYONE is between 30 and 60!
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When I realised I actually had wine in the wine rack that was not consumed within 24 hours – and in fact enjoyed the collection!!!
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When you drive a minivan with sliding doors.
When you can unstack a dishwasher and breast feed a baby – at the same time.
When you actually need to know what ‘superannuation’ actually means. I can feel my own blog post coming on! motherwhoworks.blogspot.com MWWx
