The other day my son said he needed some new clothes. Now I’m lucky, because he doesn’t care about labels and would rather have lots of cheap clothes than one or two designer pieces. Except when it comes to hiking gear. And he is still enjoying the suit I bought him for his year 12 [...]
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For the last month I’ve been in the fortunate (?) position of “owning” two mobile phones. One, I’ve had for over a year: the quickly superseded Samsung Galaxy S – an Android phone. Two, my work phone, a brand new iPhone 4S with the Siri feature disabled for security reasons, which replaced my Blackberry Bold. [...]
“Happy place, happy place.” There are only four days til Christmas to finish (er make that start) my Christmas shopping. And in reality – make that one and a half. I’m playing Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, hair and tanning on Wednesday, Thursday two functions to attend, so really… I’m looking at today. !!!!!!!!! Which is [...]
Hello from way up here! Up here in the stratosphere! Aren’t these shoes great. Okay I know they are probably not to everyone’s taste… Groover and Dippity don’t like them… but I think they are fab. I haven’t bought a pair of shoes for AGES so I’m very excited. And they weren’t too expensive. Can’t [...]
Get your mind out of the gutter and into the garage. photo credit: eiko_eiko – Yes, this is NOT my car. The other day I jumped in my car – late for work – actually late to miss the nasty traffic – and noticed that my coolant light was on. I *carefully* drove very slowly [...]
Have you noticed how many “home” brands there are in our major supermarkets these days? Not just the really cheap versions – the old “black and gold” labelled gear – but now a more premium range. In Coles for instance you get their Smart Buy cheap brand… then the You’ll Love Coles brand and a [...]
Dippity is going camping. Her first camp with her new school. She’s pretty excited but a little worried that she won’t be able to get her sleeping bag into its bag. And I don’t blame her. What is it with sleeping bag makers! Why can’t they design a bag that makes it easy for a [...]
If you saw this sign – what kind of establishment would you think you’d be entering? A bottle shop… right? Trust Margaret River to find a way to make the local bottle-oh sound classy… it was the fellows walking out with a bag of ice and a slab of beer that gave them away… What [...]
Groover has bought some new sandshoes. Or to be more accurate, I have bought him some new sandshoes. It had to be done. His last pair – note those stylish ones behind the gleaming new white ones – were bought in 1992. And he has worn them every year since. Sure he only puts them [...]
