* The types of canned soup that i find in supermarkets (hehe, i nearly wrote soupermarkets!) here are quite vexing. I see Chicken, i see Tomato... i see Mulligatawny?! I see Scotch Broth?! I see weird flavours that i've never heard of and am a little afraid to try. At least i'm keen on chicken and tomato. And i did find a packet soup that's Thai spicey flavour, nom nom nom.
* There are so many different charity shops here!! And some of them actually offer you rewards if you shop there a lot, or if you make lots of donations. Seems like a really good incentive to donate quality goods, and to continue to buy second-hand. I read an article this morning from home about problems with lazy fuckers who dump their old shit on the ground next to charity bins because they're too tight to pay tip fees or to drive out to the tip (it's not a long journey in Canberra!!). Charities are having to pay to clean up all this crap, most of which is broken and rained on before it can be collected anyway, so they're basically just a garbage removal service. It's not hard to get the Salvos to come and pick up your old stuff (not your broken shit that's no good to anyone, but your old, reusable possessions that are able to be sold again), and they do that for free. Or wait for hard rubbish night. Fuck it burns me up.
* I tried Jaffa Cakes. They're alright. I also found a biscuit that looks almost exactly like a Tim Tam, but tastes a little bit lamer. It's called a Penguin, which i think is hilarious. I also went into hysterics (almost) last week when i saw Smarties in a tube. A tube!! With a little lid on the end! Like a thing you put rolled-up posters in before you put them in the post. Except tiny. Anyway, i thought it was cute. Gav thought i was mental.
* For some reason, after four years of using Facebook, i've discovered "poking". It's the stupidest thing in the world, but i can't stop doing it. I'm in the middle of about ten ongoing poke-wars with various silly friends. The major down-side to this is that it bumps up my notifications, so i get excited thinking loads of stuff is happening on Facey - but it's just idiots poking me. So i poke them back, and the madness continues.
* I visited the Sherlock Holmes museum yesterday, and it was delightful!! Lots of old junk and nick-nacks from the 1800s in a gorgeous, creaky old lodging house on Baker Street in the city. I should read some more Sherlock novels. Gav's been reading some, and he's really getting into them, so he suggested we check it out, and it was an excellent idea.
* Finally having some proper wintery weather. It's about three degrees today. Chilly!!!
Lol, I think you should have got out more when you were here. Salvos have rewards, like coffee cards, with stamps. And M&M minis have been sold in little tubes forever!
ReplyDeleteWe miss you, nutty girl, glad you're having fun.
WHAT!?! I've been shopping at Salvos forever and have never received anything but a warm feeling inside!! Bastards have been short-changing me!!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, now that you mention it, i recall seeing M&M Minis in tubes - but i've never actually bought them. I think it's just the weirdness of seeing something in a tube that i'm so used to seeing in a box! Ahh maybe i need to eat more junk food. :)
My mum makes Mulligatawny soup every winter, like every two weeks. I think she picked up the receipe living over there. I can't speak for the tinned stuff but the homemade jazz is AWESOME!
ReplyDelete