On Christmas Eve, my gorgeous first born, Miss K18 moved house. Well, actually she moved from a tiny 1 bedroom 3rd floor shoebox apartment on the inner north of Brisbane, to a luxuriously spacious 3 bedroom plus office home on the southside. I'm still debating whether it should be called Brisbane or Gold Coast, as it is halfway between.
To celebrate the move, a kitten was obtained, as all good homemakers require a pet! Fortunately the kitten is a little cutie pie and while it is a girl, the name Garfield has been applied and kind of suits I guess. The arrival of Garfield also meant that I could declutter my world to the tune of a litter tray, a scoop and a large bag of litter. My puss-cat, Molly, is far too mature to require a litter tray these days!
Between them, Miss K18 (who is on holidays from her hairdressing apprenticeship for another week) and Miss K12 cooked up a scheme whereby little sis goes to visit her big sis and play with the kitten this week.
Which is excellent - other than Mum has now had a trip to not quite Brisbane & back today and again on Friday to collect. Oh I'm a big sook, it was a very enjoyable day, actually. Miss K18 had a Myer gift card from her Uncle B, so we took ourselves off to the Logan Hyperdome for a shopping spree.
I think she did an excellent job of quickly expending $100. She bought: A toaster (Sunbeam reduced to $29), a purse (Jag brand also reduced to $29), a shirt for boyfriend D ($17), a spring form cake tin for $10, a Very Cool potato masher (I missed how much that was), not sure what else?? and at the end of the day has $3.90 left on the gift card. Very admirable spending in my opinion :)
So what did I buy? Well at Myer, I bought some silicon muffin pans, for use in the new Latest Big Thing in my world. Don't worry, I promise I will tell you more when I get a chance. Oh, spend: $6.95 (30% off original price).
Then I shouted lunch at the Hyperdome before we headed a bit further north to: IKEA!!!!
I've only been there once before and that was with the ever patient, but obviously 'bored while shopping' emitting OH. So, today - with 2 daughters who emit exactly the same vibes as their father - I got to browse and buy STUFF!! Not too much for me - some cute little jars to store whole spices to use in abovementioned Latest Big Thing ($3.95 per pack of 4, I bought 3 packs):
But for new homemaker Miss K18 I bagged some absolute bargains. For about $13 we got: a dirty clothes hamper, a toilet brush and a matching rubbish bin. If I had been an IKEA family member, I could have got an additional 15% off the sale items, but sadly, I'm not and didn't know how to become one before I went through the checkout. Thinking I might join the family though (somehow that strikes me more as Italian than Scandinavian!), now that Miss K18 lives southside ;)
All in all, a day well spent, glad I'm home but also glad the girls are getting to spend some quality time together this week. Miss K12 sorely misses her big sis, but will also be pleased to come home by Friday. I'm sure Miss K18 will also be glad to see her off ;)
Todays stats:
Min 20.5 Max 28
Rainfall: Nil
Eggs: 5
Til next time,
Kath
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