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Busy little beesPosted on Thursday 13 November 2008 at 07:27 - Post Comment
Canterbury Show Day today, so it's a day off for all in Canterbury - hooray! I tell you what, we are both in need of one as life is pretty full on right now. T's on the phone to folks in the UK so I figured I'd quickly sling some drivel up on here.
As today is a day off we are going to actually have a day off and go to the Cantebury Show this morning. This is driven by me, as I want to see the animals (how much of a child am I?!) and just have a nose around. Then we're going to head to the Addington Raceway for an afternoon of horse racing with friends Kathy and Brent. Should be good!
Last night was a mission. 'The Big Red Shed', commonly known as The Warehouse is a large 'sell everything, and sell it cheap' NZ store full to the rafters of cheap imported Chinese tat. Toni adores the place, and a week seldom goes by without a trip there to see what's bargain-tastic. Well yesterday we got a flyer for half price and reduced deals on loads of their homewares and hardwares stuff. With the move coming up I was told that this was not to be missed! We headed down, and got involved in the carnage. Well worth it though - we got a full size patio heater with a ticket price of $250 for $100 which will be great for getting outside this Christmas, $200 of paint for $140 - be great for painting the new place next weekend, along with some other bits and pieces. I got an angle grinder - I love tools, me.
I always have a problem with these sales, as I see it as spending money on stuff we don't really need *right now*. However I seem to have come around to Toni's way of thinking after having said 'no' to some bargain stuff before, then 2 months later had to buy the same thing full price. You lives and you learns eh?
As I mentioned, we complete on our new house next Friday, so that's good news. We have STILL yet to get someone to rent our current city pad - GRRRRR - but apparently once it's empty it'll give viewers a much better feel of the place so if it's not rented by this time next week we'll just have to leave it looking clean, tidy and empty and cross our fingers!
Packing of the house seems to have stalled at the study, and so there is still SOOOOO much to do. We'll be putting effort into that on Sunday and so the bedrooms shoud be cleared by the end of the weekend. When did we collect so much stuff? I don't recall shipping this much over here?! T's arranged a hire van so we can move it all ourselves, and that should work out fine as a whole bunch of mates have offered to help out. How cool is that? I must say that it made me feel as if we have really finally settled when I saw that we have really established a network of people so willing to help out. A good feeling.
Off to the show now - so behave until I get back!
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