twinsmom65

Well after living in Australia for just over 2 years, we are flying back home to Canada in 3 weeks.

I have been very lucky to secure my old position back, so that is a huge weight off my shoulders.

I will look back with fond memories of my time in Australia, but with my OH out of work, we have no recourse but to go back home. In a way I am glad to be going back... back to great shopping, cheaper cost of living, and most of all family and friends.

Cheers

Karen

Mummy in the foothills

Good luck with the move home I hope it all goes smoothly for you.

brits1

Homes home wherever you are in the world...good luck....

iaink

Blimey, Canada and great shopping in the same sentence... I can tell Im not in the Canada forum!


Good Luck with the move

BristolUK

And it's the second thread saying it too.

Eastbound

Really ~ great shopping am I missing something
Anyhoo best of luck to the OP on their move back to canada

pinkkristen

wowzers - great shopping, Australia must be really bad

Good luck with the move though, home is where the heart is and all that!

brits1

LOl yes but they are moving from Aus to Canada...anywhere would have good shopping after Aus.............only joking....well only a little....

Bevm

Okay, I'm curious. You clearly think UK shopping is much better than Canadian. In what way? I find I'm still hunting for where to get things, and it's usually one place for this, then another for that, then another for the next. Some things can be hard to find at all.

On line shopping's much better, but not useful if you want to touch and try something before you buy.

Bev

Mummy in the foothills

Thats the part I like best. Park the car and walk around all the different shops and get a bit here and a bit there

pinkkristen

I guess what you mean by shopping. I was generally meaning clothes shopping. I think the UK is a ALOT better than here. Mind you i have saved a ton of money as i don't really bother with fashion seeing as i struggle getting stuff i really like here. Kids clothes are more expensive here if you want decent stuff, though i will back Joe of loblaws for young kiddie clothes.
In terms of supermarkets, i still think the UK has a better range of foods. I hate here that when you want something like a couple carrots and 2 potatoes you have to drag all 3 kids into the supermarket. i used to pull over at my local greengrocers, nip in and out in 5 mins - done!! Maybe thats me being disorganised and not planning, but never have been like that and do things last minute!

Horses for courses i suppose, but you can't beat a good shop round Leeds, i would always be able to find a whole load of stuff for the family in one day.

The plazas here are handy for parking etc, but they are very dull and lack any imagination.

What is it you can't find?

I also loved the browsing and wandering down the street with the kiddies in the pushchair, not looking for anything in particular. I would get the train (which the kids loved) to the next town, be able to walk them to the park by the river, walk back up into town, browse the shops, pick a DVD, take them for a hot choc in the local cafe, head back up to the train, nip into M@S or tescos, get food, head back on the train and walk back to the house, oh and pop in on a friend on the way back from the train station Day Done!!!

Seneca21

Practically an entire thread yet again about the best consumer deals. Buying, shopping, spending, buying, consuming, spending, shopping, buying. No wonder other cultural groups look down their noses at us.

pinkkristen

Whats wrong with talking about buying, consuming, spending? Its what a lot of us to everyday. Candians are always talking about the latest deals in their flyers and where they can get this that and the other. whats wrong with us doing the same.
You need not read if you find it boring or unnessesscary. There are a lot of threads i find the same, but decide to skim over them and move on.

dollface

Morning hun XX

Bomber Harris

I'm still trying to work out what a post about moving to Canada by someone in Australia is doing in the moving back to the UK section, never mind about where to shop in Canada.