I'm going to give the long-winded diatribe a spell this week, I'm sure to the relief of many. Instead of trawling through a sea of mind-numbing minutia for a couple of nuggets, I'll ditch the prose and hopefully just state the facts. That wasn't the best start though, was it?!
Friday saw the Polish Nation meet at our usual haunt. Wol got dressed in our brand new retro Australian cricket team gear which Shaun ordered for the three of us from Australia. We'll be donning the "yellow pyjamas" in earnest in a few weeks time at a combined 40th birthday party: should be a hoot. The Nation imbibed and entertained a caravan of special guests meaning that it was a rather slow start to Saturday morning.
Cassy's new appliance is working feverishly and very efficiently and she suspects the old washing machine has been failing at its job for a few years! We wandered down to Miramar and saw the bleak but entertaining, End of Watch, before having our semi-regular late lunch-early dinner at the Spice Shop. Tearing ourselves away from the tried and true, we got all new dishes, some of which were highly acceptable.
On the way home, protecting Cassy's new peep toe patent ruby slippers from the squally rain, Wendel's had Cassy's favourite TT on display out front. Inside, the Oktoberfest celebrations were just getting into full cry, the Taiwanese girls in their German beer wench outfits looking decidedly awkward!
Sunday saw a full-on lounge fest from both of us. We sat and watched the Bathurst 1000 live stream beamed onto the TV from 8 a.m. till about 2 p.m. Oh, what slovenly beasts we were! Our only outing for the day was to stroll across the river to do the food shopping for the week, where Cass found some cute banana cases and slicers, and I was bemused by happy face Halloween baby pumpkins!
Teaching Grade 5 this year means a more sophisticated coterie of students: these boys were super cool with their mini rock guitar pens! Soy sauce rules in the supermarket and I'm out!
P.S. the "sparkling chardonnay" mentioned last week was a complete dud!