Day Trippers

Monday, December 14, 2009

We have been fortunate enough to have access to a car the last few weeks (thanks to Lsl buying herself a Ute from down here, so we have to road trip it back to Brisbane starting this Friday!) so we decided to take it for a spin down to Torquay a few Saturdays ago. The weather was so lovely in the morning, that I insisted we get out of Newman for the day. The thing about Melbourne weather though, is that it seems to incorporate the surrounds as well. On our way down the sun vanished, but we were determined! (Well, I was determined. Hubs was in a making-Wifey-happy mood which suited me just fine!)

We arrived and went for a walk down the beach. It wasn't actually as cold as I expected, and the bay water was pretty nice too.



And now for a game of "how much you think I pay?"

(Back story: My Grandpa is a bargain shopper and becomes very pleased with himself when he saves lots of money, and he likes to pose the question "how much you think I pay?" and is chuffed when we name a price WAY higher than what he paid! It's good fun!)

So I bought this purpley-pink top from a Kathmandu sale


and I pose the question: How much you think I pay? Now, I SHOULD leave it at that and tell you the price after you guess, but I'm not that patient, so I'll put the price right at the end of my post and you can tell me how WRONG you were in your guesses :-)

After our walk on the beach we went and checked out the Rivers clothing store and got a few bargains there as well! (A post for another day.) While we were inside it started pouring down so we shopped until it eased off. We left and dropped our stuff off into the car and as we were doing so it started to pour down again so we ran to the cafe we had decided to eat at, but not before we got quite soaked :-(



 

It was pretty funny! But it still wasn't too cold which was lucky!

It was a lovely little hippie cafe with a great view!




We ordered a lamb shank pie, some avo, cheese and tomato toasties and a couple glasses of red wine.



Absolutely delish! It was then time to go home, so we decided to take the "scenic" route. In these here parts of town, this must include some evidence of hooliganism!



(That wasn't us BTW. Hubs wanted to be a bogan but I'm such a party-pooper!)

We made it home by 5:30pm, ready for some home-made Wifey roo burgers. A delicacy in these here parts of town!






Full price $74.95 (who would PAY that???)
What Wifey paid: $6.95 (yes, I'm a bargain shopper too!!)

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