But I'm getting ahead of myself. We bounced out of bed this morning in remarkably good form for people that had three cocktails and a glass of wine each last night and headed off for breakfast at Podfood in Pialligo. Which was lovely (and so was breakfast - but of course I forgot to take my camera so was cursing myself).
And since we were just up the road we popped into have a look round Bison for a present for Princess B's sister (Princess M of Pharmacopia). Much drooling went on but unfortunately no buying.
Next stop in the royal visit to the ACT was Kippax where I checked out the two op shops. I also made my first purchase of the day, and very frugal it was too. A new compost bucket for $2:
My existing one is 6 years old and the lid is starting to fall apart so I can justify a replacement. Besides, it's black and will hide the dirt so much better than my old white one.Now what do two off-duty Librarians do on their days off? Visit a library, of course! Kippax has a new branch which I've not managed to visit yet.
And boy, was it worth it. They had a plethora of lovely books which begged to come with me:
And in the spirit of visiting new places we also went out to the new Gunghalin Mall extension to visit Big W where presents were finally bought for Princes M (and I got to use my first self service checkout which was very weird) and I found another bargain:
A three CD set for under $15. Although I'm thinking they left of a "C" and a question mark as it really should be titled "Call that punk?" Princess B and I were looking at each other with raised eyebrows and quizzical looks on a number of occasions during the playing of it when we got home.The Pogues: punk?! The Smiths: punk?! We don't think so but we like the tracks so ignored the dodgy definitions. We wonder, though, if we wanted to buy a collection of Ska music would it be titled "All that country"?
(Soundtrack: All that punk)
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