The Shopping Sherpa

OK, that's it. We've definitely turned into a real city this year. Factory outlet ? Tick. Borders? Tick. Gold Class cinema? Dendy i...

If I say I got my mail before 9 am this morning and am only just getting to open it now would that explain the sort of day I've had? And...

Sew Thrifty asked for more information on my Christmas tree. And when a reader asks, I try to answer, even if a lot of the information seem...

1. A card I bought for $3 at Kingston Markets. There was a young chap manning the stall and it turns out he actually designed the cards he...

I'm pretty stoked with my finds this week: In particular the "toy" knitting machine for $10 (which looks basically complete an...

No, I'm not talking about this lot (cute though they are) I mean I managed to combine history, architecture and shopping all at once to...

Thursday Architecture:Go to see the Sydney Pollock film Sketches of Frank Gehry . Realise I've gone past two of his works (in New York ...

The whole history/ architecture and shopping evening mix worked so well on Tuesday night that I thought I'd try it again last night. F...

Last night after work I trundled off to a talk at Canberra Museum and Gallery on "an insight into the masterpieces in the ACT designed ...

Eek! Just realised this morning that I have exactly one calendar month before I bugger off to Nuw Zuld for the Sisterly Christmas Road Trip....

I discovered a two-for-less-than-one deal ($9.95 for both!) on Jo Sharp's Contemporary Knitting books 1 and 2 at the newsagents over the...

I managed to fit three op shops into my two days in Sydney - Vinnies Crows Nest and both of the Vinnies in Chatswood (how's that for de...

The Gifting Gods have been smiling on me lately. I got to work yesterday and was rummaging in my bag for my hanky when I discovered a $25 M...

My friend Tracy left this in my visitor's book when she came to stay a couple of years ago. I think she's got it in a nutshell (apa...

Had a day's annual leave in Sydney today and it was all quite exciting. Got searched for explosives as I left Canberra, then met a woman...

I dropped Miss Daisy off at the car doctor this morning. My driveway looks so odd without her in it. Unfortunately the lack of car gives me ...

Smarties have released Black and White Happy Feet Smarties . I'm the most excited about lollies that I've been since the short liv...

While flicking through my $2 copy of Good Housekeeping's Complete Book of Needlecraft last night I spotted some rather yummy graphics. W...

I'm happy to report that the tin experiment worked. I measured the size of the picture of the dog on the lid, worked out the curved cor...