Fri 1 July 2005 - Sale time is over
Well, the end-of-financial-year sale season has drawn to a close, so it’s time to re-count the bargain buys of the last couple of weeks, and start dreading next month’s credit card bill.
- A new suit from my favourite
expressiveexpensive but nice businessy-wear shop (I’ve had nice trousers and jackets before, but this is my first really nice suit. It’s marketed as being a Parisian brand, though I note the label says “Made in Romania”, so I suppose at least it’s European.) - Pair of jeans in a rather nice colour they call black-blue
- A stripey long sleeved top
- Smallish backpack for nights away — from the regular Kathmandu sales. So regular I still can’t believe anybody shops there when a sale isn’t in progress.
- Pair of black pants to replace an old pair
Didn’t manage to find a new pair of shoes or a casual jacket though. And though I got a tipoff about a Lego Millenium Falcon going for $100 at Myer, the last one left on the shelf had a box a little too tatty for a Christmas present for Isaac. Besides, how could I get another affordable present of equal value for Jeremy?
July 1st, 2005 at 7:18pm
Ha! One Millenium Falcon to share, and then other stuff for them to have on their own. This is Lego. It’s always sharable.
Then again, I always had to share with my brother and that never worked out. Nah, you were right to leave it in the store.
July 2nd, 2005 at 2:36pm
What about their own .com domain name each?
July 4th, 2005 at 12:00am
I’m looking for a new suit. Where did you get yours from?
July 4th, 2005 at 7:17am
Louis Feraud shop at the Grand Hyatt (near cnr Collins/Russell Sts). Not cheap (even when on sale) but verrrrry nice.
July 6th, 2005 at 12:40am
It might surprise you the number of “quick - we’re leaving for the (Ant)arctic tomorrow” customers i used to get when i worked at Kathmandu for 3 years in Sydney! Them, and the parents of private school kids who are oh-so-suddenly leaving for camp this afternoon and they have to be kitted out RIGHT NOW with the most expensive of everything! The number of kids whose parents just handed over $1000 for all their new camping gear…!!!
Me: “Have a great time on camp!”
The kid: *Grumpy, spoilt scowl* “Grunt”