Well I survived my first week back in full-time employment. Things that have changed since I left The West in 2007. *The side gate I used to use as a shortcut to the foyer is now locked. Padlocked and covered in cobwebs, in fact. I felt pretty daft marching around to use it, then marching [...]
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Where did that week go?
Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, Television, tagged cafe, Food, hand sanitiser, journalist, Media, newspaper, reporter, round, The West, tv on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Shopping Update
Posted in Food, Perth & WA, Random musings, Uncategorized, tagged Coles, customer service, delivery, groceries, online shopping, Perth, Woolworths on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As promised, here’s an update on how my first online shopping experience went with Woolworths. Unfortunately, not well. Looking back at my order, it looks like I ordered about 52 items. Of those, one was out of stock and I got an email alert. No biggie. But there were about 10 other things that went [...]
Trolley rage
Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, Society, tagged car, driving, hoons, lazy, merge, Perth, rude, shopping, shopping centre, tailgate, trolley on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While many Perth families have been obsessing over the MySchool website, this week I have been I’ve been concerned with the big issues. Such as, what is it with Perth people and trolleys? I hate having to pay to use a trolley at the airport but I am more and more inclined to support moves for a pay [...]
Best laid plans
Posted in Food, Random musings, tagged Flickr, Food, lamb, satay on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so it’s only January and already I have become a bit slack with the posts. I’m working on that. It is my intention to write small posts more often rather than spewing forth a batch once a fortnight. I’ve also become a bit slack posting the food photos to Flickr; perhaps that is because I [...]
Say No to Easter – Until closer to April!
Posted in Food, Perth & WA, Random musings, tagged Christmas, consumerism, Easter, holiday, hot cross bun, supermarket on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t taken the Christmas tree down yet or even had a chance to snap up any Christmas decorations at 50 per cent off. Yet there they were staring at me in the supermarket today… Hot Cross Buns! Seriously. On January 4! I bet Easter eggs won’t be far behind. And Valentine’s Day Cards. It’s [...]




