Retail Therapy

Last Sunday Mum and Tori visited me. It was pretty cool. Of course, as she didn't want to go in the first place, Tori was being a snobby cow the entire time, but it was really nice to see Mum again (even though I was at home 2- or is it 3- weeks ago). Here's what we did :)

• Had lunch at a little cafe on Cuba St. It was tiny and stuffy and kinda drab, but the food was awesome. We all had breakfast, even though it was past 12pm. I ordered poached eggs and salmon on English muffins. Such a nice change from the usual grossness that we get here.
• We walked up and down Cuba St next. We went into this Japanese place, where Mum bought me a mug and a bowl for less than $10, plus a ringbinder for my notes.
• Went into Iko Iko on Cuba, this cute little place which sells all these awesome nick nacks. I persuaded Mum to buy me a music listography book on the grounds that I'll pay it off ($40) when I got home. Funnily enough, Tori got a $40 flask, and didn't have to pay up at all. Oh, the joys of being 18 and away from home.
• I wanted to go into Ferret books (secondhand) but Mum refused. Oh well. I went back on Tuesday, and you will read below.
• After that we walked around a little more, spent ages trying to find the car, and they went home at around 4pm.
  

So instead of doing all the things I should have done this Tuesday, I took a walk into the shopping centre and spent a little money. It was awesome :D
I think I was away for around 3 and half hours. During that time I visited all of the secondhand stores on Cuba St, which I'd been planning to do for quite a while. Here's what I bought:

• Went to Jay Jays. Not secondhand, but they were have a sale, so I bought a new top and a grey cardigan for $10 each.
• Recycle Boutique, a secondhand clothes store on Cuba. Most of the stuff they had was too expensive, but I found a 'vintage' Glassons jumper for $16.
• Ferret, a secondhand bookstore on Cuba. I bought the third Discworld novel (by Terry Pratchett) for $10. Now I have no.s 1, 2, 3 and the prequel, Strata. Awesome :D
  
• Arty Bees, a secondhand book store. There I bought an $18 copy of Stephen King's Under The Dome. I've been reading it on and off since Tuesday night, and I'm currently up to pg195. I was also tempted to buy The Green Mile, in its original 6 part series, but each book was $4, or $24 total, and I didn't have enough by that point. They also had a PILE of Discworld novels, but not the 4th one. I know that reading them all in order isn't terribly important, but I want to anyway :P
  
• I went into 2 or 3 other secondhand clothes store and secondhand music store, but by that point I was losing enthusiasm for shopping and running out of money, so I stopped by the supermarket, bought some pretzels and went home.
• If any of you decide to come visit me here, we are so going secondhand store shopping. It's awesome.