Is it just me or does it always seem like it's so much easier to spend lots of money in a foreign country?! I have four reasons that this is true.
1. You save up all your money to use as 'spending' money on your holiday. So naturally, you spend it.
2. You don't recognise the colour of the money, so it all blends in to itself, meaning you think you have more money and you really have no idea what you're giving the checkout chick.
3. There are so many different stores, different products, different brands and here in Australia there is just so much more of everything. Plus, if you don't buy now, then you'll miss out at home, cause, well, you know, you can't get it at home. duh.
4. Your flatmate wants a souvenier and you're compelled to buy that 'thing' for that 'person' because, well, you can (refer to point 1).
And if you still haven't guessed, I went shopping today. What did you buy Heather, what did you buy? I hear you asking. Here's the list:
Three rings (one's a present)
In other, completely unrelated to shopping news, I've been facing off with the kids about 'Australian vs New Zealand' words. They laugh at my 'New Zealand' words that to them are just ridiculous. But I refuse to budge. They tell me I'm in Australia now, but my response is that I'm still a Kiwi and only here on holiday. Last night we made a list of the words that mean the same thing, but we refuse to budge on.
Texta vs Felts
It's not that long, so we tried to think of other words that could be different. Turns out tomato and tomato are the same. As are most words. But, it was still fun to play the game and it kept the kids occupied for a while.
Aside from all of this, there's 'Jackie language', which is really the language of a smart 4 year old that hasn't quiet got the grasp of some words. She will one day get the hang of them and I know that Mum will be very sad once she does, because they are just so darned cute.
1. You save up all your money to use as 'spending' money on your holiday. So naturally, you spend it.
2. You don't recognise the colour of the money, so it all blends in to itself, meaning you think you have more money and you really have no idea what you're giving the checkout chick.
3. There are so many different stores, different products, different brands and here in Australia there is just so much more of everything. Plus, if you don't buy now, then you'll miss out at home, cause, well, you know, you can't get it at home. duh.
4. Your flatmate wants a souvenier and you're compelled to buy that 'thing' for that 'person' because, well, you can (refer to point 1).
And if you still haven't guessed, I went shopping today. What did you buy Heather, what did you buy? I hear you asking. Here's the list:
Three rings (one's a present)
A birthday present for Lee
A scarf
Two pairs of boots
One pair of heels
A bag of Jumpys (and no, I'm not telling you what they are before you see them)
A book
Various assortments of 'new and different' lollies (as per psuedo-family tradition)
A hat (technically I bought it the other day, but it still counts as shopping)
Two cardigans
Not bad for a days effort huh!In other, completely unrelated to shopping news, I've been facing off with the kids about 'Australian vs New Zealand' words. They laugh at my 'New Zealand' words that to them are just ridiculous. But I refuse to budge. They tell me I'm in Australia now, but my response is that I'm still a Kiwi and only here on holiday. Last night we made a list of the words that mean the same thing, but we refuse to budge on.
Jumper vs Jersey
(In NZ you'd know what both were, but in Australia you'd have no idea what a jersey was. My argument is that a Jumper doesn't make me Jump. Jacob argued that a Jersey doesn't make me a cow. I took that as a compliment.)
Baked Pork vs Roast Pork
(Which would you rather have?! Roast Pork sounds much better if you ask me. I guess you do put the oven on to 'bake' to roast a dinner?!)
Thongs vs Jandles
(If you're an Aussie in NZ, so much could go wrong if you call your jandles 'thongs'. Not recommended. Jandles just sounds better.)
Swimmers vs Togs
(This one I have to give to the Aussies. Where does 'togs' come from? At least 'swimmers' makes sense. Still seems odd to say tho, and you won't catch me changing any time soon either.)
Texta vs Felts
(A 'Texta' is a brand. You can't text someone with them. Meanwhile they have felt tips, hence the name 'felts'. Come on people, common sense thanks. Sheesh.)
Humpy vs Shed
(Yep, here in Australia a shed is a 'humpy'. I don't get it either. It's weird. So weird. What makes it a humpy? I'm walking away from this one now before I get too rude.)
Eskie vs Chilly Bin
(This is essentially the Texta vs Felts argument all over again. Eskie is a brand. It's a bin, that's chilly. It's a chilly bin. Enough said.
It's not that long, so we tried to think of other words that could be different. Turns out tomato and tomato are the same. As are most words. But, it was still fun to play the game and it kept the kids occupied for a while.
Aside from all of this, there's 'Jackie language', which is really the language of a smart 4 year old that hasn't quiet got the grasp of some words. She will one day get the hang of them and I know that Mum will be very sad once she does, because they are just so darned cute.
Picmic = Picnic
Elicious = Delicious
Attending = Pretending
Trigangle = Triangle
(Mum's favourite, especially since she keeps making shapes and getting Jackie to tell her what they are just so she'll say 'Trigangle')
Ostopus = Octopus
Mote = Remote
Eano = Piano
Zert = Dessert
Oh can you please get a wee Koala for little Lu. I assume the coat was a wash out for rach?
ReplyDeleteThanks for thinking of us hun