I need to buy some shoes and vote. Righto
Going out for fancy breakfast this morning to a cafe near a post office. Nice food and the boys can post our council votes for us.
If I ran a cafe near a mailbox I'd do a post about it to remind people to send off their votes and come enjoy a coffee while you're at
DEMOCRACY COFFEE
If I ran said cafe I'd have an October long special of some overpriced cafe version of a sausage sandwich for that election day feel
My plan today: go to the market. My strategy is to give every member of the household a limit, say $40. The ones who want to spend more will negotiate with those who don't spend that much and it's great to see the kids in action making deals with their father and each other over who's getting what.
Always good to involve everyone in the budgeting. I learned from an early age to keep an eye out for specials, compare by unit pricing etc. to keep the overall food budget down - if you get the cost of the boring stuff lower you have room to add in important stuff like lollies!
When I moved out at 18 I discovered that most of my peers had no idea how to stick to a budget or prioritise their spending - an alarming number would run out of food entirely before the end of the fortnight, then when they got paid they'd waste it on expensive stuff and start the cycle again. I was really surprised, I'd been shopping on a budget and planning ahead with my Mum for years.
Morning. Iβm contemplating making a big breakfast
Morning! I just got back from the cafe, where I ate a big breakfast. Would recommend
I knew what this was before I clicked it π
My sister says: don't you fuckin ruin mother's day again ππ
π₯³π
30/50 could easily be worse.
Tin arse: 20 with some very lucky guesses.
10/50
I got one wrong. Just happy I got the animal ones correct haha
15 π₯²
Mission for the morning. Queue for the closing day sale at the best pie shop ever. βTis an utter tragedy.
Victory! Well mostly. They are out of almost everything. Anyone not already in the queue will be disappointed.
Out of curiosity I googled "Melbourne pie shop closing down" and.. wow, so many! Too many in the past few years π’(My local is hanging on, but business rental prices in my area have skyrocketed and a lot of shops that have been there for years have closed. Including my beloved computer repair guy who'd been there since 1986 or something.)
These guys itβs both rent and ingredients. They refuse to use shit and would apparently have to charge $14 a pie to keep as is πΏ
Overnight (our night) there have been strange reports coming in from agricultural hubs around the world. Cows and similar bovines appear to have all at once changed their signature "moo" sound, puzzling farmers, biologists, and even physicists. The sound these bovines are now making has been described as follows:
spoiler
GOOOOOOOONseeGOOOOONseeGOOOOOOON
Edit: it appears that birds capable of producing human sounds have also begun what can only be described as a chant
So that's what woke me up this morning. Good to know so thanks Force. I was beginning to worry.
Oh seagooon
We wish you would come back soon
But hope you are enjoying your vacation
Enforced by internet enshittification.
But come back soon....dear 'goon.
I was just checking to see if @Seagoon_ was alright, they haven't been online in 5 days.
She says she has signed up to aussie.zone and is now waiting for approval. Its now a waiting game.
Here here!
Goodnight everyone β€οΈ
The bass is fucking awesome!
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