Shopping...for the house!!!

Both Phill and I woke up really early today...about 7.30am cos we wanted to be in time for the garage sale. Even though I am a Singaporean and can be fairly kiasu (worried about losing out) on things I love and care for (Camper shoes, Aldo shoes, etc), I was quite blase about wanting to be on time for one of 2 garage sales happening this morning. One was at 9am and the other at 10am.

But Phill educated me on the finer points of how important it was to be on time so we don't miss out on any good buys that may be snapped up....hahaha.....how disappointed we were going to be.

After a quick breakfast and my attempt at being fast in the bathroom but I still made it in 30 mins which includes skincare routine and drying my hair and picking up my hair on the bathroom floor, we made it to the first garage sale in Mansfield.

It was quite a run-down, simple sort of house and looking through the stuff, there wasn't very much that we wanted from there. But then I saw it! And I wondered if that's what it was used for..... A marble chopping board! It was only selling for $3. Apparently, that's the best type of material for a chopping board. I told Phill I wanted it and he carried it to the owner of the house which was an older lady, older than us, who gave us a toothy grin and accepted our money.

After that, we went to Retravision to look at electrical appliances and decided to strike a deal but when we looked at our watches, it was 10am! So we hopped into the car and raced to the 2nd destination!

This was a garage sale of items from an old man's estate after his recent passing. When we entered the house, we overheard some old folks saying the deceased, a Mr Cummins, was a nice man. We were not spooked by it but rather sad at the fact we were rummaging what many people might think is junk but was once an old man's treasure. The things were nicer at this house which was simple but look really well-kept from the outside. The things on sale was displayed in the garage and the area outside it. It was nicer than the previous house but then again, nothing that we wanted, except for a set of butter plates and dinner plates that were selling for $10. It had nice rose patterns on it and I wanted to buy it but Phill said no.

We were in that 2nd garage sale out in less than 5 mins and then we returned to Retravision. We spoke to a sales assistant and asked for a good deal for the Simpson 390L fridge, 5.5kg Simpson washing machine, toaster, Sharp microwave oven, and rice cooker. Ended up we only got less than a $100 discount but that was cos the original price was like $200 more than they were advertising and the fridge was the last one they had so it was very much reduced. We had intended to get a slightly smaller fridge initially, about 250L but after much discussion, agreed that as fridges last longer, when we do have a baby in the short term (abt 2-3 years time), we would need a bigger fridge and should get one now. Rather than buy a small one and then in 2-3 years time, have to buy another small one.

We went to 2 furniture shops and saw a lounge suit we like (cost $1999 though so we'll get it much, much later) and a dining table which was about the same price too (at the 2nd furniture shop we went to, we saw a similar type dining table for $999 so we may get that instead). And we saw the bed we wanted, a Sleepmaker Chiropractic range, but we'll be shopping around for a good price before we decide whom we want to buy it from.

After the morning's shopping in Mansfield, we drove about 1 hour away to Wangaratta, had McDonalds for lunch. Phill had a Big Mac which was yummy and I had a chilli quarter pounder that wasn't as good, fresh but not as tasty as the Big Mac. We managed to get 3 short sleeve work shirts for Phill at Rivers. One blue and 2 red. I like Phill in red, my fav colour! =O)

In all, a rather exhausting but fun and exhilarating day.