Pretty Nice Little Saturday

Our corporate apartment has pretty much all that we need but there were still a few odds and ends we had to pick up. There are no dressers so both Sean and I needed coat hangers so we decided that Saturday we'd do some shopping. The grocery store sells coat hangers so the plan was to just go to the plaza down the street.. but then.. it hit me - TARGET. Australia has TARGET, granted it's not the same as the Target back home, prices are higher and the quality of goods is lower (in my opinion) but it's still the same general idea.

The problem is that Sean hates TARGET and not in just a little way. He literally would rather be duck taped to a chair stuck talking with Carey Prejean's pageant coach than walk through Target on a Saturday. I had to take a very scientific approach before I brought up the T word so I decided to focus on: spending less money, getting to know a new neighborhood and saving money (different than spending less money). I am pretty sure he was jet lagged and defeated from his morning of searching for some electronic device that didn't turn up so it worked!! Within minutes we were on our way to the mother ship!

As we got closer to our destination we realized it wasn't just a stand alone Target we were going to. There was a HUGE shopping center and across the street there was a strip mall that had a store totally dedicated to BBQs! Sean was very excited. Our apartment in Boston did not allow grilles so we've been really looking forward to the opportunity to cook out. It turned into such a typical, American, afternoon. We picked up what we needed at Target (and got out of there quick), visited my new favorite store called The Reject Shop (sort of like a Family Dollar/Job Lot) and made it across the street to the BBQ store.

We bought a really cute little charcoal BBQ & it has been a major highlight - we have used it to cook every single night since we got here! Sean is a great cook and we're branching out to try new things. The rest of Saturday was spent settling in and getting to bed early because we had a big day on Sunday planned in the Yarra Valley (Kangaroos & a Vineyard).