William Chong

There was a big blast of cold air as we stepped out of our cars at Dressmart Onehunga. I hadn’t been clothes shopping in about a year, and this showed particularly in my work attire. So I thought I’d better update some of my clothes. I was a little disappointed that business pants were so hard to come by (and not cheap), whereas they couldn’t sell enough shirts every where I went in the factory outlet centre.

In the end I settled on 3 business shirts and 1 pair of business pants – I’ll have to look harder for another pair of pants but hopefully these will put me in good stead in the meantime.

It was good fun doing long drives from place to place and not a single destination being work-related for a change! We had a look around the Appliance Shed in Papatoetoe, as well as visit my sister who’s currently pulling shifts at the Buddhist Temple my mum used to be an active member of.

Hope you’re all wrapping up in these atrocious conditions!

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Oh dear. I think I’m going to be dipping into savings money this month. It’s not that I’ve been splurging (well at least I hope I’m not), just some unexpected expenses that have popped up:

• A new monitor so I don’t grow a lump over crouching my back like a crazy trying to follow the words on my computer screen
• $132 for a General Manager’s renewal fee
• $156 for a mandatory student loan payment… thanks Gov’t
• PETROL. I wish I could ice skate to work or something to save on costs, seriously.
• I haven’t bought clothes in about a year (especially ones suitable for work), so perhaps that will be even more costs. In no particular order I’m in need of new business shirts, dress pants, a jacket