Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
Holidays are cold
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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Crowds of people at Sylvia Park
MT WELLINGTON – A lot of people decided to go shop at Auckland’s latest shopping development at Sylvia Park. Dubbed “Stage 3”, the newest addition of retail and parking space includes Borders where Henry and Cheryl work; Hoyts Cinemas where Dennis works; and Dick Smith PowerHouse where famous people Stacey Daniels and sports dude Tony Veitch were hard at work selling hair straighteners.
Perhaps the most exciting product on offer today came from Sonystyle outlet, with a massive 70” Sony Bravia HD-ready LCD-TV. A hefty price tag of $9999.99 comes with a *free* PlayStation 3. Very big screen.
Other additions to this megamall behemoth included real dining, which was sorely lacking with the previous gastronomic options being food-court stuff. A whole “Dining Lane” included outlets such as Nando’s, Umi Sushi, wagamama, and a new pub called Garrison.
Whilst big and spacious, this bar offered very slow service when Cheryl and I went for a 1/2 hour lunch break. After being told that it would be quick, one ordered pizza failed to materialise after a half hour of waiting. So I got my money back and the food court’s Mango Chicken won (again). Understandably Garrison doesn’t pride itself as a quick delivery expert. But Domino’s would have reached my house with the pizzas in 30 minutes…
So minus points la.
(the neutral journalist died sometime before)
I’m off to Nathan’s engagement do tonight. In the meantime, need to study properly: hope you’re all having a good weekend!