Sunday, September 9, 2007

Holiday in Brisbane - update #5

6 September

The weather continued to be grey and wet today. We wanted to go whale watching but they cancelled the tour due to bad weather. We did the next best thing - shopping! After a MacDonalds breakfast, we went to Tree Top Mall, an outlet shopping mall. Not that there was anything we really wanted to get but we did not return empty handed. Our best buys - 5 pairs of Pumpkin Patch socks for Baby X for $8, River sports shoes for Baby X for $10.99 and for KK at $12.99.

KK was a nuisance though. He complained of tiredness the moment we got there. I promised him we will go home after about 3 hours and he became our timekeeper, asking me 'how many hours?' every 10 minutes. Worn down by his nagging, we left at about 5pm after a trip to Coles supermarket.

Back at the apartment, we marinated the beef rump steak we bought with red wine, salt, pepper, sugar and garlic. It costs us $12 for 2 large pieces. It was so large that 2 of us shared 1 piece for dinner that night. A bottle of red wine complemented our dinner together with warm bread rolls, boiled carrots and sauteed mushrooms.

While there, I managed to cook a pot of vegetable soup (pre-packed vegetable soup pack with chicken stock) for KK. This stock was used to cook noodles for KK's dinner that night. Besides satisfying our appetite, we really saved a lot of money by cooking.

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