This afternoon I caught up with Belinda for lunch.

 

Yesterday a new bakery opened its doors in town and it specialises in Greek baked goods and coffees and of course the Aussie meat pie ...

 

I phoned Belinda last night to see if she wanted to try this new bakery in town as I said it had just opened its doors and I was thinking of heading to The OK Pie Shop but thought that we could try this place instead.

 

Having no cultural background in anything Greek when it was my turn to order I went for what looked good and not how to say the name of the product on the shelf.

 

It is so embarrassing trying to pronounce something and you have no idea how to say the word and sometimes it pays to be the foreign tourist - and do what they do and point at the menu board or at the product ...

 

This seems to be the general rule working a KFC.  When we get people in who have very limited English, they point at the menu board and then you go from there.  I just can't believe I can do the same trick in my own country and get the same results ...

 

Anyway, I have no idea what I bought but one I will not buy again as I found out that it was loaded with ginger.  Ginger goes a long way and this is why I am not particularly fond of gingerbread men.

 

My main meal wasn't hard to order as I asked for a turkey, brie and cranberry baugette ... something I could pronounce with no difficulty.

 

The bakery has a selection of bagettes and focaccias and of course pies, pasties and sausage rolls and with it being a hot day (30C), I wasn't in the mood for something hot.

 

They had some focaccias and bagettes made up like an Italian gourmet focaccia but once I found out what was on it, I decided on the bagette.

 

I must admit I was disappointed and could of gotten a better bagette or focaccia from Sambi Jays but at least I tried the place.  The pastries varied in prices from $1-25 up to $8-00 but nothing like you see at the OK Pie Shop.  If you wanted to you could pass this new bakery off as being a bit more up market than the usual places around this town.

 

I think the place would be good for a coffee stop over but not as a place to have lunch.

 

Sitting at one table, I couldn't help but have a look at what the people next to us ordered and looking at the pie, it didn't look too appetizing and so I was glad I didn't order the pie.  It is the thing with buyig a meat pie, you just don't know how good it is until you take the first bite and sometimes they are good and other times, they are the worse thing ever ...  Being someone who never eats sausage rolls, even they didn't look good ... instead of being thick and meaty, they were thin and very short in length - and I wouldn't of been satisfied having bought it.

 

I think the next time Belinda and I will be eating out we will be trying another new bakery/cafe but the one Belinda wants to try is on the highway just outside the northern entrance to the township.  I think it has been opened for about a month and I see it every time I head out on Wednesday mornings as we drive past it on the way to the local hospital.

 

I don't know if we will be having lunch next week as we are catching up on Tuesday morning but things could change.

 

Over lunch, Belinda told me that she has an invite for me.

 

Every year on Halloween, her sister Carolyn and her girlfriend, Margaret have a Halloween themed party.  I saw Margaret in KFC recently and I asked her about how things were progressing with the party and then the next time I saw her she cordially invited me and now I have an official invite.  It is going to be held on Friday the 13th as they are going to be away this weekend and at the time I didn't know what my work commitments were but now it seems as though I might be free for the night.

 

I have never been to a Halloween event as Halloween isn't a big deal in this country but this party seems to be worth going to and of course you can go in costume which makes it a bit more fun too.

 

Having heard about this costume party, and Belinda saying how she is thinking of going as an escaped mental patient, I have been doing some soul searching of my own.  I don't want to go all out incase work beckons but I don't have anything to really wear in my wardrobe and so prior to going home we had a quick look in the Salvation Army store.  I didn't find anything but at least I know not to go back there again ...

 

Work definitely takes priority over all else and it seems as though Coles is giving all its casual staff on night fill the run around.  For some reason we have all been rostered to work only Monday and Saturday nights starting this week - which would of been nice to know before showing up to my shift last night.  With this change in rostering, it looks as though I have Friday night free - unless I get a call in from either Coles or KFC ...  Working casual, it is best not to knock back a shift as you don't know what the following week will be like ... so I have my fingers crossed that I can have an uneventful Friday the 13th ...

 

As for this week ahead.  I am going to enjoy the next two days - also known as the weekend for some ... I have three hours at Coles tomorrow night and then all day Sunday off before Monday rolls around ...

 

I haven't had a Saturday afternoon free in ages and so I am looking forward to actually sleeping in tomorrow morning.

 

I had a bit of lay in this morning and didn't get out of bed until 8:00 but that was only because I didn't need to be out the door until 11:00.

 

I actually wore my new pair of sandals for the first time today and the buckle on the left sandal had to break - so it looks as though I need to get it fixed ... I don't have the receipt anymore so I can't take them back and get another pair - which really sucks ... The sandals are not too bad but I wouldn't be able to wear them everyday ...

 

With today being 30C I had the opportunity to get out my summer clothes for a change which was good and also pull out the sunscreen ...

 

Unfortunately the hot weather is leaving us all too soon as tonight grey skies rolled in and tomorrow we are looking at 22C ...

 

At least I have a feeling of what to expect over summer ...