February 12th, 2009
Filed under: Rants | Tags: shopping
Ivy's Eco Bags
Eco Bags are all the rage right now. You know the ones, made of some sort of fabric meant to be used instead of plastic bags. Great for the world right?
No! Now don’t get me wrong, it’s great for the environment to stop using plastic bags, but think about this. Almost every store and supermarket out there has their own brand eco bags for sale. To be competitive stores are selling them for cheap, really cheap. I’ve seen them for as low as 60 cents. 60 cents people, how the fuck do you make one of these bags for that cheap? Child labor or some other type of foreign labor that are getting a couple of cents a day for their work.
So next time you think about buying one, have a think about how it was made.
Ivy ended up making her own bags because she wanted to do good by the earth but couldn’t bring herself to purchase one.
January 22nd, 2009
Filed under: Life | Tags: food, shopping
Rice Cooker
I bought a rice cooker from
Briscoes last year. It was cheap, really cheap and I didn’t really think it would last that long. As it turns out, it didn’t. The problem with it is, it has no off switch. You need to unplug it when it isn’t in use. Me being the forgetful bastard that I am, left it on over night and broke it. I looked all over for the receipt, so I could try and take it back but couldn’t find it anywhere. I decided to try anyway and to my surprise Briscoes replaced it no questions. Thanks Briscoes glad to see some companies still have great customer service!
January 4th, 2009
Filed under: Life | Tags: epson, printer, shopping
Epson Stylus Photo RX610
Bought a new printer today. It’s an Epson Stylus Photo RX610 which translates to Damn Big Printer. It’s one of those all in one printer, scanner and photocopiers. The main reason I picked this one is because it was on sale and it prints to DVD’s which it what I will use it for the most. Ivy of course will use it for printing sketches and photos for school. I suppose it will also come in handy for assignments at school.
January 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Life | Tags: market, shopping
Flea Market
Ivy and I made our first trip to the Lyttlelton Markets today. We started at the Flea Market. Now the idea behind Flea Markets as I understand it, is that one person’s garbage is another person’s treasure. Keeping that in mind I’m still unable to see how anyone would be interested in the pure junk that was for offer at this Flea Market. Granted there were only a few stalls there today, probably due to the new year.
Farmer's Market
Next we hit up the Farmer’s Market which was a lot better with a bunch of stalls selling organic fruit and veges. We bought some organic aubergine for tonight’s dinner. We also got a wedge of Gouda cheese infused with spices to go with some freshly baked bagels. I’m sure we will return to the Lyttelton Markets another weekend, but I will check out the Sumner Market first.
my daughter works at Briscoes (holiday job until uni starts):she was probably the person who accepted your bleat at face value…good to know my socialist rants of the "we all own property equally and workers of the world unite" has taken effect.The bad news is that she'll be sacked on Monday for "liberating stock"…
You raised her well. Fuck the machine!