Packing, packing, packing ...
Oct. 26th, 2010 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Of on the epic journey from the anitpodes to the podes tomorrow, but I have just been struck by something.
For anyone seeking to understand how living in modern Australia is increasingly a productive balance between the West and the Orient, I have just waxed my Barbour jacket and ironed my furoshiki.
In my only disturbing travel news, I have been to four shops and been unable to source bags of Violet Crumble! WOE!
For anyone seeking to understand how living in modern Australia is increasingly a productive balance between the West and the Orient, I have just waxed my Barbour jacket and ironed my furoshiki.
In my only disturbing travel news, I have been to four shops and been unable to source bags of Violet Crumble! WOE!
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:10 am (UTC)Also, yeah - apparently the factory that made the small sized violet crumbles closed down or something a couple of months ago. They can still make the bars, but not the bite sized (or so Cherry was told).
Haven't been any bulk bags in teh stores for ages - it makes me cry. :(
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:35 am (UTC)I mistakenly bought what was meant to be a locally produced equivalent (the sample piece wasn't too bad) - and when I got home they were HORRIBLE!
*cries*
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:38 am (UTC)The expensive chocolate honeycomb in the deli that comes in a yellow paper bag from the same company that does the chilli 'bark' is very good, but three times the price.
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:54 am (UTC)I shall have to console myself with some chunks of belgian couverture instead. >.>
But apparently there is a new brand (I'm not sure if you'd classify it as generic) from Adelaide or somewhere that's been on the shelves in Woolies. I haven't tried it yet.
*clings and tries to crawl into your luggage*
Also, do those coats come with the hunky male models?
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:31 am (UTC)I blame the Coalition! (Either of them, I've ceased to care.)
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:37 am (UTC)I actually do! It's pretty!
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:22 am (UTC)I want to send some to lordhellebore in germany as part of her christmas/birthday present because she'd never heard of honeycomb! :O I will have to make her some instead.
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:35 am (UTC)WOE! :-(
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:31 am (UTC)Damnit, I'd lost track of time and didn't realise how soon you were off. I will leave off posting EF Benson's Lucia Victrix until you make good your return, my dear!
♥ Bell'avventura, cara! ♥
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:34 am (UTC)I have the latest Jilly Cooper, as it is a massive read and I can leave it behind with no guilt ;-)
AND I KNOW!!! There are rumours the factory has shut down (see above) -- THE HORROR!!!
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:43 am (UTC)I think I will mosey out to the shops in the morning and see if we still have a few bags in this god-forsaken hell-hole.
Also, SQUISH HAS TWO TEETH! TWO!
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Date: 2010-10-26 10:39 am (UTC)When are you planning to be in Bath, lovely?
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Date: 2010-10-26 11:54 am (UTC)Have a safe trip, darlin'!
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:46 pm (UTC)The Barbour jackets are lovely. And now I'm studying the art of using a furoshiki. Thank you!
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Date: 2010-10-27 09:19 am (UTC)...or something that makes more sense!
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Date: 2010-10-28 04:42 am (UTC)Perhaps it's only closed temporarily? Which, yes, doesn't help the people on your journey, but still allows for hope in the world...
Bon voyage!