A day of bits and pieces.

As we're detailed for cooking the dinner we had to go to the shops for essential supplies. This entailed us making a trip to the delightfully named Warringah Mall. So two days in a row have I broken that personal promise not to go shopping in the last few days before Christmas. Parking was a complete nightmare . We ended up on the roof which under the Australian sun is no joke.
On the way to the supermarket we passed a Specsavers and as Rosemarie needed her sunglasses adjusting we went in. They were very accommodating and dealt with issue speedily and with great charm. rosemarie was very pleased.
Before we even got to the supermarket we had to go to a shoe shop. Had is the appropriate term here. Apparently Rosemarie needed a pair of shoes with heels  for Christmas. These were duly purchased, and even if they have to be posted home before we weave Sydney, Rosemarie is much happier
The supermarket shopping itself was fairly easy and after that we went to Dan Murphy's to buy David and Zoe some wine and beer for Christmas.
We did meet rather an odd couple in the lift on the way up to our car. We started our ascent from the ground floor and picked these people up on floor one, I told them we were going up and they said they wanted to go to Woolworth's, they got into the lift with us and up we went to floor P (parking) where they got out of the lift looking for Woolies, we told them it was awaking floor and that they need to go down and with some difficulty persuaded them back into the lift, where we pointed out on the display that Woolworth's was on the ground floor. Up we went again to floor R (roof parking) and once again they tried to get out of the lift looking for their destination, by now Rosemarie was very concerned and literally escorted them back into the lift. Meanwhile I was holding the lift doors open and once they were safely back inside pushed the G button for them. We told them, rather patronisingly I thought that when they got to the Ground floor they needed to ask someone where Woolworth's was. As the lift had two floors where it could stop on the way down, they may never have reached their destination, and may yet still be wandering the corridors of Warringah Mall.
When we returned home we did some gardening, got the dinner ready and cleaned David's guitar.Rosemarie spent a very happy hour playing with Tiger and Roly in the back garden, whilst I got on and cooked the tea. A picture of domestic bliss. I can almost see us getting a dog journey retirement, almost but not quite.
We had a quiet dinner and enjoyed a lovely glass of scotch to end the evening,