Money for Food
I decided to try the Vegie Coop at NUSA again.
Was doing this last year. You pay $5 or $10 and get a small or large (photocopy paper sized) box full of veggies. Last year, this was really good, as my car was still running properly. Earlier this year however it just didn't work out right. However, I paid $10 today, and the veggies will be there by Thursday at the earliest.
This week it seems I'll be down at the uni every day but Friday. I'm thinking of driving in on Thursday, just for the veggies, but maybe I should just take a "granny trolley" with me instead, to see how it works. I did this before with the spare trolley (used it for library books) and somehow damaged a wheel before I got home. On the way I stopped at Bunnings and got replacement wheels - each of which had a "30kg" rating (which means what? 30kg each?) and caps that keep them on the axle. Haven't needed them yet.
Anyway, it's pretty hard to get cheaper veggies than that. Later in the day however I found that although I still have $26 in my bank account, I'm (for unknown reasons) unable to withdraw $20 of it. I was going to do some shopping on the way home, but instead did research carted 20 kg of books home.
Just as well I have at least $2.50 in change - I can use the bus tomorrow (benefits pay day for me) on the way in, and get more money out for stuff. Mind you, maybe it's like that Dicken's quote:
"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."
Wilkins Micawber, David Copperfield.