Well shit.
Scene:
Kitchen. Mum is chopping up some sort of vegetable on a chopping board.
Enter stage right: Vivienne.
Mum: How was work?
Vivienne: Great. I made some good sales today.
Mum: (in Portuguese) Well done!
Vivienne: The customers are all freaking out about their christmas shopping. Are you leaving yours til Christmas eve again?
Mum: Hmm.
Vivienne: (jokingly) I reckon you will. So far the only present under the tree is for Barbara and it's from me.
Mum: (In Portuguese) I'm not sure we're going to be able to do Christmas this year.
Vivienne does a doubletake.
Vivienne: Wha-WHAT?
Mum: (in Portuguese) We're really short on cash right now.
Vivienne: What the hell?
Mum: (In Portuguese) Well we just spent two hundred dollars on your camping trip.
Vivienne: (Flabberghasted) No you didn't! I spent ninety out of the money I earnt from my job. How is that two hundred dollars?
Mum: Well we bought you supplies.
Vivienne: (Shocked and appalled) Those didn't cost two hundred dollars. And they were all supplies that we needed at home anyway. I've been telling you we need shampoo for a month!
Mum: (in Portuguese) Christmas presents are expensive and we just don't have the money right now.
Vivienne: (Angry) Sure, Dad can afford new clothes from David Jones every month and can't afford something as simple as a ten dollar DVD.
Mum: You can't buy a good Christmas Present for ten dollars.
Vivienne: That's weird. I've taken you to JB Hifi about fifty times.
Mum sighs.
Exit Vivienne stage left.
Kitchen. Mum is chopping up some sort of vegetable on a chopping board.
Enter stage right: Vivienne.
Mum: How was work?
Vivienne: Great. I made some good sales today.
Mum: (in Portuguese) Well done!
Vivienne: The customers are all freaking out about their christmas shopping. Are you leaving yours til Christmas eve again?
Mum: Hmm.
Vivienne: (jokingly) I reckon you will. So far the only present under the tree is for Barbara and it's from me.
Mum: (In Portuguese) I'm not sure we're going to be able to do Christmas this year.
Vivienne does a doubletake.
Vivienne: Wha-WHAT?
Mum: (in Portuguese) We're really short on cash right now.
Vivienne: What the hell?
Mum: (In Portuguese) Well we just spent two hundred dollars on your camping trip.
Vivienne: (Flabberghasted) No you didn't! I spent ninety out of the money I earnt from my job. How is that two hundred dollars?
Mum: Well we bought you supplies.
Vivienne: (Shocked and appalled) Those didn't cost two hundred dollars. And they were all supplies that we needed at home anyway. I've been telling you we need shampoo for a month!
Mum: (in Portuguese) Christmas presents are expensive and we just don't have the money right now.
Vivienne: (Angry) Sure, Dad can afford new clothes from David Jones every month and can't afford something as simple as a ten dollar DVD.
Mum: You can't buy a good Christmas Present for ten dollars.
Vivienne: That's weird. I've taken you to JB Hifi about fifty times.
Mum sighs.
Exit Vivienne stage left.