Beer & burger

 I'm not really into those flash restaurants, just a good beer and burger is enough for me.

I really wanted another excuse to wear my stocking (Kmart silky sheer stay up for $7), I just love the feel. It's funny that men think you wear a certain thing to influence a man into certain action, but really women wear stuff to suit themselves most often.

 

Been house sitting in Wellington

It's been 5 days of relaxing and touring with the wife while in Wellington looking after a house with dogs.

It was a much needed break from the mundane grind (re plastered a basement wall since getting back to Auckland, it was stripped to fit a waterproof membrane on the retaining wall behind it).

I did manage to get a bit of shopping done and after returning I even managed a dinner with Jan.

Excuse the photos, phone camera was playing up 

Looks like this is my new normal

Go to work, go home, sleep, go to work, go home ..repeat

The only break, is when I get half an hour for coffee or shopping (I really do need new clothes) or an hour for dinner.

I take that back, I've joined a gym and done 3 sessions so far, regaining quite a bit of strength after Covid and I do manage to get quite a bit of time for sailing

Doppleganger

Had a busy week and over the weekend rebuilt a friends shed. After a early Sunday coffee I headed to Mitre 10 for some wood trim to finish the rebuild.

On Monday, I had to pick up meds from the chemist and as I walked in, an attractive woman was a few seconds in front of me. As we entered, we put our masks on as it's still a thing here. I followed her to the counter where she started a discussion with a sales assistant. She then moved away from the counter when the sales lady back was turned, and when the SA turned back around, she continued her discussion with me while I was still a bit away until she realized her client had moved to the other side of the counter.

I started looking at the woman and realized how much her hair was like mine, her eyes and eyebrows the same, we were even standing with the same pose. While she had a long dark purple dress, I had a black skirt and brownish top but we looked like we could have been twin sisters. 

Slight regret

Normally my days routinely boring, often the most exciting thing is picking up some groceries like last Tuesday. Got wine, peanut butter, some Jalapenos for some dip I was making, milk, cat and dog food etc.

Friday I was scheduled to do some house / dog sitting for my son-in-law, but having a couple of hours to kill, I decided to check out some clothes at the local shopping center and have dinner in the food court.

I enjoyed a Yorkshire roast meal (potatoes, beef and lots of gravy).

This is where I found regret, regret that I didn't buy this lovely dress. I thought long and hard, but it turns out as I had thought it, I probably wouldn't go anywhere posh enough to wear such a dress.

This morning I went out and checked a beautiful winter sunrise and grabbed a coffee, while trying to rock this white knitted dress that was my daughters