Car back to the mechanics

 During the annual safety check, the mechanic picked up the fact my shock absorbers were leaking oil and needed replacing.

I could have done it myself, but my mechanic gets a parts discount that makes it the same price whether I do it or they do it. My mechanic knows me in either mode and today asked about one of my older cars that he hasn't seen for a while. I sold it for a reasonable price.

While out, I stopped off for a coffee and a read of the newspaper at Columbus Coffee Botany Junction.

So, really every day, I relax with a coffee and reading the cafe's newspaper. It probably would be a bit cheaper to have a newspaper delivered home and have a coffee at home, but with young adults and now grand children at home, not to mention the wife who has so many garden projects, there's no way to relax there.

Still looking for something

 Really need to get out more - no not crossdressing but hiking and getting up into some mountains, it doesn't help that we don't have any mountains close (when I lived in Australia as a 6 & 7 year old, I was always out in the bush).

Looking to join a club that gets me out of Auckland and into the remote spots where the air is good.

Until then, I suppose it's all about the coffee.

Getting a little bored with needing to crossdress

Some days I can't be bothered shaving, putting makeup on, some days I wish I didn't have this need.

I'm not saying never, but a couple of weeks off would be nice, it just feels like it's getting old - maybe it's the winter blues.

But until then, it's dressing time.