After 5 months we have jeans to wear!

Australia is cold and New Zealand will be even colder especially if we plan to stay in a campervan so today was a day of clothes shopping, much to Nick's joy. It was also something nice to do to treat ourselves after a bit of a downer day yesterday. I mapped out the Op shops (opportunity shops) aka charity shops within walking distance and we set off after breakfast on a hunt. We visited 6 in total and only one salvation army was reasonably priced. It was quite a shock to see random expensive prices on all items regardless of condition, brand or quality. For example a plain white vest was marked as the equivalent of £6 the same price as a Hollister t-shirt. Nick did get a hat though for £1.20 and I ended up with jeans and a scarf for £6 collectively. The salvation army store was our salvation! Although all clothing was the same price at £4.80 it meant you could get good items like jeans really cheap in comparison to new. We had a good time regardless laughing at the prices and looking at such random rubbish people donate. The walk was also lovely to explore and get fresh air at the same time. We decided we needed to visit K Mart, the Australian equivalent of a slightly pricier Primark. From our location there was a bus that would take 25 minutes and arrived almost instantly. It's so handy having my phone on the Internet now for moments like this. We had asked a shop assistant if we could pay on cash on the bus but unfortunately the driver said it's only on an Opal card, like an Oyster card only. We were getting off the bus after apologising and he told us to get on and not worry about it but to get a card next time. Result! We made it to the store and were in our element. We spent a good hour looking at bargains, trying things on and loving life. Nick got new jeans, thick socks and a belt because he's dropped at least one trouser size so all his trousers are too big and he's been using karabiners to hold them up! I got a couple of reduced tops, a hoodie, fleecy pj bottoms, a vest and the same thick socks. We have new clothes and it feels great! We spent about £30 each today so we're super chuffed with our new wardrobes. We visited Peter Pans again after to email a few people about campervans and unfortunately a homeless man came in who instantly started being aggressive about using the computer. It's free to use if you have a gold card from the store and if not it's 2 dollars a day. He got very vocal and argumentative and when asked to leave we thought he was about to punch the staff, all this happening whilst he was sat next to Nick so we were on edge. They let him stay to send a message but half an hour later when we left he was still there so we're not sure how they got him to leave. We came back to the hostel and enjoyed their free burger night they put on. It was so good! Nick enjoyed double the amount of burgers as me (how has he lost so much weight?) and the vibe around the dining hall was pretty nice as well. Nick had an incident with his coco powder going everywhere on his trousers so we've ended up doing washing tonight which does mean I've been able to wash my jeans so I can wear them tomorrow. I think he's pretending he did it on purpose so that they'd get washed but I'm not so sure!Leer más