Homewares

After dropping Nick off at John and Joan’s place to help John with some tiling (although apparently more talking than tiling was done), I joined in with the Timaru masses in attending garage sales. It seems that it’s a common Saturday occupation, with weekly sales advertised in the local paper. We recently heard one stranger ask another, “did you get any good deals today”? Seems we live in a consumer-driven society. Later in the day we went to Briscoe’s Homeware where there was at least 30% off everything in the store, and up to 60% discounts on some items. We wondered whether the constant sales meant that people keep swapping old stuff for new – buying the newer and better model at a great price and flogging the old. I would be interested to hear people’s comments on our theory! At any rate, we bought a lovely Russell Hobbs kettle from Briscoes at a massive reduction, and I picked up a great sofa bed for $20…now who’s complaining about the old junk?