I had to endure a five hour shift at work with only a ten minute break today. It was pretty dodgy. I started at 11.30am and didn't even have enough time to eat any lunch so I was pretty hungry by the time I finished at 5pm. I'm a bored and underpaid checkout chick in a supermarket and it is the most shittest place to be at any time. Not only do I have to put up with nasty, horrible customers who have no manners but also those who are just plain wierd and scary. Today was no exception: There was this rather ridiculous individual who just paced through the entire shop shouting out 'FUCK!!' 'SHIT!!' because apparently he had lost about $170 worth of cash somewhere in the shop. I seriously doubt he had tourettes - more to the point, I think he had some sort of mental problem. One of the supervisors present had to do a call over the PA system about the lost cash so the crazy shopper wouldn't go even more mental. As if you'd give in $170 to the front desk if you found it in the shop - lol, serves the rude fucker right. He was one of those types whom if you looked at him for maybe a second or two he'd go psycho at you.
Lately, this week has been a rather peaceful week because the usual supervisor who supervises day in, day out had gone on a holiday. For me, it has meant that my till reinbursements are on time and I don't end up constantly running out of change or having to 'remind' the supervisor about it. It's pretty slack and I have to always stand there waiting, waiting, waiting for my change sometimes for over 45 minutes. I get told by colleagues at work that he forgets but I don't seem to think so. He constantly 'forgets' to give me my change all the time and it seems like he just has a problem with me being at work. That's why I don't get many shifts - I'm only there for less than two full days a week. I'd really like a job as an assistant librarian since that is what I've recently graduated in - I'm qualified to be a librarian and yet, no one wants me because I haven't had any experience. Lol, you try getting experience when you're at uni nearly everyday and only have about 1 day or so to do paid work. As if you'd spend that sole day doing unpaid work experience. It's pretty stupid.
Anyhow... on a nicer note: I went out for dinner last night with my boyfriend. We decided to try a restaurant out at Holdfast Bay area called Lido. It's a fairly upmarket Italian-esque restaurant that specialises in serving Italian food with the inclusion of wild game such as kangaroo and quail. I had an extremely exquisite and decadent meal of roasted quail with pepperonata and potato fritter doused in a balsamic jus. My boyfriend ordered a chicken and mushroom risotto and we both shared an antipasto entree. It was pretty lush and the food was absolutely to die for... you can check out their menu here:
http://www.lidoglenelg.com.au/Lido%20Main%20Menu.pdf and the rest of the website at
http://www.lidoglenelg.com.au/
Nothing beats a chilly evening with a mug of warm mulled wine. I made this particularly intriguing blend of a rather horrid tasting merlot, cinzano and a dash of amaretto and lots of sugar into a pretty nice warm drink. It has a bit of amaretto on the back palette with loads of jamminess and cinzano up front. Quite sweet too... I think if it didn't have the sweetness it'd probably taste too much like the horrid merlot it once was.
This is just a close up of the same crochet tunic which I laid out on my dining table.
My very retro looking shawl hanging over my bedroom door - this only cost me about $3 to make!
