I was in panic mode.
Christmas was only three weeks away and I hadn’t done any shopping yet.
I actually really hate shopping malls and on the rare occasion I do go there, I prefer to buy everything at once rather than making three or four trips.
I knew I had to buy 4 presents so here’s how I went about it:
Arriving inside I was feeling just a little hot, so even though I had my mind set on their hotdogs I choose to have a yum icecream. It cost me $3.45 but with the temperature outside at 33C I needed a refresher.
My first present was bought at the hair accessory shop. I needed a Kris Kringle for a female person and a hair band with funny antlers for an aggressively priced $3,30 was perfect (as the maximum amount to spend was $4).
The second present was a pair of runners for our daughter. I spend more rather than less, but I found a nice pair for $45.50 at the shoe store.
Feeling pretty pleased I remembered I needed another Kris Kringle for my cousin’s party and so returned to get myself another set of antlers.
The main present was a pair of earrings for my lovely wife. The Jewellers proudly had a sale on for 9ct earrings for $199 priced down from $399. Bargain!
Still having about $50 in my pocket, I decided to buy a knick knack for the house (no prices for guessing in which shop) for $38.30.
I was nearly done and luckily remembered that I needed some bread for the kid’s lunches and since they really like the local bakery’s product, I didn’t mind paying $4.40 for a loaf.
All that shopping made me hungry as well and so I finally got myself the hot dog that I really wanted. I thought $1.90 was a bargain. But as soon as I had my first bite I knew why it was so cheap.
In disgust I threw the hot dog in the bin and grabbed a chickenburger with seven secret herbs and spices on the way out. That was all I could afford as after getting back to the car, all I had left in my piggy bank was 70 ct.
Oh well, easy come easy go, at least I had finished my shopping for the year.
Update 15 August, 2014:
The ‘Local area’ has undergone some changes and the numbers (numbers only) you can now find are quite different. You’ll need to apply the following ‘Formula’ to the new numbers in order to get the coordinates:
-1 -1 +47 -1 *15 +129 *11 -1 +81
Update 22 May, 2015:
The ‘Local area’ has undergone some changes again..... and the numbers you can now find are quite different. You’ll need to apply the following ‘Formula’ to the new numbers in order to get the coordinates:
-59 -57 -4 -57 +35 +102 -39 -59 +21
