Well, last night was great fun, Glynn, Maeve & Andy hosted an excellent dinner – Mexican, quite delicious (as usual ;) There was a good bunch of people there, 10 in total. Watched one of the super-12 rugby matches… the crusaders (that’s our home team) beat the stormers (South African) and are now in second position in the league, which isn’t too bad really!
What else, so yes, headed out for a few drinks, and then a few more, which wasn’t incredibly smart perhaps seeing as I wanted to get up (and did, just about) early to get to the ski-sale which was on today – Sunday. I found a pair of boots for $60, they seem to fit, so I’m hoping they’re going to be ok… Can’t see anything obviously wrong with them.
you can also see the desk I bought in this amazing picture of my room
Boards however was a different story, I was a little slow I think picking a board, and they’d pretty much all been sold… or at least all the decent ones of my size… so I ended up (perhaps a bad idea!) spending $450 on a new board and bindings.. I figure the difference between a new one and an second hand is about $150, so call it 80euro (whenever I feel bad about spending lots of kiwi dollars I convert back to Euro as it’s a much smaller number :) Hmmmm, I wonder if it will be economical to ship the board home at the end of my time here… still, either way, I’ve got all I need now, except for wrist guards and perhaps some clothing gear… will have to see. So yes, spent roughly double what I was expecting to, but I suppose it’s still cheaper than most other places… Well, actually I’ve no idea if that is true, but it’s what I’m telling myself… hope I can come back boarding well!
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