Drumroll please....

We put everyone's name in a hat and Gus picked the winner (and sock monkey helped). The winner is... MARGARET!!! I'll get your address from Michelle and send you some Aussie treats in the mail on Monday.

Plus, I have a little something tucked away for the others who also left comments. Check your mailboxes in about two weeks.

We did some groceries in the morning and came back for lunch. I had the leftover salmon patties on soy quinoa bread, topped with a sliced tomato and a slice of tasty cheese (cheddar cheese is called tasty cheese in Australia, funny eh?), and broiled it in the oven. Plus a sliced up kiwi.


Gus and I then went out to a used book store that one of our neighbours told us about. T's bookshop in Randwick was really great, cozy and warm, and we'll definitely be going back. They had floor to ceiling books and some great comfy chairs to lounge in while you relax with a coffee from their cafe. Gus picked up Dr Seuss' "The Lorax" and a smartie cookie, and I picked up a copy of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" (don't laugh! I read somewhere that it has some really good tips for staying organized) and I had a skim cap. I'm sure I've said this before, but one of the things I love about Sydney is its coffee culture. They've got a ton of coffee shops that all serve great coffee (no drip coffee here, it's all espresso-based drinks). There are very few chains, so each one is unique.



For supper, we had some wholewheat rotini topped with a tomato sauce of zucchini and mushrooms, and crab, mussels, shrimp and squid, and the last of the soy quinoa bread with blue cheese on it toasted/broiled in the oven.


I'm almost a little sad that this is the end of the Kath challenge. Although I had a really hard time keeping up to her standards (and fell far short in the cleaning department), it was a fun experiment, and because of it, I now:

1. Have gmail Tasks up and running, which I LOVE. If you're into to-do lists and you use gmail, I highly recommend downloading Tasks from the gmail lab.
2. Am a member of the organics food co-op at the uni.
   
3. Have made beans from scratch, which I'll keep doing, cause it's easy to do and they taste better than beans from a can.
4. Have cute bowls to eat my oatmeal out of.
   
5. Will start spelling veggies as vegies

Thanks for following along and for all your words of encouragement!