Melbourne Holiday - Shopping

No holiday is complete without some shopping.... so I must share some of our shopping done there ....!

As we were not on tour but free and easy and staying with my siblings, we move around and shop like the locals and not at tourist places.

We somehow like to go to their supermarkets like Coles and look at their products and we did so upon arrival and a few more visits to their different branches to look for specific coffee flavours.....!

We like their Jarrah Coffee and normally take it at least twice a day there especially during winter and we have no problem sleeping even if we took it in the late afternoon or evening. I think the hot coffee went well with the cold there......?

We bought 4 different flavours home and put them in the fridge as it does not like our hot weather and the coffee powder will become clumpy.

We also saw Tim Tam biscuits and since they were on offer and the packaging make them easy to share with friends ( like Kit Kat chocolate bar ) , we bought quite a no. of boxes.

While shopping in Coles, we also came across these coffee capsules that are for our coffee maker and they are 50% cheaper so we bought several boxes of different flavours.

We also like their varieties of cornflakes, muffins and crumpets and we bought them for our breakfast too. 

Then my brother introduced a pack of Macadamia nuts to us and we went looking for it at the Vietnamese shops in Springvale when we went there for our noodles ( we have yet to come across good Vietnamese noodles in Spore, so far ). They are made in Australia. In the big pack are small bars like that of the Tim Tams or Kit Kat chocolate.

When we were at the departure lounge in the Melb - Tullamarine airport, we bought 4 small packets of nougat on offer since we still have some room for them in our hand luggage.

Pamphlets are distributed on every Thu to the homes to publicise their special offers in the coming weekend. We enjoying reading them and that's how we found a pair of boots on offer and went to look for it for Lai Meng.

We found this pair of advertised boots at their outlet in Frankston while shopping with my sister there over the weekend.

I was looking for a SD card wallet and saw this advertisement by Office Works and we went to look for it, including the 16GB Thumb drive as they are cheap even compared to Spore pricing. I am so happy to have found the SD card wallet as I could not find something here that meet my needs and budget...!

Finally, we were also very successful when we went shopping at Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) in Moorabbin. These are typically branded stuff that are sold at a discount.

I bought a light fleece jacket with a hoody, something that I wanted so that I can carry it easily when flying or going out to a cold place like the cinema in Spore.

I also bought this reversible jacket at Giordano in DFO since I like the design and colour and the price was right. I doubt I could get something like this in Spore or not at this price.

Both Lai Meng and my sister bought this pink jacket as it was on sale for A$20 only...!!!

One of the reasons we decided to buy a new jacket each was that we keep wearing the same ones for our holidays and we looked the same in our photos taken in Korea, Japan and Australia. Since the varieties and fashion are plentiful in DFO and the prices were affordable too, we thought it is a good idea to buy some new warm clothing or jackets.

Well, staying with my siblings and living with the locals is definitely different from a holiday tour where u spend most to the time sight-seeing and going to tourist places to shop and eat. Also, living out from the suitcases and sleeping late but waking up early if on holiday tour..... sigh

We have been to Melb so many times ( since Jason was 1 year old, we were flying there almost every year so that he could get to know his cousins there until Year 2000, the change of century, and when he started schooling ) and have seen most of the popular sights, maybe more than once too, so we normally go for free and easy stay esp in Melbourne.