Saturday, January 31, 2009

Day 30 - Saluti

Lunch with my father and sister, incredibly hot, sunscreen all over

Cost = FREE
Total Cost = $87.80

Friday, January 30, 2009

Day 30 - Vanilla Bean

Even hotter, everything is hot, Vanilla Bean closes today

Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $87.80

Day 28 - At home

Still hot, more groceries, nothing much doing but some new shoes

Cost = $0.45
Total Cost = $85.1

Day 27 - Urban Deli and Vanilla Bean

Top temperature 43*C, HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT

Cost = $3.00 & FREE (Buy 7, get 1 free)
Total Cost = $84.65

Day 26 - AUSTRALIA DAY - At home

Day off from work, to celebrate our nation...

Cost = $0.45
Total Cost = $81.65

Day 22 - Urban Deli & Cafe Pazzo

Seems to be his new place to go in the mornings, lunch with the 'rentals and sister, tasty prawn pasta

Cost = FREE
Total Cost = $81.20

Day 22 - The Coffee Club

Shopping with the 'rentals, a dress for a wedding, Doncaster Shopping Town
Cost = FREE
Total Cost = $81.20

Day 21 - Michel's Patisserie

Doing the grocery shopping again...

Cost = $3.20
Total Cost = $81.20

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Day 20 - Vanilla Bean again

Lunchtime walk to exchange a present, new books and DVD, monopoly, was bloody hot

Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $78.00

Day 20 - Espressino

Too hot to walk, the old regular, they put the chocolate on first
Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $75.30

Day 19 - Salto

A lunchbreak, an agent who wouldn't listen, a short lunch

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $72.30

Day 19 - Urban Deli

With fruit toast. Promise of a hot day, a walk to work

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $69.30

Monday, January 19, 2009

Day 18 - Zoom Cafe & Bar


Another airport lounge, another terrible coffee, although the hangover didn't help
Cost = $3.70
Total Cost = $66.30

Day 17 - Coffee Guru


Some grocery shopping, a visit to a baby, and then a party

Cost = $3.10
Total Cost = $62.60

Day 16 - Yumnuts

A cute name, a crap coffee, an afternoon to Manly

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $59.50

Day 16 - Voodoo espresso


A morning at the Justice and Police Museum, a strange architectural graveyard and a delicious brew
Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $56.50

Day 15 - Ju-Co


Too hot and burned my tongue - the only coffee for the day despite my several attempts to get one later
Cost = $2.00
Total Cost = $53.80

Day 14 - Elixir Espresso

Lunch, some shopping, lots of sheet music and a scrummy afternoon coffee in the Strand arcade

Cost = $3.50
Total Cost = $51.80

Day 14 - Gloria Jean's at Melbourne Airport

A trip to Sydney, mid morning at the airport... flight delayed after we'd boarded

Cost = $3.50
Total Cost = $48.30

Day 13 - Urban Deli and Vanilla Bean

The same as yesterday only hotter

Cost = $3.00 + $2.70
Total Cost = $44.80

Day 12 - Vanilla Bean

Again for lunch

Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $39.10

Monday, January 12, 2009

Day 12 - Urban Deli

A chilly morning, promises of a fine day, a warming brew to start your engines

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $36.40

Day 11 - Home


And I wasn't bothered to steam the milk
Cost = about $0.45
Total Cost = $33.40

Day 10 - Kojo Brown


A sore foot stopped the bike ride, a drive for a coffee instead. Sunshine a killer since I lost my sunglasses

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $32.95

Friday, January 9, 2009

Day 9 - Bean of Vanilla

One for breakfast, one for lunch, buy 7 get 1 free.

Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $29.95

Day 8 - Michel's Patisserie

The weekly shop, coffee in the car

Cost = $3.20
Total Cost = $27.25

Day 7 - Cafe El Beso XX

Bendigo, a gallery of New Look couture, an accordion player

Cost = 0
Total cost = $24.05

Day 7 - Malmsbury Bakery


A trip to Bendigo with the parentals, a stop on the way, a garden coffee and a tasty mince pie.

Cost = 0
Total Cost = $24.05

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Day 6 - Vanilla beanie again

I really should go out at lunch
Cost = $2.70

Total Cost = $24.05

Day 6 - Mum mums was slow

I almost went to sleep again

Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $21.35

Monday, January 5, 2009

Day 5 - The usual lunch - Vanilla Bean


A friendly chat with the barista

Cost = $2.70
Total Cost = $18.35

Day 5 - Morning - mum mums

A morning walk to work
Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $15.65

Day 4 - A bicycle summer morning - Riverland

sunshine, river views, a perky brew
Cost = $3.00
Total Cost = $12.65

Day 2 - Caffe Nero

Dark, Black and Broody at lunch with Gogol

Cost = $2.80
Total Cost = $9.65

Day 2 - Hermes Fine Foods

Why am I working when no-one else is? And why are there no good coffee shops open?

Cost = $3.50 (with incorrect change only $3.00)
Total cost = $6.85

Day 1 - Truffles Chocolaterie


A coffee, a hangover and a 10% public holiday surcharge.
Cost = $3.85
Total cost = $3.85