The Cost of food here.

So who's curious about the supermarket , food, situation here? Well, we have numerous supermarkets- some very huge ones that are like a cross between a Kmart and Coles where you can buy any thing. These are further out from the expat living areas, but they are certainly cheaper. The supermarkets in expaty areas are more expensive. Im sure they mark things up because they know we are either too lazy or too scared to venture out into the big wide world.

However, really kind of need to do my big shop at the mega marts ( which I do) and then flap about the expaty supermarkets for the british/Australian/yanky style things. Although now I come to think of it Carrefour ( a HUGE french supermarket) has lots of 'homey" things in it. I guess, im looking for the DIET version of things. And boy, are they marked up compared to home, but look at the distance they cover to get here, i suppose.

Maybe this will sound like a big excuse, but one of the many reasons I gained weight is because I simply refused to by the diet options like I always did at home. I hated hated hated it so much here, that all I wanted to do was make some money and get the truck out of here. I set a budget of even less than i used to spend at home!! And then I spent the rest on take away.

On a rather tragic note for slimmers, takeaway here is phenomenal. And cheap. And they home deliver everything EXCEPT ( HA) SUBWAY ( which I have found very close hiding in a sad and lonely, disused shopping mall). Seriously, home delivery of maccas!!! What more could a fat arsed wombat need?

Anyway , back to the topic- SO YES, things are more expensive here, and I have very successfully , i might add, sourced so many groovy things. Bugger the price. i want to be slimmer!!!

Stay tuned when I tell you what I can buy. Yes, my life is quite dull, but when you have been in a coma for the last 23 months, this new life is much better.

cheers ( half soda, half white wine)
kungfu Panda