
A few years ago, Rod and I were fossiking at the Reverse Garbage in Marrickville. You never know what you will find at the RG, mostly junk but sometimes you find a real gem if you're willing to go rummage through all the crap. I found a huge reel of ribbon for 5 dollars. Now when ur at the shops and you want just a metre of ribbon you get charged about 3 dollars anyway. Sometimes a bargain is so good it doesn't matter what you are buying, you do it for the sake of bragging that you saved so much money buying something you absolutely do not need. Of course Rod is the sensible one and ask me what I was going to do with 100 mtrs of ribbon. I stood there like a 5 year old clutching a toy she really wanted her parents to buy her and dug my heels in, refusing to put it back...."I don't know? Use it at my wedding?" I cheekily replied. Now I don't always follow through with all my cockamanie ideas but I was determined that the ribbon would feature in the wedding because if it doesn't, I can't find any other use for 100mtrs of ribbon. (build a maypole?) I've already used some during Christmas and the odd birthday but its hardly dented the supply. The problem now is that its quite a bold red and white candy stripe pattern (grosgrain) completely at odds with my idea of a soft muted romantic colour sheme.


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