Blessed with shoes

God is so great!!

He has blessed me with a job. The past month or so I have really been financially struggling, and that's not so good when you're planning to go overseas at the end of the year. But God does provide. He has sent me to Bendigo, and can find a way, when there doesn't seem to be a way.

So the job, for those who have neglected to read my blog, is a casual position at maccas. Now, with this job I also needed some black, leather, polishable shoes.

Now I looked all over Bendigo for these new shoes, and found really nothing all too stunning, and nothing for less than $50 really.

Somehow, I got the idea to go to Castlemaine to look there. Now this is often the story of my life. I will look for something all over a city, and find what I'm looking for in a smaller place. So it came to no surprise that the first shoe shop I walked into Castlemaine had just the thing I was looking for.

I left them there and looked around the other shoe shops in town (a total of 3), then spending some time with my friend Kerri. My idea was to either go back to that shoe shop and get those shoes, or put some Doc Martens on layby in Bendigo (if I have to spend that much money, I'm going to spend them on docs).

Today I returned to Castlemaine with the mission of getting the shoes that I first saw. The lowdown is they were simple, yet stylish, leather polishable shoes for only $44. Half of the reason I wanted to buy the shoes here is because the lady was so nice, and wasn't pushy at all.

I walked into the store, and asked her about the shoes I looked at on Saturday. They were gone from the shelf! She said that she only had one pair left.. But they were a size 8 (I'm usually a size 7). I said that I'd just try them on to see.

You wouldn't believe it...

They fit PERFECTLY.

I have just gotten half decent work (and probably prac) shoes for under $50 (whilst most shoes like this are around the $100 mark)

So thanks God, for blessing me :) I refuse to believe that God cannot work in nearly any part of your life!

half way around the world and back

I didn't expect today to be so full on. I was lying in bed, when at 9:30 my phone rang. One of my friends son had an accident at football and she had no car, meaning she needed a ride to the hospital. That was all good, because I love doing things for my friends, and would do anything for them. The only glitch was she was in Castlemaine. So I got myself ready and within 5 minutes I was out the door to Castlemaine. It seems to take so long just getting out of Bendigo!

I was in Castlemaine for about 2 minutes, and got her and her other kids in the car and headed over to the Bendigo hospital.

If something happens to me, please don't take me to the Bendigo hospital. It is a really scary place. Walking through the emergency ward brought back memories of when my grandpa was in ICU. It made me feel incredibly mergh.

Came home and within half an hour I got a phone call and got my friend and her kids and took her back to Castlemaine. Spent about an hour in Castlemaine drinking milo and playing with her kids, and then headed 'home' again. Although, I guess I had something else on my mind. I went towards Melbourne to see how far away Kyneton was. It being 33km away, I kept going, as it has been something I have been meaning to do for a while. After a brief toilet stop at what was like haunted public toilets, I went to the cemetry to visit my late auntie Joan, and picked some leaves for her. I called my auntie and mum while I was there. It was all very exciting, and very much so, cold.

I'm tired. And I have a 21st to go to, that I really don't want to. I just want to stay home. I know once the girls come over to my house I'll cheer up. I just feel so blah. I hate hospitals.

(how retro is my dad's purple car though! Wish he still had it!)