Blame Sinus...

Every now and again I am forced to wonder how on earth Sinus and I have lasted for 25 years

now I know I am no picnic to live with sometimes

and all three of us are pretty strong in the pester power stakes

especially Phantom... she is truly gifted in wearing us down

but this week Sinus has driven me nuts harassing me into writing this post

personally I didn't think it was post worthy

but in the interests of humouring him so that he changes the subject

and also so that I am not forced to stab him in the eye with a pitchfork while he sleeps

I am writing this lame arse post
I wanted to write about the deer heads, or the model hand that I bought

and yes it has been arranged to make rude gestures

I have never pretended that we are into highbrow humour around here

so in defiance of Sinus's badgering I did sneak it into the drawing

but if you find the post boring then blame Sinus....

Costco has finally come to Brisbane

yep that's about the extent of it

well not quite because nothing is ever that simple with Sinus

Sinus and I braved the drive north to find it

which given the fact that Sinus can be directionally challenged was no sure thing

then he got distracted by the Bunnings next door to Costco

Bunnings is a big box hardware store for the non Australians

which was the cleanest Bunnings Sinus had ever seen apparently

I know this because he told everyone... employees, strangers, everyone

but once we got out of the cleanest Bunnings in the world we finally headed across the road

we then braved the line to join because Sinus may have overstated his having signed up online

turns out he was too cold to get out of bed and get his card

so huge line it was

but finally we had our cards and entered that cavernous wonderfulness

 that houses epic amounts of toilet paper and paper towels

it was rather weird as there was a strong sense of deja vu from our time in Florida

but not quite, as it of course has a huge number of Australian products

which made it familiar ... but not 

There were all our old favourites

giant jars of olives and peppers

breakfast cereal in containers so large that they could see you through the apocalypse

and those giant packets of crisps that could act as pillows for small animals

but then there were also some new wonders

huge packets of leeks that were actually affordable

compared to the normal cost that practically requires you sell a kidney

and giant packets of bed socks

which are necessities as we suffer through an unusually cold winter

not to mention my favourite pens for next to nothing

I was mightily excited by those pens

and perhaps I was a bit punchdrunk and went on about the pens a bit

but that pales in comparison to Sinus harassing me to draw the pens

and write about our Costco trip

it is no exaggeration to say he has "suggested" this post 21 345 times in the last four days

So there you have it

we went to Costco

we got cheap pens

we got lost coming home

and we have toilet paper for the next several months

I am now going to go and draw the miniature cardboard deer heads

that are new to the studio wall and are begging to be posted about

there are soooooo many deer puns I could be using right now

but in the interests of preserving marital harmony you have Costco

and hopefully I now have peace....

happy painting and Paint Party Friday all...xx

the midweek ramblings post is here if you missed it