Awesome. Woke up with a hangover on my first morning of annual leave (why do I always get drunk before I go on holidays? maybe it's a celebration thing.). Anyway, after spending seventy nine hours dropping james on and then trying to get off the shore... I was good to start packing. Except my washing machine broke. With half my potential luggage in it. Fine. Off to St Lukes to hurriedly buy half a suitcase of cold weather gear whilst spending as little money as possible. After trying four or five places I -once again- found myself in Hallensteins. Why do I even bother looking at other stores? I know I'm going to just end up in there and I know I am going to end up walking out with the cheapest moo-moo/man-tent they have available.
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