Funny thing happened to me yesterday: Lauren and I had decided to try a new recipe for dinner (Lion’s head meatballs, for the curious) which required dried chinese mushrooms - not something we keep a lot of lying around the pantry.

So anyway, I went to get my haircut yesterday morning in Camden, and when I couldn’t get in for a coupl of hours, I decided I’d pop into Coles to pick up the dried mushrooms. When I got there, a packet of sliced dried shitake mushrooms was $2.40. Checking my pockets and wallet, I only had a $50 note or $2 in change. I decided to walk out, and pick it up when I came back in to get my haircut proper.

When I got home, I grabbed the extra 40 cents, and then added another 50c piece “just in case”. Then, once I’d had my hair cut, I hopped in the car and started driving home. “Dammit!” I exclaimed. “I forgot the mushrooms!” So instead of going around the block, I decided to drop into Woolworths on the way home.

When I got to the Asian section, instead of being $2.40, they had whole dried shitake mushrooms for $3.00. Checking my pocket again, I had $2.90. I was foiled again!

On a side note, the dinner was nice, but a bit too much effort for the end result, and probably won’t get cooked again.