Should I be worried when…?

when furniture stores that offer 4 year interest free deals start to get customers wanting to return furniture once the interest has kicked in as they can’t meet the repayments?

when my bank is actually offering me reward points for paying off my credit card debt?

when my newspaper instructs me “What to do if you’re about to lose your home”?

when I’m offered credit cards as impulse buys at train stations or airports by a bloke in a suit and white socks?

when my bank’s call centre congratulates me on being able to increase my credit card limit when I just called to get my on-line log-in details?

when house auctions try and draw out starting bids by offering free bottles of red wine? 

Fashion Mecca

The only thing wrong with Marrickville Metro is the people that go to Marrickville Metro…or so I thought until I realised that this non-descript, low-rise building in the heart of the suburbs housing donut shops, fast food outlets, chemists and medical services [in that order] has also become the centre of global fashion.

While commonly confused for Sydney Airport’s fourth runway, Marrickville Metro is better known as being the home of the key fashion trend for Spring/Summer 08….sports luxe – glammed up sportswear where the wearer has no obvious intention of doing any sport.

Ever since the demise of blood stopping denim, bogans across Australia have sought refuge in new clobber.  The result has been a trackie-dack led recovery that has seen meeting places like Marrickville Metro look more like the Australian Institute of Sport with none of the athletic ability…except for evading the long arm of the law.