One Day Sale

“MY 15-YEAR-OLD SON is into 3D printing and needed to go to the 3D printing shop in Rosedale. Since he is not old enough to drive, mum’s taxi service had to take him. I wanted to make it worth my while, so I thought we could check out a few of the shops participating in One Day Sale.

“Right across the road from the 3D printing shop, we saw some balloons and signs, so we decided to see what they had - fishing gear and stationery, an interesting combo. We came out with a few notebooks and arts and crafts. And we picked up a flyer with a map. That was it; my son was hooked (excuse the pun!) He decided we should see how many we could visit. We had no plan other than he would read the map and tell me when to pull over. No Googling to find out what each place might have, just pure randomness and trying to work out what the warehouse might stock before walking in.

“I think all up we managed to visit 15 locations in four hours. We came home with quite a few random Xmas presents, [including] strawberries, tea, honey from the stalls at Albany Junior High, Grin mystery bag, key ring/bottle opener from BPM, [and] t-shirts from Mr Vintage.

“Thank you, Business North Harbour, for putting on a great event that provided us with many laughs and a bit of random entertainment for our Saturday. Next time he will be old enough to drive – so he can chauffeur me around!”

Katy Doherty