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On Saturday morning Rich and I went to the "Monster Garage Sale" at the church which is about 2 minutes walk from our apartment. We managed to pick up a few books and other bits and pieces for dirt cheap (we bought four books for 50 cents).
However, the church folks were pretty innovative and had come up with a few other ways to raise funds - including charging $4 to let people play their church organ for 5 minutes. It was pretty fun.
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We did have another reason for visiting the church as well:
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On Sunday we decided that we needed a break from the city and seen as it was a beautiful day we decided to head out to Paekakariki Beach which is about an hour from Wellington. I really like it out here but this is the first time I have been since we returned from living overseas (which will be a full year next month!).
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