How cool is this!

How cool is this?

Tim and I won a prize yesterday (well Tim won it but one-flesh and all that means I get to share!)

We get to have a shopping spree at Sydney Airport.

Tim and I were talking about how it's such an unusual, fun prize.

Because if we just won the money, we might just put it in savings, or put it towards some kind of regular expense (like paying for my new dust mite allergy)

If we had a shopping spree at a normal shopping centre we would probably buy a few treats but mainly practical stuff.

But the Airport doesn't do practical stuff.

It does designer clothes

It does fancy jewlergy

It does expensive sunglasses

It does funky electronic gagets.

So even though it would probably be better if we could use it for practical stuff, in some stage way its a treat that we can just use it on stuff we would ordinary never buy for ourselves.

So, Tim and I are going to set aside a day- where we will eat at the foodcourt, make our way around the airport- and spend up some free money.

Pretty cool hey!
love B
PS On a serious note we are very thankful to God for this surprise. It's been funny, as I've said previously I've been thinking lots about suffering and how it works, and the importance of not jumping to conclusions about why God does what he does. But when things like this happen- it's a nice reminder that God does like to give good things to his children. Sometimes it's tough things that make us grow more like him. But once in a while...it's something fun like this!