at a loose end

My flatmates are showing prospective new housemates around today and tomorrow, so I've done the decent thing and gotten out of their way so that there isn't anyone loitering in the room when people are taking a look around. To pass the time today, I've watched some of the cricket, been to Whole Foods (again), and I'm thinking about going to see Oceans Thirteen in a bit. Not sure yet.

This weekend will also be the time whe I start going through all my stuff and figuring out what stays, goes, is shipped now, or is put into storage at my parents and potentially shipped once I've a bit more settled in Melbourne. My current state of mind is that I might not actually ship anything at all initially, as all my important music will be on my laptop or the external hard drive I'm taking, so it might just be clothes, shoes and a few books. The couple of thousand CDs and the ever-growing collection of cookbooks can wait I think. Or maybe I'll have to limit myself to just two or three of the latter. Depends on how many pairs of Camper shoes I take. I have far too many pairs of shoes for a male. That said, my smart black work shoes are knackered, so I'll run those completely into the ground in the next few weeks, throw them away, and then buy a new pair once I arrive in Australia.

In other news, I'm puzzled as to my tax situation. I'll certainly be able to claim some back for the 2007/8 tax year as I'll only have worked 3 months of it before I become non-resident (Hooray! I get more of my bonus - in your face tax man!) , so will be only just over the lowest earnings threshold. But I'm not sure if this means I can also get off paying some of the tax on the interest I get from my assorted savings. Need to phone and check.

I'm babbling now..