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Credit Card Rip offs

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Credit Card Rip offs- check your receipts. Stores that charge you extra to use your Credit card. I say boycott them! In 5th avenue Palm Beach the shoe man. Never even told me he was charging me extra. I had asked if I can pay with CC. He never mentioned the extra fee. I looked at my receipt and saw 45c more then the agreed price. This is a RIP OFF. He saying my fees, my fees. I say my fees (I pay CC fees too) and its the cost of doing business. He says all small business does it. I say no they don't I'll look around for another shoe man.  Also the newsagent there charges 25c. Palm Beach 5th avenue shops. I will shop at another newsagent. These were the waves during Easter phenomenal! Crowded but glassy and amazing. Its gone flat again. Still beautiful at the beach, as the weather is a little cooler. I can also go for a nice walk and not melt- yeeha! I just heard that Woolworths are about to do it too. Show them it does matter by walking to Coles! I thin...

Another day in paradise. The Alley lines up.

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Well the sand is back and its pumping again at the Currumbin Alley. Awesome long lining up waves from the point all the way to Laceys. One more wave and you end up at Laceys- Palm Beach. Up over the tiny sand dune, across the river and back out to the point at the Alley. Had a great surf yesterday with Surfing Mums went out twice, then in the afternoon took my family. My hubby complained we shouldn't have come here its too crowded. Kept saying " don't ding my board". As if I ever ding a board. Hes the one who dings boards- don't I sound like a couple of 5 year olds arguing. "I didn't do it you did it!" Its all about expectations- I expected to get waves, he really wanted to go to Rainbow even though he said Ok to the Alley. It was very crowed- but if you paddle on the inside there waves to yourself. I always say to myself Look at the waves not the people.  This means keep your focus on the where the waves are breaking. Anyway I said I want to g...