It's a Maxi Pad world and I'm not liking it...

So, my body decides to be traitorous and gives me a lovely surprise 2 days ahead of schedule. Well I was not prepared so off to the store we go to find Tampax, um who, what and why would you only have the option of 10 or 20 in a box. Where is the multi-pack? Thank goodness I have 2 90piece boxes coming via boat. It's not that they don't have Tampax it seems most Aussie women use maxi-pads...can you say in sub-tropical heat wearing what I consider a diaper? So since I'm discussing Tampax lets go into first impressions on stores, both food and malls. The mall is the standard mall, it has mega amounts of clothing stores, food court options, coffee places, which I will get into later, :) electronics, department stores, mobile phone stores, nail salons, hair salons, shoe stores (they have Nine West), pet store and unlike NY they have supermarkets inside them. This specific one also has a multiplex movie theater inside and a Dan Murphy's which is a chain liquor store, which is HUGE, they sell beer, soda, wines from all over the world, and spirits from around the world. Supermarkets - I need to find a proper deli! We went into Coles to stock up on groceries and such things. The deli counter you take a number and once you're called, you ask for whatever it is you wish to get, 200grams of Virgina Ham. Yeah, now, you ask for the ham and the guy goes to the counter and with a baggie scoops into it what he estimates will be 200 grams of ham. They don't take the ham and slice it to order, why the fuck not? So if I go buy ham toward the end of the day it's not going to be as fresh as the person that bought it first thing this morning. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Citrus here goes by weight not per item. Kiwis go per item. Most fruits and vegetables go by weight. They have interesting oils here, macadamia nut oil, Crisco makes olive oil, sunflower oil, grapeseed oil and the standard vegetable, corn, canola and safflower oils. I'm looking for dry beans and can't find them. I've found barley, you would think that the beans would be there but it seems Coles would have it, but no. Today we are going to Woolworth's fondly known as Woolies, let's see if I can find dry beans. Also I miss Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet paper. They have a really great selection of chips, corn and potato. I've found the Yoplait yogurt called forme' which is the light low carb low cal Aussie version. Sour cream here is a little more tangy. American cheese is not called American cheese here, it's called Kraft Singles. So..if you go into a deli can you ask for 200 grams of singles? Hahahaha :D   I was thinking ahead when the weather gets cooler, for my stuffed pepper soup,  to see about chopped meat, yes here it's called minced meat and they do not sell the meatloaf mix of beef, veal and pork, you need to buy it all separate.