As a small aside (a sunny autumnal day with the last couple...

As a small aside (a sunny autumnal day with the last couple having been dull in Melbourne, so one would expect shoppers to be out), but at lunchtime the Prahran (inner Melbourne) Priceline store was the busiest I'd seen for months.

A queue of 12 at the register, the most ever. Reflecting its demographic, 10 were female, half of whom had a Sister's card.