KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | Contact
Despite working full time at a pet groomer, running a side hustle knitting dog beanies on Etsy and picking up the odd waitress shift at the Betoota Convention Centre, no amount of extra effort or thriftiness seems to equate to more dollars in the bank.
That is of course until August comes around, when with the help of a dodgy family accountant Liz usually manages to bank a tasty $1800 tax return, money she can put towards her car rego which is due in September.
But today The Advocate can reveal Liz’s hopes for that mid-year injection of cash are now pointless upon hearing her best friend Ashlynn wants to get married in Bali.
“Ya fucking kidding me!” Liz told our reporter as she fell into the whirlpool of Webjet hunting for some cheap flights.
“Everyone who does a destination wedding tells you ‘It’s so much cheaper’, yeah but for who?!” she wailed.
Having just survived the last blast of post lockdown weddings scattered across 2023, Liz believes she probably would have enough cash to put a down payment on an apartment, had not all of her friends shacked up and married their regular root from lockdown.
“What ever happened to a local wedding, we’ve got heaps of vineyards here in Betoota!”
“Plus with AI these days it’s not that hard to fake, just set up a white screen at the Betoota Golf Club and you can make it look like you got married in Paris, Phuket or Alaska.
“If you want an international wedding go do it in the Sims, it’ll be way cheaper for all of us.”
