inputs on 12F675 (or for that matter any PIC)

[muddy0409]

Hi all,
Short of using interrupts on GPIO change, is there any way to have the digital inputs latch up until read. I think I sorta want an interrupt type of thing but without all the interrupt programming. I remember the old 6821 PIA had provision to latch the inputs, if they changed and cleared when the input register was read. Any such sorta thing available on PICs?
I am, BTW, R'ingTFM but aren't up to that bit yet.
I will be having a pretty short change on the inputs with the possibility of missing them while off doing other things. Perfect scenario for interrupts I know, but I just wanna do it the lazy way.
Serve me bloody right if I hafta use interrupts, won't it?
I have done the design with RS flip flops, which works beaut, but takes up too much real estate on the PCB.