Let me be clear. I was not “loaded” – as in drunk – today. It was just a completely full and awesome day. Unfortunately I won’t be able to write in too much detail considering that we Christmas shopped all afternoon. But I’ll try.
Brady and I woke up really late to tons of snow. Because of that, we decided to be lazy for a while before he went outside to clear our driveway. A loving neighbour and friend came to lend a hand, and it was over quickly. We added Dekker to the mix, had breakfast with him, and headed to the city. The roads were not even close to as bad as everyone was saying they were, which was a huge relief. Sure, city residential sucked, but the main roads were fine and the highways were perfect. We knew our time was limited to accomplish a lot of gift buying since we had plans in the evening, so we could be in the city from 1 at the earliest to 6 at the latest. We got everything except a few little things and then the gifts for our one little family. But we bought for almost everyone else, and for those we haven’t bought for, we know what we will buy them. We are almost awkwardly organized.
A few notables of the grand shop: That time when when I spilled an entire large root beer on my pants. Awesome.Everyone was staring at me. So I commented something along the lines of “This is the part where you guys cheer so I feel less awkward,” and they did. Situation saved! My pants dried by the time we were done eating. I was sticky, but I didn’t look like I had peed myself.
Another notable experience was in Lush. Business was slow for them, being that it was mid-afternoon on a weekday, and my goodness! Dekker had an audience. They completely loved him! We bought a few things, and with our purchases they threw in a bath bomb meant for babies, and lots of samples! I left feeling pretty special. Not every store says things like “Bring him through here again!” about kids.
We also jumped into the Telus store while we were in the mall. I got my first iPhone last week and unfortunately it is a bit temperamental. Nothing serious, but quite a few little things that tell me something just isn’t quite right. So I went in to talk to the sales people. They did one little thing to it, and I’ll know in a day or two if its still glitching, and if it is, they said I can bring it back and get an entirely new phone! They listened and understood and didn’t act like we were whiney customers. I hate complaining at a store so I appreciate when the staff understand. I also confirmed that the insurance I bought was upgraded in the last five months and does in fact cover water damage, aka Dekker throwing my phone in the toilet. Yay!
We made it home around 6:40, which was perfect! We had a guest scheduled to come over for 7:30 and I had defrosted some sugar cookie dough I made last week in advance so we whipped up a quick batch of cookies. Just a sidenote, there is really something to be said for freezing dough in a roll and slicing it up when its still partially frozen. Amazing results, very pretty cookies. Our guest arrived on time, we had a great visit, made some decisions, and now he has left and we have our bubble bath running.
So our day was very full. All three of us have colds, and felt pretty awful first thing in the morning, but our day together getting things done was a beautiful distraction. I’m feeling so very accomplished! However, being the end of the day, I’m starting to get all stuffed up again, and I just realized I’m still in my root beer jeans. It has been a long day.
SUCH a great day 🙂