Saturdays are generally pretty dull for me. I tend to do stuff by myself during the day if I'm not working and then sit around all night watching TV. Rarely do my Saturdays differ. Today was a bit of a change-up.
Jill called early to invite me for dinner, so I knew I had a deadline to get stuff done. I worked on a sewing project that I'm way behind on before heading out for a while. I popped over to the Cambie Winners and found some baking paraphernalia that I'd been meaning to get (mini muffin and mini loaf tins). There was also a bunch of Le Creuset stuff at about half what it would cost normally and I debated for about a half hour whether or not to get a big covered pot. (Yesterday I picked up some Le Creuset ramekins from the Surrey Central Winners and that excited me. Imagine what actual pots did for me. I'll give you a minute...) I decided, with the new job, to just get one because it's one of those things I've always wanted and never really thought I could afford. As far as pots go, it wasn't cheap, but I'll likely have it until I die, so it's worth it to me. I doublechecked the cost at the Bay and that dissipated any misgivings I had. It's one of the blue ones.
Have you been to the downtown Bay recently? It's had a bit of a makeover with most of the first floor in the midst of a renovation. The handbags, leg/foot coverings and shoes are now on the second floor, and it looks much more like American fancy department stores like Macy's and I don't like it. I had difficulty looking at shoes because it was so spread out, so went to look for tights. I got 7 pairs of various colours on partial sale (a BOGO situation), and can't wait to put the fuchsia ones into rotation. I wandered to the downtown Winners, but didn't find anything. With the #3 doing its old route to Robson, it was pretty easy to catch the bus home.
I headed to Jill & Mark's with flowers from up the street and was excited for the menu: multi-coloured carrots and potatoes, green & yellow beans and lamb shoulder with rosemary and a mint & caper gravy. It was incredibly tasty and made me feel like a louse for not inviting them over for dinner more frequently, but when put up against that menu... What I could make would pale in comparison. But I'll attempt something soon. We had a fun night filled with laughter and talk of murder (only incidentally), and it made me very thankful to have such fantastic friends.
An exciting (though dull) development in my ongoing ear/hearing concern was that my left ear (the deafer one) almost gushed out wax chunks today. Huge clumps of wax that have been making me think I'm going deaf. I was excited about it; I showed Jill during my visit and she was impressed by the size of the stuff. But now I can hear better in my left ear and that makes me happy. A little bit of excitement.
3 comments:
you know you can actually go to the dr and have them flush out your ears of wax?! apparently it will make you feel like a million dollars!
I've had that done multiple times and the last time she suggested I just tilt my head in the shower and let the water do its magic. Takes a little time, but it was satisfying to see the clumps of disgusting wax come out.
rather gross to hear about someone's ear wax... but I completely understand the sense of satisfaction... as we have all experienced soemthing simillar! the hearing part alone is worth the celebration..
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