Well, yesterday was a great day. It was sunny, but quite a bit cooler. Zach had swimming class in the morning, so I went to Leduc with Van. She dropped me off at a strip mall and then took Zach to his class. I went shopping.
I did a thorough inspection of the dollar store and then went into Penningtons. I tried on a lot of clothes, including 4 possible winter coats. I fell in love with two of them. One was black, long, suitable for formal events as well as casual, and the other was purple, a little shorter, but quite nice. It was also less money. I ended up buying the purple one, because I could see myself shovelling snow in it if I have to this winter. In any case, I'm glad about that. I'll probably have to mail it to myself as I can't really see it fitting in my suitcase.
Van picked me up again and we took my bags out to the car. I decided that I would go into Millwoods Town Center to do a little shopping there before going up to Whyte Ave. Van dropped me off and I did a quick run through of Zellers, but decided to have lunch first.
I had an okay lunch at a bar & grill in the mall, then headed back into Zellers. I found quite a lot of stuff, but none of it was stuff that I wanted to carry around for the rest of the day. I did buy a couple of shirts, one for work, one more casual. In Cotton Ginny I found a couple of pairs of pants, so got those, then did a bit more looking around. Finally I decided to head up to Whyte.
I caught a bus. It took rather a long time, so I transfered at Southgate Mall to an express. I was up at Whyte Ave in a jiffy after that.
I visited my bank to get some money and to see if any of my ex co-workers were there, but the one that was left had gone home already. Then, I walked along the street.
It was great. I had some coffee at the Second Cup, got some stamps at Le Papier and then met Massie at 5:30. We decided to go to Murietta's for dinner. We had a great meal, and a great chat. I don't think there was a lull in the conversation at all. In fact, when I noticed it was almost 8 pm, we were both surprised. She walked me back to the bus stop where I was lucky enough to catch a bus immediately.
At Southgate, I went into the mall and called Joe. He was nice enough to come and get me. I was waiting outside The Bay, and it was getting close to closing time. I was quite glad when he picked me up.
At home, I relaxed with Van and Joe and Zach (Katie was in bed already). We watched a show called Fringe which is a little X-Files like. It was good.
I came downstairs after and got ready for bed. It was a long day, but a good one. I got some needed clothing for myself, saw a friend and had a great gabfest!
I've noticed something about being back "home" for the last week or so. I'm a much nicer person here. I say please, thank you, I smile a lot more here and mean it more than I do in Japan. I'm not sure if it's because I feel I belong here and I don't feel that in Japan, or just that I can be more myself in Edmonton. Hmm.
Well, off to make some calls and get dressed finally! It's been a lazy morning. Bye!
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