Wednesday, March 22, 2023

NANAIMO OR BUST

 That was probably the best trip to town we have had yet.  What a day!!!  I took my packages back and they were both refunded.  They were being returned beyond the return date but they were both accepted.  If the fat lady store wasn't going to accept them I was just going to leave the ridiculous  culottes there and walk away from the fifty bucks.  No one, absolutely no one, would buy those on marketplace.  

I then had to go to Soft Moc to return the massively undersized shoes they say are size ten and I say they are size 8 at most, if that.  The only thing is it was waaaaaaaay waaaaaaay at the other end of the mall, and it's a massive mall.  Did I mention that Ange and I hate malls?  So schlep we did, all the way down.  Jesus H!  My hip and tailbone were screaming and poor Ange's feet in inadequate (but beautiful) footwear were barking...loudly.  So like two old ladies, which we AREN'T, we collapsed on a couch near the exit waiting for Monte who was in the midst of getting new glasses.

We then went to a very busy Costco.  Needless to say that involved a whole lotta walking as well.  And for the first time in my Costco history, we walked out of there without hotdogs or fries.  It didn't feel like we had actually been there.  We were going to that awesome pub we had gone to on the snake checkup trip to town for supper so we didn't eat.  I am still missing it.  That hot dog, Diet Pepsi and fries and gravy are stuck in my head.

We then went to the Longlake Pub and had a magnificent seafoody feast!  The food is outstanding in that place.

We were going to go home from there when it was decided we needed to make a trip to Fairway.  So off we went and walked and walked some more.  I bought a very sad looking very old chicken.  They don't call them dead hens, or road kill, or old past their prime mother chickens.  Their legs stick straight up in the air like they are still in rigormortis. They call them stewing hens.    We shall see.  I will make broth out of the sad old critter.

We then finally carried on home.  And then, of course, as tired as we were we still had to put all that crap away.  God!!!!  If there was one fairy I could have, it would be the fairy that puts all the stuff away after shopping.  It involves decisions and up and downing stairs and a semi job of cleaning the fridge. It is getting too warm to use the supplemental fridge, known as the top of the freezers outside in the cold.  But all in all it was an awesome day.  I am looking forward to the next trip.

The next day was Tuesday, and this particular Tuesday is the one before Wednesday housecleaner Caroline day.  And that involves a LOT of work.  It has been one month since she was here.  So I got to work and cleaned the table, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the living room, put three thousand things away, organized garbage, made sure the turlet wasn't gross etc....and then at about ten this morning, this is cleaning day Wednesday, she texted to say she wasn't coming today.  She has a cold.  But it's nice to have the house not messy, very dirty, but not messy!

Well enough about my humdrum life for now.  Tomorrow is Walmart curbside pick up day.  I still need small sized stuff, at least compared to Costco.  Stay safe and have fun.  TTYL


'My future aspirations involve living under bridges with my belongings in a shopping cart.'  Steven Magee

Anyone who knows me knows I have thought this and said it a million times in my life.  I really aspire to a bag lady's life.

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