renewal
Got a chance to get away for the long weekend. Thursday night, J and I caught the last ferry to Vancouver Island(with a reservation 'cause I can't stand the suspense). Woke up on Friday morning with the knowledge that we had four full days before we had to be back at work....yaaaaaa.
J went down to Vic to visit some old navy friends on Friday night. I stayed behind since, although I would love to see those guys, I couldn't imagine myself enjoying a BBQ centered around drinking at this point. Had a really nice time on my own though, wandering the beach and reading. Watched a good movie called "Squid and the Whale" and ate samosas and hummus. We spent Saturday up at the market and hiking around the caves, more good food for dinner. Sunday we drove up to Ucluelet to visit a friend who is building up there. Super fun day since we haven't been to that area in over three years. Didn't get a chance to do any surfing since we got up late and didn't want to be driving back in the dark, but I'm not sure if surfing is the best pregnancy sport anyway. Came back on the ferry yesterday; thought we had a reservation for the 3pm, but it turned out that I made it for the wrong date. Got on the 5pm instead. It was a really great weekend and I feel pretty good about being back at work today.
In other news, I've discovered e-bay. It started innocently enough: I hate to shop but am currently in dire need of some new clothes (having outgrown most of my pants already). Since my dislike of shopping exists mainly in relation to boutiques where the salespeople "watch me" I was seriously stalling on going to a maternity shop of any kind. Then, I discovered e-bay. Over the course of the past week I've spent $93.00 (including shipping) on enough clothes to get me through the next 6 months. In fact, when I broke it down it figures out to a whopping $5.81 per item...how easy is that? Most of the items still have the tags on (thanks to the abundance of outlet shops in the States...all the items are coming from people in the US of A). I guess the only drawback could be if the clothes don't fit, but then I can always take them to the snooty little consignment store and get my money back that way.
J went down to Vic to visit some old navy friends on Friday night. I stayed behind since, although I would love to see those guys, I couldn't imagine myself enjoying a BBQ centered around drinking at this point. Had a really nice time on my own though, wandering the beach and reading. Watched a good movie called "Squid and the Whale" and ate samosas and hummus. We spent Saturday up at the market and hiking around the caves, more good food for dinner. Sunday we drove up to Ucluelet to visit a friend who is building up there. Super fun day since we haven't been to that area in over three years. Didn't get a chance to do any surfing since we got up late and didn't want to be driving back in the dark, but I'm not sure if surfing is the best pregnancy sport anyway. Came back on the ferry yesterday; thought we had a reservation for the 3pm, but it turned out that I made it for the wrong date. Got on the 5pm instead. It was a really great weekend and I feel pretty good about being back at work today.
In other news, I've discovered e-bay. It started innocently enough: I hate to shop but am currently in dire need of some new clothes (having outgrown most of my pants already). Since my dislike of shopping exists mainly in relation to boutiques where the salespeople "watch me" I was seriously stalling on going to a maternity shop of any kind. Then, I discovered e-bay. Over the course of the past week I've spent $93.00 (including shipping) on enough clothes to get me through the next 6 months. In fact, when I broke it down it figures out to a whopping $5.81 per item...how easy is that? Most of the items still have the tags on (thanks to the abundance of outlet shops in the States...all the items are coming from people in the US of A). I guess the only drawback could be if the clothes don't fit, but then I can always take them to the snooty little consignment store and get my money back that way.
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