Saturday, November 13, 2010

Flu? Cold?

(Picture was taken in June and unrelated to subject.)
Got a headache since yesterday afternoon. Even felt feverish after dinner with a few cough. (But so few, it could just be irritations.) Didn't go anywhere, didn't do anything. The only thing got done was one long e-mail to a Japanese friend. Awww... need to work on those accessories...

Friday, November 12, 2010

Parcel

(Picture was taken on the 10th and unrelated to subject.)
Barely managed to mail 2 overdue parcels today. I was at the counter at 4:50. The collection guy was there already. He was early! I didn't seal the boxes in case I need to extract stuff to keep the weight down. So I had to tape them close, put the labels on, and only then are they ready. I was about to give up, but the postman said he'd wait for me! That's so nice of him! Wow he made my day!

Last day for the special coupons so I went to the Burnaby Michael's. There was some sort of construction and traffic was hell. Nevertheless, I was able to pick up some stuff that the trip fell short.

The rest of today was spent on record-keeping and taking care of the purchases. Didn't get to work on anything. (T_T)

Peach Plum Liqueur

From my last Japanese trip, peach (orange) and plum liqueur (green). That... must be 3 years ago. They were only consumed this fall and expiry date ignored. In fact, no expiry date found. They are so cute, I had to buy them (in Yokohama).

Somehow I thought they would be very fruity. Actually they are slightly cough-syrupy. But still drinkable. You can easily pick up the flavour.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Cross-border shopping

Hit a virus site while coupon-hunting. Sigh... That wasted 2 hours. No sleep. The worst is, the 40% off Joann coupon was for fabric only. I didn't realize it until I cut them up.

Sis-in-law said 7 o'clock, so I got no sleep (again) and be there on time. Went to the back, knocked, but no answer. Waited a while, went to the front, knocked, and again, no answer. The lights in the master bed room was on, though. After 20 minutes of going back and forth, finally brother opened the front door. Turn out it was 7-something that sis-in-law meant. The actually departure time was 8:10.

The border lineup was 90 minutes. People were very crazy. Way too many cars didn't follow the rules and cut the line. Quite chaotic at times. I was pretty mad at them too.

Since I had no sleep, I don't remember much. I only followed wherever they went. We hit Joann first. My targets weren't on sale, but still managed to get some good stuff. So was Michael's. Way better price than over here.

Got some diapers for dad. Since brother won't be shopping again until after Christmas, I got 2 packages of diapers. Then some allergy pills, breakfast rice puff, and chocolate. Now that I looked back, I didn't buy anything else but craft supply. Should have bought more...

Lunch at Costco, dinner at Bellis Fair's McDonald's.

We left early, about an hour before the stores closed. And unexpectedly helped at the border. There was no line up. Amazing. I've never crossed the border with no line up!

As much as I'm tired, I failed to go to bed soon. Showered, and tried to tidy up some stuff, check mail... and fell asleep at the desk. Need I say more? (T_T)

November 11... quadruple 1!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Chiropractor

Some more stuff arrived. These were ordered before the last batch, but took longer to arrive.

Chiropractor day, thank God. (T_T)

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Dinner

The parcel didn't make it. Time is running out. (T_T)

Helped A with some shopping, then came home to pick up my folks and aunt Y to dine with brother's gang.

Finally recorded, filed, and put away the stuff from Monday. The Pinky head still needs tons of sanding. The parcel may not make it tomorrow either... (T_T)

Dad "lost" his cane and was using one of his umbrella stem as substitute. Not only is it not strong enough, it has no rubber cap at the end and scratch anything it touches. The problem magnified when we went to brother's place after dinner. Dad insisted everything was fine, while scratching brother's flooring. Aunt Y told him it's not his house. Dad got mad and replied "it's not yours either". Aunt Y mind it so much, she was still talking about it long after we got home.

Got a chance to try my nieces' Halloween costumes (made by brother and sis-in-law). They're quite elaborate. Yup, the girls are almost as big as me now. The fact that I could fit into them made me feel a bit unsettling. My nieces' shoe sizes are already bigger than mine.

Took a look at sis-in-law's necklaces. Our stuff don't look alike. Good.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Last batch?

Vampire... No energy... (T_T)

The last batch (?) of online order arrived... will it really be the last? I still need some stuff...