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We woke up late, had breakie and goofed around in a nice relax-y morning then headed off (well Tom, Sean and me cos Chris had to work) to Langley to check out a wholesale appliance store.

My company has arranged for some kind of discount (builders prices) and we are DESPERATELY in need up upgrading our appliances. We did the dishwasher when we moved in because it wasn’t working at all but the rest of them are really seriously on their last legs.

They can’t be very energy efficient either, so in the long run, the sooner we get them replaced the more money we will save in electricity. I also don’t want to be in the position to lose all our food again if say the fridge dies (been there, done that yuck!!)

We think we are going to suck it up and buy them all at once as this supposedly will even save us more money by getting a package deal so we expect to drop a few K but it’s all good. We aren’t going to go top of the line, just good so it will help the resale value of this place as it’s really a flipper in the long run. Once we settle down in our forever home, THEN we will look at putting in the expensive CHROME stuff that we love so dearly.

Chrome Baby!!

We got a written estimate for the whole deal and they are going to get back to us for a ‘final’ price once they check out the details of the deal. They said the people they need to talk to weren’t in the office that day. It gives us a good idea for comparison though.

We then went to the mall and picked up a new pair of jeans for the boy. We figure they will last him another couple of months before he outgrows those too. Damn just bought the last pair a couple of months ago. Part growth, part shrinkage was the problem. I told him from now on when he tries on the pants they should be skimming the floor before washing!

I went for the ‘field’ test at the eye doctor’s other office where they make me look in this machine and push a button each time I see wiggly lines. As far as they could tell it was ‘normal’ so phew. Looks like I don’t have anything to worry about with glaucoma for now.

Oh yeah and hey, I finally picked out a pair of glasses. It was a rather painful process and I’m sure the lady was about ready to kill me by the time I finally found a pair I can live with. Tom and Sean poor things had to wait and wait and wait some more until I could finally make up my mind. I hate hate hate the fact I have to wear the damn things but I had resigned myself to it. NOW go figure, they don’t have the frame I picked out in stock and it could take TWO WEEKS until they are ready!

I picked up a pair of prescription sunglasses too as they had a deal, pick out a cheapie frame and they would do the tinting for free and there was a rebate of $125.00 on top of that. The sunglasses ended up costing like $70.00 in total. The real glasses though, damn they are expensive. Good thing I get some money back through my health plan at work. grrrr

The three of us ate mall food for Linner and then picked up Chris and drove both the boys to their Father’s then hit the Store for some supplies.

It was an ‘alone’ weekend night whoohoo!

After we got home we poured ourselves a drink and then settled down to watch a DVD. Tom picked Weekend at Bernies which I really really hated. This will be Tom’s Rat Race (the movie that Sean recommended that we hated) I dunno I’ve heard other men say they liked it… maybe it’s one of those guy movies that us females just don’t understand the appeal? It’s like Tom’s love for the Die Hard movies. I just don’t get it…well it’s something we both agree to disagree on, like music there is some middle ground with a whole lot of room on either end haha.

Due to the threat of a possible disruption in transit service we decided that Tom would drive me to the train in the am (as long as it was still running) and then I would put in my day at the office and then meet him for dinner halfway through his evening shift, then hang the rest of the night at the station and ride home with him.

It was a wee bit of a long day for me as I left for work at not quite 7:00 am and then Tom isn’t off work until Midnight but it was fun anyway, something I wouldn’t do all the time but once in a while it’s nice.

Because I had so much time to kill after my shift was technically over, I put in another two hours at the office and left just after 6:00 pm and walked around the mall for a bit which gave me some ideas for Christmas (cool!). I also picked up Tom’s Birthday gift which is now safely stored away (no peeking Hon!) There is just so much time I can stand in that mall though so I walked up towards the station and passed the Vancouver Art Gallery which is featuring Picasso at the moment. There was a really cool light display in the windows. Each one was randomly flashing blue and kind of a greeny colour and it was quite trippy so I watched it for a while. I grabbed a picture of it later but the quality ain’t so good. If you click on it and see it in the bigger form at Flickr you see more details.

Vancouver Art Gallery light show

It’s hard to get a picture of something while standing on a busy sidewalk downtown, those darn people want to keep walking by.

I also checked out the new HMV store that replaced the Virgin megastore. That thing is freaking HUGE! I personally find it way too hard to find what you are looking for in that place. I’m sure once you get used to it there is some rhyme or reason to the set up but it was pretty confusing for me. I’m sure the selection is really good though, it would have to be I would think. There were a lot of repeat sections though, the top DVD and CD displays were on all floors and repeated a few times on each floor.

It got way too overwhelming though so I decided to hang out downstairs at the station until he was done. I was talking to the security dude, to assure him I wasn’t some kind of freak lurking there. He was very sweet and friendly, I yapped with him while waiting.

When Tom was on his break we met up downstairs and had dinner at the nearby Denny’s. We were going to check out this Italian place but once we saw the cost of just one entree we decided Denny’s it is!

There was WAAAAAAAY too much food!!

After we ate we walked to the grocery store and picked up supplies for the weekend breakfasts and walked to the art gallery so I could get the picture. Tom had the foresight to bring my camera with him to the station (thanks Hon kisssss). I don’t know WHAT I was thinking to forget it, it’s so unlike me)

Walking downtown

I had a good time watching the process and talking with Tom and the Graphic Artist who was a really nice man and fun to talk with. They are a nice bunch there.