You know what? Time goes faster when you have a car. It makes sense – after all you are moving faster. I am astounded that it is already Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Ho! I have been driving on big roads and small; I have passed slow trucks and grumbled at those hesitant, left-lane hogs. I tried – and failed – to come up with a route from New Westminster to Point Grey that would keep me out of heavy traffic. Even at noon, the roads were clogged. Despite a couple of wrong turns I ended up at my destination – Discount Diapers, where I get all my cloth diapering supplies – in half the time it would have taken by bus (es). I bought more diaper covers for Trombone’s expanding butt and a pair of fluorescent orange baby sunglasses because he has decided that now he can take his hat off, why would he wear a hat?. He was ever so unimpressed with the sunglasses. He cried and cried and then looked at me through the strange, dark plastic and he was a dead ringer for an angry old dude in the ’80s. I laughed. And then I got back in the car and drove home.<\/p>\n
I still don’t have bagels from Solly’s. Yesterday, our first day of car ownership, it snowed. Because that’s what it does here now, in Vancouver. It snows. Yup. Guess I had better get some of those white puffy boots and a hat with ear flaps because the rain forest is freezing over. Anyway, I chose a close-to-home rather than cross-town journey for our first, in case the snow was terrible and we should lose our car in a collision a mere day after signing the insurance papers. (The snow wasn’t terrible. And I found a “Signature” Liquor Store only 10 minutes from home!)<\/p>\n
Here are the next places I’m going to go (stupid weather permitting):
\n– Solly’s Bagels. Probably the Main Street location since the one near Cambie and 7th is probably inaccessible due to the big hole they’re digging in Cambie St.
\n – The fabulous shoe store, which is the Ronson’s Rack at Granville and 13th or 14th ave. (not fabulous like whoo I got sequinned platform heels in my size!<\/i> but fabulous like whoo I got butter-soft, hand-sewn leather sandals that won’t give me blisters – for half the retail price!<\/i> I find that the Shoe Warehouse on South Granville also rarely disappoints. Once, I got one pair of shoes for $20 and the other pair for $10. Life was good that day.)
\n– Various peoples’ houses. Want a visit? Let me know!
\n– The beach.
\n– Superstore! On Thursday! No, I didn’t write it in my daytimer, shut up.
\n– Costco. We’re nearly out of vitamins.
\n– Liquidation World. We’re nearly out of useless crap that costs a dollar.<\/p>\n
See, this is why car ownership is expensive. It’s not the insurance or the gas, it’s that you can go places and BUY THINGS. <\/p>\n
OK. All this driving and squeeeing about it has given me precious little television time. I didn’t get all of TYRA’s GROUNDBREAKING show yesterday but I did see the very beginning. She gave us the preamble about why she was going to change the world with a red bodysuit but I couldn’t pay any attention because she was orange. Seriously orange. Like, the colour of Trombone’s new sunglasses. I kept waiting for her to say something like, “…and because so many people value appearances over talent or personality I have dyed myself orange to make a point.” But she never did! <\/p>\n
TYRA is encouraging us all to have a “So What” moment – there’s even a red gummy bracelet<\/a> so you know it’s a real movement – and regardless of the sentiment, now I can’t get Ministry <\/a>out of my head. Ministry and red, strapless bodysuits. It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. I swear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You know what? Time goes faster when you have a car. It makes sense – after all you are moving faster. I am astounded that it is already Wednesday. Ho! I have been driving on big roads and small; I … Continue reading