Disappointing Furniture and Old Navy saves the day! *And a few bad words*

That reminds me. I don’t hear as much cussing up here as I do in the US. It sounds like I’m the potty mouth with my uncensored mouth.

Well my potty mouth has a thing to say about lawn chairs, in all their colors and varieties. Lawn chairs that I am going to mix and match and make pretty because that’s exactly what’s going into my future living room. Lawn chairs, although I should upgrade and just get a bistro set. Because there is nothing that I’m seeing that is impressing me at all by the furniture stores up here. La-Z-Boy, Badboys, The Brick, Leon’s, Sleep Country, Sleep Rite, Sears, I’ve been to them all, including the ones in Kitchener. I briefly considered joining Costco to see what they had to offer. After researching, I’m just biding my time for sales now. Not one of them impress me more than another store and I realized that if I pay full price for anything, I’m getting ripped off. So sales it is, I don’t even care what bed set I end up with, since they all look the same, as long as it’s a good price. Please, Guelphies, if you have any recommendations for furniture stores near, leave a comment and I will probably go check it out. I’ve been to Hanover and back to check out places, so the odds are good, unlike the lotto max.

I’m holding out hopes for a living room set that is supposed to be a new model coming in this month. I’m

 

Now that I sound cheap, let me continue sounding cheap, maybe even cheaper.

 

I went to the Fair view Mall. I should really start taking photos, and most of the time it goes up to my instagram because facebook tends to be a dick-measuring contest for me, thanks petty people I can’t delete off my page because you’re connected to me and cannot be disconnected.

 

Anyhow, at the Fair View Mall, I was in desperate need of shorts. Easy, right? WRONG. I don’t shop in the boutiques because my fat ass does not fit in them and neither wants to spend a fortune on a pair of shorts. Like I said, I was going to be cheaper. I check out Sears, because in Vegas, it;s still a popular department store where they sell everything, and I usually get my stuff at JCPenny or Ross, or Sears. Not here, Sears is a rude awakening of old man rivers, and elderly people only shopping. I was so disappointed by their selection clearly targeted at the baby boomers. Well, probably because everyone else is selling to the young and hip in boutiques.

I was not having a good shopping trip until I was pleasantly by bubble tea (Freshly Squeeze store) being sold right across the Cinnabon and I had a bit of both. We left, with my mind wondering where the hell am I going to get shorts when I remember there’s an Old Navy in the Stone Road Mall. It was like the heavens open up because my goodness, what a store. So much more than the ones I went to in Vegas. The colors and the sizes and while some of it tends to be plain, I prefer that clothes to shorts with someone’s brand name across my ass and tits. You could say I love Old Navy, and I hardly shopped there in Vegas. Although I hope to lose more weight, or at least those 20lbs I put on last year (10lbs down, halfway there!!!) and maybe just work on myself here, and not just work on shopping.  

Menchie’s Munchies! The Guelph location, with a No Frills trip.

I love Menchie’s because I love frozen yogurt. Apparently, frozen yogurt is a new concept to Canada in the way of how Menchie’s pulls out all the stops for the self-serve way and varieties. I took my mother in law to one after grocery shopping at No Frills. She has never been to one and quickly fell in love with it, but not the prices. She asked me whether they had some in Las Vegas, and I said yes, because anything that west has frozen yogurt galore with their Pinkberrys, U-Swirls, and Yogurtlands, and ofcourse Menchie’s too.

The pack and crowds of people going in and out, the majority being of the younger crowds astonished me because I’m wondering how much yogurt is life, because it’s impossible to even find a place to sit. If I was the owner, I would have opened to a much bigger location. For best times, go during the day, and during the week. Forget about a weekend, because this place doesn’t take any reservations, and trust me when I say the lines are spilling over to the Quizno’s next door. OH and don’t forget to fork over a bit of cash, because the Menchie’s here will cost you, but it’s so worth it.

Now a note about No Frills. As soon as I step in, I am reminded of Food4Less, especially with all the yellow signs everywhere. Then I realized it’s their crazy sale. I love crazy sales. I am a bargain hunter as true as they come, without trying to be too overly the counter nuts. I love couponing and price matching, and thrift stores. So I was delighted at their sale. I got about $20 worth of snacks of which my body does not need. I will be going back to No Frills, when there isn’t a crazy sale so I can calmly go through the aisles.

I noticed that their variety was well, a little varied. I spotted La Costena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Coste%C3%B1a_(food_company)

and while I usually do not buy their hot peppers, the familiar sight made me happy.

I saw that they had quite more of the ethnic food, and while the chaos of the sale plus the fact that I was carpooling with my in-laws didn’t give me a moment to discover what the potential of the selections could bring to my kitchen.

Did I mention I like to cook and tend to be able to handle it quite nicely (well according to me)

I should really get back to my book club. Warning, shameless group-plug alert.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/98218-r-books

Although it’s an ebook club, so it’s not like I’m meeting anyone in person. Although I should be getting around to befriend a fellow Guelphite.

I can only hope for that and want more Menchie’s.