It’s the weekend, and I smell good.
(new bodywash.)
There are so many things I want to do this weekend! The list includes:
- get my hair braided
- relax
- catch up on the blogs I read (/used to read)
- make more Christmas cards
- finish knitting the scarf
- sleep
- do a couple things for work so that Monday isn’t crazy busy
I should point out that the list does NOT include Christmas shopping!!
…but not because I’ve done all my shopping already — far from it!
I’ve excluded shopping b/c I *really* want to do the majority of my shopping downtown at cool independently-owned stores.
I started today! And it was great!!
We had our office ‘Christmas lunch’ today from 1:30-3:30, so we got the last hour of the day off work.
…I, of course, had to return to the office, but I did end up leaving there at 4:00, so that was nice.
I decided to do some shopping on Queen Street.
And I discovered that I work REALLLY close to Much Music!! (I always seem to be surprised when I realize that things are close by… like the Umbra store…)
So I kept walking west on Queen Street past all the ‘regular’ stores and through a cool “crafty” area where there were tons of fabric stores and bead shops, and then I hit Ten Thousand Villages and I turned around. (But not before getting a few things in the store!)
And I visited a whole bunch of other stores.
It’s always funny going into stores I’ve never heard of.
Sometimes I find the coolest things, and then other times I realize as soon as I step through the door that I don’t like ANYTHING in the place.
…and then you have to walk around the store pretending to look at things while the store owner watches you.
There were times when I went in stores and the sales people were really cool and friendly and I wished that they had something in their store that I liked so that I could support them.
I randomly walked in one store called The Outer Layer and as soon as I stepped into the place I thought, “I LOVE THIS STORE!!!”
It’s full of colour and cards and other fun things.
Their website says this: “Our staff is professional and knowledgeable, but relaxed – they wear comfortable shoes and genuine smiles.”
It’s true, (well actually, I don’t know about that shoe part. …I didn’t check) one of the staff people was stocking shelves and humming along to the Rufus Wainwright cd they were playing in the background. So that was fun.
I bought a bunch of things there, including a couple things for myself!
Like, this wallet:
I picked up as soon as I saw it. IT’S BROWN AND ORANGE!!!
It cost more than I would usually spend on a wallet, but I like it a lot, so I’m justified 
And the thread is yellow, which is exciting:
Is it just me or do the buttons look like Reeses Pieces?
yum!!
Anyways, it’s made by Espe who make many cool wallets (among other things.)
they have a cool business card too. (I’ve been paying attention to biz cards lately b/c I want to make a non moo-card business card for Kiwi Punch Designs.)
….and have they have the word ‘Arthur’ on the bottom right of their site!
how cute.
Wow! That’s a really really nice wallet! I love the colours. Do they have other colours/styles?
Comment by vanessa — December 16, 2007 @ 10:18 am
thanks van!! yeah they have a whole bunch of them at The Outer Layer!!
we could go there over the break!!
Comment by Cat — December 16, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
Hey, my sister wanted to buy one of their wallets! Yours DOES look like Reeses pieces! haha…
Hey, if we can get together while Kristen is home - I can show you my collection of business cards! my collection has exploded over the last few years…
Comment by cecilia — December 17, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
oh, and have you ever been to The Paper Place on Queen St? It’s SO COOL!
Comment by cecilia — December 17, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
ooo, YES! I want to see your collection!
I have not been to The Paper Place! I’ve heard about it though! Maybe I’ll go there this week!
Comment by Cat — December 17, 2007 @ 11:34 pm
okay, you, me and Kristen should go see a movie!!! and i’ll bring my collection along to our post/pre-movie coffee stop.
what movie do you want to see???
Comment by cecilia — December 18, 2007 @ 11:46 am
fun!
ooo, there are a few I want to see! …but wait, will you actually listen to my suggestions?
- I Am Legend
- Things We Lost in the Fire (it looks good, but I read a review that said it sucked)
hmm, I can’t remember what else…
Comment by Cat — December 18, 2007 @ 9:18 pm
of course i’ll listen!!!
I Am Legend is fine with me.
I don’t recall what Things We Lost in the Fire is about…
What about Bee Movie? Have you seen it yet?
Comment by cecilia — December 19, 2007 @ 2:18 pm
Things we Lost - The preview I saw for it looked great! It’s with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro.
I haven’t seen Bee Movie yet. …but I’m kinda turned off by all the promotion they did for it. I see it more as a rental.
but I’ll see it if you guys want to.
Comment by Cat — December 20, 2007 @ 10:19 am
oh my goodness!! I totally forgot! –> JUNO!!
That’s the movie I really really want to see!
…that movie about the guy who dies but leaves notes for his girlfriend seems interesting too.
but seeing Juno is #1 on my list
Comment by Cat — December 21, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
hey! so i dunno if this is too late (judging by the time u last posted, cat, i’m gonna assume it’s not. lol) - i saw Bee Movie - not bad, i liked it. but it’s not something you need to see in theatres, in my opinion. so i’d save it until it came out on dvd. lol. hope that helps with decisions
Comment by Manz — December 22, 2007 @ 1:34 am