Busy day?

It sure seemed like it, but I have very little to show for what I've done.  I know that by 4:00 I was ready for a nap, somehting I had vowed not to do as I want to sleep well tonight, so as to be ready for my all day class tomorrow.

We went out on our bicycles right after getting up, and then off tothe grocery store to buy some of the bottles soft drinks they were advertising. They didn't have any, but we were told that they were expecting a delivery this morning and to come back in the afternoon. So we bought some fancy blackberries and respberries,and home to do laundry.  Then my friend Shirley called.  She had called yesterday, and left a message but I just hadn't had the chance to call her back. She invited me to join the residents of her independant living centre for a bus trip to the casino across town, but I declined ( and none too gently either).  Then she suggested coffee.  I told her that I had to go out to the grocery store and wouldn't be able to go to her apartment for coffee. But--she needed something from the grocery store and why didn't I pick her up and we could go shopping, and then out for coffee.  And we had to go to Starbucks because they serve coffee in paper cups at McDonald's, and when she pays that much for coffee she wants a china cup. ( when she gets on a roll she's hard to stop)

I picked up Shirley and we went grocery shopping.  I had to speak to someone about the soft drinks asI couldn't see any.  The first fellow told me that they didn't make Dr.Pepper in 750ml bottles( the ones I buy regularly at his store), so I spoke to the young kid at Customer Service who gave me along song and dance about how they were renovating, and had no storage in back: and were getting their deliveries daily, and Dr. Pepper isn't a big seller.  The gist of it was that they didn't have any and weren't likely to get any. Then I couldn't find Shirley.  I searched the whole store and finally decided to hang around the check out to catch her.  After a bit I noticed Shirley sitting on a chair near the exit, patiently waiting for me.

Off to Starbucks where there was a line up, so Shirley grabbed a table and gave me $20 to buy us both a small coffee and a cookie.  And it was busy, and they had to brew my decaf.  I got Shirley's coffee and the cookies and went back for mine, not realizing that the coffees were both in paper cups.  Not being shy, Shirley told the server quite firmly, from acoss the room, that if she had wanted a paper cup she would have gone to McDonald's.  The coffees went back to the counter, and we got china cups.

While talking about my need for Dr. Pepper ( I really wanted it in a bottle to take to my workshop tomorrow and Sunday) Shirley suggested that I try the grocery store in  Bird's Hill rather than driving all the way to St. Vital.  But when I got home, David remembered that there was a store on Henderson Hwy, quite close to home.  The pricing on these things mystifies me.  I was looking for a six pack of 750ml bottles that were advertised as 3 for $10.00 or $3.33 each.  I could have bought individual 571mlbottles for $2.49 each.(not bloody likely!!)  Anyway, I now own 9 six packs of bottles Dr.Pepper.  The regular price has been $5.96/ 6 pack, so we got a deal, and enough Dr. Pepper to last all summer.

And by the time we had done all of that, I went for a nap, and poor David finished the laundry and cooked supper.  Today, I am grateful--as I often am--for David.