3 posts tagged “adventure”

I went to the Bay at lunchtime today to see what kind of maternity clothes they had. I don't really need them yet, but I thought I'd go and check things out anyway. They didn't really have much that was in my price range or size, but I expected that so I wasn't too disappointed. Nevertheless, I decided to cheer myself up by taking a trip to visit the purses - just to see what was there.

Well, I discovered that the store was having a 25% off sale on most purses, and I saw one that I liked. As per usual, I hemmed and hawed, but took a picture of it with my camera phone before I left without it. I knew the sale was going until the 20th so I had some time to think about this.

At the end of the day, I was still thinking about it, so I decided to first check a couple of other stores in the neighbourhood to see if I found anything else I liked for a better price. No luck at either place.

By this time, I was running late and really needed to get home and take Leia out for a walk. I then made the decision that since this purse had been on my mind all afternoon, I'd better just buy it, or I would spend forever looking for its equivalent. (Look! I applied a lesson I learned from a previous shopping experience!)

This picture doesn't quite do it justice, but it's pretty spiffy. It's a deeper pink than my last purse. Honestly, it's bordering on purple, but for the sake of tradition, I'm calling it pink. Everything I carried in the last purse fits in it and the front pockets are easy to open so I can get my keys and subway pass out with one hand. And it was 25% off so it fit most of my major criteria for a good purse.

I wasn't due for another purse bender for a couple of months, but I guess the change of season inspired me. That, or I'm having a girl baby and she's giving me cravings for new accessories.

We did a lot of walking at the beach. It looks nearly empty here, but there were always lots of people there.

This was a self-portrait that turned out pretty good. I bought this bathing suit especially for the trip and I really liked it. It was comfortable and I didn't look horrible in it.

Sean bought some cigars when he was down there and is now trying to learn more about them. Apparently, it's a lot like wine appreciation. However, they really stink up the house so he has to smoke them outside.

We did a lot of swimming in the ocean. We spent an afternoon playing in the waves and came back to the resort with enough sand in our suits to make our own private sandboxes. It was totally worth it.

Given my extreme fear of water-dwelling creatures, I wasn't sure if I would do more than get my feet wet in the ocean. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the water was warm and the bottom was sandy. I only saw one fish and it was dead and about 6 inches long so I wasn't too panicked by it. Playing in the waves and cooling off overrode my fear of whatever dwells in the deep. Fortunately I didn't see anything else that would have scared me out of the water, and no one brushed my leg and tried to tell me it was a fish or an octopus to make me run screaming to the beach.

This is everyone we came with. It was a good idea to go with other couples because there was always someone who wanted to do what you wanted to do if your spouse wasn't interested. So no one ended up doing things alone unless they were stretched out on a beach chair reading a book.

If I didn't know this picture was taken from an airplane, I would think I was looking at a snowy landscape. The clouds looked so solid from this perspective.