Tonight after work I went to this Asian store in the city that sells all these novelty Asian gifts and was surprised to see they were having a sale with all these big discounts, like 50% off all soft toys! They had a lot of Pikachu, Spongebob Squarepants and Super Mario soft toys, as well as all sorts of other things like socks and hats.
I couldn't resist and ended up buying this
Pikachu is now sitting on the shelf in the bedroom next to those marshmellow face soft toys I bought the family for Christmas a few years ago! I don't think my parents have noticed it yet, or else they'd be asking questions right now!
I really should stop wasting my money on stuff I don't need though! Right now I don't really desire anything, but I still get the urge to buy something, even if it's for someone else! If only I had someone to spoil! haha
I was serving the last customer before closing the shop today, when the customer's friend exclaimed that she had read my blog! I was blown away!
I was trying to recognise her, just in case she was someone I knew from a long time ago, but I just couldn't put a name to the face and I was too ashamed to ask!
I didn't think anyone read this besides the few that I know of, and those spambots, so I guess that's kinda cool!
If you're reading this, random customer from today, HI!
Today after teaching my last class for the term, my mum, Aonghas and I went to Newmarket to take me to the optometrists to get my eyes examined.
I had my eye test and once it was finished I was left to check out which frames I wanted. I texted Aonghas to find out where he and my mum were, as they were supposed to join me to help me choose. He replied, saying he had dropped his keys down the drain as he got out of the car, and so had to wait by the car till AA arrived since it was unlocked!
I went back to the car to find my mum and Aonghas waiting outside. Aonghas showed me the rolled newspaper he had tried sticking into the drain to determine its depth. It was so deep he could drop the whole newspaper into the drain!
Two hours had almost passed and AA hadn't arrived, so Aonghas decided to take matters into his own hands. He was thinking about buying a cheap broom from a nearby cheap $2 store and using it to find the keys, or a magnet on an extend-able arm thing. He went off looking for a store, and eventually found one. He asked the Korean man at the store said they didn't have one of those magnet things, but they did sell a bag of craft magnets, and suggested using some fishing rod.
Aonghas came back with the bag of magnets and the fishing rod. He tied the bag of magnets to the fishing rod and dropped it into the drain. He moved it around until he could feel the keys clicking on to the magnets. He saved our keys!
He called AA to let them know no one had come to our aid and explained how he solved the problem himself!
Tonight the power went out in our house! I was in the middle of...studying...or trying to...when it just went pitch black! Admittedly the first thought that ran across my mind was...did we pay the power bill?? It turns out that power was out throughout the whole neighbourhood!
It just happened to be dinnertime for us, so we tried to light up a few candles so we could see what we were doing and eating.
