August 2 - back to school (shopping)

This is what August 2 looks like. Can you believe it?

I thought that I would be ahead of the game by picking up some school supplies this morning at Jean Coutu. So this afternoon I'm bragging about it to another school mom who tells me she has finished her back to school shopping.

what the.....?

You've got to be kidding me.

So I rush off this afternoon to pick up a few more things and the place is packed with mothers, arms laden with school supplies. They poor clerk at Jean Coutu can barely get the stuff out of the box before it is snapped up.

It was too crowded for me so I grabbed a few things and plan to go back this evening to try to finish most of what is on Shel's list.

Now if I could only understand what most of it is.... what's a Blue Lepage Fun Tak?

Summer in NYC

We just got back from spending 5 days in New York instead of our usual trek to Nova Scotia.

I was concerned that we would have terrible weather and be stuck in our hotel room, but it was magnificant.

We did all the usual tourist stuff, but we also spent a nice afternoon in a children's park in Hell's Kitchen. I thought it was a non-gentrified neighbourhood, but turns out it still costs a fortune for a 1 bedroom apartment there.

We stayed on the Upper East Side and found lots of little restaurants. On our last trip to NYC our eating experience was not so positive, but this time we were very happy. I recommend Angelo's for Italian and Wild Ginger for Thai.

I bought this at Williams Sonoma and can't wait to try it out with both sweet and savory fillings.



(first celebrity sighting - guy from Bedtime Stories) (second celebrity sighting)