Picking With the PILLAGE-PEOPLE...

EXCELLECT! -- THAT MID-DAY DOWNPOUR REALLY HELPED IN CLEARING OUT THE PARKING LOT!!

YES. IT was the VALUE-VILLAGE 50%-OFF-SALE-DAY once again...

*EXCEPT*, on the "HOUSE-HOLD"-ITEMS - which, are usually the THINGS that I peruse through! -- Then again, "PICKINGS" were somewhat pathetic Today, so IT's a moot point.

Anyhoo... We went over just after the Lunch-Hour, AND the 20-Minute Heavy-SHOWER.

I Dropped MOTHER off at The Door, and then, went "shopping" for a SPOT... There were Several Spaces to be had. The *hardest* part was getting around the EARLIER-DOUBLE-PARKED-PEOPLE!

*NOTE* -- MOTHER is SHORT!

The TOP of Her Snowy-Haired-HEAD can just barely be seen *above* the ROWS of CLOTHING-RACKS! -- I headed to the Rear of the Store, where the FEW bits of YARN and Such, are Kept...

Only 5-Minutes IN, and She's already Found These KNITTING-NEEDLES for Me! -- THEY later came to 57-Cents for The SET.


We moved on to the CLOTHING... For the NEXT TWO-HOURS!!

-- okay. maybe not THAT long... but, close ENOUGH!

She got a Few Pieces, and I settled on ONE SWEATER. -- A TOP that I had Found LAST WEEK, was NO longer there... nuts!

We managed to Return HOME before the NEXT SHOWER...



BTW, "Speaking" of THE WEATHER...

BABY-BRO & THE GANG **FINALLY** arrived SAFELY to Their DESTINATION after 24-HOURS of *DELAYS*, to overhead RAININESS and SEVERE-THUNDER-STORM-*TORNADO*-WARNINGS!!

I wonder IF, THEY're having "FUN", **YET**..??

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"..UNCLE *WALT*, We have a Problem..."

ahh, yes... TRUST IN MY BABY-BRO, TO "VACATION" DURING THE BUSIEST WEEK of the SUMMER to the "EYE" of *NEWS*-MAELSTROM-CENTRAL!!

HE, The MRS. and The STEP-MUNCHKINS have set out for the ever-Touristy-Tropical MICKEY-MOUSQUITO-WORLD!

THEY "LEFT" **EARLY** This MORNING. THEY were *suppose* to "ARRIVE" *LATER* This AFTERNOON... yeah. THAT Happened. *NOT*!! -- Apparently, there was SOME "Minor-Mechanical" Issue that DELAYED THEIR "FIRST"-FLIGHT for 13-HOURS!!?

CURRENTLY, I Believe that THEY are Partaking of some TEXAN Airport-Hospitality, as THEY wait for the Departure of THEIR *NEXT* FLIGHT - hopefully - *BEFORE* a "certain" Little CATEGORY-2 HURRICANE gets IN the WAY!?

-- [..and don't GET Me STARTED on The REPUBLICANS and Their "Party-Planning"!!]

I really HOPE that THEY got and GET some SLEEP, as I *strongly* SUSPECT that "WENDY & THE LOST BOYS" *won't* be GETTING to "NEVERLAND" until EVENING!!

-- HEY, FAIRY-T!! - Wanna Bet?

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Got STUFF. Got STORAGE. Got RHINOS!!

AND, SOME **FREE** BEARS, TOO!! -- WOOHOO!!


We really had "hoped" to have LEFT *EARLIER*!! -- Alas, however, THAT was "not-to-be"... AND, seeing as IT was turning into a HIGH-UV-SCORCHER of a Day, the Chances of that many YARD-SALES *LIKELY* to be OPEN, were slipping FAST!

AFTER checking-out just ONE in Our NEIGHBOURHOOD, We set-out for BEACON HILL..

Found THREE on One Street -- THIRD-ONE LUCKY!!


The PLEASANT-FORMER-LONDONER-LADY was pretty much GIVING Things AWAY!

Got FIVE of These IKEA STACKABLE LIDDED-BOXES - [there are additional YELLOW and GREEN Ones] - for only 25-Cents-Each!

I've *yet* to Decide on
"WHAT" to Put IN THEM! But, I'm sure that I'll Find "SOMETHING"!!



That "25-Cents-Each" Rate, appeared to be a
"THEME"... As THAT was also the Going-Price for These PLASTIC RHINOS...

-- We *NEVER* Pass on the RHINO-STUFF!! --

Meanwhile, there was "This-BOX" FULL of These 7-Inch "BREAST CANCER" Charity BEARS from "AVON" for **FREE**!! -- We Each took TWO.

From There, We made the usual "Visitation" to The SALLY-ANN - THEY're still RENOVATING... NOTHING caught My Interest.

On, to THE MALL for some Needed ON-SALE-THIS-WEEK GROCERIES. -- ah! I've Discovered a NEW and LESS-Expensive "SOURCE" for My KRILL-OIL Capsules! - [YAY!!]

We made a "PIT-STOP" at the HOUSE to Unload the FROZEN-FOOD, then subsequently headed for the ST.LAURENT SHOPPING MALL.


DESERRES had a SALE, which *included* Their Supply of  PATONS
"Classic Wool"...

HOWEVER, even AT the "SALE-PRICE", IT was *still* MORE than the "REGULAR-PRICE" at MICHAEL'S!! -- BUT... DESERRES *does* have Several DIFFERENT Colours!


MOTHER *actually* INSISTED that I GET at least ONE! -- THIS CORAL-esque Shade
"Complimented" the OTHER COLOURS the *most*.

SEARS was the LAST Stop of Our MALL-MEANDERINGS, with a "certain" *GARMENT*
Purchase... [IT's a LIGHT-BLUE. And, that ALL I'm going to "Say"!!]

One more Stop at PIER ONE - [THEY've got Lots of *WICKED* HALLOWE'EN and AUTUMN STUFF] - then *finally*, HOME!!

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THESE Are Taking TOO Long To MAKE!!

"CRIMSON-MIST"

PATONS
"Classic Wool"
- 100% New WOOL
- [made in TURKEY]
- Colour: 00225-Dark Grey Mix
- Colour: 77252-Dark Grey Marle
- Colour: 77307-Plum Heather







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"..Could I have two sheets of Bus Tickets?.."

"**THANK YOU!!** -- I *KNEW* THERE WAS *SOMETHING* THAT I WAS FORGETTING TO *GET*!!"

...THUS was My GRATEFUL Response to the YOUNG-LADY-CUSTOMER in the LOBLAW'S Smoke-Shop where I get My LOTTERY Tickets.

"FUNNY" how ONE of the MAIN-THINGS on My TO-DO-LIST had *TOTALLY* Slipped My MIND!!

oh. AND, I actually WON $7. Tonight, too! -- **THANK YOU, again!!**

So. IT was just Solo-GROCERY-GETTING Today... Other than My *SPICY*-JUNK-FOOD-"SNACKS", NO "Exciting" Purchases were HAD!

-- Mind You, I was just slightly TEMPTED by SOME of the much more TASTIER than usual
"FOOD-SAMPLES" Selections at COSTCO... Which, was about as "THRILLING" as My "DAY" GOT!

BTW, the MUST-BE-BLIND-"STOPPING-AND-*LOOKING*-BEFORE-TURNING-LEFT-INTO-PARKING-LOT-*TRAFFIC*-CHALLENGED"-IDIOT-BUMPER-CAR-RIDE-GRADUATE-WHO-WOULD-HAVE-*T-BONED*
-ME-IF-MY-PSYCHIC-POWERS-HADN'T-HAVE-MADE-ME-SLOW-DOWN-AS-SHE-APPROACHED-FROM-MY-RIGHT-ACROSS-THE-VISUALLY-UNOBSTRUCTIVE-LOT doesn't Count...

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[NOTE to SANTA -- Add to THE-LIST - "FLASHING-LIGHTS for The CAR" and "BADGE"]

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2-Weeks OVER-DUE... I Was Just About To CALL!

BUT ALAS, MY SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF "STYLE AT HOME" HAS *FINALLY* ARRIVED!!

-- WITH My SUBSCRIPTION-RENEWAL-*FREE-GIFT*-TOTEBAG!!

IT IS a bit on the BRIGHT-side! -- I am SO really NOT a "HOT-PINK"-Person!


But, hey... A "FREE BAG" is a **FREE**-BAG!!

RIGHT??


And, IT is Large enough to HOLD STUFF...



Although, to be quite
Honest, the LAST ONE I Received from THEM Two-Years Ago - [SEE 30AUG2010 POST] - was of much BETTER QUALITY!

I *still* USE IT!

The TURQUOISE Colour "goes" with more of My WARDROBE! And, IT'S Little-Carry-POUCH also has ITS Uses!

-- The SNAP on THIS NEW ONE **BROKE**!!

I might have to Pack IT along side of The OTHER-ONE...



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Southerly SHOP-edition Schedule Sailing

WHICH DO YOU *SUPPOSE*, THAT I SPENT THE *MOST* TIME "DOING", TODAY..??

• Getting TO and/or WAITING *AT* BUS-STOPS?
• Actual TRAVEL aboard Said-Alluded-To-Vehicles?
• "SHOPPING"!!?

[ANSWER -- ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE!]

And *THIS*, was the PURPOSE behind My
SIX-plus-HOURS of Travails...



WHEN I spotted This FABRIC in the Recently-Received 2013 IKEA CATALOGUE...

I **WANTED** IT!!

oh. And the "45% COTTON - 55% LINEN" *part* DIDN'T Hurt, either!!

-- Although, a slightly LOWER-Price would have been even *better*! Seeing as I *DID* Buy FIVE-METERS!!


I don't think I've EVER Bought THAT much of *any* "ONE" FABRIC, let alone, for that PRICE! Especially, since I *haven't* SEWN ANYthing in **DECADES**!!

BUT, I thought that IT would be GREAT to USE as a DUVET-COVER..? OR, as DRAPES
- along with a Lining - as IT is THINNER than I had Expected. Maybe, I can toss in a Couple of PILLOW-COVERS, too?

Meanwhile, I couldn't just Waste all of that
"TRANSIT"-TIME without Purchasing SOMETHING
"ELSE"!

-- Hence...

THESE COLOURFULLY CUTE ICE-CUBE TRAYS!!


Personally, I'm Thinking "JELL-O" Mold USE...

As I Spied This HORSE-SHAPED BAKING-PAN , I Thought of CADET-JUNIOR...

Of course, the DILEMA with THAT, is the tiny "Detail" regarding CPL.TAT-MOM's rumoured LACK of BAKING and/or CULINARY SKILLS..?

NOT quite MY "forte", either! - However, with such a CUTE PONY-PAN, "in a pinch" I'm SURE that I could Throw "SOMETHING" together...

Like.... JELL-O..??




ANYHOO... IT turned into a Lonngggg Day. And, with "CASINO"-Weather that was SO Predictably UP & DOWN! -- I got Caught in one SHINY-SUN-SHOWER as I got off BUS #3. -- IT passed...

Just in Time for Me to grab the Next BUS *HOME*, with 5-Minutes to SPARE on My TRANSFER!

My FEET need to be HORIZONTAL *NOW*!!

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