Archive for May, 2010

I really liked the rink. It was calm and pretty with the sky light over head. If I had thought more about the day I wouldn’t of ware a dress, that way I could have partaken in the skating and the bumper boats with spray guns (now that looked fun).
We rushed through the rides area for a couple reasons, first we had hopes of making it to the last sea lion show of the day, and two I think Mirelle knew there was little chance of me wanting to actually go on any rides anyhow.
I tried to take more pictures of the interesting rides but the rest are very very blurry. The sounds kept startling me and I felt like some of the rides where gonna mow me over even though I was supposedly in the safe walk way. At one point a roller coaster roared over my head as I tried to take a picture of something else and as I stifled my scream I realised I am talented enough to through up without even going on the ride so why pay for that experience?

Well we rushed back for nothing really… some how we managed to miss all three shows! We watched a bit from the bridge but it wasn’t that interesting when you can’t hear what is being said. The animals where cute though:)FOOD COURT! So we where almost disappointed about missing the sea lion show for a minute but then we spotted an Orange Julius and all was well again as we explored the malls BIG food court.

(Ok, she caught me texting once… I let her have the camera.)

TTFN

I really liked the rink. It was calm and pretty with the sky light over head. If I had thought more about the day I wouldn’t of ware a dress, that way I could have partaken in the skating and the bumper boats with spray guns (now that looked fun).
We rushed through the rides area for a couple reasons, first we had hopes of making it to the last sea lion show of the day, and two I think Mirelle knew there was little chance of me wanting to actually go on any rides anyhow.
I tried to take more pictures of the interesting rides but the rest are very very blurry. The sounds kept startling me and I felt like some of the rides where gonna mow me over even though I was supposedly in the safe walk way. At one point a roller coaster roared over my head as I tried to take a picture of something else and as I stifled my scream I realised I am talented enough to through up without even going on the ride so why pay for that experience?

Well we rushed back for nothing really… some how we managed to miss all three shows! We watched a bit from the bridge but it wasn’t that interesting when you can’t hear what is being said. The animals where cute though:)FOOD COURT! So we where almost disappointed about missing the sea lion show for a minute but then we spotted an Orange Julius and all was well again as we explored the malls BIG food court.

(Ok, she caught me texting once… I let her have the camera.)

Can you see my pink purse in the above picture? Ah yes, we stopped to move all our stuff from our old bags to our new purses! Mirelle and I each got a styling new purse. She got her burgundy one first and I must say IT was what got all the spending started! I was surprised that she bought one and was busy picking up a soft pink one and putting it back after a pat, over and over, when Oriana insisted I obviously liked it if I couldn’t leave it alone. So as you can see, they started it!

(THE purses!)

We managed to go dress shopping AND found some great dresses! I got a couple little jackets after Mirelle and Oriana couldn’t agree on which to buy… so I got both;) We also took the time to find our three mom’s (yes three, we share a mother-in-law) a mothers day gift at the mall! I was a bit stressed at one point because I didn’t find anything special for my kids, and really wanted too, but that passed and an opportunity for that would present itself on our way home.

TTFN

Mirelle and I where very excited to get going. We left as soon as possible on Friday morning and made it to Edmonton by 5. We had to check out our hotel first and it proved to be spacious and really comfortable. The beds looked very inviting! This looked like it was going to be a very relaxing weekend (and it was!).Being in town so early we decided to leave Saturday free for the BIG MALL and hit Ikea on Friday for supper and shopping.

(I enjoyed catching Mirelle texting to her man all weekend. I did the same but kept bugging her by taking pictures!)

I was very impressed with the meals at Ikea. My meal, stuffed salmon with apple spice cake for dessert, was really good especially considering the affordable price! Had to take a picture. We both agreed by the end of the weekend that the food was one of the best parts of our trip. We made sure to stop at a nice place for all our meals and so had lots of pretty dishes to take pictures of.

(Got you texting again Mirelle!)

It is amazing we both weren’t busting a gut for this picture! We felt kinda silly using the timer to take this shot in one of the Ikea living room displays but we really wanted a together picture. Yes I noticed the people stopping when they heard the ‘beep beep’ count down and wondering what the heck? Yes yes we are just two silly tourists… AND LOVING IT!
When you think every bed at Ikea is FABULOUS and you want to take them all home you know you are too tired and ready for bed. I was just gonna test the bed out but then it felt so good I almost didn’t get back up!

We bought a few things but managed to control ourselves. I know Mirelle is very well behaved when it comes to shopping and I though if I could just stay close to what she spends I would be okay… little did I know she was gonna let loose in the mall…
Did I mention the beds looked very inviting? Well they where another absolute favorite little thing about our weekend. We talked a lot about how lovely they where and how fab it was to spreed out in our own big bed, loaded up with pillows!

We hit a grocery store on the way back to our hotel to get some healthy treats (Mirelle’s brilliant idea) and then got to bed pretty darn early for a trip.

I had brought some of my favorite tea and was thrilled to see I could use the coffee machine to steep it, that way I could still have my evening ritual of a cup before bed! We tried to snack and chat but both of us succumbed to sleep pretty fast.

And with that DAY 1 was over.

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