A Day With My City

Ahh...Toronto.

I have been living here for over a year now. While I'm not exactly downtown, I'm less then half and hour away. Unfortunately I don't often take advantage of this fact, But on Friday I did.

For the first time in months I had Friday evening off, and as my original attempts to get out with friends for the night failed, I entertained myself with the help of my ever surprising Capital.

I started out as a bitter city gal, as I had to kick my way out of my apartment, due to the freezing rain/snow storm we'd had the night before that my landlord had yet to shovel (he still has yet to shovel), got a soaker while attacking the 1cm thick layer of ice on my car and then missed my bus downtown by mere seconds...

Seeing as I then had a half hour to kill I went to Tim's and got a tea, a begal, took a breath and decided to start the day over, and miraculously it became one of those days that make you smile.

Due to the freezing rain/snow storm of Thursday, it was especially quite at the Royal Ontario Museum as the school groups had canceled their trips. I was released from my volunteering duties to go and try out our new Audio Tour devices and tour the rest of the museum. There is something incredibly tranquil about wandering an almost empty museum seeing things I've seen a hundred times but learning new details of their importance to the past.

Leaving the ROM feeling very mature and in charge I went on my quest to find Mighty Leaf Tea, which T had given glowing reviews of, and a particular clothing store, both were in walking distance of the ROM so I started out.

The Tea was in the most amazing grocery store I have ever been too. I wandered around touching tasting and just generally in awe of all the yummy goodies to be had. This wasn't a typical grocery store at all. There was no Presidents Choice, no Kellogg's. Just isle after isle of yummies. Clearly, I would not be able to do my day to day shopping, as the prices were out of my range. I did however treat myself to an $8 wedge of cheese.

I then wandered to American Apparel, where I bought this bikini - oh and if you were wondering yes that is me modeling it.....I had not bought a new bikini 3 years, and decided I deserved it. Summer is coming, and seeing as I live in my bikini's...the more I have the better I think.
Feeling quite the city girl I then sauntered down the street, looking in windows and just feeling all shiny. I walked by a cute man and actually winked at him. Yes that's right I winked at a strange man, strange, but hot. As I'm addicted to shoes, and who isn't, I went into Brown's Shoes and low and behold there they were.

Manolo Blahniks.

All $798 worth. And I was able to pick them up!!! As a shoe junkie, yes my heart did beat a little faster, as this is the first and only pair of Manolo's I have ever seen in real life. *drool* Some of you may recognize these shoes from such shows as Sex and the City. The episode where these buatiful babis get stolen from a Baby Shower, and Carrie registers for them for her celebrating herself occasion.

Again clearly, they were out of my price range. Maybe one day. *sigh*

I then bought a big Cinnabon, hopped on the train back to my little basement apartment were I enjoyed a glass of wine, and well, most of my $8 wedge of cheese.

What a Friday.