seeing as february 29th = wednesday, that means leap year day was an aunti day in TO, right?
wrong. 😦
just enough snowfall to potentially cause havoc on the roads
the weather gods decided to have a little *fun,* and delivered a spring-like storm of flurries and freezing rain on us. since the conditions were already getting nasty before 8 a.m., aunti made the executive decision to not make the drive down the 401 to toronto. sad.
the latest selection of cd's from the library will have to wait til NEXT wednesday to be delivered!
sooo…that meant that i now had an unexpected and unplanned day at home! what to do?
well, it didn’t take me long to make some plans.
first: i completed another step on the surprise project for dad:
a far-away photo, on purpose!
all will be revealed [to dad + on the blog] within the next week!
given the crappy weather, i declared yesterday a car-free day. that meant that i had no other option than to get my groceries at valumart [i had been planning to hit up the neighbourhood food basics in TO]. after tabulating my grocery expenditures for the month, i realized i had saved between $100-$200 during february, thanks to switching over to food basics for the majority of my shopping – wild, eh?! so, since there was extra money in the grocery kitty, i decided to perform r.a.o.k.#2!
thinking ahead to just such a day, i had saved the food drive bags that were delivered to our building a few weeks ago:
this time, the bags were smaller than the usual grocery bag size
when i went over to valumart to get my own groceries, i decided to fill the bags. there is no food drive going on right now, but the food bank always needs to replenish its stores.
my philosophy is that i only pick items that i would eat myself or give to my family. i had great FUN sourcing out sale items!
bag #1 was baby themed...(eight different flavours!)
...bag #2 was for an adult.
...and into the food bank receptacle they go (which is very small right now because there is no food drive going on).
completing r.a.o.k.#2 deserves a reward, agreed?! yesterday, juanita left a blog comment to let me know that david’s tea was offering a FREE large TEA in celebration of leap year day! i scooted directly from valumart to david’s.
sign in the window! how many people took advantage, i wonder?!
there were two types of tea available, for free:
(L): "green & fruity rooibos" w mango, peach, papaya, apple; (R): "north african mint," a green tea w cardamon, peppermint, ginger, black pepper and fennel
after sampling both offerings, and since i am not a fruit flavour fan, i chose the green tea. i brought my cuppa back to the condo casa…because david’s is also right across the street from home!
tea and knitting -> very nice!
in the aft, i coffee-shopped with mom and dad!
back to the mall, to "a matter of taste," this time!
and for my evening activity? how about a movie?! last eve, the princess was showing both “the artist” and “the iron lady.”
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if you read yesterday’s blog post, i think you can guess which film i chose to see [although after reading zo‘s comment about “the artist,” i will say that i did consider picking the oscar-winning best picture movie…but my love for meryl streep’s acting won out, in the end].
the verdict?
totally worthwhile. i had a marvelous time watching “the iron lady,” and was very engrossed by the movie.
as anticipated, meryl is wonderful – phenomenal, even? – and deserves every inch of that oscar statue that she won. the storyline is touching, informative, enjoyable. i do recommend seeing this film! i’ll give it *** (three stars) out of a possible **** (four stars). 1.75 stars for meryl, and 1.25 stars for the movie.
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all in all, it was an enjoyable leap year day. although, i did miss my little chiclets!
a christmas file photo will have to suffice!
better luck next week!
did you celebrate leap year day by doing anything out-of-the-ordinary and/or did you see any leap year day deals? tangent: i am freaked that i will be 46 years old when the next leap year rolls around! closer to 50 than 40 = O.L.D.!!!! :0
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