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07/22/2007
Summer has Finally Emerged
Well, it's been a great weekend. The weather was *gorgeous*, which was a complete contrast to Friday, where it absolutely poured rain all day long - some farmers' fields were basically turned to lakes, with hay bales floating around! Fortunately our house is on higher ground and we didn't have any problems.
So this weekend, I decided it was time to get a new pair of walking/light hiking shoes. The ones I had, I bought them probably in the 1999-2000 timeframe. (I distinctly remember paying for them because I didn't have enough in the bank so I had to pay some cash and the remainder with my debit card. It was a bit embarrassing!). And in fact, truth be told, I didn't think they were all that terribly nice-looking, even back then; I was simply told they were the best design and I went, great, let's get them in my size and get on with them. Now, I'm a bit more confident in my own decisions and more importantly, I listen to my gut feelings a bit more. So yesterday, I bought myself some nice walking/hiking shoes, and I really do like them this time. :-) They're Targhees from Keen Footwear (in the "Concord" mocha brown kind of colour).
Today I went back to the same place I got the shoes, and invested in a quality Messenger bag from Timbuk2. This was the "Commute" model, which has room for a laptop. I don't have a laptop, but it should work great for my Alphasmart. Yay! This one is the all-slate blue one, which was basically all they had. Actually there was one other, but it was a nasty orange colour so I went with the blue. :-)
No more spending money for me for a little while though. Phew! Stuff isn't cheap...!
Two more weeks before I'm in Europe - I can't wait. I'll be staying in Wales for a couple of nights, then Northern Ireland for a week, then back to Wales for the remaining week or so. It should be great! I haven't been to Wales at all, and only spent 3 days in Ireland, so the whole experience should be quite new. I'm sure I'll have plenty to blog about when I get back!
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