Today was a lovely day. It is amazing what a good day can do for your mood. Here's how it went down.
I dropped the car off for an oil change and MVI around 9am. Sarah and I met at Costco, which was not nearly as busy as everyone was sure it would be, around 10. I was early so I got my membership while I waited and that was, again, a breeze - oh yeah! We shopped, grabbed some deals and then she dropped me off at Avalon Spa around 11:30. While we drove to the spa, I found out that my car passed inspection (yay!) and was ready whenever I was.
At the spa, I had an eyebrow wax, haircut and highlights lined up. I love this place because of the little things. I was offered a cup of tea multiple times before I'd even seen the aesthetician. I got a complimentary hand massage while the toner set and ended up turning down the make-up freshening because there isn't really much you can do with this mug just yet ;)
The guy who drives the shuttle for Honda is great. He has a sense of humour so dry it rivals the Sahara AND is a pseudo-celeb in our house, given that he is on a first name basis with all of the guys who star in the show Ice Pilots, having worked as an RCMP officer in Hay River, NWT when he was young. He poked fun at my trip to Costco and the fact that the automatic sliding door on the van and I have a somewhat rocky relationship and all in the five minutes it took him to get me back to Honda.
After picking up the car, I ran some errands for Isabel's birthday party. In the midst of this, I was listening to the radio and a song came on that gave my memory a jab. It was the Song of the Day. I grabbed my phone and dialed in. The first time, I was caller 2. I figured I'd give it one more shot and, what do you know, I was the correct caller - I won a gift certificate to a local restaurant. Sweet!
While I was at the mall, I considered buying a ticket for the Lotto Max, given the day I was having, but thought better of it. Good thing I did. It seemed my luck was starting to wane.
On the way home from the grocery store, as I was sitting in stop-and-go 5 o'clock traffic, I noticed the temperature gauge needle was in a bad spot. I don't mean that it was getting a little high, I mean it was *on* the "H." I called Dave right away (I know, on my cell while driving...tsk tsk...I figured this warranted it though). He agreed that this was very bad and I was going to pull over at the next available spot (Carlton Park, for you Frederictonians out there). However, just as I drove through the light and was coming up on the park, the needle started to drop. I was moving regularly enough that the car was keeping itself cool, so I decided to head home. Overheating my newly inspected car was not on my list of things to do today.
Anyway, all-in-all, a pretty sweet day. Tomorrow will be busy with lots of preparations for Isabel's birthday and then Sunday is the big event.
I took some pics today so you can see what's happening and how purdy my hair looks ;) (PS: In the last photo Dave is "helping")
CUTE.
ReplyDelete*so jealous of you curly hair people*