Patriotic Consumerista

Posted by Leaf on July 5, 2008 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

A friend just moved into a condo downtown two months ago, so I spent the weekend at her place to see the fireworks from her building.

Our overly ambitious plans:

In reality we…

Went to Chinatown for dinner
Went back to her place, turned on the tv and channel flipped. Got to see some practice fireworks for a while.
She fell asleep while I went to shower
I fell asleep while she got ready for bed. It was around midnight.
Made waffles for breakfast
Went to the outlets and shopped for 8 hours!! EIGHT HOURS! I was shopped out. Thank goodness the malls closed early for the holiday. While I called it a day, and sat around waiting, she was still at it. Some poor guy who was sitting by me looked so worn. I asked if his wife was in Ann Taylor because that’s where we were sitting near. He nodded. I told him that was a good ‘un, he’s gonna have to wait a while. Ha! I had first hand experience. Then, I went to track my friend down at Banana, and wound up getting 3 more shirts while she was still at some shoe store. Somebody stop me.
Came back to do a bit of furniture rearranging because she bought a rug and 2 pillows. She’s way domestic and a leeetle bit obsessed with home decorating. Think HGTV.
We watched the fireworks off her balcony starting at 8:30.
Drank some bubbly, had leftover Chinese food, and wooooh-ed with the neighborhood people while watching an amazing display. It was actually multiple shows. Just when we were watching one go off, another side would launch another. It was everywhere.
Watched the belly dancing dvd.
Fell asleep by midnight. The fireworks were still going.