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Jul. 9th, 2009 08:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljFirst time wearing my new black shoes. They're tight on one spot on my left foot which is nearly a half size larger than my right one. I'm hoping that wearing them a little at a time will stretch them out. If i'm sitting at my desk most of the time, they won't rub too much and i've brought my sport sandals to wear home if they rub too much. I hate my feet. They've always been wide and always had one larger which made buying shoes a pain but now having a bunion only makes getting cute shoes and sandals even more difficult. I will wear skirts sometimes in summer but you can't wear socks and sneakers with them. Well i suppose you can but it looks dreadful unless you're just commuting on the bus. That's ok as long as you change into shoes or something when you get where you're going. If i ever get rich (*snork*) i'm going to have custom made shoes and sandals. And bras.
God. I went into a fancy bra shop a few weeks ago just to see if they had specialty sizes and what the prices were. They did. The ones that were on sale half off were still 100 dollars! They offered to properly size me. Ok. Why not? But... not a measuring tape in sight. They started with a bra the size i thought i was and went from there, trying various ones on. I don't know who makes their bras but i had three different band sizes on, the largest of which still didn't feel any looser around than the smallest and by the time they had me holstered into the largest size, the cups were like sails on the Bluenose! Practically up to my neck, with the sides up into my armpits. If you're working in a fancy bra shop that purports to be able to sell you any size or order any size, don't you think they should be trained in how to size you the right way? They really didn't seem to know what they were doing, that's for sure. I doubt i'd ever be shopping there anyway, not with the prices of some of the stuff i had on. One was nearly $300! Yes, the material felt really nice but it wasn't any more comfortable on otherwise than the normal ones i wear, which i try to get from Marks and Spencers when i'm away.
The sun is up. That's news, it really is. We haven't woken up to the sun in weeks and even then it's only deigned to show it's face on rare occasions later in the day. It's going to be nice right to the weekend though clouding over again on Sunday. Saturday is the Paul McCartney outdoor concert and also the Highland Games and Scottish Festival. I am not going to the concert, i saw Paul in 2003 at the MEN in Manchester. Good show but i won't spend the $120 again. Seen him once, that's enough. Some people, however, are at the height of excite! AC/DC is playing Moncton. If they'd come to Halifax, i'd have spent the money on that ticket even if i'd seen them before which i haven't. Moncton is 3 hours away and the outdoor venue is outside the city. They do have shuttle busses I believe, to ferry people from the city centre to the venue. It's just a pain. You either have to book a hotel and stay overnight or make the three hour drive back in the wee hours. KISS is playing Halifax next weekend i think but i didn't bother getting tickets for that either though i'm sure it would be a fun show. I like them but i was never a major fan. If someone called and wanted me to go with them or if it was in indoor stadium concert, i might have bothered. I did the outdoor thing for the Stones and while it was great, standing for 5 hours was hard on my back and it rained. I suppose i could spend even more money and buy a ticket for the bleacher seats which is maybe what i would do if it was a band i *really* wanted to see like AC/DC. I"m sure if i was all that bothered, i'd go over to the neighbourhood by the Commons and listen, because you will be able to hear it just fine even if you aren't close enough to see anything.
My niece apparently has the swine flu. She wasn't feeling well and the doctor said she had bronchitis but tested her for H1N1 anyway. She got the word two days later by which time she was already starting to feel better. This whole Swine Flu hype really is over the top. Yes people have died from it, people that have had underlying health problems to start with. Just as many or more probably die from other flu strains. It is a worry, though, because we were at my aunt and uncle's cottage on the weekend and my uncle does have heath problems so they'll be keeing a close eye on him in case he does catch it. His immune system is shot to hell.
God i don't half go on sometimes.
I'm just going to finish my cuppa and read the paper.
God. I went into a fancy bra shop a few weeks ago just to see if they had specialty sizes and what the prices were. They did. The ones that were on sale half off were still 100 dollars! They offered to properly size me. Ok. Why not? But... not a measuring tape in sight. They started with a bra the size i thought i was and went from there, trying various ones on. I don't know who makes their bras but i had three different band sizes on, the largest of which still didn't feel any looser around than the smallest and by the time they had me holstered into the largest size, the cups were like sails on the Bluenose! Practically up to my neck, with the sides up into my armpits. If you're working in a fancy bra shop that purports to be able to sell you any size or order any size, don't you think they should be trained in how to size you the right way? They really didn't seem to know what they were doing, that's for sure. I doubt i'd ever be shopping there anyway, not with the prices of some of the stuff i had on. One was nearly $300! Yes, the material felt really nice but it wasn't any more comfortable on otherwise than the normal ones i wear, which i try to get from Marks and Spencers when i'm away.
The sun is up. That's news, it really is. We haven't woken up to the sun in weeks and even then it's only deigned to show it's face on rare occasions later in the day. It's going to be nice right to the weekend though clouding over again on Sunday. Saturday is the Paul McCartney outdoor concert and also the Highland Games and Scottish Festival. I am not going to the concert, i saw Paul in 2003 at the MEN in Manchester. Good show but i won't spend the $120 again. Seen him once, that's enough. Some people, however, are at the height of excite! AC/DC is playing Moncton. If they'd come to Halifax, i'd have spent the money on that ticket even if i'd seen them before which i haven't. Moncton is 3 hours away and the outdoor venue is outside the city. They do have shuttle busses I believe, to ferry people from the city centre to the venue. It's just a pain. You either have to book a hotel and stay overnight or make the three hour drive back in the wee hours. KISS is playing Halifax next weekend i think but i didn't bother getting tickets for that either though i'm sure it would be a fun show. I like them but i was never a major fan. If someone called and wanted me to go with them or if it was in indoor stadium concert, i might have bothered. I did the outdoor thing for the Stones and while it was great, standing for 5 hours was hard on my back and it rained. I suppose i could spend even more money and buy a ticket for the bleacher seats which is maybe what i would do if it was a band i *really* wanted to see like AC/DC. I"m sure if i was all that bothered, i'd go over to the neighbourhood by the Commons and listen, because you will be able to hear it just fine even if you aren't close enough to see anything.
My niece apparently has the swine flu. She wasn't feeling well and the doctor said she had bronchitis but tested her for H1N1 anyway. She got the word two days later by which time she was already starting to feel better. This whole Swine Flu hype really is over the top. Yes people have died from it, people that have had underlying health problems to start with. Just as many or more probably die from other flu strains. It is a worry, though, because we were at my aunt and uncle's cottage on the weekend and my uncle does have heath problems so they'll be keeing a close eye on him in case he does catch it. His immune system is shot to hell.
God i don't half go on sometimes.
I'm just going to finish my cuppa and read the paper.
