I’m whiny. I’m annoyed. And I’m sure as hell giving Mother Nature a piece of my mind whilst asking to be reimbursed for my now somewhat limp lilac bush after the rain, frost, snow and hail this weekend. ALL weekend.
While my outdoor plans for the weekend were rendered null and void by Friday afternoon, I decided to catch up on some work, as well as some much-needed retail therapy and storefront browsing. On Saturday I headed to 9th Avenue in Inglewood, one of my favourite ‘just park it and walk it’ shopping districts.
Of course as I was parking, the hail onslaught began, and for the better part of half an hour I sat in my car, cursing the grey skies. (Why I neglected to bring an umbrella I’m not sure, as the soggy weather was the reason for my shopping excursion in the first place.)
I finally decided to just open the door, and retreat to the warmth and safety of the first shop I came across, which thank heavens, just happened to be
Choklat. The smell of melting chocolate was too much to resist, and I walked away with the Cuyagua 70% dark chocolate Choklat bar.
And that’s where the good news ended. Shopping and I are rarely bosom buddies, and while I crave a symbiotic relationship, alas, I must settle for our macabre tango instead: whenever I have the time and money, I can’t seem to find anything I want to buy,
or the size and color of what I covet is never in stock. When I am passing by in a frenzied hurry (with a cloud of dust forging
in my wake), I spot many a things that I simply don’t have the time to ogle, contemplate, debate, try on, and eventually buy. So try as I might to part with my hard-earned dollars, I came home defeated and empty-handed.
However, all was not lost. Later that night, as I slipped into a comfy combo of sweatshirt and sweats to the sound of the rain coming down (again!). I thought, what perfect pre-requisite mood lighting for a re-watching of Twilight! I popped in the DVD, took the first bite of the somewhat spicy dark chocolate, curled up on the couch with Edward Cullen’s Luke Perry-esque coif and sexy ‘please bit into me’ vampire smile, and sighed in warm n' cozy satisfaction... and, ok, made peace with Mother Nature.
But just for the night...