Celebrating Sports Day in Canada

Let it be know that I have excellent table manners. I know which forks to use, when I get to the bottom of the soup bowl I tip it away from me and every now and again my pinky rises when I take a drink. On the other hand I have been known to drip even when being extra careful. It happens. Sadly on Friday it happened while wearing a borrowed signed Jarome Iginla Flames jersey.

Friday September 16 is Sports Day in Canada. As part of the social committee we showed our support and got the office to wear a jersey of their choice to work. I used to own some Calgary Hitmen t-shirts when I was a teenager but since then they have gone the way of the donation box. In order to be part of the action a co-worker offered to bring an extra jersey for me. I was quite nervous when I saw the signature on the back. Who in their right mind would voluntarily give me a signed jersey! The double whammy is that the jersey is white.

My birthday is coming up so some coworkers decided to take me out for lunch. We continued wearing jersey's to spread the spirit of sports day. I was extra careful during lunch. On a side note, if you have not been to WURST yet go now and have the jager schnitzel. There were some drips but I managed to make them land on the plate. We left and I was free of extra spots!

The second place you must go is CRUFFS - House of cream puffs. My boss bought me a mini puff filled with chocolate hazelnut. I could hardly wait.

Shellie Moment: I held the cream puff in my hand as we walked back to car and head back to office. Like I said, I could hardly wait. I figured being a mini cream puff it would be relatively safe and employ my two bite technique. I figured it would all be safe. I forgot this was me. One bite and half the filling dropped onto the jersey. I stopped dead in my tracks. There were no hockey fights yet but I was about to start one.

When we arrived back at the office I slinked back into my cubicle so she couldn't see. I told her what happened through the wall and she said no big deal. I may or may not have fibbed a little bit about the amount that dripped. I went over to show her and put on the best puppy dog face I could but that did not stop the shock that came over her face. "That is not a little! That is actually really bad".

I got a large chunk out, but you can still see it :(

It is Time to Pay Attention When...

A few weeks ago I introduced a friend of mine to the joys of Safeway brand chocolate chip cookies. You get around 30 for $5. The simple joys in life. In return she introduced me to Parmesan Garlic flavoured chips. I am typically not a fan of the exotic flavoured chips, I am a plain type of gal and stick to the dill pickle, sour cream and onion, you know the regular stuff. Needless to say we polished off the bag before anyone else showed up.

I departed on my weekly grocery shopping trip this evening and was very well behaved as I left. I purchased only items for meals even some vegetables. No junk. I had to make one more errand on the way home and as I waited I had a sudden craving for these Parmesan Garlic chips and started the hunt. Sadly the store which I was in did not have that particular brand. I was near another grocery store and decided to go slightly out of my way to locate and eat this particular flavour. No other flavour would do.

I am not sure what it is about the Safeway near my place of residence but every time I give in and go there it is crazy busy. Line ups go down the isles kind of busy. I am not afraid to admit that when I am in the express line holding two items I am counting how many items you are putting up and slowly festering because you should not be in this line. You are why the express lane is not moving express like. However, this particular time I was saved by a lovely cashier who opened up her line and personally invited me to be her first patron. I merrily pay for my chips pack up my wallet in my purse and begin my departure back to my car and home to devour delicious chips.

Shellie Moment of the Story: I am about 2 cashiers away at this point, keys are in my hand..."Ma'am don't forget your bag!!" is what I hear. Yes after all of that I paid for my chips and left them as if making a donation to the poor and needy Safeway. You know you need to pay more attention to what is going on when you forget your items at Safeway after being in the store for over 20 minutes. It is sure a good thing that I am pretty.