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Shopping

“Okay, I’m going off shopping now. See you later!” I said.

“Five hours, then?” W- laughed, and so did I.

He must’ve come up with that number through lots of experience,
because it did take me roughly five hours to go through all of Eaton
Centre and the Bay. I found one pair of black pants, two cashmere
sweaters, and five blouses that I actually liked (three white, one
red, one black), which was a pretty odd thing because I usually can’t
find anything with clean and simple lines. Anyway, now my wardrobe’s
kitted out with more long-sleeved shirts suitable for the workplace,
and planning a week of clothes should be much easier.

I also picked up a set of fuzzy pink pajamas. Yay!

Random Emacs symbol: nntp-via-telnet-switches – Variable: *Switches given to the telnet command `nntp-via-telnet-command’.

Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/4431

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