Weekend Wrap-up
The surprise party for Anna went off without a hitch. It was wonderful to catch up with everyone and hear about where life is going to be taking them in the next few months (including New York and Montreal...woo!). The food was amazing, especially the awesome chocolate mousse cake. I hope everyone had a great time.
On Sunday I headed to the US of A for a little shopping with Anna's family. I randomly ran into one of the other interns from my work down at the mall, which is so weird. I never see her in Vancouver, even though she lives quite close to me, but I run into her in a mall in a different country. She's pretty much done the program now. She's finished her paper and has two weeks before she moves back. I'm pretty jealous I got to say. At least about the paper. It's still looming over my head, and it doesn't help that the first question my mom asks me everyday is about how it's coming. It was good to see her though.
Anna and I had quite a bit of success in the shopping department, she managed to find a new bathing suit, and I got a cute little top. I did find a super cute little sun dress, but of the two sizes I grabbed one was slightly too small, in an area I wasn't going to lose weight in and the other was too big all over. Sigh. Why is my body not compatible with fashion?
We went to the Olive Garden for dinner. I was amazed and the sheer amount of food they give you once you order. The table gets a big salad, which is constantly being refilled, as well as unlimited breadsticks. By the time my gigantic meal came (manicotti...so good) I had enough room for approximately four bites. It was good though, and now I have manicotti for dinner tonight (and probably tomorrow night as well).
Anyway despite the beginning of it, this weekend turned out to be pretty awesome.
I love Olive Garden!!!
I haven't been though since my grandparents still lived in hot places. They are around in Milwaukee and Madison but we never go anymore cause it was my Grandpa who loved it. He was this tiny man and he would pack away 4-5 plates of salad and about 3 servings of the large sized bottomless minestrone soup. He would have kept eating had we all been willing to stay. I hope I get a chance to go again sometime.
I'm jealous! Darcy won't let me go (rather, he won't come and that's just as discouraging) to the Olive Garden anymore now that he's learned about the inner workings of chain restaurants. I don't get to go the East Side Mario's (my childhood favourite) or Chianti's anymore, either.