September 4, 2012

  • A day in downtown

    Today mom and I went out to downtown in the morning to check out the last day of Aritzia warehouse sale at the Vancouver convention centre. Because it was a holiday, so I managed to park at the easy park parking lot by West Cordova street for a mere $7.00 whole day, much better than what you have to pay on weekdays. When we arrived at 10:45am, there were already a lot of people in the warehouse so after checking in our bags, we quickly skimmed through the aisles to find the best deals.

    Despite the fact that the clothing was marked down at least 1/3 of the original pricing, with tank tops selling at $9.99 and other clothing pieces at 19.99, $39.99, and above, I couldn't find anything that I thought was worth the buy and ended up walking out almost bare handed. I did see a fall jacket I was interested in but with a price of $99 I wasn't sure I was in the position to purchase it. (maybe some people will think I'm being too thrifty since I'm actually comparing normal clothing to Aritizia clothing that tends to fall under the expensive category) . Luckily for Aritizia, in the end while walking out I managed to spot a bunch of good quality laptop bags selling for $14.99 and bought myself one (so they didn't lose a valuable customer like me :) ) .

    Afterwards, mom and I walked towards McDonalds on burrard and she enjoyed a wonderful McChicken meal (while I watched her eat because I was upset over some conflict we had while walking there. Sometimes I wonder why we always have so much conflicts. And it frustrates me).

    Next up was Sears at pacific center ;) . We practically scanned the whole 6 floors including the underground floor for best buys since it's closing down for Nordstrom, and I managed to purchase some wonderful silk skinny stockings for a mere $1.49. Talk about thrifty ;) . And after the wonderful Sears experience mom spotted a yellow backpack (yes my mom wears backpacks and yes she loves yellow) at Urban Outfitters for $20 versus it's original pricing of $70 and I managed to eat a veggie taco burrito at taco bell for $2.49.

    Lastly, we walked around granville street to take in the last day of the Taiwan festival and noticed how there were lots of food stalls in conjunction with freebies from commercial service stalls. As I walked across the street a friend who was working at the telus booth spotted me and gave me two gotta Getta gund plushies for free. They're totally adorable and I have them stuck to my bed frame now. Let's see how long lasting they can be.

    The walk back to the car was tiring while carrying the few things we bought, but overall everything was good (the weather was nice, we got to see a lot, and I got freebies and discounts :) ) and we ended up eating at the House of Tofu Soup at north road for dinner (which, I think, has the best tofu soup ever!!!)

    So all is well and well is all :)

    And to add on to my mom's day she got two souvenirs from her friend and friend's daughter: a yellow umbrella and necklace that helps cool your body down while cooking. :O amazing yes???

    Now back to work tomorrow :(