So far, so good

Last night I had the pleasure of meeting my friend Jen for some tea and cheesecake. Our friend Sarah joined us later. We went to this neat little place we like to go to on Main/8th Ave. It's called Eight.5 (eight and a half). It's a really nice cozy place with good food and drinks. The tea list was pretty good as was the cheesecake.

Today however has so far been the best!!! I woke up and declared it to be my day. I had lots of invitations to do stuff with people but I politely declined. Sometimes, you just need to hang out with yourself. I started off by taking pups to the beach, MacDonald Beach in Richmond. It's such a great off-leash dog park. Big dogs go there and it's hard to find where big dogs hang out in this city. Sadie and I spent an hour there walking around the trails, up and down the river bank. The sun was out so it wasn't really cold.

The only problem with this beach is the river. Sometimes your dog can hop into the car after playing there only to smell like a bog. Sadie smelt like a bog. YUK. So I drove from Richmond to North Vancouver to my favorite dog washing place, Dirty Dogz (she doesn't have a site). For $20 you can bathe your dog. Some of you without dogs might be wondering why you just wouldn't bathe your dog at home. Yes, small dogs, you can totally do at home. Big dogs.....HELL NO!!!! Dirty Dogz is perfect. The tubs are up high so you never have to bend over. Everything is right there and the best shampoo is available (mango is my favorite). You're in, you're out. Within 20 minutes you'll have a clean mango smelling dog.

After that I came home, got changed and went to hot yoga, the studio below my friend Heather's. I did hot yoga about a thousand years ago with my other friend Cari. I really enjoyed it. So today I thought that I would give it a whirl again. With all my running, I know I'm not stretching properly so I thought throwing in the odd yoga class would be a help. OH YES IT IS. I can't believe how NOT bendy I am. I used to be bendy. Now.... not even slightly. So it's my mission to perfect bendiness. I forgot how good the skin feels after. Anyway, I then came home, ran a bath, sipped some bubbles and watched another episode of Being Erica. Made myself a salmon and broccoli dinner and now I'm about to take pups out for a walk. All and all, a pretty darn good day.

Tomorrow I'm off to the Santa Clause parade with Christine and the dog, then maybe a christmas party at night. Or, I just might have a bath and watch Being Erica. That's a nice bonus about living/being alone, you can do whatever you want. You're not "tied" to a schedule, someone else's schedule. So I'll just see how I feel after the parade. Who knows, something else might come up!!!!