The kids wanted to stay home this morning so went to the Fern Café & Bakery down the road. I had planned on going to Patisserie Daniel, but it was a takeout bakery only, no place to sit. The Fern is just “kitty corner”, and a vegan bakery to boot! I thought what a great idea, people would come to Patisserie Daniel, then take the sort walk to the Fern to get something special for a vegan friend.
This afternoon the kids and I went out for an adventure about town. We thought we might end up at the “Miniatures Museum”, but “Thrifting” took over the day. Katie was explaining how Courtenay has mostly “old people” clothes, and the Thrifting stores here in Victoria are ideal for her. We went to the WIN Resale Shop first, where Katie bought a skirt, then to Value Village which was more downtown. We spent a lot of time here, and as Katie browsed Bobby and I went to look at the toy and game section. He picked up an “unopened” Smart 10 card game for only $7.99 (see photo to the right). Katie picked up a whole basket of clothes that came to about $120. There were no dressing rooms, but they have a generous return policy, so we may be returning some of them at their Courtenay location. I’m so proud of how Bobby held up while Katie shopped for clothes. Not exactly the perfectly fun activity for a 10-year old boy.
After thrifting, we headed to the mall as Bobby has had a hankering for “Locals Pizza”. We ended up at the food court. Bobby picked up two slices of Hawaiian, and an apple juice, and decided it wasn’t quite as good as Courtenay’s version, but still okay. Katie took my credit card and returned beaming with three new outfits. Bobby took a $20 bill and went for something sweet, came back with an ice cream cone, then spotted bubble tea, and took my loose change and off he went again. When Katie returned she got one too.
As we walked back to the car we wandered in and out of various shops to see what they might have that we might like.
After all this Thrifting and “Mall Walking” we were too tired to do much else, so we went home to relax and chill.