so let's talk about one of my life's most perfect days...
to most people. you know, those steady, level headed, concise type of people, my perfect day would probably seem absurd and irresponsible. but you know what? who gives a flying fuck. i've had so many miserable, anger filled, angst ridden days during my life that yesterday was as perfect as it could get.
it started early. i got up at around 5:30 to prepare then headed over to evil's place around quarter to 7. since it was a relatively nice morning, i decided to walk from the subway to her place instead of taking the streetcar. stopped at burger thing for brekkie and by the time i got to evil's, cat was just a couple of minute's behind me.
we headed off to buffalo and the traffic was great! once we hit the border, our wait was an incredible 10 minutes. maybe even less! the customs guard was great, even joking around with us. 
pulling out the maps that evil printed off, we headed towards the boulevard mall. unfamiliar with the buffalo highway system (interstate system?), we immediately got turned around, but as soon as we found one of the interstate signs, we decided to wing it. (no pun intended, lol! ).
we eventually found the mall and proceeded to the victoria's secret. spent a good half hour (or so it seemed) in the dressing room with poor evil running between mine and cat's dressing room's to "consult". scandalous that she wasn't wearing her top! bwahahahaha!!! after i spent about $100+, we hit a couple more stores before stopping at tgi friday's for lunch. feel sorry for our server, matt. we must have confused the hell out of the poor guy.
we then left boulevard and headed for the walden galleria.
oops, we did it again. got lost. lol!  but after doing a total roundabout encircling the city of buffalo, we finally made it to the next mall. hahaha! i swear, if i had done this trip with ychrom, we'd have violently killed each other!
but nooooo, this was the perfect day and us girls were in high spirits. 
once in the galleria, we checked out their victoria's secret, which seemed to have a wider selection of merchandise, but unfortunately they didn't have my size in the styles i liked.  but it was for the best as we hit frederick's next and they were having a great sale! so $32 later, we checked out some more stores having great laughs at some of the stuff at the novelty stores (you know, the kind that sells funny stupid t-shirts and bumper stickers).
by now, it was just after 5 pm so we decided to head over to the anchor bar for wings before heading home.
wanna guess what happend next? 
yep. got lost. ahahahaha!
(okay evil, i won't say anything about turning left when i said right.... )
finally got to the anchor around 6:40 pm. but not after running into a dumb as a doorknob store clerk, a very friendly customer, and a guy who was more than happy to give evil directions (albeit incorrect directions!).
cat ordered a chicken caesar salad, while evil and i split a plate of 20 medium wings and an order of jalapeno poppers. yummies!!
now, to add to the whole karma of the day: while we were waiting for the waitress to come with our bill, the hostess seated a couple at the table next to us and the girl half of the couple was rebecca, who i had gone to grade school with! holy shit! talk about your small world! so i sat with them for a couple of minutes to chit chat and when our bill was paid, we hit the road.
for once, we found the peace bridge quite easily, only stopping at the duty free so that cat could buy a carton of marlborough's <shudder>. we crossed the bridge not knowing what kind of wait there would be on the other side, but believe it or not, we got an empty booth right away! karma, man. i tell you. so after declaring our purchases and paying the duties and taxes on them, we were on the road home...
but oh, if it only ended there...<dum da dum dum!>
about 30 minutes past the border the sky started to darken considerably, with amazing jags of lightning every so often. then the rain started to come down in a deluge while the wind suddenly picked up. i swear, just envision a green chick wearing black and flying a broom around us and you'll get the whole picture! lol! so we pulled over at an exit that had a tim horton's and stood under the roof overhang of an abandoned building having a smoke while waiting for the rain to abate a little.
suffice it to say, we finally made it home by 11 pm. and i have to say this: i can't remember a day in my life that was filled with so much laughter, great camaraderie, good spirits, friendly encounters, absolutely no rancor and a fantastic soundtrack behind it all.
so evil and cat, i salute you guys. you rock! thanks for sharing one of the best days of my life, i will never forget it.  | 
