I attended a St. Patrick’s Day themed potluck this evening. It was funny to see how everyone managed to wear some green. I was surprised by how green used to be my absolute favourite colour and yet the only thing that I had to wear tonight that came close to that shade was my new teal dress. I was rather pleased to have an excuse to wear it for the first time. 🙂
We were quite a large group, with lots of folks leaving in the next couple of days and weeks. There was tons of great food for both dinner and dessert. Someone passed around a bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey at one point and I ended up having two shots of it. One fellow commented that I didn’t choke on it and I told him that that’s because Jameson is pretty smooth. “Smooth?!” he exclaimed. We then got into a discussion about Irish whiskey and Scotch and how I acquired the taste while traveling around Scotland nearly 20 years ago. He was pretty impressed since he thinks whiskey tastes like lighter fluid. Depends on what you’re drinking. 🙂
The party was just the right length, two hours. Plenty of time to eat and socialise, but not so long as to mean I had to duck out when the fun started since I’m working tomorrow.
I came home to find a cute little gecko curled up on my computer. I didn’t have time to grab a picture before he was scurrying off in a panic. Those little critters are like ghosts; I usually only see them fro the corner of my eye. So it’s always a treat when I get a proper sighting!
Funny, I used to like Scotch, then I used to like Irish whisky, now I like Jack Daniels. But either way here in the great Canadian north who can afford booze?
Or fresh vegetables. Or dairy. Or meat.
Having just returned home from Mazatlan where I ate exclusively at restaurants and from meals I prepared myself; I found myself in need of groceries at home..
One trip to the store: 13 items and $34 later. It floors me that virtually the same items I bought and ate in Mexico are so much more expensive here… I understand wages are much less out there compared to Canada, so really it’s not a huge bargain for them in some cases… but I still cant help but shudder.
However, this does not include my one trip to Starbucks where I learned that no matter where you go in the world – it’s overpriced 😉
P.S Thanks for the tip that Oxxo has some decent coffee – it was my stop to grab a cup when I was in a place that did not have a coffee maker!