So this weekend was chock full of “stuff to do since we have a car.”
Friday night we set out on an expedition to Super Walmart. Greg was pysched for his “American Experience” – he brought the camera. Sure enough, it was huge. (there should be pics up on the gallery) We started off the “experience” with dinner at McD. Yes, Greg ate meat! Had to get the full experience you see. Anyways, after gorging and feeling not quite right afterwards, we started shopping. Holy crap this place was huge! The experience ended with a slow, cashier. I wanted to pay with traveller’s cheques (to get rid of them) but I thought that might be too much for the poor woman, so we charged instead. Also didn’t want Greg to have an anuerism.
Saturday morning we rolled out of bed out into the Farmer’s Market. Felt like home except there was no chocolatier! The weather in Chapel Hill is probable not so good for selling chocolates. We bought some cheese, strawberries and pound cake and some tarts (one sweet potato and one pecan) from a woman who Greg already described in his blog. She was great! Can’t wait to see her again this Saturday!
Then it was off to Costco in Durham. Also stopped off at World Market (think Pier 1) and bought 3 bottles of wine (gotta love the states where you can buy wine and beer everywhere!). Also went to Bed Bath and Beyond. Was one of the first times it felt like home. Not in the “Chapel Hill is home” sense. More like, this looks like home in Vancouver sense. I think it’ll take a while for this to be like home. It has it’s charms, but it’s not familiar enough yet. Maybe in a few weeks… Anyways, went to Costco (also a homey feeling as all Costco’s look the same!).
Sunday morning we went shopping for a futon. The old tenants left us their futon, but I’m going to use that as my sofa. So, at the end of the summer I’ll need a bed (we’re borrowing the tenant’s bed for the summer). Figured a futon is the way to go (cheap!). Got one on sale (yea!) and it’s set up in the office where we needed a place to sit (to watch stuff on the computer) anyways!
At a loss for something else to do, we went to see a movie. The nearest large movie theater is in Durham. Saw “Thank you for Smoking.” Really funny – go see it!
And that was our last weekend with the rental car.