Weekending - four days of fun

The day after we got back from the hike was Yom Kippur, so I took the rest of the week off. Unpacking and cleaning hiking gar can be a lot! On Thursday Elise and I did our traditional, non-religious Yom Kippur hang, then Leon and I went to the theatre in the evening. Friday was for relaxing, and then we hosted my parents for dinner. On Saturday we planned a little trip Northside - it's funny, because it's one suburban bus and about 20 minutes away, but I just tend to stay in the city or south of the river. We went to a hot sauce shop and tried (and bought) hot sauce.

We then went to Aunty Peg's, a fancy coffee shop that won't put milk in coffee. i got a nitro coffee, which was delicious, and funny, since generally i don't like nitro beer.

Then we went to Molly Rose, to collect our beanies from going to every Pint of Origin venue with year. Now I have two commercial beanies to celebrate drinking.

On our way through we stopped at the Lululemon outlet. we haven't had good luck there in recent years, but I scored a pair of their running shoes, in a very nice bright pink, for a very nice price. I've been running in minimalist shoes of some sort or another since about 2014, so it's going to be interesting to try conventional running shoes!

After all that we met Elise, and then Kris Katie and Mel, in Rippon Lea for a drink. which turned into drinks, which turned into dinner, which turned into more drinks. A really fun night, and great to be back together after various holidays.

Today is for relaxing, continuing to clean up, spinning, drinking tea, reading and knitting. I'm really enjoyed the last ten days - 6 days hiking and four days of pure relaxation at home.

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