Two months in country

So as of 0700hrs this morning, I've been in the country two months. I went shopping today. I decided that I needed to blow some of my OSAP which just came in yesterday. I got some speakers that I was reluctant to buy before. I also got some socks(from the same place I had gotten my socks before)I hit the drug store and got some shampoo which I had just run out of, some vitamins(I'm quite sure I'm not getting enough of much in my diet also some vitamin C it's getting to be cold season), and some soap. I always have problems with soap, I used to get Ivory, it was nice and simple, it was alright. Then I went to this goat soap stuff that I really like, but now I've run out and didn't have the foresight to bring extra with me. So now I have to find a new soap(this is really probably the extent of the real drama in my life, nevermind the other stuff that I have a feeling that I make up in my mind) I ended up just picking up a single bar to get me through until I can find a store with some selection. Boots, the drug store, only seems to stock Dove(which reminds me of the grand folks, it's not a bad scent but... Well... nevermind) and the store brand which comes in a number of scents that I would enjoy if I were smelling it for the sole reason that I was getting close to a girl but generally I don't need to smell like that. So I grabbed a single bar of this stuff called "simple" which I found smells like tallow, I just need it to get me through until I can get something that I can agree with. You're probably wondering why I don't have the same problem with shampoo. Well technically I would, but I've gotten into the habit of just buying whatever comes in a black bottle that has some sort of volumiser, not so much because I need that extra little umf but more because I think it's funny.

I also happened to pick up a bottle of Chivas Regal, and some Brandy(the liquor not a girl, as much as I'd like the latter). They'd put the lights up on the lamp posts and the city seems to be getting into the swing of the Christmas season. Oxford street seemed just like a mall slowly filling to capacity, people everywhere starting to be more and more bundled with the coming "cold". In the shops becoming more and more crowded almost by the minute, sales and promotions bidding you to spend spend spend. It's dark really early now, and walking down the street you pass people handing flyers for Oratorios and sing-a-longs. You even pass people roasting chestnuts for sale, it's not just something in a song over here! It was all getting to me, so on my way home I made a stop at the Odd Bins(some sort of higher end liquor store) and picked up some Christmas spirits, a bottle of brandy, and a bottle of Chivas.

I made a discovery here, actually it's not so much a discovery as it is just something I learned from a few friends. I had long known that they do not have drink crystals but I didn't know they have an alternative. It's called Squash(it's the type of drink, not a brand name, well I think it is a brand name but used expansively like Kleenex is used expansively to cover all tissue) it's a liquid concentrate that you dilute with water(I've yet to try diluting it with something other than water but I'm sure it'll prove to be interesting). Anyway the stuff it like crack and I can't get enough of it, I've already gone through a bottle and I've only had it for 4 days. It's dangerous stuff. But soo good.

Lastnight, in a celebratory effort to exaggerate my new found debt, I had a nice dinner with a friend and flipped the bill. It was a good time, she bought me a drink afterwards.