Metrotown and Superstore with Billie: YAY!

Bought chewy caramel Tim Tams, Herbal Essences shampoo and conditioner ($2 cheaper than Save-On), two-packs of Big Turks (cheaper than one at Save-On!), a bubble-wrap envelope which turned out to be too small, buttered popcorn Jelly Belly candy, and a Cote d'Or Experiences 70% bar (for the polyphenols!) at London Drugs. Then I successfully returned the Garnier Fructis shampoo and conditioner at Save-On, and noticed sensitivity in my fingers - I blame the fingernails, man. Made it to Metrotown in one piece, and saw Billie at Superstore. We went in there for a bit to talk (before going to the food court / Chapters) and look at the enormous selection! Covered stupid people, TMI, gay stuff, Iran, pronunciation, Persian / Farsi things, people thinking we're the wrong ethnicity, women's studies textbooks on gender, former friends, parents, characters, exes, disgusting Net weirdos, KFC, overbuying stuff to satisfy cravings, Aji Taro being closed, Sakura Media, and more.

While we were upstairs, I noticed a Sweet Factory store (and one downstairs) and a Big Orange store! We discussed how it would be great to live by Metrotown: grocery store, bookstore, a dollar store, and other things all in one big building! It would be even greater to live by West Edmonton Mall, which has a skating rink / hotel / amusement park / swimming pool / MORE inside its HUGE complex! Went to Chapters, and discussed anime, manga, stories, the OUTLANDER series (I need to get her the companion...) / ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series / TWILIGHT (bad writing!) / GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (movie) / PRIDE AND PREJUDICE WITH ZOMBIES! Do people really have no GOOD ideas these days?! Honestly, vampires do NOT sparkle! They sort of explode when the sun hits them! Agreed that parents don't need to know about bathroom things, and that sibs don't need to know if you have a sex life! (also saw cute mixed kids, and one who waved to us from the train going around the mall - so cool!)

We went into Superstore again so I could find a dish drainer - found that along with mouthwash and teaspoons. Too bad I forgot the Shake and Bake: I'll buy it later, along with Pepsi Max maybe. Marveled at the SELECTION of body wash and hair stuff - we could spend HOURS in there, man! Bused home, and found calls from both Billie and Eric on my phone: not sure why Eric called, as he knew I wasn't going to Lesley's African thing tonight. Maybe it was force of habit, haha... I'll bug him about that later. Changed a light bulb, and noticed that Dallas' peanut butter expired in March, so I threw that out along with the old dish drainer.