Burnaby dogs, SCA, strangeness, Caribbean rice, plus Specialty Chicken and Wonton House

Vanessa picked me up at 11, and we were off to Burnaby for her haircut - we discussed her car leaking water, the craziness at her job, her cousins wondering why she asked about stuff they posted on Facebook, cover songs, Chinese buns, the warmer weather (yet we saw someone in a PARKA!), Steph, Teunis, Krista, Korn, strange people / the SCA, Andrew, dietary sensitivities, the changes around town that she'd noticed, Walmart, the small dogs at the hairdresser's place, Wayne, living her own life independent of family drama, Fatburger, the road construction, and more. The dogs weren't too bad - small enough so I could deal with them, although Marty (yellow-brown) wanted a lot of affection / attention, haha! There was even a cute Pomeranian (red and yellow) - sucks that Sable (black one) has glaucoma, though!

Managed to finish half of my book, which amazed Vanessa when we left! After that, we went to the Caribbean market in New West - got spicy Caribbean rice and birch beer. (I can get ginger beer at London Drugs - no Peardrax and such for me because of money concerns) Then we went to Specialty Chicken and Wonton House for lunch - discussed Krista's mom, smoking, annoyances, hair length, Danny's / dim sum / #9 / hamburgers / noodles, my KNOWING what people are up to, Victoria, Easter, chocolate in the fridge, and more. Good times... now I'm just enjoying the solitude!