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Weekend Report
Sep. 30th, 2018 04:35 pm Yesterday we looked for a new fall/mild-winter coat for Andrew, beginning with the thrift store and a clothing swap held in Trinity Bellwoods Park, but neither planned out for him and he was too tired to move on to the menswear store downtown. I did get rid of some older stuff that was taking up closet space, and scored some smaller things (a beaded tank top, a bra, a grey jersey cocoon dress/tunic and a long grey cabled scarf), and picked my new thrift-store coat (from last weekend) from the dry cleaners.
After we got home I baked some cupcakes. I’d been wishing for a few weeks to test advice I’d seen online, that if you want to skip a few steps while still making something that tastes from-scratch, you can upgrade a cake mix by adding one more egg than called for in the instructions on the box, and substituting melted butter for vegetable oil and milk for water. I also added extra vanilla. The results are decent enough to be edible without icing, so I call it a win.
Posted another chapter of 1983 last night. This photo is somewhat relevant.
Today I looked around the Dufferin Mall between shopping errands — apparently Rose Gold Everything is still popular, but Gold Gold is also back. Also I saw a lot of red shoes on the shelves, but as yet not on any feet. Was tempted by a small plate with a flamingo on it, but had no reason to buy it (I think it was a jewelry stand). Did buy a red coffee mug from the dollar store, and the cats have been enjoying the brown paper it came wrapped in.
After we got home I baked some cupcakes. I’d been wishing for a few weeks to test advice I’d seen online, that if you want to skip a few steps while still making something that tastes from-scratch, you can upgrade a cake mix by adding one more egg than called for in the instructions on the box, and substituting melted butter for vegetable oil and milk for water. I also added extra vanilla. The results are decent enough to be edible without icing, so I call it a win.
Posted another chapter of 1983 last night. This photo is somewhat relevant.
Today I looked around the Dufferin Mall between shopping errands — apparently Rose Gold Everything is still popular, but Gold Gold is also back. Also I saw a lot of red shoes on the shelves, but as yet not on any feet. Was tempted by a small plate with a flamingo on it, but had no reason to buy it (I think it was a jewelry stand). Did buy a red coffee mug from the dollar store, and the cats have been enjoying the brown paper it came wrapped in.
