Don’t forget your shovel.

So, I stopped by the ‘vog shop on Queen Street yesterday, just ’cause I was in TO and had to check it out. I picked up a couple new heels for my Angels, phew because they’ve discontinued the only pair my AAA feet can wear,… which I’ll get put on them by a shoemaker here on the end of the earth where nothing is available, but everything can be fixed.

The Cherry-coloured Oolongs are on sale, too, but the TO store didn’t have my size. If you buy them by mail-order you can return them and get credit but only with the specific store which sent them to you. Sigh. Montréal had 3 pairs of 7 1/2 Cherry Oolongs yesterday, but really the 8 that I tried on in TO was really very big. Perhaps I’m a 7?

So, I wasn’t in the ‘vog shop for longer than say 15 minutes and I had 45 minutes left on the meter, so I walked over to Pages for a bit. Stopped myself from buying books because I currently have two on the go and wondered outside.

Looking across the street I saw a store called Change. (aka Change of Scandinavia as it turned out) They were selling bras ‘n things for women. This is actually a major preoccupation of mine because I’m a special size and unless I want to spend $120 on a single bra, I usually buy mine in the US. Seriously. I don’t understand for the life of me why The Bay, Sears, et. al. don’t carry bras in a more diverse range of sizes. It’s not just the super-rich who need a good fitting bra! Indeed, in the US, I buy them in everyday department stores, so why can’t ours do the same? I digress…

So, I wondered into change and boldly said to the woman behind the counter, “Do you carry odd sizes?” She said, “Sure we do. We have them all A through J” Pretty soon, she was measuring me out and giving me a couple to try on. After a few I asked how much they were and was ecstatic to find out that they were cost-friendly. Not cheap cheap, but good quality, well fitting, and between $45-$60 each. Not bad at all compared to $120.

By now, I was running out of time on the meter… but they had a buy 2 get the third free deal, so I persisted. Settled on two. Got a third for free.

Yay.

Of course, they don’t have a store in Ottawa, either.

I mean, why would they? No one else does!