Three awesome things

Hey peeps,

Here's a quick update on some awesomeness so far.  More to come later.

Awesome thing # 1:  One of the first things you realize living in Whistler is that food is expensive.  British Columbia as a whole is more expensive than Ontario and Whistler is a tourist town so add a bit more on top of that.  Needless to say, I've been bargain hunting, coupon clipping and keeping a watchful eye out for sales.  My biggest triumph so far has been this masterpiece:

The tragic part was the 4 per customer limit.  But due to my love of cookies and savings I went back two more times, resulting in my cupboard looking like this:

Awesome Thing # 2:  Whistler has so many shops in the village which means a lot of options to buy gear.  While I brought my board, bindings, boots, etc. with me from Ontario, I did pick up a sweet new helmet.  However my favourite piece of new gear is my pair of penguin socks.

Look how cute my feet look...  It's such a shame nobody will see them while I carve (read: fall) down the mountain.

Awesome thing # 3:  Lastly, I was rudely awoken at some god-awful early hour this morning by Dave's evil alarm clock.  It releases an unnecessarily loud, terrifying shrill of hell every morning.  As much as I hate the stupid clock, it may be great for days I need to wake up for work.  However, as I still haven't started regular shifts - I'm waking up mid sleep for no reason.  And believe me, once you've been awoken by it's dreadful ringing, you can't get back to sleep easily at all.  Here is a picture of the beast itself:

The one upside to being awoken so early this morning was that I looked out the window and snow was finally falling!  This is the view from our balcony:

I'm looking forward to Friday when the mountain opens up for business.  Let the snowboarding (and snowball fights) begin.

Nat