EDO Monday

My To Do List is long today, but I'm checking things off one-by-one.

• Library returns and pick-ups - check!  Picked up three DVDs, "The Visitor", "Run Lola, Run", and Deepa Mehta's "Fire".
• Take recycling to the depot - check! 
• Exchange new, but non-functioning cordless phone for a new, hopefully functioning cordless phone - check! (Thank goodness for extended warranties!)
• Take expired medications etc. to Shoppers for disposal - check!  (You're not supposed to flush or trash your expired meds. Instead, take them to the drugstore where they can dispose of them properly.)
• Gas up, and clean out the car - mostly check. Will have to vacuum someday when it's not raining out. 
• Blog - check! 
• Clean bbq
• Meal plan for the week, then shop for groceries.
• Tidy/file papers on desk.

 Today, I also decided to experiment with hats.

The Bay at the West End Mall in Halifax is closing and everything is 70% off the last ticketed price. Among many things, including the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Mittens (on sale for $3), cloth napkins and table runners, facecloths and a few other items, I picked up two hats. The ticketed price on the hats was $5.99 and $10.00; that's $4.50ish total for both. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this deal may even beat out Frenchy's! 

As it turns out, rainy days are perfect hat days. I didn't have to wipe my glasses once while I was out and about.

746.43

746.43 is the Dewey Decimal reference to Knitting.

I've finally gotten around to activating my library card. I've had it for months, and even popped in to my local library to check it out but, being pressed for time, I didn't actually activate my card. Well, this week I finally made a trip to the library close to work and got the deed done.

Of course I went with a purpose...I wanted a book! Thirty minutes later, I left with 3 books + 2 DVDs + 1 CD, and a request for another CD at another branch.
Here's what I borrowed:

1. Last Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson
   
2. Simple Knits with a Twist by Erika Knight
3. Hats: A Knitter's Dozen
4. Syriana (2005)
   
5. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
   
6. Tafelmusik: Chants Sacrés et Profanes (2003)

I'm very pleased! Mostly because I found what I wanted AND I'm saving money! Two great reasons for more frequent visits to the Library.

On another note, let me rant for a quick minute aboout how disappointed I was with Pride & Prejudice. Perhaps it's because I recently watched the BBC (1995) mini-series version of P&P - all 5 hours of it! It was truly wonderful and I'm not ashamed to admit that I crushed on Colin Firth thereafter (though I think I'm over it now). This film version didn't do the book justice, and didn't hold a candle to the other version. It seemed to me that this version was almost schlocky with it's predictable filmography and cheap shots (ie. very unconvincing city scenes) and with Keira Knightly's so-called "classic beauty", but not so classic acting skills. Anyway, if you're going to see Pride and Prejudice, don't bother with the 2005 version. Instead plan to set a block of 5 hours aside some time to watch the 1995 BBC version.